ThingLink is a tool used to embed multimedia content in videos and photos. To use this tool, educators, and learners upload videos and photos and link to resources on the Internet. These links may lead to web content, video recordings, photos, and instructional materials. The educational version of ThingLink allows educators to add learners into online classes.

Website: http://www.thinglink.com/

What Users Love About the App

“The interface is really intuitive. It’s easy to add 360-degree video clips and place points of interaction. The timeline on the bottom helps you to know and time when elements will appear.”

“I enjoy most about thinglink is that while all students prefer visuals, for my particular curriculum, Emergency Medical Technicians, they are VERY visual and hands-on. For them, flat pictures don’t always get across what we need them to know. So being able to have interactive images, 3d images and all in one photos that we can put videos in, links to other places we want them to go, etc is super convenient and useful.”

“ThingLink is very easy to use and deploy. It’s also very easy to teach others how to use this software. I like that they’re are a lot of different options to choose from when designing learning experiences.”

“Super easy for the youngest minds to use and interact with technology for classroom projects. I enjoyed the versatility of it and ease of use. Assign and go for students.”

“I enjoyed students being able to connect websites and other information to create a interactive infographic for their presentations. The new 3D features are an added bonus for the coming year.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“I wish it integrate with a cell phone better, not so much for creation as for viewing. I wish ThingLink had a dedicated 360-degree video viewing app. Dealing with video on the web sometimes can be really slow.”

“There are a few features that could be improved. I wasn’t told at the time that there was a huge bug/issue with the e-learning modules and I had to rethink how I was going to deliver a specific course.”

“I would like to be able to make individual parts of the image clickable themselves, instead of having to add an icon on top. This could make the game a little more challenging and require more creative thinking on the part of the students.”

“I did have some challenges at first using this software. Originally, I had a small quota for the number of times my ThingLink could be viewed, which was limiting because I teach large introductory courses every semester.”

“Sometimes there are display problems with videos and texts. The videos are then cropped vertically. The recording of audios does not work for me.”