Tuesday Tool: Remind
Today let's take a look at the Remind app and the Remind.com website. By creating a free account on the website or through the app, you can build custom groups and send targeted announcements or other information directly to your participants. Let's explore how it works, and then a few ideas for how to utilize it in higher education. How it Works You begin by setting up your free account through the website https://www.remind.com/ , or visiting your Apple App Store or Google Play Store and downloading the Remind app. You'll need to provide an email address, and you can choose to link it to your cell phone or to simply use the service with email (more on the cell phone connection in a moment). Students or participants would register with the site the same way as part of the process of following your class/group (it is free for them too). Once you sign up, you create a "class" to start building a group. All you really need to do is create a name for t...