Crowdsignal: Make Online Quizzes, Polls
Details
Main Website:
Activity Website:
Tech Product/Equipment:
Computer and projector, Mobile devices for students
Activity Description
Use this website to make online quizzes, polls, ratings, or surveys for your classes. The account provides 2,500 signals for free, then requires an upgrade to a paid account.
Preparation
- Make sure that the site is not blocked at your school.
- Download and review the document with instructions on creating a crowdsignal account and creating a poll.
- Choose questions for a quiz or other assessment instrument (poll, rating, or survey) from current course content (grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, writing).
- After signing up, you can make a poll (one question—such as a voting ballot—or survey (multiple questions) with a free account or develop a survey for your students to take..
- Media—.jpeg, .png, or .gif images or .mp3 audio files—can be embedded or linked to questions.
- Consider how you will share the URL for the quiz or survey you create with students (via e-mail, linking on a class Web page, having students type in the URL, etc.).
Teacher Tips
You can use it as a classroom assessment to follow up on students' learning and get their input on a variety of class topics.
- Pair stronger technology users with beginners.
- Demonstrate each step slowly before independent work.
- Encourage students to test each other’s polls.
- Use classroom polls regularly for formative assessment.
- Discuss online safety and responsible sharing of links.
More Ways
For ratings, students can be asked to rate restaurants, movies, songs, TV programs, politicians... even your teaching!
Program Areas
- ABE: Adult Basic Education
Levels
- All Levels
