POLLING APPS
Classroom Response Systems are a way for instructors to ask students questions during class and each student can
respond using a handheld clicker, but with these polling apps you no longer need clickers. Students can use their
laptop, tablet, cell phone, or any device with Internet and a web browser to answer live questions.
Polling Apps Comparison Chart
Name of App
Website
Overview
Instructor
Account
Required
Student
Account
Required
Types of
Questions
www.polleverywhere.com
Easy to use poll creator for
any setting and any audience
No.
You will need an account if
you want to save your poll
questions.
No
Multiple Choice
Open Ended
Clickable Image
Other Features
Live Bar Chart
PowerPoint Plugin
Ways Audience
Can Respond
Text Message
Twitter
PollEv.com or private link
From any device with a web
browser
Yes
Free Account
Available
Max Number of
Responses for
Free
40 max responses per poll
www.socrative.com
Good classroom tool for quick
questions and quizzes
Yes
https://tophat.com
Designed for professors and
organized by course
Yes
Students log in with the
teacher’s assigned room
number
Multiple Choice
True/False
Open Ended
Yes
Quiz
Exit Ticket
Space Race
Mobile App
Socrative.com student login
From any device with a web
browser
Yes
Text Message
Mobile App
Tophat.co student login
From any device with a web
browser
Yes
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30 students, 1 course
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Types of Poll Activities:
 Quick Recall
 Brainstorming
 Prior Knowledge
 Attendance
 Homework Check
 Discussion Warm Up
 Application Questions
 Student Perspective
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Answer, Numeric Answer,
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Target
Take Attendance
Discussions
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Rate level
Monitor Work, Progress
Reporting Out
Questions or Question-Driven Instruction
Conclusion/Summary
Check for Understanding
Exit Slip
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Get Started with Poll Everywhere
1. Create a Poll Question. (Type question in the box and select question type.)
2. Select How People Can Respond
3. Start the Question
a. Display the question to a live audience from the website or downloaded as a
PowerPoint slide. There is a full screen option on the website and you can
display or hide the live chart results.
b. Click ‘Share & Publish’ for options to email the poll, embed it in a webpage,
and get a web response link.
4. Instruct Your Audience How to Respond
a. Text Message: Tell the audience standard text message rates from their provider apply. For
example if you have 250 text messages a month this will count as 1 message.
b. Twitter: The audience can use the Twitter App or website, but they will need a Twitter account.
c. Web: Go to Pollev.com and type the response code to the multiple choice question.
i. For open ended questions provide the private link or set up your own PollEv.com
address, such as pollev.com/brianataylor. I recommend
setting it up so that students can always go to the same web
address and it will also display the entire question instead
of just the box to type the answer code. You will need to
make sure you use the Push button to send your current
question to your personal PollEv.com address.
5. Stop the Question
a. Click Stop Poll
b. You can display results in the live chart or return to the results later.
Get Started with Socrative
1. Log into Socrative.com or download the free Teacher Socrative.com app.
2. Instruct students to go to m.socrative.com or download the free Student app.
a. Tell students to type in the room number, which is listed near the top of the instructor’s page.
b. Students cannot do anything on the site until the instructor runs an activity.
3. Select an activity
a. For on the fly questions, use Single Question Activities:
i. You will need to say the question out loud, write it on the
board or put it in a PowerPoint.
ii. A multiple choice question has choices A-E. There is also
True/False and short answer.
iii. The instructor then clicks on one of the options and the
students answer the question on their screen.
iv. Once the students answer the question, the responses
will show up on the instructor’s screen.
b. Create a quiz under Manage Quizzes then Start Quiz.
d. The Exit Ticket button asks students about their experience
in the classroom that day.
e. The Space Race activity allows instructors to select a quiz
and use as a game for the students.
i. Teams can be auto-assigned or chosen by the students.
ii. The students then answer questions accurately and quickly to try to win.
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