DyKnow is an e-classroom tool with supervisory, guided, and interactive features. The supervisory component allows instructors to view and capture all students’ screens. The guidance component forces students to follow a specified path. Interactive features include polling, online chat, publicly showing students’ screens, sharing websites, and transferring files. DyKnow has a low bandwidth requirement.

Good Features

• Full Teacher Control
  • App blocking
  • Force opening and closing of student apps
  • Student screens viewable at all times as thumbnails
  • Screen sharing
  • Remote control student windows
  • Restart or shutdown student machines
  • Application rules
  • Web browsing blockable
• Drawing over teacher notes
• Sharing of student answers
• Lecture recording (without voice)
• Attendance taking
• Polling
• Chat box
• Website sharing
• File Transfers
• Wi-Fi optimized
• Encryption
• Notifications to all or individual students
• Low bandwidth requirement

Missing Features

• Outside classroom appearance
• Multiple layers for each slide
• Cross platform
• Individual personalization
• Public view
• Zoom in and out
• Collapsible Outline