Pivot Interactives
Pivot Interactives is a web platform for science teaching built around interactive video activities and active learning.
What Pivot Interactives is
Pivot Interactives is a web platform for science teaching built around interactive video activities and active learning. Its library contains more than 550 activities across biology, earth and space science, chemistry, environmental science, and physics. Students can explore phenomena, change physical parameters, and investigate data through experimental design. Teachers can create classes, invite students, assign experiments, customize activities, and grade student work. Co-Lab supports students working together on assignments, and the platform provides frequent feedback and auto-grading. Pivot is presented for science instruction in grades 6–12 and higher education. It connects with learning management systems through LTI 1.3, including Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom, Moodle, Blackboard, and D2L Brightspace. A 30-day free trial provides instructors and students full feature access, including classes, LMS connections, activity editing, assignments, and grading. Paid options include classroom and semester-based plans. Pivot requires an internet connection and a stable high-speed connection, and it does not support offline use of images, videos, or questions.
Good
- More than 550 activities cover multiple science subjects.
- Teachers can customize activities and grade work.
- Co-Lab supports student collaboration.
- 30-day trial includes full feature access.
- LTI 1.3 LMS integrations are documented.
Watch out
- Requires a stable high-speed internet connection.
- Images, videos, and questions are unavailable offline.
- No free plan is listed.
Who it suits
Pivot Interactives is designed for science instruction in grades 6–12 and higher education. It suits teachers who want interactive video activities alongside class, assignment, and grading tools.
Verdict
Pivot Interactives pairs a broad science activity library with tools for teaching, collaboration, and assessment. Its trial offers full access, but use depends on a reliable internet connection.
Plans and prices
From Pivot Interactives's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Classroom | $6.10 a year | 500+ activities for 1 year · customize any activity · Co-Lab student collaboration · Basic LMS integration · AP-aligned activities and practice exams · per seat per year |
| Course Codes | $11.10, paid once | 500+ activities for 1 semester · LMS integration · customize any activity · Co-Lab · on-demand support · bookstore course codes · per seat per semester |
| Institutional License | $11.10, paid once | 500+ activities for 1 semester · LMS integration · customize any activity · Co-Lab · on-demand support · traditional PO · per seat per semester |
| Student Pay | $11.10, paid once | 500+ activities for 1 semester · LMS integration · customize any activity · Co-Lab · on-demand support · students pay to join class · per seat per semester |
| District | Priced on request | Everything included in Classroom · reporting dashboard · advanced rostering and SSO · advanced LMS integration · professional development · standards alignment · dedicated support · Custom Pricing |
The facts
Each one read from Pivot Interactives's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 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.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Activity library
- The product offers over 550 interactive video-based activities across biology, earth and space science, chemistry, environmental science, and physics.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Collaboration and grading
- Co-Lab lets students work together on an assignment, and the product provides frequent feedback and auto-grading.checked 30 Sep 2026
- 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.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- The product is presented for science instruction in grades 6–12 and higher education, with activities for all science subjects.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Product
- Pivot Interactives is a web platform for teaching science through phenomena-based interactive video activities and active learning.checked 30 Sep 2026
- 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.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security and privacy
- The company says Pivot Interactives received IMS Global certification for Data Privacy.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Student learning
- Activities let students explore phenomena, manipulate physical parameters, and investigate data through experimental design.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- The help center provides customer support guidance, and Classroom pricing includes on-demand professional development while District pricing includes dedicated support.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Teacher tools
- Teachers can create classes, invite students, assign experiments, customize activities, and grade student work.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Company history
- Pivot Interactives says its co-founders began developing direct-measurement videos in their classrooms in 2012.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Founded
- 2012checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Trial
- The 30-day free trial gives instructors and students full feature access, including classes, LMS connections, activity editing, assignments, and grading.checked 30 Sep 2026
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