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Farrar
October 5, 2023

Limiting features on Figjam

  • October 5, 2023
  • 13 replies
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I’m trying to understand if there’s any way to limit how many features are available to users on FigJam. I understand how to lock things onto the board, but is there any way to stop users from utilizing the many options?

I’m an educator trying to see if it’s a tool that can work for me. My two classes where I’ve tried it have been chaos. Kids are either really distracted by the sheer volume of stuff available to them or they’re overwhelmed by the sensory input of way too much stuff. It’s like holding class in a carnival. I’d love to be able to pick and choose which things they can do. They don’t really need stickers. And stamps. And reactions. And to play music. And to make random polls pop up. And so forth. I might use those things all sometimes, but I’d love to limit the menu of what they can do.

13 replies

Erik_Lararstudent
November 26, 2024

Same here! It was pure chaos when I tried it with some students aged 13 today. Hope we can have just the move feature and a few very simple features enabled. Not sound and emoji reactions and other fireworks

Ms_Schulze
December 8, 2024

I am frustrated because someone deleted my locked board and all the sticky notes from the team. I looked at version history and it doesn’t show details about who deleted it. AND it didn’t save the last version with all the work posted. Everything is gone. So frustrated with the lack of control as a teacher. I wanted to love this tool. I have used it several times with students, but now I am hesitating using it.

Murtaugh
New Member
April 10, 2025

YES! We need a way to limit the availability of actions. I am using Figma in a GRADUATE LEVEL course,  and it was chaos with them. They are all around 24 years old. My students are future K-12 teachers, but I can tell that using Figma in a K-12 would be overwhelming. 

Admins need to be able to turn features off.