Plickers

Plickers is a powerful yet simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices (despite the name of this module!).

Once you've set up an account at www.plickers.com Links to an external site., all you need is a teacher mobile device with the Plickers app (iOS Links to an external site. or Android Links to an external site.) and student Plickers cards.

 

What Does Plickers Look Like in the Classroom?


In order to use Plickers, each student is given a Plickers card that corresponds to an assigned number. When the teacher poses the first question, the students hold up their card, rotated so that their answer choice (A, B, C, or D) is at the top. When students have their cards up, the teacher scans the cards using the the Plickers app on their device, and it records the students responses. 

Teachers can then go to back to their account and view two types of reports. The first is a question history where they can view the total responses and also see which students selected which responses, which is great for a quick check of students responses. The second type is called scoresheet. With scoresheet a teacher can see student totals over multiple questions and download this data as a .CSV. 


How to Get Started with Plickers