Signplanet
Signplanet is a web learning and teaching hub for Auslan and NZSL, with BSL also supported.
What Signplanet is
Signplanet is a web learning and teaching hub for Auslan and NZSL, with BSL also supported. Its free dictionary contains over 2,600 signs across more than 130 categories, with illustrations, English meanings, signing guidance, context, memory hints, regional usage, historical records, and overseas variants. Free access also includes online games, tutorials, downloadable resources, and offline access. Subscribers can create dictionary pages, flashcards, dice, writing sheets, assessment sheets, and custom pages from site categories or their own lists. Subscriptions include unlimited downloads of ready-made resources and online games and activities. A single-user license permits one login at a time and excludes Curriculum Materials. Organisation subscriptions provide multiple accounts, managed user groups, curriculum materials, and unrestricted creation and learning tools. The Auslan Curriculum Hub offers lesson-linked resources, handouts, and digital and interactive content, requiring a site license and printed teaching guides. Plans include a free option and paid subscriptions from $123 a year, with organisation tiers for two, four, 100, or 200 seats.
Good
- Free dictionary covers over 2,600 signs
- Includes games, tutorials, and downloads
- Subscribers can create custom learning materials
- Organisation plans support managed user groups
- Offers Auslan Curriculum Hub resources
Watch out
- Single-user license allows one login at a time
- Single-user plans exclude Curriculum Materials
- Curriculum Hub requires a site license and printed guides
- Commercial image use requires contacting the company
Who it suits
Signplanet suits people learning or teaching Auslan, NZSL, or BSL. Organisation plans are described for schools, educational institutions, therapist and service-provider organisations, and family groups.
Verdict
Signplanet combines a broad free dictionary with subscription creation tools and teaching materials. Its plan structure separates individual learning from organisation features, so buyers should match seats and curriculum needs carefully.
Plans and prices
From Signplanet's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Single User Subscription (1 year) | $123 a year | 1 seat · one login at a time · no Curriculum Materials access · 1 year |
| Organisation License (2 seats, Book Owner Disc) | $155 a year | 2 simultaneously active users/profiles · discount for owners of Bilby Publishing Auslan (LOTE) teaching guides · 1 year |
| Organisation License (2 seats) | $194 a year | 2 simultaneously active users/profiles · includes Curriculum Material area · 1 year |
| Single User Subscription (2 years) | $232 a year | 1 seat · one login at a time · no Curriculum Materials access · 2 years |
| Organisation License (4 seats, Book Owner Disc) | $300 a year | 4 simultaneously active users/profiles · discount for owners of Bilby Publishing Auslan (LOTE) teaching guides · 1 year |
| Organisation License (4 seats) | $375 a year | 4 simultaneously active users/profiles · includes Curriculum Material area · 1 year |
| Organisation License (100 seats, book owner disc) | $420 a year | 100 simultaneously active users/profiles · discount for owners of Bilby Publishing Auslan (LOTE) teaching guides · 1 year |
| Organisation License (100 seats) | $525 a year | 100 simultaneously active users/profiles · includes Curriculum Material area · 1 year |
| Organisation License (200 seats, book owner disc) | $640 a year | 200 simultaneously active users/profiles · discount for owners of Bilby Publishing Auslan (LOTE) teaching guides · 1 year |
| Organisation License (200 seats) | $800 a year | 200 simultaneously active users/profiles · includes Curriculum Material area · 1 year |
The facts
Each one read from Signplanet's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Creation tools
- Subscribers can create dictionary pages, flashcards, dice, writing sheets, assessment sheets, and custom pages from site categories or their own word/sign lists.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Curriculum
- The Auslan Curriculum Hub provides lesson-linked ready-made resources, handouts, and digital and interactive content, and requires a site license and printed teaching guides.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Dictionary
- The free dictionary contains over 2,600 signs and over 130 categories, with illustrations, English meanings, signing guidance, context, memory hints, regional usage, historical records, and overseas variants.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Downloadable font
- The site offers a downloadable two-handed fingerspelling font used in Australia, New Zealand, and Britain, with numbers and symbols.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Intended users
- The organisation license is described for schools and educational institutions, therapist and service-provider organisations, and family groups.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Organisation license
- Organisation subscriptions include multiple login accounts, curriculum materials, and unrestricted access to creation and learning tools, with user groups that administrators can manage.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Personal license
- A single-user license allows only one login at a time and does not include access to Curriculum Materials.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Product
- Signplanet is a learning and teaching hub for searching and learning Auslan and NZSL.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Sign verification
- The maker says it works with NAATI-certified interpreters, CODAs, Teachers of the Deaf, and Deaf societies in Australia, and consulted Deaf people and other groups in New Zealand to verify signs before publication.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Subscriber resources
- Subscriptions include unlimited downloads of ready-made resources and online games and activities.checked 7 Oct 2001
Money
- Free access
- The site offers a free-to-everyone dictionary, online games, tutorials, and downloadable resources.checked 7 Oct 2001
The company
- Headquarters
- Wolli Creek, New South Wales, Australiachecked 28 Sep 2001
- Maker and history
- Signplanet says it evolved from the Sign With Me CD-ROM released in 2007 and identifies Bilby Publishing as its producer.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Ownership and permissions
- The site’s copyright and intellectual property belong to Bilby Publishing & Consulting Pty Ltd, and subscribers need to contact the company before commercial use or public display of site images.checked 7 Oct 2001
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