Voting Tools
Teacher Manual
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Voting Tools Teacher Manual
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Table of contents
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Voting tool uses
So much choice!
2.1 Different question types
PresentersWall
3.1 Account
3.2 Quick start
Mentimeter
4.1 Account
4.2 Quick start
Shakespeak
5.1 Account
5.2 PowerPoint plug-in
5.3 Quick start
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Voting tool uses
There are many reasons you might choose to use voting tools. These include testing your students’
knowledge, surveying their opinions, or having them evaluate your course. They give teachers a
much better idea of how much knowledge their students have acquired. What’s more, it shows
your students what they (don’t) know (yet) and allows them to see how their abilities measure up
against those of their peers.
What follows is a diagram listing the various possible applications, with examples. As you review
these, bear in mind that the listed objectives can apply to both student and teacher!
If you’d like to exchange ideas about what would work in your teaching, contact us!
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Topic
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Objective
Knowledge
Previous knowledge
Application in class
Start
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Determining initial knowledge (and any gaps
Middle
Example
End
x
Knowledge question about previously taught
therein)
subject matter; answer required to understand
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Knowledge refresher, triggering memory
lecture
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Equalising knowledge level across group
Reproduction
Testing recently acquired knowledge
x
x
Knowledge question
Application
Testing ability to apply recently acquired
x
x
Case
x
x
x
(Controversial) statement
x
x
knowledge
Opinions
On content
Wishes
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Insight into student opinions
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Incite discussion
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Insight into reasoning
Taking stock of student preferences
Question about possible topics (answers
re: content/topics in classroom sessions
Evaluation
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immediately used in class)
Taking stock of student preferences
x
re: content/topics in future classroom sessions
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Collecting feedback on the quality of
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Question about possible topics
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Evaluation questions (answers will be used
to improve teaching for future groups)
instruction provided
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So much choice!
There are a lot of tools in the market and it can be hard to see the forest for the trees. Educate-it is here
to help! We’re currently running pilots on 3 tools: PresentersWall, Shakespeak, and Mentimeter. They each
have their own features. You can find all of them in the diagram on the next page. It also presents three
other tools that, though they are currently in use around UU, we do not support.
Would you like personal advice? Contact us.
2.1
Different question types
Shakespeak, PresentersWall, and Mentimeter differ in the kinds of questions they support:
PresentersWall
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Yes/No question: Useful in combination with a (controversial) statement.
Multiple choice: A multiple-choice question for polling, since there is no way to indicate which is the
correct answer. For that, you should select a quiz question.
Quiz question: A multiple-choice question with a single correct answer.
1 to 10: The student selects a rating on a scale of one to ten
Example: how would you rate this meeting?
Free text field: An open question. Configurable as a tag cloud (if the answers are short) or as
‘cards’.
Likert (Totally disagree / Totally agree): Indicate your level of agreement with a given statement
on a 5-point scale.
Order question: This is a drag-and-drop question. It’s a good way to clarify and visualise student
preferences.
Multiple choice with multiple answers: Some-of-many. These questions allow for the selection of
multiple answer options. Please note that there is no way to define which answer options are
‘correct’.
Shakespeak
Choice of Vote slide or Message slide.
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A Message slide (open question) shows a maximum of 8 answers at once.
A Vote slide (multiple-choice question) allows for one answer or multiple answers to be marked as
correct.
Mentimeter
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Multiple choice: The audience selects one or more answers.
Word cloud: A cloud of answers in which the popular answers are presented in a bigger font.
Quiz: Assigns candidates scores based on their answers and response times.
Scales: Have the audience rate statements on a scale.
Open ended: Open question.
100 Points: Each candidate has 100 points to distribute across multiple items.
2 by 2 matrix: Have the audience place items along two axes.
Who will win?: A multiple-choice question that only shows the winner, not the scores.
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Type
Question types
See reverse for
description of the
voting tool question
types supported by
Educate-it.
Supports
presenting
answers to open
questions as a
word cloud
Licences and Educate-it support
PresentersWall
Web-based
- Option for linking directly to
questions from PowerPoint
Yes/no question
Multiple choice
Quiz question
1 to 10
Free text field
Likert scale
Order question
MC with multiple answers
Yes
- Maximum of one answer per
question
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available
Shakespeak
PowerPoint
plug-in for
Windows (No
Mac/ Keynote!)
Multiple choice
Open question
Supported at FSW
SRS
Web-based
Open tools (no support available)
Socrative
Nearpod
Web-based
Web-based
PowerPoint plug-in
-PowerPoint slides can
be loaded into Nearpod
Single choice
Multiple choice
Free text
Multiple choice
True/false
Short answer
Open-ended question
Poll
Quiz
Draw it
Fill in the blanks
Memory test
No
No
No
Yes
Mentimeter
Web-based
- PowerPoint plugin available for
Office 365
Multiple choice
Word cloud
Quiz
Scales
Open-ended
100 points
2 by 2 matrix
Who will win?
Yes
- Number of
answers
configurable for
each user
-Profanity filter for
Dutch
No
No
No
No, N/A
Supports
moderating/
filtering open
questions
Segmentation/
cross table
Supports user &
answer
registration
Number of votes
per person per
question
configurable
Quiz function
(participant
overview)
Yes
- Not integrated
into PowerPoint
plug-in(!)
- Supports
multiple
answers
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
- Yes for Quiz
Yes
- Linked to Osiris
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes, top 10 participants
Yes
- Response time is
a factor
No
Yes
- Teams also
configurable
Yes
Survey function/
student-paced
Yes
- through Evaluation
Yes
- Not integrated
into PowerPoint
plug-in(!)
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
- Feedback supported
Yes
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Can be shared
with colleagues
PresentersWall
Yes, slides shareable
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Shakespeak
Yes, PowerPoint
presentation
shareable
Up to 20
students
Mentimeter
Yes, slides
shareable
SRS
Yes(?)
Socrative
Yes, through code
Nearpod
Yes
Max. 2 questions
per sessions
N/A
Up to 50 students, no
access to additional
features
Up to 150 per room
Up to 30 students,
limited features
Free account
limitations
N/A
Maximum number
of users
Notes
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
- UU campus licence: easy login
- Comment function
- Programme overview (calendar)
can be added
- Integrated
into PowerPoint
(No Mac/
Keynote!)
Exclusive question
types: Matrix
question, 100point question,
scale question
Linked to Osiris
Getting started:
edu.presenterswall.com/
or
https://educate-ituu.sites.uu.nl/en/onlinetools/presenterswall/
http://educateituu.sites.uu.nl/o
nlinetools/shakespea
k/
[email protected]
[email protected]
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www.socrative.com
Max. 200
- Drawing question, see
example
- Easily add video,
audio, pdf, slides, and
live Twitter stream
- Share results
immediately
www.nearpod.com
3.
PresentersWall
3.1
Account
You can go to edu.presenterswall.com and log in with you Solis ID.
3.2
Quick start
For your initial introduction to PresentersWall, you can follow the steps outlined below. If you have any
additional questions, consult the Help feature in PresentersWall. If you can’t find the help you need there
or if you need personal assistance, please contact us. We’re happy to help.
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Open your browser and go to http://edu.presenterswall.com.
Find and select Utrecht University.
Log in with your Solis ID and allow the creation of a secure SURFconext link (one time only).
Click ‘settings’ and enter a subdomain. Use only one word and no special characters.
The other fields are optional.
Under ‘slides’, click ‘question’ to add your first question or statement.
On the next screen, enter your question, the question type, any answer options, and how you want
the results displayed.
Repeat the process until you have entered all of your questions/statements.
Done? Click ‘start presentation’ to watch your interactive presentation live. People can take part
and vote at the subdomain you selected (e.g., psy.pwall.nl).
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Mentimeter
4.1
Account
Utrecht University, Educate-it
If you’d like to explore Mentimeter’s features, be sure to start by creating a (free) account on their
website. Then, if those features meet your requirements, request the username and password for the
Educate-it account. That account has no limit on the number of questions you can pose.
4.2
Quick start
Mentimeter provides several guides on their site. Use this one for an initial introduction. If you’d prefer
personal assistance, please contact us. We’re happy to help.
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Shakespeak
5.1
Account
Utrecht University, Educate-it
You can create your own account on the Shakespeak website. However, free accounts don’t support using
Shakespeak with groups of 20 students or more. If that’s what you want to do, email [email protected]
and tell us the period of time and the number of students for which you need Shakespeak access. You will
be assigned a (temporary) paid account.
5.2
PowerPoint plug-in
To use Shakespeak, you will need the software, an account, and, of course, your PowerPoint presentation
with questions. You can install the software from the Start menu on any public teacher terminal and in any
teaching room. Select Install Shakespeak PowerPoint Add-in.
You can install the software on your own computer by clicking the green button on shakespeak.com and
following the instructions.
5.3
Quick start
1. Open PowerPoint
2. Click the Shakespeak tab
1. No tab? Go to www.shakespeak.com and click the green ‘Try it now’ button. Follow
the instructions to complete the installation. This requires no special privileges.
3. Select either Add vote or Add message slide.
4. Fill out all the fields and click OK.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as often as you need to.
6. Done? Click Start Session and log in.
1. No account and fewer than 20 people in your audience? Create a free account. More
than 20 people? Send an email to [email protected] with the period for which you
need access and the number of students taking part in your session(s).
The Shakespeak website has a brief explanation of how to use it. Shakespeak also has a support site.
Additional questions? Need personal assistance? Contact us! We’re happy to help.
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