Fabulous
Formative
Assessment
Tools
Rachel Smith
Ramsey Grammar School
Isle of Man
Why are online formative
assessment tools useful in the
classroom?
 Relatively easy to create
 Provide you with instant feedback
 Download results for analysis later
 Engaging
 Quick and effective
Socrative
 Can be created online or via the app on
an iPad or android devices
 Students can answer either using a
handheld device or using their
laptop/desktop computers
Socrative Room number
Students type
this in to get to
your quizzes
The number
of students in
your room
This is where you find
quizzes that you have
made or found
Socrative
Socrative Shared quizzes doc
Socrative
Socrative
Socrative
Socrative
Infuse Learning
 Very similar to Socrative
 Easy to use
 Can be used by students on a
tablet/phone or laptop/desktop
 Students need a room number to see your
quizzes
 This is an online tool – there is no app
 Students go to student.infuselearning.com
Answer Garden
 This is a really minimal tool
 It’s like padlet or linot
 It’s a web based tool and there’s an app
 It can be pretty powerful
Answer Garden
Click here and type
in your question
Answer Garden
This is how you share your
question. You can also get
an embed code
Answer Garden
Kahoot
 Easy to use
 Create quizzes like infuse learning and
Socrative
 Search for quizzes made by others
 Game based
 Results are downloadable
 It’s huge amounts of fun!
 Teachers create Kahoots at getkahoot.com
 Students play kahoot at kahoot.it
Plickers
 A digital meets analogue formative
assessment app
 You need to go to the Plickers website
and download the 40 images and print
them off
 Perfect for the 1 iPad classroom
Plickers
In order for Plickers to work you have to add
class lists. You can do it in the app or via the
website.
Plickers
Plickers
Plickers
Plickers
 When you are using Plickers you must give
students the correct image for their name.
You can check this via the library on the
home page
 Using the App select the question that
you wish to ask your class. Tap live view
on you computer and the question will
appear for your students to see
Plickers
A tick appears here
when students answer
has registered
Plickers
At the end of the session go to reports to see
how your students got on.
Educanon
 Educanon enables you to insert questions
into any video of your choosing
 These questions can then be used to
formatively assess your students.
 Teachers need to create an account but
students do not.
Educanon
 Sets of questions in Educanon are called
bulbs
Educanon
Educanon Play video and use the crop
video feature to cut out any
bits you don’t want
When finished tap finish
build
Educanon
Go to bulbs to find your video. Tap on it. We are now
going to add questions.
Educanon
Let the newly cropped video play and when you are at
a point where you would like to ask a question tap add
question. In the free version you only have 3 choices.
Educanon
To assign the task to unregistered students. Go to bulbs and
select the one that you want them to use.
Tap the
orange box
Select
unregistered
students
You now have
links and embed
codes which
you can use.
Educanon
This is what the
students see. They
type their name in
and tap no email
Educanon
Tap monitor
Tap select your class
Tap unassigned
Tap select bulb
Choose the bulb that you
would like students to do.
Nearpod
 Create or search for content on the
website nearpod.com
 Students access the content via the
iPads,tablets or laptops
 You can just drag in a powerpoint or
keynote and add interactive elements.
Nearpod
Nearpod
Nearpod
Nearpod
 In order to use Nearpod you tap the
presentation that you want to use and
click/tap live session
 This gives you a code which you share with
your class
 You class type this into their nearpod app
 This is not self guided so they need you to
move to the 2nd slide so that they can sign in.
 Once in the teacher controls the slides.
 You can share the things that your students
do on the activity slides with everyone in the
class
 The best way is probably to have a go!
Fabulous
Formative
Assessment
Tools
Rachel Smith
Ramsey Grammar School
Isle of Man
Thank
You!

Fabulous Formative Assessment

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    Why are onlineformative assessment tools useful in the classroom?  Relatively easy to create  Provide you with instant feedback  Download results for analysis later  Engaging  Quick and effective
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    Socrative  Can becreated online or via the app on an iPad or android devices  Students can answer either using a handheld device or using their laptop/desktop computers
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    Socrative Room number Studentstype this in to get to your quizzes The number of students in your room This is where you find quizzes that you have made or found
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    Infuse Learning  Verysimilar to Socrative  Easy to use  Can be used by students on a tablet/phone or laptop/desktop  Students need a room number to see your quizzes  This is an online tool – there is no app  Students go to student.infuselearning.com
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    Answer Garden  Thisis a really minimal tool  It’s like padlet or linot  It’s a web based tool and there’s an app  It can be pretty powerful
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    Answer Garden Click hereand type in your question
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    Answer Garden This ishow you share your question. You can also get an embed code
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    Kahoot  Easy touse  Create quizzes like infuse learning and Socrative  Search for quizzes made by others  Game based  Results are downloadable  It’s huge amounts of fun!  Teachers create Kahoots at getkahoot.com  Students play kahoot at kahoot.it
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    Plickers  A digitalmeets analogue formative assessment app  You need to go to the Plickers website and download the 40 images and print them off  Perfect for the 1 iPad classroom
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    Plickers In order forPlickers to work you have to add class lists. You can do it in the app or via the website.
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    Plickers  When youare using Plickers you must give students the correct image for their name. You can check this via the library on the home page  Using the App select the question that you wish to ask your class. Tap live view on you computer and the question will appear for your students to see
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    Plickers A tick appearshere when students answer has registered
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    Plickers At the endof the session go to reports to see how your students got on.
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    Educanon  Educanon enablesyou to insert questions into any video of your choosing  These questions can then be used to formatively assess your students.  Teachers need to create an account but students do not.
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    Educanon  Sets ofquestions in Educanon are called bulbs
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    Educanon Play videoand use the crop video feature to cut out any bits you don’t want When finished tap finish build
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    Educanon Go to bulbsto find your video. Tap on it. We are now going to add questions.
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    Educanon Let the newlycropped video play and when you are at a point where you would like to ask a question tap add question. In the free version you only have 3 choices.
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    Educanon To assign thetask to unregistered students. Go to bulbs and select the one that you want them to use. Tap the orange box Select unregistered students You now have links and embed codes which you can use.
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    Educanon This is whatthe students see. They type their name in and tap no email
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    Educanon Tap monitor Tap selectyour class Tap unassigned Tap select bulb Choose the bulb that you would like students to do.
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    Nearpod  Create orsearch for content on the website nearpod.com  Students access the content via the iPads,tablets or laptops  You can just drag in a powerpoint or keynote and add interactive elements.
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    Nearpod  In orderto use Nearpod you tap the presentation that you want to use and click/tap live session  This gives you a code which you share with your class  You class type this into their nearpod app  This is not self guided so they need you to move to the 2nd slide so that they can sign in.  Once in the teacher controls the slides.  You can share the things that your students do on the activity slides with everyone in the class  The best way is probably to have a go!
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Editor's Notes

  • #3 The disadvantage is that they often require students to have devices
  • #5 Socrative allows you to make answers on the fly too with quick question and exit ticket
  • #6 Self explanatory import quiz you need an soc number Reports you can view and download reports from here Socrative have a shared quizzes doc which you can view and add to
  • #11 Have a play
  • #35 Library where you find your stuff Explore where you find other ppls stuff Create Reports where you find feedback from sessions you have held
  • #36 Click add preso Drag in a previously made preso or start from scratch – I always drag in a previously made preso and add to it
  • #37 Add activity adds activities for the students to do