A wonderful informal assessment tool! Created by Joell Wilkins using the Apple app, so please note Android apps might be different. This powerpoint may be used and/or edited for non-profit, educational use. copyright 2014

WHAT ARE PLICKERS? 40 CARDS, 1 PER STUDENT. EACH CARD LOOKS DIFFERENT. STUDENTS HOLD CARDS ACCORDING TO THE ANSWER OF A QUESTION: A, B, C, D. A DEVICE SCANS THE PLICKER CARDS AND GIVES THE TEACHER FEEDBACK ABOUT STUDENT ANSWERS.

LET’S TRY THEM! WHICH IS THE CORRECT SPELLING? A. AMATURE B. AMUCHER C. AMITEUR D. AMATEUR

PRETTY AWESOME, RIGHT? LET’S SEE HOW TO SET IT ALL UP! (FOR THOSE WHO WEREN’T HERE FOR THE LIVE TRAINING, I WENT TO AND SIGNED IN, TOLD IT TO SHOW LIVE RESULTS. I THEN HAD THE STUDENTS HOLD UP THEIR ANSWER PLICKERS FOR THE QUESTION ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND SHOWED OFF THE RESULTS.)

SETTING IT UP DOWNLOAD THE APP ONTO YOUR PHONE OR TABLET. DO A SEARCH IN THE APP STORE FOR PLICKERS OR USE THE QR CODES ABOVE, THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS FOR APPLE, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS FOR ANDROID. DOWNLOAD THE ACTUAL PLICKERS AND PRINT THEM OUT. YOU CAN GET THEM AT: SIGN UP AND/OR LOG ON USING YOUR COMPUTER BY GOING TO CLICK ON “CLASSES” AT THE TOP AND THE “ADD NEW CLASS” BOX.

SETTING IT UP ENTER YOUR CLASS INFORMATION. NOTE THAT YOU CAN COLOR CODE YOUR CLASSES, SO IF YOU WANT TO DO SMALL GROUPS AS CLASSES, THAT IS AN OPTION. CLICK SAVE

SETTING IT UP TYPE IN THE STUDENT’S NAME IN THE BOX AND PRESS ENTER. PLICKERS WILL AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGN CARD NUMBERS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE CARD NUMBER FOR A STUDENT, SIMPLY DRAG AND DROP THE CARD FROM THE AVAILABLE CARDS SPACE ONTO THAT STUDENT’S BOX. TO EDIT, ARCHIVE, OR DELETE A STUDENT, HOVER OVER THE STUDENT’S BOX. A “V” SHAPE WILL APPEAR LIKE ON DONALD DUCK ABOVE. CLICK THERE AND IT WILL GIVE YOU THOSE OPTIONS.

CREATING A QUIZ CLICK ON LIBRARY AT THE TOP. IF YOU ALREADY CREATED QUESTIONS THEY WILL SHOW UP HERE. YOU CAN FILTER BY CLASS IF NEEDED. TO CREATE NEW QUESTIONS, CLICK THE BOX THAT SAYS “TYPE YOUR QUESTION HERE…”

CREATING A QUIZ FILL IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWERS. CLICK WHICH ONE IS CORRECT IN THE BOX UNDER “CORRECT?” IF YOU DON’T HAVE A CORRECT ANSWER SUCH AS A POLL, DON’T CLICK IN THE BOX UNDER “CORRECT?” CLICK SAVE

CREATING A QUIZ CLICK TRUE/FALSE TO MAKE A T/F QUESTION. CLICK THE X NEXT TO A LETTER TO TAKE OUT AN OPTION. CLICK ADD ANSWER OPTION TO ADD THE OPTION BACK IN. CLICK NEXT TO THE CORRECT ANSWER IF THERE IS ONE. CLICK SAVE.

CREATING A QUIZ TO ADD THAT QUESTION TO THE CLASS, CLICK ADD TO PLAN AND SELECT WHICH CLASS YOU WANT IT TO BE ADDED TO. (YOU CAN ADD A QUESTION TO MORE THAN ONE CLASS.)

CREATING A QUIZ CONTINUE ADDING QUESTIONS UNTIL YOU HAVE THEM ALL DONE. THEN USE THE PLICKERS APP ON YOUR DEVICE AND QUIZ YOUR STUDENTS!

POLLING YOUR CLASS 1.GO INTO THE PLICKERS APP ON YOUR DEVICE AND SIGN IN.

POLLING YOUR CLASS SELECT YOUR CLASS

POLLING YOUR CLASS TAP ON THE QUESTION YOU WANT TO ASK.

POLLING YOUR CLASS PRESS THE CAMERA PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

POLLING YOUR CLASS SCAN THE STUDENTS’ PLICKERS! IMPORTANT NOTE: USE YOUR DEVICE IN PORTRAIT MODE!!! AS YOU SCAN, IT WILL SHOW YOU WHO HAS RESPONDED AND WHAT THEIR RESPONSE WAS. IT ALSO SHOWS HOW MANY ANSWERED EACH WAY. THE CHECK MARK WILL SHOW YOU STUDENT ANSWERS (SEE NEXT SLIDE). THE GRAPH PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO CLEAR RESPONSES.

POLLING YOUR CLASS HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF YOUR POLL. PRESS < CLASS NAME AT THE TOP LEFT HAND TO GO BACK AND CHOOSE ANOTHER QUESTION. TO POLL AGAIN, PRESS THE CAMERA BUTTON. TO CLEAR RESPONSES, TOUCH CLEAR.

VIEWING RESULTS IF YOU LOG ON USING YOUR COMPUTER AND GO TO REPORTS, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE INFORMATION SAVED. IF YOU CLICK ON THE QUESTION IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW EACH PERSON ANSWERED (SEE NEXT SLIDE)

VIEWING RESULTS

YOU CAN ALSO DISPLAY YOUR RESULTS LIVE SO YOUR CLASS CAN SEE! ON THE WEBSITE, SELECT LIVE VIEW AND USE YOUR PROJECTOR SO YOUR STUDENTS CAN SEE!

LIVE REPORTS IN “STUDENTS” MODE YOU CAN CLICK “SHOW ANSWERS” TO TOGGLE OFF/ON WHETHER IT SHOWS WHO GOT IT RIGHT/WRONG USING GREEN/RED OR SHOWING A RED BOX NEXT TO THE STUDENT JUST SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE ANSWERED. CLICK THE ARROWS TO ORDER STUDENTS EITHER BY NAME OR BY THE NUMBER ON THEIR PLICKER.

LIVE REPORTS IN GRAPH MODE, CLICK “SHOW CORRECT” TO TOGGLE BETWEEN SHOWING THE GRAPH IN RED AND GREEN TO SHOW RIGHT ANSWERS AND ALL BLUE, WHICH JUST SHOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE CHOSE EACH ANSWER, BUT DOESN’T TELL STUDENTS WHICH ONE WAS THE RIGHT ANSWER.

SOMETIMES YOU’RE IN A HURRY! YOU CAN ALSO CREATE A QUIZ “ON THE FLY” IN THE APP. TO BEGIN, SIGN INTO THE APP AND CLICK ON THE CLASS.

ON THE FLY TAP THE + SIGN

ON THE FLY! TAP CREATE

ON THE FLY TAP ON “ENTER QUESTION BODY” TYPE THE QUESTION OR QUESTION NUMBER. TAP ON THE CORRECT ANSWER. IT WILL TURN GREEN AND THE OTHERS WILL TURN RED.

ON THE FLY IF YOU TURN ON ADVANCED, YOU CAN ENTER THE CHOICES YOU GAVE THE STUDENTS.

ON THE FLY! CLICK PLAN IT

ON THE FLY CLICK THE CAMERA PICTURE. AND YOU KNOW THE REST!

HOW WILL YOU USE PLICKERS? TO GRADE A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST? TO CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING? TO POLL STUDENTS ON DISCUSSION TOPICS? HAVING STUDENTS WORK IN TEAMS TO ANSWER? HAVING STUDENTS CREATE THEIR OWN PLICKER QUIZZES? HAVING STUDENTS VOTE FOR SOMETHING? SOMETHING NOT LISTED ABOVE?