Introduction and Review

Remind: School Communication is an education tool used in communication between students and teachers. It ranks 4th in the ranking list of education apps and has received an average score of 4.8 stars out of 5 from 1.3 million users worldwide. Remind offer both students and teachers a great platform to communicate with each other so as to ensure the academic success of every student. No matter where you are, you can realize instant communication with your teacher and your students and easily stay connected to the school community. Developed by Remind101, the app is totally free for users to install on their mobile devices. With the assistance of Remind, communication between students and teachers in real-time can be realized almost on any kind of digital device. Students and teachers can rest assured when using this app because the encrypted technology utilized in this app will protect personal contact information from being leaked out. Remind aims to ensure the safety of users’ privacy and will never allow such a thing to happen to users. Even if your students or teachers are foreigners and speak foreign languages, you don’t need to worry about misunderstanding or missing any important information because the app supports message translation into over 90 different languages. With the use of the app, all kinds of files and documents can be shared within the school community in an instant and efficient way, varying from photos, videos, and documents, to links to your interested sites. You will be able to join millions of educators and students as well as parents to manage school works and make communication smoother and more efficient. However, despite the advantages emphasized before, the app still has some drawbacks. For instance, the free version of the app supports only a low character limit of 140 words so only basic information can be shared among the school community while complicated and long information has to be spread in the form of documents. Also, when you are going to send several documents in a row, the user has to open each document one after another, which is quite inconvenient. Finally, the signup process is way too complicated and time-consuming for the users, so a simplification of procedures is expected.

Updates

Remind has been updated on a constant frequency, being updated almost every month. In its earliest update of version 13.3 on January 19, 2023, the team added new features to the app and improved its speed and performance of the app. Automatic updates were suggested for users. In its most recent update of version 14.1 on December 8th, 2022, a similar statement was said without further clarification of the details of the improvements and new features.

Features

1. Remind offers students, educators, and parents a platform to communicate with each other efficiently and enables all parties to stay connected to the school community anywhere and anytime.

2. A real-time communication can be guaranteed on any kind of mobile device.

3. Personal information will be strictly protected, saving users the problem of being blackmailed.

4. A powerful function of translation of messages into more than 90 languages, realizing smooth communication without language barriers.

5. A wide variety of information formats and content are supported to be shared on the message box, including files, photos, and third-party websites.

6. The app has a free version for users to make use of.

7. No third-party ads will appear in the mid of communication, ensuring users an ad-free environment.

8. Parents and teachers can realize instant communication without bothering the students so less misunderstanding and missing information will occur.