Plickers

Formative assessment has never been faster.

Resource Type: Audience Response Tool

External Links:
https://get.plickers.com/

An assessment tool made by a teacher who was looking for a quick & simple way to check student understanding. Allows teachers to collect on-the-spot formative assessment data without the need to have students use devices or paper & pencil.

Recommended by our Digital Champions:

Its free, fun to use, interactive, requires very little set up and the students are not required to register or set up an account. It can be used to check topic undersatanding etc

Paul McGuckin

ATU Donegal

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Ease of Use

Rated 3 out of 5

The tool has a user-friendly interface and it is easy for instructors and students to become skillful with in a personalized and intuitive manner.

Media Rich & Flexible Features

Rated 3 out of 5

The tool promotes a diverse mix of representational forms e.g. audio, visual, textual and allows for non-sequential, flexible/adaptive engagement with material

Mobile Design & Functionality

Rated 3 out of 5

The tool can be accessed either via app or a mobile browser, regardless of the mobile operating system and device. Design of the mobile tool fully takes into consideration the constraints of a smaller-sized screen and has full functionality.

Integration / Embedding with Moodle

Rated 0 out of 5

Not Applicable

Support / Help

Rated 2 out of 5

Technical support and help documentation is available directly from the software providers website and/or built in to the application.

Facilitation

Rated 3 out of 5

The tool has easy-to-use features that would significantly improve an instructor’s ability to be present with learners via active management, monitoring, engagement, and feedback

Learning Analytics

Rated 3 out of 5

Instructor can monitor learners’ performance on a variety of responsive measures. These measures can be accessed through a user-friendly dashboard

Enhancement of Cognitive Tasks

Rated 2 out of 5

The tool enables functional improvement to engagement in the targeted cognitive task(s)

Metacognitive Engagement

Rated 3 out of 5

Through the tool, learners can regularly receive formative feedback on learning (i.e. they can track their performance, monitor their improvement, test their knowledge)

Collaboration

Rated 1 out of 5

Communication, interactivity, and transfer of meaning between users is not supported or significantly limited

Sign Up / Sign In

Rated 2 out of 5

Either instructors are the only users required to provide personal information to set up an account; or the tool has been vetted through appropriate channels to ensure strict adherence to local, institutional, or personal policies/standards for protecting the collection and use of student personal data by a third party group.