Using Kaizala Groups in Education: Fostering Communication

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Fostering a learning community contributes to creating a positive and successful learning experience. Students learn better with the existence of simple and fast communication with peers and teachers. In other words, when they are connected to their classes. In online classes, that communication element becomes of greater value due to the absence of face to face connection. Therefore, teachers tend to connect and communicate with students through WhatsApp groups. While this might be handy and welcomed generally by the students, it might not be suitable for those who value privacy and don’t want to share their personal numbers.

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Kaizala provides a simple and secure mobile messaging platform. It’s part of Office 365 apps and very similar to WhatsApp. However, students can join a Kaizala group without exposing their personal numbers to other users in the group. The app is accessible on mobile phones or the web. It also provides plenty of actions for engagement besides the regular messaging features. Therefore, a Kaizala group for a class can be used beyond an announcement or a communication tool.

Here are some use cases for Kaizala groups in education:

• Class groups for communication and engagement.
• Students groups for communication and collaboration on projects.
• Teachers groups for subject-related communication.
• Institution broadcast groups for announcements and engagement.

Main Features

1. Support text messages, voice messages, and sharing of files and images.
2. Support engagement actions: polls, QnA, Quizzes, event attendance, etc.
3. Kaizala can be accessed on the mobile app and web.
4. Teachers can bulk invite students through institution emails.
5. Students will join the group using their phone numbers.
6. Students’ numbers are secured and not available for the rest of the members.
7. Support Broadcast groups where only admins have posting rights.
8. Creating a Kaizala group from existing Office 365 groups (e.g., Teams).

Note: You can access the Kaizala management portal from Office 365 apps page.