※The following functions are based on actual software functions. The company reserves the right to change it without notice.
| Functional Category | Function Description | HiTeach 5 pro. | HiTeach Web |
|---|---|---|---|
Operating Environment | Windows System: Support Windows 10 operating system. | √ | √ |
| Other Operating Systems: Support macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, and other systems. | Χ | √ | |
| Student-side Web IRS Cross-platform Support: Support the connection and interaction between students and teachers through cross-platform system devices. | √ | √ | |
| Student-side IRS Keypads Support: Support students to use clickers to interact with teachers. | √ | Χ | |
| Network Disconnection Support: HiTeach can still be used in a disconnected or no network environment, and supports students to interact with the IRS keypads. | √ | Χ | |
Whiteboard Tools | Basic Pen Types: General pen, highlighter, and line pen. | √ | √ |
| Special Pen Types: Soft pen, bamboo pen, flash pen. | √ | Χ | |
| Intuitive Writing: You can write and mark directly under any software operations, such as e-book, browser, PowerPoint, or video. The writing area can be extended to get more writing space without having to erase the board. | √ | Χ | |
| Eraser: Erases writing and drawing. | √ | √ | |
| PDF File Import: PDF files can be imported for interactive activities. | √ | √ | |
| PowerPoint File Import: The original PowerPoint pages are automatically turned into whiteboard pages, and PPTX objects are imported. Teachers can directly import teaching PPT with editable objects. It also supports the preservation of animation such as appear, fade, pulse, zoom... and other effects. | √ | Χ | |
| E-Note: All annotations, inserted pictures, texts, and other contents produced during operating on all pages will be automatically kept and saved. In addition to the standard HTEX format, it also supports exporting to PDF or image files. | √ | √ | |
| Page List/Page Zoom: Can add, delete, copy pages, and can zoom in/out and move pages. Select 1:1 to return to the default size and position. | √ | √ | |
Multimedia Teaching | Scoreboard: Support changing score graphics and adding/deleting group numbers. | √ | Χ |
| Teaching Aids: Provide ruler, setsquare, compass, and protractor. | √ | Χ | |
| Geometric Tools: Provide circle, triangle, quadrilateral, and other geometries that can be adjusted for size, color, rotation... etc. | √ | √ | |
| Multimedia Library: Manage auto-recorded notes, teaching graphics, and external images for easy insertion into whiteboard pages. It also provides an internet image search function, inserting the desired image directly into the page for use. | √ | Χ | |
| Syllabus Catalog: The syllabus resources on the IES 5 platform can be displayed, and personal and school syllabus can be displayed in a tree diagram. Teaching materials can be saved, imported, opened, or tested according to the context, making it easier to access the materials for lesson preparation. | √ | Χ | |
| Screen Annotation: After making annotations on the screen, users can continue to operate the functions of various software on the computer without the annotation disappearing, so that users can annotate on other third-party software, PPT, and videos. | √ | Χ | |
| Screen Capture: Snapshot images from other work windows can be captured for illustration, including full screen, specified areas, and cropped whiteboard page. | √ | Χ | |
| Live Camera: Support general USB camera or document camera, can display the live video of the cameras, the size of the video screen can be freely changed, maximized, or minimized, and the image can be pasted to the HiTeach page as a material. In addition, after HiTeach is minimized, the display of the camera can still be maintained, and the speaker can still see his/her own video during remote teaching. | √ | Χ | |
Focus Tool for Learning.png){kind=icon} | Basic Student Roster: Provides a dynamic list for students to join on their own. | √ | √ |
| Multiple Sources of Student List: Multiple lists are available, including locally editable lists, IES personal course lists for students to add themselves beforehand, and IES school course lists created by schools systematically. | √ | Support IES List (with School Management Service) | |
| Pick-out: Pick out one or more students randomly from the student list, or pick out a group or from a chosen group, and set whether to repeat the selection, etc. | √ | Partial support | |
| Timer: Provide timing and countdown functions. | √ | √ | |
| Spotlight/Screen Curtain/Mask Tool: With spotlight highlighting function and screen curtain masking effect, and users can adjust the curtain range. The Mask tool allows users to mask parts of the content in advance so that the content can be revealed as the class progresses. | √ | Χ | |
| Numbering Stamps/Stickers: You can use the stamp function to sort quickly (English or numbers) and also stamp small patterns to make teaching more eye-catching and versatile. | √ | Χ | |
| Dynamic Grouping: Before starting the lesson, the course member list can be grouped in a regular, random or S-shaped group, or you can manually drag a specific list to a group. | √ | Χ | |
| Name List: The name list of the course can be viewed and managed, set attendance, absence, sick leave, personal leave, official leave, etc., and can be pasted back to HiTeach page for recording. | √ | Χ | |
| AI-assisted Text Analysis: The texts collected by the teacher can be analyzed with the help of AI Text Analysis, and 3 kinds of analysis charts: smart category, keyword frequency, and word cloud can be calculated. (This module is provided as an add-on to the project; the supported languages may be limited, please contact us for collaboration). | √ | Χ | |
| ChatGPT integrated analysis function:The content copied/pasted in other files can be integrated and used ChatGPT's AI technology for further analysis and organization. | Χ | Only supported by campus version | |
| Lesson Performance Summary and Record: Automatically records learning assessment history data, accumulates question interaction points, test scores, etc. You can also use the group scoreboard to give points at any time, open the learning performance page to give points for individual performance, or give scores based on statistical charts during data interaction. At the end of the lesson, the lesson performance data is automatically recorded, including attendance, group work, learning tasks, question interaction, and synchronous tests. You can further export an Excel summary report of the lesson to track each student's learning data, including individual group scores, group tasks, attendance, individual scores, individual task scores, each interaction data, and each question data. | √ | Campus version Partial support | |
HiTA 5 TEAM Model Teacher App | PowerPoint Clicker: Can be used as a remote control for presentations, use HiTA's page up/down button to control the PowerPoint presentation page when teaching or presenting. | √ | √ |
| Classroom Management: HiTA can be connected to HiTeach and operates wirelessly to use the most needed function in the classroom: pick-outs, timer (can select the preset time on a smartphone), and group scoreboard (can add points with a smartphone). | √ | Partial support | |
| Photo/Video Transmission: You can instantly send multiple pictures stored on your phone to HiTeach or instantly take pictures and send them to HiTeach to use as teaching materials or do group work observation. You can also record a short video and upload it to HiTeach. | √ | Photo only | |
| Interactive Teaching: If combined with the IRS interactive response system function, you can remotely control the application of pop quiz, set correct answer, buzz-in (can directly add points), data statistics chart (can present bar graph & pie chart), show student answer, and other functions. | √ | Partial support | |
| Receiving Message: HiTA is the teacher's notification center. Information about learning, assignments, and assessments of teaching activities, as well as dynamic information about IES 5, Sokrates Channel, and authorization, can be tracked through HiTA. | √ | √ | |
| Login Access Pass: No need to remember the account and password, HiTA is the pass for all the applications of TEAM Model 5! Whether you are teaching in a classroom and want to connect with HiTeach 5 or 928, or like to access various applications of the IES 5, Sokrates Channel, Digital lesson observation, etc., you can log in by scanning the QR code with HiTA. | √ | √ | |
| Student Web IRS Connectivity Features: | √ | √ | |
Synchronous Content | Page Deliver: Teachers can send the current page content to students' Web IRS for reference or to perform tasks. | √ | √ |
| File Deliver: Teachers can send files directly to the students' Web IRS for students' reference or to perform tasks. | √ | Χ | |
| Differentiated Push: Supports synchronized differentiated learning. With the data decision information from students' feedback, differentiated teaching materials (different levels of difficulty, different materials, or different portions) are synchronously and differentially sent to the entire class, groups, or each individual to help different students learn better. | √ | Χ | |
| Objectified Push: You can send send movable object-based pages to students, the graphical or textual objects in the pages are moveable. After the students receive the movable, rotatable, or hyperlinked learning objects, they can complete the tasks according to the requirements. | √ | Χ | |
Synchronous Interaction | Pop Quiz (Instant Q & A): No prior preparation is required and any page can be used to do instant Q & A of single answer questions and students can use Web IRS to answer. | √ | √ |
| Multiple Answers and True-False Questions: No prior preparation is required and any page can be used to do instant Q & A, including multiple answers and true-false questions. Students can use Web IRS to answer. | √ | Χ | |
| Real-time Statistics: The results of the questions can be presented immediately as bar graphs or pie charts, and the results can be pasted back to the page. In addition, students' answering results can be displayed. | √ | Partial support | |
| SMART Pick-out: If combined with student Web IRS response data, you can further pick out correctly/incorrectly answered students or based on answered options. | √ | Partial support | |
| Retake IRS Question: After students answered the question, upon showing statistical results or further discussion, you can let students answer the question again, and you can compare the two answering statistical results. | √ | Χ | |
| Set Answer: You can temporarily set the correct answer for Pop Quiz to present the result. | √ | √ | |
| Buzz-in Interaction: Buzz-in is like when you let the student who raised their hand the fastest to answer your question. When you use Buzz-in, a button will appear on student devices, and the fastest student to click their button will be displayed on HiTeach. | √ | √ | |
| Cloze Question: Students can use Web IRS to answer cloze (fill in the blank) questions. If the correct answer is set, the system will automatically correct it. | √ | √ | |
| AI-assisted Text Analysis for Cloze/text Questions: The texts collected by the teacher, including students' responses to cloze/text questions, can be analyzed with the help of AI Text Analysis, and 3 kinds of analysis charts: smart category, keyword frequency, and word cloud can be calculated. (This module is provided as an add-on to the project; the supported languages may be limited, please contact us for collaboration). | √ | Simple words cloud | |
| ChatGPT analysis of feedback text: The text content fed back from students can be further analyzed and organized using ChatGPT. | Χ | Only supported by campus version | |
| Pre-set Interactive Quiz: Use the HiTeach Question Setting Tool with your PowerPoint files to pre-set IRS questions. Set the question type (support single answer, multiple answers, true-false, cloze questions, etc.), answers, etc., and when you use the PowerPoint in teaching and go to a page with a preset question, you can activate the preset HiTeach interactive function and the IRS question will automatically appear for students/audiences to answer. Also, when you import the PPTX file into HiTeach, the IRS question will automatically appear when the page with a set question is played, and students/audiences can answer the question. | √ | Χ | |
| Synchronous Page: When HiTeach starts an interactive activity, students' Web IRS will automatically display the content on the HiTeach page. | √ | √ | |
Synchronous Task | Work Collection: Collecting works simultaneously. Teacher's task content will be automatically displayed on the student's Web IRS, and students have many ways to send works, including drawing/pictures, real-time audio recording, text, or multimedia files (PPT, Excel, video...), fully supporting learning and practice activities in synchronous lessons. | √ | Only images are supported |
| Task Tracking: As the students are doing their works/tasks, HiTeach's work collection window provides an overview of each group or student's progress, sorted by chronological order, seat number, or grouping. | √ | Partial support | |
| Synchronous Follow-up: After using Synchronous Interaction functions such as single answer, multiple answers, true-false, and cloze questions to collect students' responses, teachers can use Synchronous Task functions to ask students to give answering reasons, problem-solving processes, etc. for their responses. In this way, students not only can choose options or give answers, but also provide feedback on the teacher's follow-up questions so that teachers can see more of the students' thinking process. | √ | Χ | |
| Work Observation: You can paste the 4/6/9 fastest submitted student works to HiTeach page, or you can select works from the entire class and paste them to HiTeach page. Either way, you can do activities such as observation, comparison, mutual evaluation, praise, annotation, explanation, or sharing. | √ | Partial support | |
| Task History Browsing: You can turn on or off the submission switch for each task according to the task's need in HiTeach. For tasks that are not yet closed, students can use the task history browsing function to view their task/work history. They can also submit other work to update their work. | √ | Χ | |
| Preset Task Activity: You can use "HiTeach 5 PPTAddin" to prepare tasks (works, assignments) that are expected to be interspersed and interact in PowerPoint presentations, and set the type of tasks (support pictures, recordings, files), etc. When executing PowerPoint presentations, the page of the preset task activity can directly trigger the HiTeach interactive function, and the work collection window will be automatically displayed, and students are asked to submit it. In addition, this PPTX file can also be imported into HiTeach. When the page with the set tasks is reached, the task collection window will also be automatically displayed, and students are asked to submit it. | √ | Χ | |
| Export Student Task Work: All task works submitted by students in the lesson can be exported as a ZIP file. | √ | Χ | |
Synchronous Test | SelfPace Test - IES Cloud Exam Files Mode: The IES Cloud Exam Files mode can be activated at any time in class. Select a test file from the IES exam bank, then students can start to answer the questions with Web IRS. The test content will be displayed on Web IRS, so students can answer the questions independently. As the students are answering, HiTeach will show each student's answering progress. | √ | Χ |
| SelfPace Test - Instant Paper Test Mode: A paper-based test can be conducted at any time in class. By directly setting the question number and correct answers to single answer and multiple answers questions, and the question number of cloze questions and the test can begin. Students read the paper test paper and enter answers on the Web IRS on their own. As the students are answering, HiTeach will show each student's answering progress. The teacher can attach the picture of the paper test to the test as a reference for students to review online after the test. | √ | Χ | |
| Test Automatic Correction: When the teacher ends the test, HiTeach will automatically correct and calculate the score of each question (including single answer, multiple answers, true-false, cloze, and question set questions) and the total scores, and student Web IRS will receive the test results. HiTeach will immediately display the correct rate of each question, the student total score, the grade analysis graph, and the test data for each question required for interactive review. | √ | Χ | |
| Interactive Review: After the test is completed, an interactive page is created for each question, which includes the test question, answering data, pie charts, and bar charts. Teachers can browse through the statistics and test difficulty to select the questions needed to be reviewed and do interactive review by using functions like SMART Pick-out, Flip Cards, or do differentiated teaching by sending different materials to students based on their learning status. This is a very efficient way to review tests. | √ | Χ | |
| Multiple Questions Types: The test questions of Synchronous Test are the test files (Word, Excel) that teachers have prepared in advance and uploaded to TEAM Model Cloud - IES 5. The question types can be single answer, multiple answers, true-false, cloze, or question set. The test questions can contain multimedia materials such as text, pictures, audio, and videos. | √ | Χ | |
| Purchase HiGroup (Group Connection Authorization): | √ | Χ | |
| Synchronous Content | Page Deliver: Teachers can send the current page content to students' HiGroup for reference or to perform tasks. | √ | |
| File Delivery: Teachers can send files directly to the students' HiGroup for students' reference or to perform tasks. | √ | ||
| Synchronous Interaction/Task | Work Collection: Collecting works simultaneously. Teacher's task content will be automatically displayed on the student's HiGroup, and students have many ways to send works, including drawing/pictures, real-time audio recording, text, or multimedia files (PPT, Excel, video...), fully supporting learning and practice activities in synchronous lessons. | √ | |
| Task Tracking: As the students are doing their works/tasks, HiTeach's work collection window provides an overview of each group's progress, sorted by chronological order or grouping. | √ | ||
| Work Observation: You can paste the 4/6/9 fastest submitted student works to HiTeach page, or you can select works from the entire class and paste them to HiTeach page. Either way, you can do activities such as observation, comparison, mutual evaluation, praise, annotation, explanation, or sharing. | √ | ||
| Task History Browsing: You can turn on or off the submission switch for each task according to the task's need in HiTeach. For tasks that are not yet closed, students can use the task history browsing function to view their task/work history. They can also submit other work to update their work. | √ | ||
| Group Buzz-in: When you use Buzz-in, a button will appear on student's group devices, and the fastest group to click their button will be displayed on HiTeach. | √ | ||