Featured 6-16-2014: ParticiPoll

 

ParticiPoll is an audience polling add-in for PowerPoint that allows audience members to use their own devices to votes.

 

ParticiPoll is easy to use. With PowerPoint, create a slide with up to six answer choices. Use the ParticiPoll menu to set options, then click ‘Insert Poll’ and a results bar will appear on the slide. Press the ‘Start Polling” button, log in, and run your presentation.

 

Direct your audience to your assigned URL to vote and see the live vote count. When all votes are in advance your presentation to see the poll results.

 

 

Features of ParticiPoll:

• Clicker-free system that uses your audience members' devices
• Simple to install PowerPoint add-in
• Drop polls straight into your slides without telling ParticiPoll the questions and answers
• View and download historic poll data and anonymous comments (Pro version)

 

 See a video overview of ParticiPoll

 

ParticiPoll is free to use for unlimited live audience polling in PowerPoint. To access audience comments, historic charts, and to download results data you’ll need to purchase the Pro version at £2.99 (about $5 US) per month or £29.99 ($50 US) for a whole year.

 

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Featured: 12-18-2013 Metta

Use Metta to create learning stories, documentaries, summaries, and compilations from videos, pictures, text, and sounds that are already on the web or upload your own material.

Insert polls and quizzes into your Metta stories, lessons, or slides to get feedback from your viewers. Get insights and track who answered your questions, when, and where.

A convenient Collect Button makes it easy to gather videos, images, and text wherever you’re browsing on the the web with just a click.

 See an example Metta story

Your Metta profile can be shared with your followers and you can follow other Metta users. Even build your own channel.

All Metta plans includes a 30-day free trial. The free plan allows you to create and publish an unlimited number of stories, but you get only 10 MB of media storage and are limited to just 10 responses per poll. If you decide to go with a paid plan, be certain to check the EDU Discount box for 50% off.

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Poll Everywhere Rolls Out New Features for BTS

Poll Everywhere, which first appeared on EDge21 last year, uses mobile devices, the Web, and Twitter to create stylish real-time response experiences.

Poll Everywhere has been busy this summer integrating several new features that will be of special interest to educators:

• Countdown timer - Let your students know exactly how much time they have to respond.
• Anonymous polling - Run sensitive polls and rest easy that the responses stay fully anonymous.
• Live word clouds - Display your students’ responses in a live word cloud that updates in real time. 
• Organize your students - Group registered students into classes so you get a clear view of who's voting and how.
• LMS integration - Manage rosters through your LMS (currently works with Canvas, more on the way).
• New mystery poll type - Wow your class with a brand new poll type coming soon.

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Extra: Excel Surveys on Skydrive [Data]

Microsoft  Office Web Apps, available to those with a SkyDrive account, enables you to create surveys to collect data online. This feature is similar to Google Forms.

To easily collect everyone’s info using Excel surveys in SkyDrive, log into your SkyDrive account and click “Create -> Excel survey”.

Name your survey and the survey designer opens in the Excel Web App. The survey designer lets you add questions, set the type of question (text, multiple choice, date, etc), and move them around. You can also show a default answer or set a question so that a response is required before submitting the survey.

When you're finished building your survey, click “Share Survey”. You will get a link that can be shared by email or otherwise.  Clicking on the link sends users directly to survey, they don’t have to sign in.

Creating a survey in the Excel Web App automatically generates a spreadsheet to store all of the results. Under the Insert tab, “Recommended Charts” will recommend useful visualizations of your data.

Watch a video: Using the Excel Survey Web App on SkyDrive

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Delivering the Catch of the Day

For some time I have been delivering the Catch of the Day post at 5:00 PM Eastern Time. That drops it in North America in the mid to late afternoon, but in the UK, late evening, even later in Europe.

I was thinking of changing the delivery time to 2:00 PM ET. That would roll out in North America about mid-day and mid-evening in the UK and Europe.

I would really appreciate your feedback.

THANKS :-)

EDge21 Weekend Poll

Twitter can be a great tool to use as part of your professional learning network.

 

COD - 4/2/2012 - Pollmo [Tools]

 

Pollmo is a very simple, easy-to-use, free online polling application. No account or sign up is required.

Create a new poll in just three easy steps:

1. Ask your question.
2. Write your choices.
3. Pick one of five skins.

Pollmo will generate the HTML to embed the poll in your blog or website, or link to it with the unique URL.

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EDge21 Weekend Poll

Now that spring is here, at least in the northern half of the planet, the likelihood of having any more "snow days" is pretty much nil. I know that most of my readers are dedicated, devoted educators, but I can't help but notice that when you tweet about a snow day there is often an underlying hint of glee, actually sometimes unbridled euphoria!

EDge21 Weekend Poll

Poll Everywhere Adds Most Requested Features

Poll Everywhere, the subject of an earlier post, is a tool that uses cell phones and other mobile devices to create stylish real-time response experiences. They have just added their two most requested features: images and seamless Mac support.

You can now have students vote on pictures, including equations created with LaTeX.

The newest version of the Mac Presenter Application now offers:

• Automatic hiding and showing of polls according to slide notes.
• Simple insertion or deletion of a poll in the slide notes.
• Ability to create basic, ad-hoc polls without ever leaving the Mac Presenter.
• Floats on top of Keynote or PowerPoint slideshows automatically.

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Catch of the Day - AnswerGarden - 1/31/2011

AnswerGarden is a new minimalist tool for anyone interested in an easy and powerful way to get group feedback.

AnswerGarden can be used for online brainstorming in the classroom. Use AnswerGarden at conferences and workshops to engage with the audience in a fun and interactive way. It can be embedded it on your website or blog as a poll or guestbook.

Easily create a new AnswerGarden by entering a topic on the Create New AnswerGarden page and then press the "Create" button. Then specify if you want to turn on the Unlimited Answering option. If selected, users can submit as many answers as they like. You might use this option for group brainstorming. Otherwise, users can submit only one answer to that garden per day. Your AnswerGarden is then created and ready for use.

Export the data from AnswerGarden to Wordle or Tagxedo to make make graphically appealing tag clouds. You find these export functions in the options-panel below your garden.

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AnswerGarden is free and no login is necessary.

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Catch of the Day - QuizSnack - 1/7/2011

QuizSnack is an easy to use online tool which allows you to create and manage Flash-based quizzes, polls, and so forth without having to learn complicated software.

QuizSnack reporting is simple and straightforward, with results being displayed in real-time.

Using QuizSnack you can:

• Customize the looks of your poll widgets.
• Create polls and surveys in any language.
• Embed your quizzes in a website.
• Store your data securely.
• Export your data to a CSV file.

All QuizSnack quizzes get a watermark embedded on them. To remove it from the "My published quizzes" page, you must purchase the premium embed code. For surveys you can view only 10 responses for free. QuizSnack will still collect the responses, but you won't be able to see them and their effect on the statistics. You'll be notified that your quiz has more than 10 responses and asked whether you wish to unlock the extra responses.

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Catch of the Day - ProProfs - 7 Dec 09

ProProfs is today's tasty fresh catch


ProProfs provides free tools for educators such as online quizzes, polls, and flashcards all in one place, all free.

ProProfs Home Page

What you can do at ProProfs:

• Create and share online quizzes
• Create online polls
• Create and share flashcards
• Play Brain Games
• Forum discussions
• Read and write blogs
• Participate in a community wiki
• Share tutorials and bookmarks
• Shop for educational books

ProProfs Free Flashcard Maker

ProProf's online SAT school is one of the most comprehensive collections of Free SAT study resources offering practice exams, study guides, flashcards, quizzes, cram sheets, articles, links and tips to promote success on the SAT.

ProProfs Online Polls

ProProfs also provides extensive free IT certification resources such as Cisco and Microsoft Certification training.

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