
Access Points
Teachers and students can add a direct link to Socrative by adding a Chrome bookmark (click the Star in the address bar).
- Teachers: A free account is required to create, save, and publish a quiz. Teachers must be logged in to Google with their gtsd.net GAFE account to be able to use "Login with Google" options.
- Navigate to socrative.com and choose Teacher
- Install the Socrative Teacher app on your Apple, Android, or Chrome device
- Students: Students only need a code provided by the teacher to participate in a live quiz.
- Navigate to socrative.com and choose Student
- Teachers can post a direct link to class login on class webpage or in Classroom (https://b.socrative.com/login/student/)
- Install the Socrative Student app on your Apple, Android, or Chrome device
Tips for Success & Suggested Uses
- Permanently change the name of your room to something simpler and more personal than the auto-generated code.
- Create and save quizzes to use and reuse.
- Finish a quiz and save responses before inviting the next class to participate, otherwise your scores and percentages will be mixed.
- Add an image (animated gifs are supported!) as the prompt or to support a question.
- Post a quiz at the start of a lesson to quickly ascertain student understanding.
- At end of lesson, post class response summary and discuss new understandings.
- Create a teacher-led multi-question quiz to cover topics in a single lesson, pause instruction to check for understanding.
- Enter explanatory text to help students better understand why an answer is correct or incorrect.
- Invite students to reflect on a topic or lesson (exit ticket).
- Invite students to collaboratively practice using Space Race.
- Create a quiz to collect lunch orders.
General Overview
The folks at Socrative created this great guide to their product.