Pivot Interactives
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What it is
Pivot Interactives is a web platform for science teaching built around interactive video activities and active learning. Its library has more than 550 activities across biology, earth and space science, chemistry, environmental science, and physics. Students explore phenomena, adjust physical parameters, and investigate data through experimental design. Teachers can create classes, invite students, assign experiments, customize activities, and grade student work. Co-Lab lets students work together on assignments; the platform also provides frequent feedback and auto-grading. Pivot is presented for grades 6–12 and higher education. It supports LTI 1.3 integrations with learning management systems including Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom, Moodle, Blackboard, and D2L Brightspace. The 30-day free trial provides instructors and students full feature access, including classes, LMS connections, activity editing, assignments, and grading. The Classroom plan costs $6.10 per seat per year. Semester options for institutions, students, and bookstore course codes each cost $11.10 per seat per semester. The platform requires a stable high-speed internet connection and does not support offline use of images, videos, or questions.
Spec sheet
- Product
- Pivot Interactives is a web platform for teaching science through phenomena-based interactive video activities and active learning.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pivotinteractives.com
- Intended users
- The product is presented for science instruction in grades 6–12 and higher education, with activities for all science subjects.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pivotinteractives.com
- Trial
- The 30-day free trial gives instructors and students full feature access, including classes, LMS connections, activity editing, assignments, and grading.Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.pivotinteractives.com
- Integrations
- The help center documents LTI 1.3 integrations with Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom, Moodle, Blackboard, D2L Brightspace, and other LTI 1.3-compliant LMSs.Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.pivotinteractives.com
- Support
- The help center provides customer support guidance, and Classroom pricing includes on-demand professional development while District pricing includes dedicated support.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pivotinteractives.com
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · pivotinteractives.com
- Founded
- 2012Read 28 Sep 2026 · pivotinteractives.com
- Accessibility
- The company says its current development adheres to WCAG 2.1 and describes screen reader, keyboard control, descriptive video text, and built-in text reader features.Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.pivotinteractives.com
- Activity library
- The product offers over 550 interactive video-based activities across biology, earth and space science, chemistry, environmental science, and physics.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pivotinteractives.com
- Collaboration and grading
- Co-Lab lets students work together on an assignment, and the product provides frequent feedback and auto-grading.Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.pivotinteractives.com
- Company history
- Pivot Interactives says its co-founders began developing direct-measurement videos in their classrooms in 2012.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pivotinteractives.com
- Requirements and limits
- Pivot is an internet-connected web application; it requires a stable high-speed connection and does not support offline use of images, videos, or questions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.pivotinteractives.com
- Security and privacy
- The company says Pivot Interactives received IMS Global certification for Data Privacy.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pivotinteractives.com
- Student learning
- Activities let students explore phenomena, manipulate physical parameters, and investigate data through experimental design.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pivotinteractives.com
- Teacher tools
- Teachers can create classes, invite students, assign experiments, customize activities, and grade student work.Read 30 Sep 2026 · pivotinteractives.com
Plans and prices
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- More than 550 activities span five science areas
- Teachers can assign, customize, and grade activities
- Co-Lab supports student collaboration
- Offers LTI 1.3 LMS integrations
- 30-day trial includes full feature access
Limits
- Requires a stable high-speed internet connection
- Images, videos, and questions are unavailable offline
- Classroom pricing is $6.10 per seat per year
- Semester plans cost $11.10 per seat per semester
Who it suits
It is aimed at science instructors and learners in grades 6–12 and higher education. Teachers seeking interactive activities, LMS connections, and assessment tools can use it across multiple science subjects.
Verdict
Pivot combines a broad science activity library with class management, collaboration, and grading tools. Its internet requirement and per-seat pricing are important constraints for classroom planning.
Where Specifiction places it
- Virtual Lab Software#7 of 278.1
- Science Learning Software#13 of 257.9