(with the exception of Zoom Polling which is supported by the university, any free tools listed here are for your convenience only and not officially supported by the university. If you find a great tool that you feel we may want to evaluate to deploy and support college or university-wide, please let us know and we'd be glad to take a look for you! email your ideas to: cphhelp@temple.edu)
Polling within your Zoom Meeting
Engage your students while teaching with Zoom!
Free and available in all Zoom meetings
Create polls ahead of time that you can run live
Display results to the class
download the CSV file after class meeting to see how each student responded
How Do I create and deliver a Poll?
Poll Everywhere
Classroom response system that works with your existing lecture.
Free for classes of 40 or less students
Embed live polls directly into your slides and organize your lectures the way you want
Competitions for students to improve engagement
video: Poll Everywhere Competitions
Sign up for a free account at Poll Everywhere
Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.
Great for schools with distance learning needs
Engage students in learning even when they’re not in class
stay on track with curriculum while instructing online
Voicethread
VoiceThread is a learning tool for enhancing student engagement and online presence.
VoiceThread is FREE to all college of public health faculty as the college has paid for you each to have a license!
With VoiceThread, instructors and/or students can create, share, and comment on images, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, videos, audio files, documents, and PDFs, using microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio-file upload.
Explain Everything
Turn ideas into understanding
Teach, present, sketchnote, create videos, and work together, all in Explain Everything – the complete online and mobile whiteboard app.