Scratch Web, the new Assimilate platform

Assimilate has just opened Scratch Web, described as a cloud-based collaboration tool for replaying and reviewing Scratch projects, to the public.

Although there are already many ways to share material online, the advantage of Scratch Web is that it allows Scratch, Scratch Lab and Scratch Play professionals to publish a real timeline. That is, users can share their constructs on public or private (password-protected) web channels. In addition, they can use the functions for version control, annotation tools or even publish raw files, for example by uploading them from Scratch Play and clicking on “Publish”.

Last December Scratch Web (built on Microsoft’s Azure platform) was launched as a private beta, but now Assimilate has opened it up for public use, meaning that anyone can log on to scratchweb.tv and access the large public channel, where people will be posting their videos and timelines.

On the other hand, users of Scratch systems can get a free 30-day trial to get access to a channel. Soon there will also be apps for iOS, Android and Windows.