2. FAST.Q – Feedback and Answer
System Technology for Questions
Dr. John C. Murray – PI
Peter Anderson and Boaz Yehezkel

3. Funding and Support
• This is a student directed project funded by
Student as Producer and LNCD.
– Student as Producer is ...
• ...different from Student as Consumer
– LNCD is ….
• ...focused on Technology in Education

4. So...what is FAST.Q?
• FAST.Q is an anonymous feedback system,
– this is key to adoption;
• to be used by students during lectures.
• Accessed via phones, laptops or other smart
devices.

5. Other question systems.
• OptiVote
• Only useful for answering predetermined
questions, or gauging opinion.

6. So...how does it work?
• http://fastq.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/page/2/

7. So...why FAST.Q?
• As lecturers it is often difficult to get students
to engage or ask questions.
• FAST.Q’s anonymity helps prevent students
feeling embarrassed asking questions.
• Allows the lecturer to actively reiterate points
during the lecture that students might have
problems with.
– Highlighted by the FAST.Q system.

8. So...is it open to abuse?
• Anonymity has drawbacks also:
– Disinhibition.
• If there is no monitoring, people will
inevitably abuse the system
– Posting inappropriate comments, etc.
• We use OAuth to help reduce the disinhibition
affect.

9. So...OAuth!
• OAuth is used to restrict modules accessible.
• Give the notion that if people abuse the system
it is logged.

10. So...OAuth!

11. So… What are FAST.Q’s
Objectives?
• To improve student engagement
– By allowing students to ask questions.
• To allow the lecturer to gauge student
understanding of lecture content.
– By collation of questions pertaining to lecture
content.
• To compare success of cohorts feedback and
questions over successive years.

12. So...Questions?
?