Students will be able to access Flat easily from school, from home, or anywhere else that they have internet access.įlat.io also integrates with Google Docs, which is very handy for teachers making worksheets and for students explaining their musical choices through writing. Unlike software, there’s nothing to install or run with the web-based tool. The devices your students already have, or that your school provides, will most likely be able to be used with Flat since it works on so many different platforms. It will run in the web browser on PC, MacOS, and ChromeOS, and there’s an iOS app for iPads and iPhones. This means that education tools need to be flexible, and have the ability to be used on a variety of devices.

Many schools may have both distance and in-person learning through this school year and possibly into next school year, meaning teachers need to plan for both potential options. Additionally, Flat for Education’s integration with Clever allows for one-click logon simplicity for students, which can be awesome to avoid confusion around multiple usernames and passwords for the many sites that they’re likely to be using during distance or hybrid learning. One nice feature of the education version is the ability to integrate with many common online learning platforms, like Google Classroom and Canvas.

You can see all of the features and pricing details here. The per student pricing is very affordable. The education version is COPPA compliant, and has many features. There is a limit to how many compositions a free account may have.įor the classroom, the education version is the best option because of the privacy and security features. There are many features of Flat that make it a great tool to use with students for individual and collaborative composition and arranging.Īll of these have the same basic function (writing music notation), but there are varied details with the different plans. In other words, Flat.io lets you compose with friends from around the world. If you like Google Docs and music notation software, you’ll love Flat.io! Flat.io (also referred to as, ‘Flat’) is an awesome tech tool for creating web-based, collaborative music notation. This is a guest post by one of our blog writers, Sarah Joncas.

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