There are so many options in the online world that it is likely for a company offering a service to be able to raise prices beyond a certain point and not expect their users to go elsewhere. This may end up being the case with Padlet. While it offered a solid service of value to many educators, the new pricing model is going to be out of the range of all but the most heavily invested users.
I categorize services such as Padlet as online, social posters. Users or a single author can add elements to this poster around a specific theme. Ryeboard is a new service I would place in this same category. It considers itself in beta and explains that it has only a subset of the tools it hopes to add. In fact, if you follow the development plan you can see the list of proposed/suggested tools and learn which have been elevated to the “to do” list. Just because of the reality of operating costs, I anticipate that Reyboard will eventually charge a fee and I support the need to charge. I just hope they created a tiered model with a reasonable cost to casual users appropriate to occasional use.
Ryeboard presently offers the opportunity to add notes, images, and drawings to a “poster”. You drag the icon from the menu into this space to position it as desired. Very simple if what you want to do requires only basic functionality.
This image may give you a better idea of how elements are added and positioned.
To provide a measure of security, a board (poster) is shared by way of a code that is given to those the host wants to have involved.
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