This app is perfect for reaching out to my students outside of school hours. I can send reminders to my students for upcoming tests, quizzes and assignments. My students can also send me a message when they have a question about a homework assignment.

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Community Review for Remind

Kaitlin M.
Kaitlin M.
Overlea High and Health Sciences Magnet
Baltimore MD, US
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I love this app! I use it in all of my classes and it seems as if all of my students that sign up for it love it too. There are only two drawbacks I can think of. First, not all students may have the means to download this app. Second, there is a message size limit. Other than that I highly recommend this tool.

How I Use It

I send reminders to my students regarding assignments, tests, quizzes and readings. This app also allows the student to reach out to me during non-school hours if they have a question or concern. Students have also messaged me on Remind when they miss school due to an illness. This allows them to notify me and get an idea on what they are missing in class so they come prepared upon their return. As the facilitator, you can decide if you would like the students to be able to communicate with each other or just with you, the teacher. You can type a reminder and schedule its delivery for a later date and time, too!

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Amanda H.
Amanda H. Teacher
March 12, 2022

New limits have ruined the free service

They've recently changed the character count so even individual messages are limited to 140 characters. The 140 character limit for whole group announcements was Remind's biggest flaw - making that applicable to individual messages as well means it is not longer useful at all. I can't limit all my communications with students to 140 characters and I can't ask them to receive 2 or 3 or more texts every time we communicate. I will be researching and finding another service for the fall. (It also sucks that they are implementing this in the middle of the school year. :/)
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AVA W.
AVA W.
September 27, 2021

Great way to keep in contact with your class outside of the classroom!

I really like how this sends reminders out to students cell phones rather than in email format. I think it's a more effective way of communicating with students because they are always on their phones and so they're more likely to see it. It's great because you can do this without giving out your phone number to students!
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Mandy F.
Mandy F. Teacher Sheep Harney Elementary Elizabeth City, NC
February 13, 2019

Great for Parent Communication

I love Remind for simply keeping in touch with Parents. it is especially helpful to communicate with my Parents who speak a different language. I love that it has a translator for both myself and the parent to use. The only con I have is when I am sending a group message to inform ALL parents, there is a limit on how may characters may be used. I usually have to send multiple messages to get out what I am trying to tell the whole class.
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