Socrative- Virtual Clickers

Overview: Socrative is a free student response system that immediately engages students using their smartphones, laptops, or tabletsor any web enabled device. Teacher access: http://t.socrative.com Student access: http://m.socrative.com

Index
Create a Teacher Account .......................................................... 1 The Teacher Screen (http://t.socrative.com) .................... 2 The Student Screen (http://m.socrative .com) .................. 2 Single Question Activity ............................................................. 3 Create a Quiz................................................................................... 3 Import a Quiz.................................................................................. 4 Run a Pre-made quiz .................................................................. 4 Analyze Data ................................................................................... 5 The Space Race .............................................................................. 5 Exit Ticket........................................................................................ 5 Additional Resources .................................................................. 6

Create a Teacher Account

Go to www.socrative.com and click on Enter your email and a password that you will remember. Click Enter the requested information and click Continue. Thats it! A Quick Overview appears. Updated 4/18/2012 1

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The Teacher Screen (http://t.socrative.com)
The room number and number of student in the room are displayed. Students must have the room number to join the room.

Single Question Activities: spontaneous, verbal questions that can be used to do a quick check for understanding or take a poll. No need to type anything.

Quiz-Based Activities: Quizzes, exit templates, and a game created in advance. Quizzes include multiple choice, multiple answer, T/F, and open ended. Manage Quizzes: Create, edit and delete quizzes

My Account: Change password, email address, and room number, edit teacher info, clear the room and logout.

The Student Screen (http://m.socrative .com)

Students enter the room number from the teacher screen and click Join Room.

If the teacher has not started an activity, the student will see

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Single Question Activity
1. Teachers login at t.socrative.com by entering their email and password. 2. Students join the class at http://m.socrative.com by entering the virtual room number provided by the teacher. Students will see Waiting for teacher to start an activity 3. Teacher initiates a single question activity by selecting Multiple Choice, True/False or Short Answer under Single Question Activities on the main screen. One click! 4. Students respond on their devices 5. Students results are visible on the Teachers screen or sent in an email. NOTE: o This method does not record who answered. It is a general check for understanding. o Multiple choose offers A-E option. That cannot be changed. o Teachers can choose to show answers to class and then have students Vote on responses.

Create a Quiz
1. 2. 3. 4. On the teacher main screen, click on Manage Quizzes Select Create a Quiz Name the quiz Sharing: enables teachers to create and share quizzes using an SOC number. To share the quiz, check the box. When the quiz is saved, an SOC# will appear. Others will need that Multiple Choice number to import the quiz Select Multiple Choice or Short Answer Enter the question and answer choices. Click in the box next to the correct answer Repeat steps #5 and #6 until all questions are entered Then click Save

Short Answer

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Import a Quiz
1. On the teacher main screen, click on Manage Quizzes 2. Select Import a Quiz 3. Two Options o Option 1: Click Import Shared Quiz and then enter the SOC number. Another teacher, who wants to share their quiz, must give you their SOC number. o Option 2: Create a Quiz in Excel and Import it 1. You must first create a quiz in Excel. To create a quiz in Excel using the template, click Use Excel template to import a quiz Fill in the required information When finished, click File/ SAVE AS and save it to your network folder. You are now ready Import Quiz from Excel 2. Import a Quiz Click Import Quiz from Excel. Click Browse to find the quiz in your network folder and then click 0pen Click Import Quiz

Run a Pre-made quiz

1. Click on Start Quiz 2. Select the quiz from the dropdown menu 3. Select advanced options before selecting Student or Teacher paced (optional) 4. Click Student Paced or Teacher Paced 5. The quiz will start 6. Students join the room by entering the room number found at the top right. 7. Students take the quiz 8. Teachers may choose to Hide Live Results or Show Live Results 9. When finished, click End Activity

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Analyze Data
The Quiz feature allows teachers to download (or email) reports that display how each student did on the quiz. After clicking End Activity this screen appears. Email Report sends an attached Excel file. Download Report, downloads the report in Excel.

The Space Race

The Space Race is a competitive, interactive game where individuals or teams compete by answering questions. Each correct answer moves the rocket forward. The first person or team to get their rocket across the screen wins. The Space Race can be used with any pre-created quizzes From the main teacher screen, click on Space Race Select a quiz from the drop down menu Select the number of teams Click Next Students will enter the room number and then select a team Click Start Space Race

Exit Ticket
The Exit Ticket is a great way to check student understanding at the end of class. It asks students a series of quick questions and sends the results in a report. The Exit Ticket asks: Name How well did you understand the material (multiple choice)? What did you learn today (free response)? Please solve the problem on the board (free response). To create your own exit ticket, simply create a quiz, name it Exit Ticket and add questions. Ask students to complete before leaving.

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Additional Resources
Socrative Garden: A blog dedicated to improving education through the sharing of strategies, tips and ideas for using Socrative. It includes Socrative Users Guide, How To Videos, and application ideas for classroom teachers. http://www.socrative.com/garden/ Socrative- A Review by ITBabble.com http://itbabble.com/2012/02/06/socrative-com-a-review-2/ Student Response on the iPad http://teachingwithipads.com/2012/04/student-response-on-the-ipad/

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