What are student response systems?
Student response systems allow you to engage your students in a live class by soliciting responses to questions or polls in real-time. Depending on the student response system you choose, they can use their own internet-connected device, or a physical hand-held unit.
Available student response systems at the University of Toronto:
iClickers / iClicker Events
iClicker Events are one-time sessions that allow attendees to participate without accounts. They are great for when your priority is speed, and you don’t need to track performance over time.
- Once you start the event, attendees can enter a join code or scan a QR code and immediately participate. No account required.
- Just like courses, events allow you to run polls and see real-time results and feedback in the desktop app. You can also view results after events end.
For information on using the full iClicker software and integrating with your Quercus course, please visit our iClicker Support Tool Guide.
If you require any technical support using iClickers, please contact your divisional support representative.
Microsoft Forms
With Microsoft Forms, you can create surveys, quizzes, and polls and see results in real-time.
- Create surveys
- Create quizzes with feedback on correct and incorrect responses
- Gather (anonymous) feedback (e.g., mid-course evaluations)
- Use Microsoft Forms as a Polling Tool in a Live Session
- Promote reflection and metacognition
- Live Poll in PowerPoint by Integrating Microsoft Forms, for polls in in-person and synchronous online sessions
- Create polls for Teams meetings
Microsoft Forms is part of the Microsoft Office 365 suite of tools available to Faculty. Consult the EASI Forms site for more information.
Webinar tools:
Polling with Microsoft Teams Meeting:
You can use Microsoft Forms to create polls before your Microsoft Teams meeting, then launch them during it so attendees from any endpoint (mobile, web, desktop) can view and answer. You can even poll attendees before your meeting and collect information ahead of it.
Follow these instructions to learn more and how to poll attendees during a Teams meeting.
Polling with Zoom:
This feature allows hosts to create sing choice or multiple choice polling questions that can be launched during a webinar. The poll can be downloaded after the webinar. Polls can be conducted anonymously or with names. Refer to Zoom Knowledge Base on Polls for details on how to set up polls.