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I like that Piazza allows students to post notes or questions to their peers in a course in a way that is intuitive and fairly easy to use. It is very useful that on the landing page one can see what the latest posts have been and how many are unanswered under the 'class at a glance' section. I also like that at the top of the page, assuming Piazza is being used for a class where there are different assignments, one can see a list of tabs with each assignment that they can then click to go to. Overall, the interface is fairly simple but effective and allows for students (or users in general) to access information easily and quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Every now and then over a semester using Piazza as a student in an advanced methodology course in a PhD program, I noticed that the posts statistics would take a while to update. For example, I could see that a peer had already answered a question that had been posted an previously unanswered, check out the answer, and then later on in the day log into Piazza and notice that the question once again showed up as unanswered. While this wasn't terribly inconvenient, it was a little confusing upon login and required students to figure out if the lag in the page update was due to a new question actually being posted, or simply to a delay in the page updating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Piazza helps me connect seamlessly with my instructor and classmates in just one go. Piazza helps me post and answer questions simultaneously in public while also being able to send private messages to my instructor and classmates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Piazza is more like Gmail, and the user interface is quite dull. The fact that its primarily used by students, the app needs to add better features in terms of look and feel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
With Piazza you can easily ask queries and doubt in forum which is easily responded by Instructor, teaching assistance and fellow students. It is also used by instructors to check our involvement in studies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The only issue is that UI needs to be improved a little bit and mobile version is required for notification instead of notification on mails. Sometimes we miss the updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Piazza has most of the features one would want in a question-answer platform for classes; there are instructors, TAs, and students who can post notes, questions, and answers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The UI of Piazza isn't the best, and there are some bugs here and there - for instance, sometimes the app crashes, or redirecting/linking to other questions doesn't work correctly. It would also be better if students were able to delete their own posts and archive classes that are over. It also feels like they are not doing as much Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like the different modes of posting questions.
Tagging only a certain group of people is a nice feature. That is, if a student has doubt only for instructors and not the whole class, he/she can easily apply that specific feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
All the features of Piazza are quite handy. Although, the search feature has some issues on my end. When I try to search for some posts with certain keywords, it does not filter it well. However, if I search with @post_number, it filters out. Remembering the post number all-time the becomes troublesome.
Other than the search feature, managing the dashboard is a little difficult, as there are too many tabs to navigate. A based format may help.
Instead of minor issues, the major features behind the portal makes it fun to use and work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Everything is very intuitive and easy to use in Piazza. It only takes a few minutes to set up a new class. The interface is pleasing and efficient. I like that students can ask questions anonymously. I also like how customizable everything is, and how easy it is to change settings. The ability to type math symbols and write code in posts makes it an excellent choice for STEM courses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The phone app version has limited functionality. Also, when running in the browser, sometimes I have trouble getting the cursor to appear in the post window when I click in the field where you're supposed to type the post. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There are two things I really like. First, any post (notes or question) can be pinned and can be assigned to a folder. This helps users to filter old posts by specific topics. Second, posts can be anonymous or public. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What I dislike is just that there are more user-friendly tools. Specifically, in an educational setting, Blackboard is a much better online tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I love how interactive this platform is. It Is so easy to ask questions, get answers, and interact with other using this platform. I used it specifically while in a statistics class which was great because it provided the opportunity for peer to peer question and answer dialogue which was mutually beneficial. Students got the answers that they were looking for, and those who were answering questions were displaying understanding of material and practicing implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The user interface could be more updated, but that doesn't take away from the excellence of the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Piazza is an effective platform for a streamlined forum. I used it as a student for an undergraduate class, and it was a simple way to communicate with the class and professor to ask and answer questions about the course and assignments. I enjoyed the ability to easily have access to this type of communication and it greatly improved my productivity in the course. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I did not have too much that I disliked, however, one thing I wish was better was the organization of posts. I think the platform would be more effective if it were possible to organize the posts into specific categories (e.g. a category for each assignment, etc.). This way it would be much easier to search through posts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The interface is functional. Posts are easily categorized and searchable with options to add media. LaTeX functionality is good. Information is stored in a Wiki like format, which adds more permanancy than other forum like offering such as Slack or Discord. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Piazza offers opportunities for social networking and job searching, but are these features actually useful when we have services like LinkedIn? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Announcement, sharing of materials, and posting of grades, Q&As become easy with Piazza! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Student may need to manually enroll before they can have access to class materials Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
