This document discusses two mobile apps for formative assessment and surveys: Nearpod and Socrative. It provides demonstrations of how to create presentations and quizzes using each app. Nearpod allows importing PowerPoint files and adding interactive elements, while Socrative facilitates quick polls and quizzes. Both apps allow tracking student participation and sending reports. The document concludes with an exit ticket poll asking which app is most likely to be used.

1. ESSENTIAL MOBILE APPS:
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT AND
SURVEYS
10 NOVEMBER 2012
HCT WOMEN‟S COLLEGE, FUJAIRAH
Donald Glass
Academic Bridge Program
Zayed University – Abu Dhabi
glassde2@gmail.com
Twitter: @ZUdon

2. ESSENTIAL MOBILE APPS:
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT AND
SURVEYS
 Introduction
 Nearpod Demonstration
 How to create a Nearpod
 Other Features of Nearpod
 Socrative Demonstration
 How to create a Socrative
 Nearpod v. Socrative
 Quiz

3. TEACHER V. STUDENT

4. EASY STEPS TO CREATING A
NEARPOD PRESENTATION (NPP)
1. MUST BE Created on PC/MAC (NOT iPad)
2. Create your presentation on Powerpoint
3. “Save As” PDF
4. Sign in to Nearpod
5. Click „Create‟
6. Click “New Presentation” +
7. Choose “Find a pdf file” or drag it from your desktop
8. Nearpod will create „static‟ slides from your
presentation
9. Now you can customize your presentation with
interactive slides (click „ADD”)

5. TYPES OF INTERACTIVE SLIDES

6. Add another non-interactive slide
• PDF file
• Image files
• Zip file?

7. Poll Creation
Window

10. MUST BE:
• < .mp4 format
• < 3min long
• < 10MB size

11. Background
image
MUST BE < 3MB

12. UPGRADED FEATURES –
GOLD/SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP
Slide Show – student-controlled
slideshow on screen
Browse the internet – have
students access a particular site
within the nearpod environment

13. OTHER FEATURES OF NEARPOD
• Keep track student participation continuously
• Share the presentation by email instantly
• Get reports (PC/MAC) after each session

14. KEEPING TRACK
Shows RED when
students are not looking
at the app and tells # not
„in‟
Shows list of students and if
they are in or out

15. EMAIL THE LINK

16. GET REPORTS ON YOUR PC/MAC

17. FREE!
ONLINE NEARPOD TRAINING
Scroll down the
Nearpod homepage
for dates/times of
the next FREE
WebiNEAR

19. MAIN PAGE
(SOCRATIVE TEACHER)
Quick/No-Prep Questions
Pose a question verbally
or on the board.
Students respond with
Multiple choice, True
False or Short Answer.

20. „ON THE FLY‟ RESPONSES
Short Answer Multiple Choice True/False

22. MANAGE QUIZZES
Where do I get quizzes?
What can I do with them after
they are created/imported?
Where can I get result
records?

23. CREATE A QUIZ
Click here to get an SOC
number and share quizzes
with other teachers.
Choose a question type and
start making your quiz
When you finish
making questions,
save the quiz

24. MAKING QUESTIONS

25. SOC #
After you click „save‟ (if you
have enabled sharing) you will
get the SOC number for the
quiz.

26. IMPORTING A QUIZ
Easy: You can import a quiz
with an SOC#
More difficult: by using your
PC/Mac to create a quiz with
an Excel template (available
ONLY on PC/Mac version)
which you then import to your
quiz list.

27. You must use a
PC/Mac to import
excel

28. SOCRATIVE EXCEL TEMPLATE
1. From a PC/Mac click „Import quiz from Excel‟ there you can
download this template and make the questions.
2. Afterwards (again on PC/Mac), from the „import quiz from
Excel‟ you can import the quiz from where you saved it.
3. Once imported, you can access it on your iPad in the Socrative
Teacher app (Start Quiz>Select a Saved Quiz)

29. STARTING A QUIZ 1
1. Select a saved quiz from the list
1. Select “student paced” or
“teacher paced” quiz

30. STARTING A QUIZ II

31. STUDENT VIEW (TEACHER PACED)

32. TEACHER VIEW
Toggle this to see/hide
results
Teacher controlled

33. ACTIVITIES
1. Normal start a quiz
(covered above)
2. Exit ticket
3. Space Race

34. SPACE RACE
Assign teams to answer
a quiz and watch them
race to the finish

35. SPACE RACE IN PROGRESS
(TEACHER VIEW)

36. SENDING A REPORT
After you close any quiz, you have
a chance to send yourself a report
by email instantly. See everyone‟s
results

37. ETC….
(PROFILE
CHANGE)
From the main page, select
„My Profile‟ to arrive here
and change your vital
details.

38. ETC…
(LIVE
RESULTS)

39. ETC…
SELECT A
QUIZ
(DROPDOWN)

40. ETC…
VOTING ON „ON THE
FLY‟ RESPONSES
Select responses to send to
students and they can vote
with instant results
Results:
teacher view Student view

41. ADVANTAGES:
NEARPOD VS. SOCRATIVE
 Slick, easy-to-use interface  Can be used on all platforms (mobile
and PC/Mac, most any browser)
 Import .ppt or .pdf
 Quizzes/Surveys may be shared
 Use Images and movies with other teachers
 Teacher controls pace throughout  Instant Formative assessment
 Student monitoring feature
 Emailed reports
 Ability to share stats w/students instantly
 Instant „pulse‟ of the class surveys
 Emailed reports
 All features on Free version 100%
 Great Free presentations free and no paid memberships.

42. DISADVANTAGES:
NEARPOD VS. SOCRATIVE
 iPad platform only  Plain interface
 Limited presentations on free
version  No videos
 Free version does not support
 No photos or pictures
sharing
(workaround possible)
 Limited size for video and
pictures.  Sharing poll results not direct
 Costly to upgrade
 Cannot quit quiz creation
easily

43. HOW CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT
NEARPOD AND SOCRATIVE
Nearpod.com
Socrative.com

44. FINAL QUIZ - NEARPOD

45. EXIT TICKET - SOCRATIVE

46. EXIT TICKET - SOCRATIVE
Exit Ticket Problem:
Which of the two essential mobile tools
do you think you are most likely to use?

47. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
ATTENTION
REFERENCES AND LINKS
Unitag – Custom QR Code Creator – www.unitaglive.com
Nearpod Website – www.nearpod.com
Socrative Website – www.socrative.com
Socrative Blog (with how to vids/printables) –
http://socrativegarden.wordpress.com/
Screenshots via “Snip” app for Mac