Set up Polling @ McGill with Vevox
Polling @ McGill can be set up to suit your teaching needs. We offer recommendations and direct you to answers to instructor FAQs.
Recommendations for setting up Polling @ McGill using Vevox
1 | Before your class |
Consider the engagement activities (e.g., question types, Q&A) you would like to include in your session. Then:
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2 | During your class |
3 | After your class |
Vevox sessions added as an activity to myCourses will automatically send any grades back to the myCourses gradebook, so long as students are not set to Anonymous. |
Read more:
Academic resources about polling and student engagement:
Bruff, D. (2014). Classroom response system (“clickers”) bibliography. Vanderbilt Center for Teaching. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/classroom-response-system-clickers-bibliography/
Smith, M. K., Wood, W. B., Adams, W. K., Wieman, C., Knight, J. K., Guild, N., & Su, T. T. (2009). Why peer discussion improves student performance on in-class concept questions. Science, 323(5910), 122-124.
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