Socrative Teacher & Student App
Links to the Socrative Teacher & Student Apps:
- Socrative Teacher App: http://bit.ly/socrativeapp
- Socrative Student App: http://bit.ly/socstudentapp
- Teacher Web Site: http://t.socrative.com
- Log in with an email & password (Yes you must set up an account/register first)Socrative Teacher: Tap "Select Manage Quizzes" to get started
- Student Web Site: http://m.socrative.com
- (You will need at least two devices--one for the teacher & one for the student. You can use the web site or the app.)
Socrative Handout in .pdf: Socrative App.pdf
Steps for Teachers to Create and Begin Quizzes/Assessments/Checks for Understanding/Exit Tickets:
- Open the “Socrative Teacher” App or the web site: http://t.socrative.com
- Select “Manage Quizzes” to begin creating your first quiz.
- Tap “Create a Quiz” and then name the quiz
- Create your first quiz by doing the following:Socrative Teacher: Create a Quiz Screen
- Select between multiple choice or short answer.
- Type the questions and your answer choices
- Tap the square next to the correct answer to mark correct answers.
- Continue adding questions (I usually like to limit these to 3-5) by selecting the question type and adding the answer choices and correct answer.
- Tap “SAVE” when you are done with your quiz.
- Tap the Main Screen button/icon in the top left corner
- Tap “Start Quiz” and make your selections: End the Activity when students have finished answering.
- student-paced vs teacher-paced
- random answer choices
- immediate feedback/disable immediate feedback.
- live results
Student Procedure:
Students will use their mobile devices to provide input or feedback during a lesson activity.
- Students download the Socrative Student App (available for iPad, iPhone, Android, iPod) or use a device with the app downloaded. Students can also use laptops with a web browser and go tohttp://m.socrative.com
- One the app or web site opens, the students enter the teacher’s room number and tap “Join Room.”
- Teachers should open the Teacher app or open the teacher site: http://t.socrative.com and tap “Start Quiz” to begin their preloaded quiz.
- Questions begin appearing once the teacher has started the quiz.
Follow-up:
- Now that you have completed this activity, brain storm other ways that you might use Socrative in the curriculum.
- Here are a few: as a lesson starter to review concepts from homework or the previous days lesson, to check for understanding as a lesson is presented, as a “Clicker” replacement, as an exit ticket at the end of the class/activity.
- “How could you adapt this activity to work with your students?”