Update 1/14/2019: A lot has happened in the last several months with respect to trade and tariffs.  One just have to Google "China Trade" to get an idea on the ever changing landscape.  The trade negotiations between China and the US are continuing and every day new data emerges.  At this point it can go either way -- eith...

Do Students Talk Enough in Class? Most teachers don’t realize how much time they spend talking during a lesson. While some teachers rightly elevate and emphasize student voices and limit their own talk time, most are unaware of the real breakdown of talk time between teacher (TTT) and students (STT). That’s because it’s...

Swivl Smart Playback A typical NFL football game lasts over 3 hours, but if you add up only the time where the ball is in play, it’s only about 10 minutes of action. What a waste of time! The same can be true for any video - not every minute is worth watching. So, wouldn’t it be great if we could just skip the boring stuf...

We’ve been listening to your feedback and are excited to introduce everyone to live video streaming with Swivl! We know that sometimes recorded videos alone of the classroom aren’t able to fit everyone’s needs, but your favorite live streaming video apps on their own also don’t work perfectly in the classroom when you...

We know you’ve had a busy summer and so have we! We’ve been listening to your feedback and have created some exciting new features. We hope these make your back to school season a little easier. Swivl’s Newest Features  Introducing Dual-Camera: record student interactions for a holistic understanding of your class...

Tesla motors has shown us how the features of a modern product aren’t fixed once you buy them. They can evolve. Overnight, owners can gain access to major new features like Autopilot. Our C-Series Robot is a modern product. As of today you can download a firmware update that allows you to do something new that you didn’t ex...

Introducing Pro+, the individualized observation tool that expands the focus of observations to students. Pro+ provides the capture and viewing experience required to put each individual student’s learning needs into focus during observations. The service is based on patent pending multi camera recording and playback softwa...

It’s important to inspire curiosity and increase engagement amongst students. It is more important, however, to do so while complying with privacy laws. As of January 2017, Swivl offers localized international video storage in the UK, Australia, Singapore, and Canada. This means that video content created by Team Accoun...

Swivl Cloud users with Free accounts are now able to share feedback with other users through time-stamped annotations. The new Annotations feature transforms video from a tool for reflection into a much more valuable instructional tool. With Annotations, you can leave comments to help you and your students or collaborators easil...

Just in time for the new school year, the Swivl team is back to share with you new features and product updates for Swivl and Recap that are sure to get you excited. We've made it a whole lot easier to search and discover video content on Swivl Cloud, and we're improving usability of Recap by increasing device compatibility and ...