Showbie Reviews

by Ejjdjdjsjs

So many glitches it’s awful

by CDCD

PDF documents open up as a black page. I can't view any of my own documents or my students' work without opening them up in another reader app. It will work for a few documents after deleting and reinstalling Showbie (having done this 5 times already in the past 15 minutes), but always goes back to blank screens again. Another glitch is the message that I can't edit any work because it is already being edited in another app (this is upon opening the document for the very first time). I have the Pro version, and Showbie is proving itself to be worthless unless these numerous bugs are fixed. Not worth the time or money!!

by Eiejajanee

Showbie makes students burn

by Gajdhwhdhdishcd

Showbie was made with the intention of making as much money from schools with the minimum effort. There are numerous bugs that never got fixed for even after a few years. Showbie lacks very basic features that every basic document editor has. It’s so poorly made that it can’t handle 5-10% of a page being filled up with annotations without lagging horribly. With constant crashes you can be sure that your work never gets saved. Even if you somehow manage to get through all that, more than a third of the time your work just simply does not save. It either flips pages, deletes random blocks of text and annotations, or just gives up and deletes all your work!

by JayBirdCeltics33

This is a good little app. The free version is limited but serves a purpose. If you're trying to go paperless, Showbie is a good way to distribute work to your students. The free version only has one color ink and line thickness available. The text feature is limited too. I've found that I need to use this app to distribute work and have students use another app, like Notability, to do the work. If the free version had slightly more options available I would rate this 4+ stars (or if the pro version was less expensive). this app Is easy to learn and use, easy to sign students up, and easy to create and distribute assignments.

by Bballance

I love this paperless classroom. The way it can organize a “stack” of assignments helps, and the fact that everything is time stamped is a plus. I love how I can now add narrative comments on a desktop instead of just an iPad. I also truly think that the tech staff is really attentive to our needs. Keep it up. I think I’d love it more if it allowed students to create more text boxes on a document instead of just using comments or handwriting.

by Noris Frades

Since using this app, my paper piles and clutter have practically disappeared!! No more misplaced assignments! With this app, you set the deadline. It will show you which students turned in their assignments on time. It also shows you when students have gone back in to an assignment that was already turned in. It lets a students know when you have checked an assignment. this app also allows you to plan ahead and leave your assignments locked until you are ready to use them. For those of us that teach more than one class, you can just copy an assignment with the click of a button. I love this app!!

by Deirk

I have tried multiple ways to go paperless in a classroom but this is by far the easiest and most efficient way I have seen. Coming in a building where they use this application, I can see why they choose it, its quick and easy to become well versed and proficient with the application. Not to mention the support staff is always their to answer a question when you have it. Amazing application, I would recommend it for any and everyone.

by LVGael

this app is fantastic. It streamlines the process of collecting work and makes it easy to grade papers, no matter where you are. It is great for keeping parents in the loop and for tracking students who fail to turn work in or chronically turn it in late. The staff is quick and considerate with their response to questions or concerns and really do work to implement suggestions. this app has changed how things work in my class and helped me to be better organized and more on top of my grading. It has been nothing short of amazing.

by Beanie25

this app is one of my favorite teacher tools which helps not only me, but students as they try to utilize their phones not only for entertainment, but for learning and education. My students are encouraged to use their phones as educational tools and they voted this app as the #1 app of their choice. They find this app easy to navigate and complete assignments and beg me for more "paperless" assignments all of the time.

I, too, am finding this app to be one of my top three teacher tools that enhances my teaching and helps me and my students become better at utilizing our mobile devices for the classroom.

Thank you.

by Naps1995

this app is giving me everything I need for a seamless paperless workflow. I can push assignments out to students, collect them, annotate them, and push them back out all through the single app. No more downloading from dropbox into an annotation app and then back into dropbox -- which can take FOREVER. If you're looking for a way to increase your productivity, check out this app. The support is awesome too! I have had immediate responses to my questions and suggestions.

by MsUlmerSocialStudies

Teaching Social Studies in a 1:1 iPad district and having ditched textbooks long ago, I searched for something that let me easily give feedback to students as they analyzed primary and secondary sources. Other teachers suggested email assignments, but it drove me crazy to have my email full all the time (even while using filters to send those assignments to folders…). I used a variety of LMS’s, and eventually stumbled upon this app. For the past 2 years, this app has been a go-to for grading writing, map analysis, etc. It allows me to give immediate feedback in written form as well as voice notes! I cannot recommend this enough.

by Dbteal

This is Showbie I have been looking for!!! It allows me to post lab data sheets and worksheets, have my students do their work on the actual sheet, and submit completed work to me. It has cut down on the number of paper copies I use, and I can grade on my iPad using Showbie . The turn-around time from grading a paper to going to the next paper is very short. It is almost as quick as grading hard copies and doesn't require me to carry around a folder full of papers. All I need is my iPad. The grading time is improving as I get used to using Showbie . Only a couple of clicks are required to re-size the paper and write comments/corrections! I love it!!! Thank you this app!!!

by Matrixthedog

I love Showbie because I can quickly and easily distribute math assignments to my algebra 1 and geometry students. I generally give them the choice of doing their work directly in this app using the pen tool or doing it on paper and taking a picture of their assignment to attach and submit to me. The part that my students and I love is that there is not a complicated 'submit' process. They simply click 'done' to save their work and the file automatically updates on my end. I can give students participation points based on how much they were able accomplish in any given amount of time if needed and they can continue to work and correct their mistakes as well. Basically I love everything about Showbie!!

by MandytheTeach

My classroom has been revolutionized. With the addition of this app to my classroom my students are able to get their assignments both at school and at home. No more tracking down students for late work or for missing work when they are absent due to illness or school related activities. The amount of feedback that I am able to give my students creates more connection and better understanding within the classroom. It's also very helpful when it comes to parent teacher conference because the parents are able to see the entire body of work for their student. On a personal level it allows me to grade much quicker. I'm an English teacher and it gives me back my time on nights and weekends. Well worth the price.

by MrsTurcotte5

Ready to eliminate lost assignments, last-minute trips to the copier, increase student engagement, give and receive immediate feedback, and allow your students to share their knowledge in a variety of ways? Then Showbie is for you! Remarkably easy to use, incredibly versatile, and a must have for anyone delivering instruction via iPad. My 5th grade class is on year 2 of going paperless with this app. We had NO lost assignments last year. Everyone turned in everything via this app. Formative assessments are a breeze and feedback for extensions and reteaching happens within minutes of students submitting their work. My students love it. Kids who miss school can access work at home via Showbie and the website. You just can't lose with Showbie.

by 42knit1

Showbie has completely changed how I can deliver content to my students in grades 4 & 5. No more having to run to the copier, wait in line and devour a ream of paper! With this app I can upload all the documents I would usually print and hand out to students, but they are delivered immediately to each student’s folder. Even better: I can modify assignments as needed, and give written or audio feedback in a flash. Comments, reminders, clarification, rubrics and more can all be shared instantaneously with students (and their parents).

Students can have access to their entire class ‘folder’ through this app whenever they need to. No more lost papers, and time stamps on all files makes it easy to see when work was submitted. I recommend this to colleagues in my district all the time, as it’s become a huge time saver and a real convenience for us!

by StraffordNDN

If your goal is to use less paper and make fewer copies for your classroom, this app is an app that will help you achieve your goal. The teacher can upload assignments to this app and students can complete the work on their iPads. Teachers can see how many students have completed the assignments and which assignments have been graded. Students can type or use a stylus to write on the assignment, and the teacher can leave comments on the graded work.
I especially like that I can add an assignment or test and archive it until I am ready for the students to view it. It is also great to have all the assignments I need to grade organized on my iPad instead of in stacks of paper-clipped pages. Students love using Showbie and not having so much paper to deal with, too.
The folks at this app welcome suggestions on features teachers would like to see added. I have a 1:1 classroom, and this app works great for us. I would recommend it.

by GranandShan

This has been my first year having iPads in my class room and one of our training classes exposed us to this app. I was slow to adopt it but in the last two weeks I am finding numerous ways to integrate this app into my classroom. (A note of interest before I continue: this app is available as an iPad app and can also be accessed by laptop or desktop computer for students who don't have an iPad at home).

this app is very flexible app. Last week I used this app to upload an essay for my students to read and create a written response. Later in the week, they used this app to answer questions from selected textbook and internet readings. This week they have been using this app to take lecture notes, write comments on videos and accomplish their bellwork. I have become so excited about this app that my fellow teachers are probably tired of hearing me talk about it.

I strongly recommed Showbie for any teacher wanting to digitize their class. Unlike many other applications available, this app is very easy for students and teachers to learn and use. It's flexibilty is such that several teachers in our district have gone completely paperless, using this app for almost all of their assignments.

by MathTeacherinNeed

I have been trying to find apps that will make my classroom more and more technology literate. We have had eBooks for the last 4 years and I have been trying to encourage my students (7th - 11th grade) to do more and more of their work with technology. this app is perfect because my students can work on their math together on an iPad and then submit for grading (which can be easily done on Showbie ). They are beginning to submit homework through this app as well, and we are having so much fun figuring out all the different things for which we can use this app. I am so excited to get my fellow teachers on board with Showbie. It has such potential for school wide use.

by Brend Over

Showbie has been nothing but issues army school...

by Scotty.lynett

I hate this app!

by Underdog Scout

Not reliable

by ^ Bad

this app bad, doesn’t work half the time

by Niya_3x

Showbie irritating asl... my work be getting deleted

by Awesome Matt K

I wish it worked on my phone. Disappointing

by Toddlerf

#takeshowbiedown

by Rdtroy4

Lots of crashes and errors.
Interface isn’t well made.

by Lila Soferma

You can’t delete a voice note AND you can’t even type or use voice not or anything on ur phone I HATE IT right now

by Kmhcarr

Emailed this app support.

Parents/students CANNOT delete completed assignments, mark as done, or sort into complete vs. not completed folders.

last Friday I had 16 assignments, today I have 25 and tomorrow I will have 35 ( and so on.... +10 per day)......

to see which ones are done I have to OPEN all the assignments individually to see if they are complete.

By this Friday I will have 65 assignments I have to click on everyday.

And by next week I’m pretty much screwed

by Heyoooo31

Just like in word or any other documents you can add shapes like squares, rectangle, circles, etc...It would save time for my students that are spending to much time to just make a rectangle. Instead I’m drawing the shapes on the documents (mainly the EngageNY math) and would save me time.

by Dghjfjhfg

Everyone use this and not Canvas.

by Starboy😂

this app doesn’t work and it said don’t hesitate to ask you sooooo yeah

by Cmt0407

I use Showbie on my school iPad and it has been working terrific and never disappoints me. The only downside is that I can not use this on my phone. Every time I’m out of town and I don’t have my iPad, I always try to resort to my phone but it never works.

Fix this

by Ethan Jenna

Loved it. Do you have more folder options for 12th graders only?