Live polling tools offer engagement and learning benefits for both online and in-person live classes. Many faculty across the university have enjoyed and have had success using these tools.
Since these are not LATTE tools, we only provide a brief overview of the tools here. Please note that not all of these tools are officially supported by Brandeis and therefore we may only offer limited support if you choose to use them.
The Library's Center for Teaching and Learning is always available to work with faculty, TAs/CAs, and staff from each of the university's schools and departments to incorporate academic technology into your teaching and design technology-integrated learning activities.
The Zoom polling feature allows you to create single choice or multiple choice polling questions for your classes. You can create the polls in advance and launch them for your students to answer during your live class. You also have the ability to download a report of the poll responses after the class. If preferred, polls can also be conducted anonymously.
Zoom is fully supported by Brandeis. For help using Zoom, review the resources linked below or contact help@brandeis.edu.
The Echo360 Active Learning Platform is available to faculty, staff and students to host, manage and record academic media content. Polling questions in Echo360 can be used to engage with your students on specific topics and concepts from the class. Echo360 polls can be added in two ways:
Echo360 is fully supported by Brandeis. For help using Echo360, review the resources linked below or contact help@brandeis.edu.
Poll Everywhere is an online polling platform that allows students to vote on teacher-created polls through text messaging, smartphone, or computer. Teachers can create free educator accounts on Poll Everywhere to create polls with up to 40 participants each, enough to accommodate most classrooms.
Poll Everywhere technical support is not provided by Brandeis. For help using Poll Everywhere, please review the resources linked below or contact the company directly.
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes. Instructors can customize the question format and add media to however many questions you need. Students answer from their own devices and their answers are collected and displayed on a shared screen. Kahoot games can also be conducted asynchronously. Teachers can create free accounts on Kahoot! to create games with up to 50 players per game.
Kahoot! technical support is not provided by Brandeis. For help using Kahoot!, please review the resources linked below or contact the company directly.
Mentimeter allows you to create interactive presentations tool by adding questions, polls, quizzes and media. Students answer from their own devices and their answers are collected and displayed on a shared screen. Results and data from a Mentimeter presentation can be exported later for further analysis. Free accounts on Mentimeter include presentations with up to 2 question slides and 5 quiz slides but there is no limit on the number of respondents.
Mentimeter technical support is not provided by Brandeis. For help using Mentimenter, please review the resources linked below or contact the company directly.