Socrative

Socrative

www.socative.com

This free web-based resource is a fantastic way to design Interactive quizzes to assess pupil knowledge at points during in a Learning Journey. Socrative gives you the freedom to design a bespoke quiz for your pupils related to what you are teaching, ask questions and get an instant response, or use a quiz created by other teachers. 

With apps for available for Chromebooks, iPads and a web version - this resource is quick and easy to access. 

Once you sign up (for free!), you will be faced with the following screen :

Students need to load the Socrative site, either via the app or the website, select student log in and enter your room number. You are then ready to go!

If your keen to get going try a simple quick question, you will be faced with a choice :

The easiest starting point with a class is True / False. If you select this option you can verbally ask the class a questions, the pupils are then able to select their response and you will receive immediate feedback.

Now that you are up and running, try some of the other option - all of the quick quiz question types need a verbal question from the teacher. 

If you would like to design a longer, structured quiz as a form of assessment, maybe to assess prior knowledge at the start of a unit, select the manage quizzes option from the homepage. From here you can create a quiz, or upload one of the many hundreds that can be found online (http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Socrative-Quiz-Bank-6398266/)

For a detailed guide looking at how to create your own quiz, step by step, check out the following site (https://snapguide.com/guides/create-a-socrative-account-quiz/)