Multipurpose Use of Explain Everything iPad App for Teaching Chemistry Courses

Explain Everything is an interactive, user-friendly, and easily accessible app for mobile devices. The interactive app-based teaching methods discussed here can be adopted in any STEM or non-STEM course. This app allows instructors to take advantage of both the chalkboard and PowerPoint slides on a single platform, create videos for lecture captures and flipped/online classrooms, and virtually assist upper-level students with the development of soft skills through personalized videos/PDFs. Feedback data from students highlight multiple benefits from the use of this app. This app aids better visualization of concepts, promotes ubiquitous learning opportunities for students, and provides personalized feedback on documents in seminar courses.