1. ivote A system for polling students in the class
Chapter 1: ivote in a nutshell
Julien T. Groulx et Denis Cousineau

2. Overview

3. What is ivote? ivote is a tool to perform polls in class settings.
It is an alternative to
clickers, LectureTools, SurveyMonkey, Qualtrics and other systems
Benefits of ivote
it is free
does not require registration, passwords, or other
no cookie or IP adress is collected
can be integrated into
PowerPoint (see
SPSS (see R
etc.

4. How to use ivote

5. How does ivote work? 1- Create a question
To create a question that the students will answer to 
Go to
You choose
the language in which it will be shown (currently only english and french)
a question format (e.g., True/False, 4-alternatives, Lickert scale, etc.)
a question identifier
an access code
The system replies by displaying two links related to your question:
one to be used by the voters (the students)
one to access a complete dashboard (for the instructor)
Tips:
start your question identifier with your class name, e.g. psy2506
always use the same access code, one that you can remember (it is not possible to retrieve a forgotten access code)

6. How does ivote work? 1- Create a question

7. How does ivote work? 2- Get the students to vote
Students can access the poll :
on their smartphone using a QRcode reader  or
from a computer using an URL 
(images generated by ivote)
Note that the web site only shows the response alternatives, not the question.

8. How does ivote work? 3(a)- See the results in PowerPoint
You can add a button in PowerPoint
the button, when clicked, will add a picture to the slide show on the current slide with the vote results
(the plot takes about 4-8 seconds to show)

9. How does ivote work? 3(b)- See the results in SPSS
You can upload the data into SPSS
a short syntax is all that is needed
Python for SPSS must be installed
(the upload takes less than 1 second)

10. How does ivote work? 3(c)- See the results in R
A read.table command upload the data from ivote
(the upload is nearly instantaneous)

11. How does ivote works? 3(d)- See the results in a web browser
Navigate to the following URL
in which:
{identifier} must be replaced with your question identifier
{accesscode} must be replaced with your question access code.
For example, if you created a question
with identifier: psy2506q1 and access code: tt, the url is www. tqmp.org/ivote/psy2506q1.php?AccessCode=tt
(this url is case-sensitive: Psy is not the same as psy).
This link was given to you in Step 1; you can bookmark it.

12. Additional readings

13. To learn more A complete tutorial: Web resources
T. Groulx, J. & Cousineau, D. (in press) ivote: A simple system to conduct polls and quiz in class settings, The Quantitative Methods for Psychology, vol 12(3).
Web resources
for a general introduction
for using ivote within PowerPoint.