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Website review by Stephanie Trautman, Common Sense Education |
Updated May 2016
Learning rating
Updated review coming soon
Editorial review by Common Sense Education
Community rating
Based on 67 reviews
Privacy rating
63%|
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Expert evaluation by Common Sense
About Common Sense Privacy Ratings
Pass
Meets our minimum requirements for privacy and security practices.
Warning
Does not meet our recommendations for privacy and security practices.
Fail
Does not have a privacy policy and/or does not use encryption and should not be used.
100%
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Grades
1–12
Subjects & Skills
English Language Arts, English-Language Learning, Communication & Collaboration, Critical Thinking
Privacy
Warning Basic evaluation
Quill
- Privacy policies do indicate a version or effective date.
- Unclear whether data are sold or rented to third parties.
- Unclear whether data are shared for third-party advertising and/or marketing.
- Unclear whether this product displays behavioral or targeted advertising.
- Data are collected by third-party advertising or tracking services.
- Unclear whether this product uses data to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
- Unclear whether this product creates and uses data profiles for data enhancement, and/or targeted advertisements.
Note: The privacy evaluation is independent from the Common Sense Education learning rating.
Community Rating
Great resource for grammar, typing, and spelling.
Overall, I have enjoyed using Quill. One particular aspect that is important to me is that students don't simply select and click on answers; they must retype sentences, filling in the correct answer. This element, in my opinion, is crucial to deeper learning, as students have to reconstruct sentences themselves, simultaneously checking for spelling, spacing, and punctuation. Though this can be frustrating for some students (the program will say, "Check your spelling"), it's a helpful exercise for stude ...
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63% Warning
Data Safety
How safe is this product?
Users can interact with trusted users and/or students.
Personal information is displayed publicly.
User-created content is filtered for personal information before being made publicly visible.
Data Rights
What rights do I have to the data?
Users can create or upload content.
Processes to access and review user data are available.
Processes to modify inaccurate data are available.
Ads & Tracking
Are there advertisements or tracking?
Unclear whether data are shared for third-party advertising and/or marketing.
Unclear whether this product displays traditional or contextual advertisements.
Unclear whether this product displays behavioral or targeted advertising.
Continue reading about this tool's privacy practices, including data collection, sharing, and security.
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