Plickers
Plickers is a rapid-response classroom-polling app that lets teachers use one mobile device to scan paper cards for student responses. There are iOS and Android apps as well as a web interface. The teacher holds up a device such as a phone or a tablet and scans students' responses, which are recorded.
One Benefit is that students do not have to have devices to make this work. This can be used in synchronous online classes or in face-to-face classes.
How It Can Be Used: Plickers can be used:
to check in on student understanding
to increase student engagement
to assess formatively
For more information about how to use this in your classroom, look at the materials below. Contact Kaylyn Carew or Kim Clawson if you need help with Plickers.
COST: Plickers is free for faculty, staff, AND students.
Plickers
For teachers all over the world, Plickers is a revolutionary way to collect instant multiple-choice responses from students, without requiring them to have clickers, computers, or tablets.
By using a printed card with a design unique to each student, our iOS and Android apps allow teachers to scan student responses and respond in real-time.
Plickers can turn assessments or check-ins into opportunities for play, engaging students by empowering them to share what they know. As a teacher, you can use student results to address misconceptions, tailor instruction, and inform long-term planning.
Plickers is data without devices.
What is Plickers? Help with Plickers
The core of Plickers will always be free for teachers! This means that teachers will always be able to:
Print cards
Create Questions & Sets
Scan students’ answers
Access scanning data with Reports and Scoresheet
Publish content
Cards can be printed on paper and laminated or you can purchase a set online (Amazon is one place you can get them.) Cards are scanned with phone and you have the results instantly! The students love them. It was easy for them!
Plickers Explained in Video
