Visualize Student Understanding

User Guide - Socrative 2.0

guide version 1.2
November 5, 2013

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Registration, Login, Welcome Screens

pages 2 to 7

Activities and Reports

pages 8 to 21

Manage Quizzes

pages 22 to 31

Registration
Login
Welcome Screens

Register for your FREE Socrative account!

Go to beta.socrative.com and click Sign Up

Enter an Email
and
Password

Once you have created an account you will receive your unique *ROOM CODE*
For example:

This room code is how your students will log in to Socrative and enter your
virtual classroom, where all Socrative activities will take place.
*The room code will always be displayed on your Dashboard
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How to Log In to Socrative

TEACHERS

STUDENTS*

1. Visit beta.socrative.com

1. Visit beta.socrative.com

2. Teachers enter their email and password

2. Students enter their teachers unique

Room Code

*Students do not register for personal accounts

Room Code

Teacher Dashboard

# of
students
logged in

Menu

Start a Quiz that you

have already created
or imported

Quick Question
MC, TF, or SA
questions with dynamic
live results!

Space Race - quizzing

with a fun, competitive
edge!

Exit Ticket quickly assess your

students
understanding with 3
short questions

Select Manage Quizzes to Create, Edit, Import, Duplicate or

Delete quizzes, and view past Reports
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Teacher Header/Menu
Click on the
Logo or
Dashboard
to return to the
Teacher
Dashboard
from any
screen

Click on
Menu to
expand view
(below)

Your unique Room Code

Number of
students in
your room

Access your account

details to change
Room Code, Email
or Password

Clear your
Room of
students

Logout of
your
account

Student Views after Login

1. Students will see this screen
before you start an activity or
between activities

2. Students will be
prompted for their
name if it is a quiz
based activity or a
quick short answer

3. Students will
then enter the
activity. (example
pictured is a
student-paced quiz
question)

Activities

Start a Quiz
1. From your dashboard,

2. Choose a quiz, then select Start

select Start a Quiz

Recent tab is the 5
quizzes you have
interacted with most
recently.
All tab is all your
quizzes in alphabetical
order

3. Choose

Student Paced Immediate Feedback

Student Paced Student Navigation
Teacher Paced

Learn more about each option by

reading the description

Select Advance Settings if applicable

4. Select Start and your activity will

begin!

Student Paced Quiz Student View

Students
select Finish
to submit the
entire activity
to the teacher

Students can
navigate to
any question
at anytime.
Answer, skip,
review or
edit, its your
choice

Students can navigate through the quiz one

question at a time. Go forward or go back.

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Student Paced Quiz - Teacher View

Select Finish
to End the
Activity and be
prompted for
your report

Click on the
question number
to see the class
results view

Results will
constantly refresh
as students
navigate through
the quiz.

Student names
and their
current progress

Class %
scores

Class Totals

61%

77%

43%

0%

79%

53%

0%

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Teacher Paced Quiz Student View

Students will see the
question with answer
choices below.

When a student clicks on an

answer choice(s) they will
become light green

Students select Submit

Answer to send it to the
teacher. Students will then
see Waiting for Teacher

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Teacher Paced Quiz Teacher View

Select Finish to end the
activity
Select Previous or
Next to send the class a
different question
Question

show/hide your pre-written

question explanation
Select Howd we do to
show/hide student data
Correct answer will be
labeled Green.
% of students who
selected an answer
choice
Tally of how many
students have
answered
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Reports
Select Email Report to
instantly receive the
report to your email
account of record
Select No Report to
finish an activity and not
instantly receive a report.
You can still access it
later in the Reports
section of Manage
Quizzes

Select Download Report

to instantly download the
report

Select Cancel to return

to the activity

Sample Report

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Quick Question
1. Select Quick Question
from your Teacher
Dashboard

2. Select Multiple Choice, True

False, or Short Answer to
activate that question type for
students

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Quick Question
Teacher View
Instant Results

Student View
Select your Answer Choice
then select Submit Answer

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Quick Question
Teacher View
Instant Results

Student View
Select True or False
then select Submit Answer

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Quick Question
Teacher View Short Answer Set-up

Optional Type
a Question to be
displayed for you
and students
Select how many
responses
students can
enter
Select if you want
to require
students to
submit their name
Select Start

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Quick Question

See Student
Answers

Teacher View

Student View

Student Answers

Type in your response

then select Submit Answer

Show/hide
Vote on Student
Student Names
Answers
Permanently Remove
a Student Answer

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Space Race
1. From your dashboard,
select Space Race

2. Choose a Quiz, Number of teams, how to assign

colors and then Start Activity.

3. Watch the Rockets race!

Select Start Activity to
begin your Space Race
Select FINISH to end
your Space Race and
receive the report

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Exit Ticket
1. Select Exit Ticket from your Teacher Dashboard
2. Students will be sent the 3 question formative
assessment
Complete Last Name, First Name (popup box)
1. How well did you understand todays material?
A. Totally got it.
B. Pretty well.
C. Not very well.
D. Not at all.
2. What did you learn in todays class?
(Opportunity for students to put in their own words the main
takeaways from class. Your opportunity to make sure they
recognized all your learning objectives.)

3. Please answer the teachers question.

(Opportunity for you to ask any question thats relevant in the
moment)

3. Youll be prompted about a report after the activity

is completed

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Manage Quizzes

Dashboard

Create Quiz is where

youll design your own
assessments

Import Quiz is where

you use a SOC-# to
add a quiz to your My
Quizzes list

My Quizzes stores all

the quizzes youve
Created or Imported

Reports stores all the

reports from your
assessments

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How to Create a Quiz

Select

Select

This is your Create Quiz interface

Enter a name
for your new
quiz

SHARED
your quiz is assigned
a unique
SOC number

Click a question type to add that question to your quiz

(You can reorder and delete questions later)

Your Quiz will automatically SAVE after each question

Find all your quizzes in the My Quizzes

area of your account

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Create Quiz
Enter question here
Enter answer
choices

Mark answer
choice(s) as
correct

Add or
Delete
answer
choices

Optional:
Add an image
to the
question

Optional:
Add an Explanation

To add another
question select one
of the choices

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Create a Quiz
Enter question here
Delete a question

Select
the
correct
answer

Optional:
Add an image to the question

Move a
question
up or down
to reorder
the quiz

Optional:
Add an Explanation of the question for
students to see once theyve answered the
question

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Create a Quiz Short Answer

Enter question here

Optional:
Add or Delete
answer choices that
the system will
grade for you.
Students must enter
one of the the exact
terms you enter.
This is not case
sensitive

Optional:
Add an image to the question

Optional:
Add an Explanation of the question for
students to see once theyve answered the
question
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Adding Images
Add .JPG, .GIF or .PNG files. We recommend file sizes up to 2MB for best classroom results

Click on Choose File

Click on Add Image

Choose your file from your computer and

then select Open

Once your Image

has loaded youll
see a Thumbnail in
the question. You
can Remove Image
by selecting the
button below the
thumbnail.
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Select the RECENT

Tab to see the last 5
quizzes you interacted
with. Select ALL to
see all your quizzes in
alphabetical order

My Quizzes

Select the Quiz

you would like to
interact with. It
will lighten in
color and have a
green highlight

Select DUPLICATE
to make a copy of
the selected quiz

Select DELETE to
permanently delete
the selected quiz

Select EDIT to make

changes to the
selected quiz
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Reports
1. Locate your
report by most
Recent, All or
Activity Type

2.

Select the
report by clicking
on it.

3.

Choose to
receive it via
Download or Email

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Import a Quiz
Import a Quiz from a colleague or a member of your Personal
Learning Network. All you need is the Soc-XXXXX code and its
yours. Simply enter it into the box below, select Import Quiz and
it will be in your My Quizzes folder and available to run as a Quiz.
Sharing is caring!

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