Digital Tools Rating Rubric

Name of the App: Lucidchart

3 = Ideal 2 = Acceptable 1 = Unacceptable

Age Appropriateness All targeted skills are Targeted skills are Targeted skills are not
age appropriate. mostly age age appropriate.
It’s targeted towards appropriate.
students in K-12
settings and higher
education.
Cost It’s free or offers a There’s a small There’s a big monthly
free version without monthly or annual or annual fee.
ads or in-app fee.
purchases.
The education plan is
free to students and
teachers. All others
will have to pay after
creating 3 free
charts.
Motivation All students will be Most students will be Students will not be
engaged and will engaged and will engaged nor want to
want to revisit the want to revisit the revisit the site.
site. site.
They’ll be engaged
but won’t desire to
revisit it unless it’s for
an assignment.
Compatibility It works across all It works across most It is not compatible
platforms (electronic platforms (electronic with many platforms
devices and devices and (electronic devices
browsers). browsers). and browsers).
It is browser-based
and works on cell
phones.
Feedback It offers meaningful It offers meaningful It does not offer
feedback to both feedback to students meaningful feedback
students and or teachers. to students or
teachers. teachers.
No, it does not.
Connected to It’s aligned to the It’s aligned to the It’s not aligned to the
Standards State’s and National State’s or National State’s or National
 standards, and it’s standards, and it’s standards, nor is it
updated regularly. updated regularly. updated regularly.
It’s not aligned to any
standards.
Differentiation It’s individualized to It’s individualized to It’s not individualized
all learners. most learners. to the learners.
Each content map
will be unique.
Effectiveness The app improves The app improves The app doesn’t
deficits in all deficits in most improve deficits in
learners. learners. the learners.
It reflects what you
know, which causes
you to improve your
deficits prior to
creating something.
Instructional Features It combines a range It combines a range It does not combine a
of instruction from of instruction from range of instruction.
memorization to HOT memorization to HOT
skills with games. skills.
Creating content
maps involves critical
thinking skills.
User Friendly It’s easy to use, offers It’s easy to use and It’s not easy to use,
online support, and offers online support nor does it offer
has tutorial videos. or tutorial videos. online support or
It’s user-friendly and tutorial videos.
offers tutorial videos.
Diversity The images and The images and The images and
stories appeal to all stories appeal to stories don’t appeal
students of different most kids of different to kids with different
ethnic backgrounds. ethnic backgrounds. ethnic backgrounds.
Diverse images were
not shown.
Saves Data Students can exit Students can exit a Students can’t exit a
without losing work section after every 5 section until all work
completed in that problems completed is completed within
section. within it. it.
You can save your
work at any time and
then edit it later.
Collaborative Students have the Only teachers can Students don’t have
option to build enable collaboration the option to work in
 collaborative groups between students. groups and share
and share ideas. ideas.
You can give access
to others to
collaborate on a
chart.
Rewards The app creates The app creates a The app doesn’t
certificates of certificate of mastery create a certificate of
mastery for for mastery of the mastery.
completed skills. course. No, it does not.

What are the grows and glows of the app? This app was user-friendly because it reminded me
of Microsoft Word. Saving the final product as a pdf was a bit cumbersome because it saved my
chart as 4 separate pictures. There were other ways to save it though. This app earned a score
of 2.1 which is acceptable. Therefore, I would recommend it to my students and colleagues.

Works Cited

Lubniewski, K. L., McArthur, C. L., & Harriott, W. (2018). Evaluating instructional apps using the
app checklist for educators (ACE). International Electronic Journal of Elementary
Education, 10 (3), 323-329.

Ohio Center of Autism and Low Incidence. Educational App Evaluation Rubric.
https://www.ocali.org/up_doc/ho_3_pp-rubric3.pdf?1557548866

Vincent, T. Educational App Evaluation Checklist. http://static1.squarespace.com/

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