Sanako Connect

What Sanako Connect is

Sanako Connect is a browser-based platform for professional educators running live or self-paced language classes in high schools, colleges and universities. Teachers can organize pair and group discussions or role-plays, monitor the groups and collect recordings for later review. For pronunciation practice, it provides automatic feedback and scores based on speech models for most modern languages. Teachers can also run speaking assessments for multiple students at once and hold controlled live speaking and listening exams.

Teachers can build interactive work from existing audio or video, including flashcards, vocabulary tests, listening comprehension and gap-fill activities. YouTube videos can be embedded, and teachers can also use their own audio and video files. Students enter a session through a unique link or QR code without logging in. Shared files must be smaller than 100 MB; examples include MP3, MP4, PDF and PPTX.

Connect is available on web, Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. Its separate US and EU infrastructure instances keep data within each instance’s geographic region, according to its security statement. Data at rest is encrypted with AES-256, while connections use HTTPS with TLS 1.2 or later. The product is described as FERPA, COPPA and GDPR compliant. Pricing is by quote, with a 12-month minimum and packages starting at 15 concurrent student users.

Who it suits

Sanako Connect suits language teachers in high schools, colleges and universities who need live discussion, speaking assessment and self-paced exercises in one browser-based classroom. It is also relevant to educators who want students to join sessions by link or QR code without signing in.

Limits

Subscriptions have a 12-month minimum, and packages begin at 15 concurrent student users. Shared files must be under 100 MB.

Getting started

1. Open the Sanako Connect website.
2. Request a quote for a subscription with at least 15 concurrent student users.
3. Use Connect through the web platform or an available Android, iOS, Linux, macOS or Windows platform.
4. Create a class session and share its unique link or QR code with students.

Verdict

Choose Sanako Connect for language classes that need live speaking activities, pronunciation feedback, controlled exams and interactive tasks. Its quote-based subscription and 15-user minimum may be a poor fit for an individual teacher or a smaller group.