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FUN ASSESSMENT APPS

Dr. Jolyn deMeritte & Aisha Ashraf

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Brighter Horizons Academy

jdemeritte@bhaprep.org aashraf@bhaprep.org

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Plickers

•Plickers (Paper Clickers), is a real-time assessment tool that lets you poll your class without the need for student devices.

•Scanning student cards with the Plickers app, teachers get instant feedback on their lessons.

• Both interactive and anonymous, Plickers is an activity students enjoy and feel comfortable participating in.

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How is Plickers Used?

•Found in classrooms K-12 to University, all ages, all subjects.

•Often used for formative assessment.

•Great for warm-ups, exit tickets, lesson refreshers.

•Outside the classroom, used in interactive settings such as physical education and professional development.

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Download the App

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Download the App

•In order to scan students' responses, you must have the Plickers mobile app installed.

•Plickers is available for free on both the Google Play Store and the iOS App Store.

•Only the teacher needs the Plickers App. Students don’t need to download a thing!

•For the iPad, filter by "iPhone only" and search for Plickers in the App store.

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Print Your Cards

• Print out your cards from plickers.com/cards or purchase a set on Amazon.com.

• Each card has a unique number that can be assigned to individual students.

•Each side represents an answer choice.

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Add Your Class

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Add Your Class

•Add classes and students through the Plickers website on the Classes page.

•Plickers automatically assigns card numbers to students as you enter their names.

•Add up to 40 students per class.

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Add Your Questions

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Add Your Questions

•Create new questions in your Library on the web or on your mobile app using the “+” icon.

•Choose from multiple choice or true/false questions.

•Include images in your questions.

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Scan Responses

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Scan Responses

•Select the question you want to use on the mobile app.

•Tap the camera icon to scan students’ responses and receive instant feedback on their answers.

•Use the Live View tab on the website to display classroom results to students.

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View Results

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View Results

•Share real-time results with the whole class by projecting the Live View tab.

•Review all your results on the Reports page to identify concepts to review and celebrate skills mastered.

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Created by: Deepak Cheenath, cofounder of Quizizz

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https://youtu.be/YVdYWzmp1gY

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ZipGrade

Created Kirk Weber, Lake Orion HS

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What is ZipGrade?

ZipGrade is an app (iOS and Android) that turns a teacher’s device into an optical grading machine for grading and organizing paper, multiple-choice assessments.

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How It Works

  • Students turn in their completed answer sheets. (pen or pencil)
  • Hold the phone over the answer sheet as though you’re going to take a picture of it.
  • Phone will vibrate once ZipGrade has successfully read the answer sheet.
  • Student name and grade will be displayed

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Benefits

  • Can grade over 20 quizzes a minute
  • Printable answer sheets
  • Results are accessible directly within the app
  • Results and data can be emailed out
  • Terrific data and charts via the website
  • You can see how your entire class did on a test from the Item Analysis

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Cost Effective

  • Scantron machines have been around a long time, they’ve become antiquated.
  • The biggest problem with using scantron is the cost
  • Machines and scan sheets cost thousands of dollars a year
  • ZipGrade is free for 100 scans a month or unlimited if you buy the app for $6.99 a year.

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Contact Info

Dr. Jolyn deMeritte - 678.231.9630

jdemeritte@bhaprep.org

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Aisha Ashraf - 703.863.0922

aashraf@bhaprep.org

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