CK-12 FlexBook 2.0 vs Wikibooks
CK-12 FlexBook 2.0
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| Figure | CK-12 FlexBook 2.0 | Wikibooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Open Educational Resource Platforms | 8.9 (#3) | 7.1 (#26) |
| Headquarters | CK-12 lists its headquarters at 4300 Bohannon Drive, Suite 200, Menlo Park, California. | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Purpose | FlexBooks are customizable digital textbooks for K–12 subjects including science, math, and social studies. | Wikibooks is an open-content collection of textbooks that anyone can edit. |
| Security | CK-12 says it uses administrative, technological and physical safeguards and encrypts transmissions with SSL or similar technology, while disclaiming a guarantee of security. | The privacy policy describes access controls, network firewalls, and physical security measures, while stating that completely secure transmission or storage cannot be guaranteed. |
| Support | Users can contact CK-12 Support by starting a support ticket or sending an email. | Wikimedia Phabricator is used to track MediaWiki bugs and feature requests. |
Plans
In their own words
CK-12 FlexBook 2.0
CK-12 FlexBook 2.0 provides customizable digital textbooks for K–12 subjects including science, math, and social studies. Lessons can combine text with PLIX interactives, simulations, adaptive practice, and related learning materials. Adaptive Practice draws questions from a library of more than 150,000 and adjusts selections based on student answers. Teachers can assign lessons, videos, interactives, and practice to whole classes or differentiated groups, then view progress reports. Educators can reorder chapters and edit or add content in customized FlexBooks. The service works in browsers on laptops, desktops, Chromebooks, tablets, and mobile devices, and is listed at free. Standalone Simulations and PLIX Interactives require a tablet-size screen or larger. Users may download PDFs of FlexBooks they create or customize, though interactive content may not render; CK-12-created PDFs are not downloadable. CK-12 says it is still converting all core content to FlexBook 2.0. Listed SSO or LMS partners include Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Kiddom, Clever, and ClassLink.
Wikibooks
Wikibooks has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.