FAQ
What is Babbelix?
Babbelix is an app which facilitates and improves oral language development through technology. It is available on iOS and Android, and can also be accessed from any browser.Babbelix enables users to create long and complex speech productions by recording individual clips and connecting them. The resulting audio productions (e.g. stories, dialogues, monologues, audio plays, interviews...) can be edited very easily by moving or deleting audio clips.
The focus is on very simple and intuitive use. Various application examples and suggestions can be found in this collection.
What does Babbelix have in common with Tiparlo?
The first version of Tiparlo was released in 2006 by EducDesign s.a. as part of the OLEFA platform and has been continuously developed since then. It was only available to schools and institutions that had a corresponding license agreement with EducDesign s.a.Since July 2024, the SCRIPT has made the tool available to all Luxemburgish primary schools as part of a national Babbelix platform, with IAM login and automatic matching between students and their teachers.
Outside of Luxembourg primary schools, EducDesign s.a. can continue to offer the tool as Tiparlo (e.g. as part of dementia prevention for older people, or in other countries).
Who can use Babbelix?
Babbelix is available to all pupils and teachers at primary schools in Luxembourg. Logins are handled with the IAM.Who can create new projects?
Both pupils and teachers can create a project. When pupils create a project, it is automatically assigned to their class. The teachers of this class also receive access and editing rights to this project. (If the pupil is registered in several classes at the same time, e.g. in a ‘classe d'accueil’ and a regular class, he/she must select one of these classes when creating a project). Pupils can neither make their projects public nor add other pupils to collaborate, whereas teachers have the corresponding options.Is it possible for several people to work on a collaborative Babbelix project at the same time?
Babbelix is specifically designed to enable work on a joint project. It is even possible to edit the same project simultaneously on multiple devices, and everyone can view the changes as they happen.However, only teachers can grant edit rights to multiple pupils, or even entire classes. Teachers can also subsequently adjust the rights of projects created by the pupils themselves.
Teachers are encouraged to keep an eye on collaborative projects that they have set up in order to prevent pupils from interacting with each other inappropriately (e.g. bullying).
Can projects also be set so that they can be accessed publicly without logging in?
Yes, but only teachers can configure a project accordingly. This can be useful, for example, to present large collaborative productions to the public, e.g. audio plays produced by the class, interviews with external guests or reports. These projects can then also be linked on their school website.Here are some guidelines and recommendations for teachers who want to share a project publicly:
- Ensure that the project is as anonymous as possible (do not name the symbols of audio clips after personal names, and avoid personal information in the content, such as addresses or birthdays). Set up yourself as the owner of the project and not one of the pupils.
- Set the rights so that the pupils no longer have editing rights to the project. This will prevent the project that you controlled and approved from being changed after their publication.
- Obtain parental permission if necessary (Consentement enregistrement voix).
Can pupils also use Babbelix if the application is not used in their class?
Yes, it is possible. Pupils can create their own projects for themselves and, for example, build complex stories or dialogues, or practice reading a text aloud. However, as explained previously, they will not be able to work collaboratively with other pupils on joint projects and will not be able to publish their projects, as these options are reserved to teachers. (However, they can create and download an MP3 export of their project).What happens to existing projects when the school year changes?
Babbelix is well suited for documenting learning progress and developments over long periods of time. For this reason, projects are not automatically deleted when the school year changes.However, some automatic adjustments are made to the access and editing rights:
- All group entries (e.g. members of ‘class X’ may read this project) are converted into individual entries based on the old group (pupil 1, pupil 2, pupil 3... may read this project), as the groups can change significantly when the school year changes (class X may contain partially or completely different pupils after the change). This prevents the new pupils in the class from automatically gaining access to a project from the previous year.
- The pupils retain the reading rights to their past projects so that they can continue to listen to them and keep them in their portfolio. (Unless their teacher would delete the project). However, pupils' editing rights are revoked at the end of the year. This is to prevent pupils (especially in collaborative projects) from continuing to work together on projects that may no longer be supervised by a teacher. However, if the project is to be continued in the following school year, the teachers can can reactivate the rights to pupils.
What happens when pupils or teachers leave the primary school or the Luxembourgish school system?
Since the login is done via the IAM and works specifically with the group logic of the primary school classes (e.g. to determine the affiliation between pupils, teachers, classes and school buildings), it is no longer possible for pupils who have changed from primary school to secondary school, or who are no longer in the Luxembourg school system, to log into Babbelix. This means that they no longer have access to their projects (except those published by the teachers for unregistered guests). For this reason, we recommend saving projects that you would like to keep for later as MP3 exports.The same applies to teachers who no longer work in a Luxemburgish primary school.