Symbaloo, a visual bookmarking tool for websites
Bookmarking
Description: Symbaloo is a visual bookmarking tool that organises web links into customisable tiles on a dashboard. Users can then organise, save, and access bookmarks visually through a grid-based interface, having their preferred or most visited websites always a click away. Symbaloo is completely free to use and was founded by Tim Has, Koen Dantuma, and Robert Broeders
Evaluation: Symbaloo is a useful tool to personalise browser interfaces, organising and saving relevance websites to keep information at hand in a layout that is intuitive and easy to navigate. For teachers, a great way to use Symbaloo would be to create a personalised dashboard with websites that students should use for a specific task and then share it with them.
Cost: Free.
Usability and tech notes ▼
Time efficiency
Time needed to learn how to use a tool and its time-saving potential: High.
Interface language(s)
The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to: English, Spanish and Dutch.
Respect for privacy
Privacy evaluations indicate how a tool handles personal data collection, storage, and sharing, including GDPR compliance and security measures, among others. The ICT-REV team provides them for informational purposes, reflecting our best understanding at the time of review, but assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these evaluations and encourages users to conduct their own assessments. : Medium. Symbaloo collects personal information, including names, email addresses, countries, and languages for the operation, support, and improvement of their products and services, together with user customisation and communication. It also gathers cookies for different purposes, among which marketing, and shares some information with third parties for reasonable purposes. Symbaloo also features advertisements. It has put into place diverse security safeguards, including encryption and access controls. Users can manage cookies to a certain extent and can manage their data through their account settings. Symbaloo states compliance with the GDPR. See more here and here.
Saving work for future use
Can work be saved for future use?: Yes, login required to save progress.