CIDDList: Replacements for Your Retiring Favorites
Authors: Samantha Goldman; info@ciddl.org
If you haven’t heard, Google is retiring Jamboard and Microsoft is limiting availability of Flip to those with Teams accounts. While this news may require some revisions to courses and classrooms, it allows teacher-educators and special education personnel to leverage newer innovations in their curriculum. Thus, this CIDDList will highlight tools you can use to replace these well-loved sites.
Google’s Jamboard: A Fancy Interactive Whiteboard
Jamboard provided an interactive and collaborative whiteboard that could be used across devices. While this tool has helped many teachers and teacher-educators provide a unique method to represent the curriculum and have students express their knowledge, the tool itself is not unique. Several available tools with more features can be used in its place.
Here’s a table of replacement tools for Jamboard created entirely in Copilot. Watch a video of the prompts that led to this table.
| Tool | Features | Integrations | Platforms | Pricing Model | Limitations (Free Model) |
| Canva Whiteboard | Collaborate in real-time with infinite space, customizable templates, and AI tools. | Canva content library | Web, iOS, Android | Freemium |
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| ClickUp Whiteboard | The virtual whiteboard that turns ideas into coordinated actions. | ClickUp, Google Drive | Web, iOS, Android | Freemium |
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| FigJam | An online collaborative whiteboard for teams. | Google Workspace | Web, iOS, Android | Freemium |
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| Miro | The visual workspace for innovation. | Slack, Jira, Trello, Microsoft 365 | Web, iOS, Android | Freemium |
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| Mural | A secure, flexible, visual work platform. | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira | Web, iOS, Android | Freemium |
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| Webex App | A secure, all-in-one team collaboration app. | Cisco Webex | Web, iOS, Android, Windows | Freemium |
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Microsoft’s Flip:
Microsoft’s Flip allows students to provide video responses and interactions, allowing for asynchronous conversations. However, several tools can be used to replace it.
Here’s a table of replacement tools for Flip created entirely in Copilot. Here’s the prompt used to create the table: “Create a table that lists replacements for Miicrosoft's Flip that includes the tool name, description, use cases, how it differs from Flip, the pricing model, and limitations of the free version.”
| Tool Name | Description | Use Cases | Differences from Flip | Pricing Model | Limitations |
| Explain Everything | Interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool. Allows annotation, recording, and collaboration. | Presentations, tutorials, and visual explanations. | Strong focus on whiteboard-style interactions. | Freemium with paid plans. | Limited features in the free version. |
| Figma | Collaborative design tool for building meaningful products. Includes design, prototyping, development, and feedback collection. | UI/UX design, prototyping, and team collaboration. | Real-time collaboration, vector graphics editor, prototyping tools. | Freemium with paid plans. | Limited features in the free version. |
| Padlet | Collaborative platform where students can add videos to posts using Video Booth. | Video discussions, reflections, and collaborative assignments. | Not video-centric like Flip. | Freemium with paid plans. | Limited features in free version. |
| Screencastify Submit | Screen recording tool for student assignments and assessments. | Screencasts, project submissions, tutorials. | Focused on screen recording. | Freemium with paid plans. | Limited recording time and features in free version. |
| Vimeo + FigJam | Integration of Vimeo videos with FigJam for collaborative visual discussions. | Visual brainstorming collaborative planning. | Unique combination of video and visual collaboration. | Paid Vimeo plans, free FigJam. | Limited features in free FigJam. |
| VoiceThread | Web application for asynchronous student engagement. Users can create, share, and comment on various media types. | Video discussions, reflections, multimedia collaboration. | Supports multiple media types beyond video. | Freemium with paid plans. | Limited features in free version. |
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