Technology – Formative Assessment and Polling Tools – Saint Leo University Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Using formative assessment and polling tools are a great way to provide feedback during learning when students still have time to adjust their performance. This may take the form of a survey, quiz, or poll. Formative assessments are usually low stakes, less time consuming, and intended to give students the opportunity to grow.

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Tools to Explore

Poll Everywhere

An interactive tool for collecting real-time feedback from students or meeting participants through engaging activity types that boost participation.

Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms is an easy-to-use Office 365 web app for creating and sharing forms, surveys, and quizzes.

D2L Survey

D2L Survey is a built-in course tool for creating surveys to gather student feedback.

Zoom Polling

be launched during a meeting. Zoom Polling lets meeting owners launch single- or multiple-choice questions during a meeting.

D2L Self Assessment

This tool is best used to help students practice what they learn without being formally graded.

D2L Quizzes

Use for formative, summative, or pre-assessments.

Survey Monkey

Create engaging surveys for free, like a mid-term student survey.

Kahoot

Create and play learning games or trivia quizzes in class or as an assignment.

Socrative

Quizzes, surveys, team activities, and educator content in one easy assessment tool.

GoFormative

View student work in real time, give feedback, and track progress to standards.

Plickers

Scan printed cards to collect instant multiple-choice responses, no student devices needed.

Top Hat

A simple tool to engage students with polls, quizzes, discussions, and more on the fly.

Quizizz

Create and play free gamified quizzes and interactive lessons.

Quizalize

Engage students with quizzes, get instant mastery data, and assign follow-ups.

Google Forms

Create polls, quizzes, and surveys in Google Forms with questions, media, and logic.