Polling systems foster interactive, responsive classrooms via live polling and Q&A during class. These softwares capture student responses and instantly tallies and produces a visualization of the results.
Mentimeter
What is Mentimeter?
Mentimeter is an online polling tool that allows faculty to create presentations (similar to PowerPoint Presentations) that are interactive and allow students to answer questions and polls anonymously using any device. The number of participants is unlimited.
What can I do with Mentimeter?
Mentimeter offers a range of question and content slide types which instructors can use (in class and remotely) to actively engage students. These slide types include multiple choice, open-ended, ranking, Q&A, word cloud, and media, along many others. Mentimeter generates live results for polls, which instructors can access for analysis and sharing with students and/or colleagues.
Some use cases for this tool:
- Group discussions
- Icebreaker activities
- Informative assessment to assess background knowledge and understanding
- Course material revisions
- Concept visualization and representation
- Holding Q&A sessions post presentation/lecture
- Competing/gaming activities
How do I try Mentimeter for my courses?
Using their Georgetown NetID account, faculty can sign up and create a free Mentimeter account by visiting mentimeter.com. There is no limit on the number of presentations or number of students in the free version. If interested in using Mentimeter frequently throughout your course, please reach out to cndls@georgetown.edu for a consultation to set up a Pro account, which provides various additional features.
Poll Everywhere
What is Poll Everywhere?
Poll Everywhere is a web-based polling tool that faculty can use in or outside the classroom to engage students. It offers instructors more question types than traditional clicker devices and allows students to respond to polls with their mobile device or computer.
What can I do with Poll Everywhere?
Poll Everywhere features a variety of question types—including multiple choice, word cloud, open response, image map, and up- and down-voting—which instructors can use to help engage students in active learning, both in and out of the classroom. They can also use the tool to quiz, poll, or survey students outside of class.
Examples of ways faculty can use Poll Everywhere with their students:
- Reviewing content using multiple choice questions
- Gauging students’ understanding of new concepts and points of confusion
- Identifying an element on an image
- Collecting data points on graph
- Receiving anonymous feedback via open-ended responses
- Conducting an icebreaker activity using a word cloud
Read about the experiences of Georgetown faculty who participated in the Poll Everywhere pilot.
How do I try Poll Everywhere for my courses?
Faculty can create a free basic account at www.polleverywhere.com that can be used to poll up to 40 students at a time. For larger classes, faculty can purchase an instructor license with additional features and the ability to poll up to 700 respondents. Alternatively, they can have students purchase an individual license. If you would like to discuss ways to use Poll Everywhere in your course, please contact cndls@georgetown.edu to request a consultation.
Visit the Poll Everywhere Website
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