Plickers

Formative assessment has never been faster.

Category:  Communicate & Collaborate
Resource Type: Audience Response Tool
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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
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.
Archiving, Saving, and Exporting Data
Rated 2 out of 5
There are limitations to archiving, saving, or importing/exporting content or activity data
User-focused Participation
Rated 2 out of 5
The tool has some limited capacity to address the needs of diverse users, their various literacies, and capabilities
Cost of Use
Rated 2 out of 5
Limited aspects of the tool can be used for free with other elements requiring payment of a fee, membership, or subscription.
There is no IT support available for this product in any of the institutes.
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