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Guide to Socrative

Socrative is a quizzing app. It is great for judging whether students have understood the content of the

lesson/lessons. It is an incredibly versatile app as it can be used on any device with an internet connection- meaning

that you don’t have to book the iPads to use it. The quizzes are fantastic because they give you, the teacher, as well

as the student immediate feedback on whether the students have understood the topic of the class.

Contents

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….1

2. Teacher and Student App………………………………………………………2

3. Registering…………………………………………………………………………….3

4. Dashboards and Virtual Classroom…………………………………….4-5

a. Changing Room Name……………………………………………..4

b. Manage Quizzes Dashboard……………………………………..5

5. Space Race…………………………………………………………………………….6

6. Quick Question………………………………………………………………………7

7. Creating a Quiz………………………………………………………………….8-11

a. Multiple Choice Questions………………………………………..9

b. True/False Question………………………………………………..10

c. Short Answer Question……………………………………………11

8. Running a Quiz………………………………………………………………..12-15

a. Different Kinds of Quizzes………………………………………..12

i. Student Paced- Immediate Feedback………….13

ii. Student Paced- Student Navigation…………….14

iii. Teacher Paced……………………………………………..14

b. Additional Settings……………………………………………………15

9. Reports…………………………………………………………………………….16-17

10. Importing a Quiz……………………………………………………………….18-20

11. Troubleshooting…………………………………………………………………….21

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Teacher and Student App

There are two apps- the ‘Teacher’ and the ‘Student’. Click on the orange Teacher icon.

Log in by entering your username (this will be an email address) and password then click Sign In. If you haven’t

created a log in create one by clicking on the purple button saying Register.

Student App

Teacher App

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Registering

Please note that if you register online (i.e by going onto your internet browser and going to www.socrative.com and

clicking on ‘Teacher Login’) then the registering process is slightly different. However don’t panic as the only

difference is that it will ask you a few more questions such as what do you teach? Etc.

1. Your name 2. Your email- I

recommend using your

school email as you are

less likely to forget your

details.

3. Password- again it’s

easy to remember if

you use your school log

in password. Ensure its

8 characters long.

4. Repeat password.

5. Click agree.

6. Click ‘Submit’.

Occasionally after clicking Submit it shows a loading sign on the

Submit button but doesn’t log in. This means it has ‘frozen’.

Simply quit the app (double-click the ‘Home Button’ and swipe

the app upwards). Re-open the app and put your log in details

which you just registered with in and it should log you in. If it

doesn’t then try re-registering.

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**To change your room name simply click on Menu (top right

corner)- Profile- Room. Click on Edit next to the room icon and type

in what you want your room name to be. You cannot use a space

but you could use a . or a – instead.***

Dashboards & Virtual Classroom

This is your virtual classroom room name.

This always stays the same- but you can

change it. **Please view changing room

name.** The students use this number to

log in to your room.

Click here if you have made a quiz

and want to run it with your class.

Quick question

requires no prep.

Can be used as a

voting system. Click here if you

want the students to

team up to do a quiz

(please note you will

already have to have

made a quiz). This is

great as you can

reflect it on the

board and the kids

can see each team’s

progress.

Use this at the end of

class to assess how

the students felt

about the lesson and

check for

understanding- did

they think they

understood? They

also get to put into

their own words what

they thought the

lesson was about.

Click here to start making a new quiz,

look/edit quizzes you have made, go

through old ‘Reports’, import a quiz.

Click Here

Click Here

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Manage Quizzes Dashboard

Click here to import a quiz someone

else has made using the ‘SOC-Number’

This is the archive of your past

quiz reports.

This is the archive of all your

quizzes. Click here to edit

them, find their SOC number

etc.

This one is fairly

straight forward.

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Space Race Space Race is a way for the students to team up and collaborate on a quiz. The students can automatically be

assigned a team or you (the teacher) have the option to choose the number of teams. This is great as it gets

competitive and encourages collaboration and teamwork as well as peer learning. You can reflect the race on the

board as it happens so that the students can see which team is in the lead. This can also be useful if one or a few of

the students don’t have a mobile device so they could share a device as a team.

Select a pre-made quiz

Decide the number of teams

Assign team colours if you like

Would you like the

students to see

the correct

answers after they

have answered a

question? When you are satisfied click start!

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Quick Question Requires no prep! Simply click on Quick Question and you’re away. Chose the question type you would like to use. Be aware

that these are run slightly differently in that you ask a verbal question and the students then choose what they think is the

correct answer. This is really versatile because not only can you use it to quickly judge your classes understanding of the topic

but it can also be used as a voting system- reflect it on the board to show the results of the vote!

***Teachers view of questions

For the short answer you have the option

of typing in the question instead.

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Creating a Quiz Creating a quiz in the Socrative app is pretty straight forward. From the main dashboard click on Manage Quizzes

and then click ‘Create Quiz’. You can also log on to www.socrative.com and sign into the teacher app (on your

desktop computer) if you find it easier to type on there.

Click here to start making a new quiz!

Click here to name your quiz.

This is the quiz’s unique SOC number (use

this to share your quiz with other teacher)

Add a tag if you like.

When you are ready to add your first

question click on the kind of question you

would like first. This is the same when you

want to add further questions to your

quiz- scroll to the bottom of the page and

you will see them.

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Multiple Choice Questions The multiple choice question is great because it requires little prep and is automatically marked as correct/incorrect

as the students work through the quiz- saving you lots of marking time!

Put your question here

Don’t like the question?

Delete it here.

Put your

correct and

incorrect

answers

here. Don’t

forget to

click which

one is

correct! You

can put

more than

one correct

answer.

Add or delete answers (you don’t

have to have 5!)

You can even add an image! Be

creative! Download an image from

the internet onto your camera roll

or take on using your camera.

Add an optional explanation to the

answer. The students will see this

after they answer.

Change the

order of the

questions

by clicking

the up and

down

arrows.

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True/False Question The true or false question again is really straight forward and is automatically marked as correct or incorrect when

the students are taking the quiz. It is exactly the same as the multiple choice question except for that instead of

clicking on the correct answers(s) box-simply click of the true or the false (It will turn green) to show which on is

correct. You can again add an optional explanation and an image.

Click on true or false to highlight

which one is correct.

To add another question simply

click which one you want to have

next. If you change your mind you

can delete it.

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Short Answer The short answer question is slightly different in that the computer finds it hard to judge whether the answer is

correct or not. You can add an optional correct answer (see below to see what it looks like) however if the student

spells it wrong the computer will mark it as incorrect. What you can do instead is write the correct answer in the

‘Explanation’ box. This way the child can see for themselves whether they got it right or not however you will have

to go through and correct these by hand when the report is sent to you. Other than this it is essentially the same as

the other question types.

Click here to add optional correct

answer. You can add more than

one.

Top Tips! As with any technology, when you are creating something it is good practice to make

sure that you save regularly (on the top bar next to your room name it says save and exit- click

here). After saving it will take you back to the main dashboard. Go to manage quizzes- my

quizzes and click on whichever one you were working on. Then click on edit (on the right hand

side). This will then take you back to the quiz creation/editing page.

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Running a Quiz

Different Kinds of Quizzes There are three different kinds of quizzes you can run in Socrative (not including space race and exit ticket). Below is

a list of each one:

Select which kind of quiz you want to run.

Explanation of each below:

1 2 3

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Student Paced – Immediate Feedback

This first option gives the students the option of seeing whether they got the question right or wrong immediately

after they answer the question (you can disable this feature if you like- explanation later on in this section). The

students cannot skip questions or go backwards and forwards- they have to answer each question as it comes. You

can see what each student is answering in your live results tab- this only appears in the teacher app- picture below.

The live results tab looks the same for all quizzes except for the Space Race.

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Student Paced- Student Navigation

In this quiz the students can skip questions and go backwards and forwards- they can navigate through the

questions. They are not able to see whether they got the answer right or wrong.

Teacher Paced

In this mode you, the teacher, choose when the students can answer the next question. You can skip and revisit

questions.

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Additional Settings When you are choosing which quiz to run you will notice that there are also some additional settings. You can

disable students names- useful if you want to display the results on the board, you can randomize the question

order- makes it difficult for people to cheat!, you can randomize the answer order (not too sure about the use of this

one but be creative!), and you can even disable student feedback.

When you are happy- click start

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Reports Whenever you have run a quiz with your class- when everyone is finished- Socrative will prompt you to select what

kind report you want sent to yourself and where you w ant it sent to. There are a few alternatives:

This is the list of ways you can have the

report sent to you. Easiest way is

generally email. You can opt to view it

later (this is useful if you didn’t mean to

start the activity!) Make sure you click on

one of the icons- even though it looks like

e-mail is selected don’t be fooled by this.

You must still click it before you can

continue.

This is the list of the kinds of reports which

can be sent to you. You can get a whole

class Excel, Individual Student PDF (you

can print these and hand them back to

your students- easy to mark the short

answers!) or question specific pdf. Bear in

mind that iPads cannot open zip files so

don’t be alarmed it you cannot open it on

your iPad. You can open the whole class

excel on your ipad but if you click on more

than one you won’t be able to- same with

the individual student PDF.

When you are happy- click submit!

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If you chose to view your report later (or have accidentally deleted the copy you sent to yourself) they are stored for

you automatically. Simply go to Manage Quizzes- Reports and it will take you to this page:

This is the list of your most recent quizzes. You can chose to archive these so that they are not all in the recent tab.

You can also filter via Quizzes, Space Races, Exit Tickets and Short Answer.

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Importing a Quiz Importing a quiz is easy and also time saving. If you find that you do not have the time to make a quiz this is a great

option. You could import your colleagues’ quizzes or even go online to find a quiz that you want to download. All

you need is the SOC number. By logging on to www.socrative.com you can navigate to their online community called

Socrative Garden. Please be aware that this is an American website so check the quizzes before you run them as the

curriculum will be different. There are other websites available which have Socrative quiz archives e.g. TES so it is

worth having a look around.

1.Go to www.socrative.com and click

on ‘Resources’

2. Scroll down ever so slightly and

click on BLOG.

3. Click on Quiz Sharing (top right in

the middle)

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4. Click on the super obvious Shared Quiz

List.

5. It will take you to a large and very well

organized spread sheet which (luckily) you

can filter via subject. Then simply copy (or

write down) the SOC-Number….

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6. And paste it into here (get to here by clicking on Import Quiz in the Manage Quizzes dashboard). Then click import

quiz. If it works it will say import successful and if it doesn’t it will come up with a red box saying that it didn’t work.

Check the number to ensure it’s correct. Make sure it’s in this format: SOC-XXXXX where Xs’ are numbers. If it still

doesn’t work then it is due to the fact that the number posted on the website it wrong.

Top Tip!! Always ALWAYS check a quiz you have downloaded before you do it with a

class. To do this, simply go to Manage Quizzes- My Quizzes. Then it will be called ‘Copy

of’ (then the name of the quiz). Click on it and some options will appear below it. Click

on Edit and it will take you to the quiz editing (same as the quiz creating) screen.

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Troubleshooting

As with all technology- things do go wrong occasionally! Do not worry- here is a list of the most common things to go

wrong. If any others occur let me know and I will add them and solutions to this list:

1. You can’t log on (applies to both student and teacher log on)

a. The most common reason why you are unable to log on is due to your internet being dropped (or

not on in the first place). To rectify this close the app- I suggest fully closing the app by double

clicking on your home button and swiping the app upwards. Then go to your iPad settings. Go to wi-

fi and make sure it’s connected to iGryphon (password cda33794ffb). Once it has connected go to

safari to ensure that you are logged on to the school network. If you are not it will prompt you to

put your log in details in (your normal school log in) then click done. Go back to Socrative and try

logging in again. If it still doesn’t work try the good ol’ turn it on and off again.

2. You can’t remember your log in (you cannot log on because your password is incorrect)

a. Go to the main log in page- click on forgotten password. You will then be sent a link to the email

address you registered with- follow the instructions online from there.

3. You try to register but it freezes

a. This is surprisingly common when you register. Don’t worry- close the app and try logging in with

the details you just registered with. 9 times out of 10 this works. If it doesn’t- check your internet

connection and re-register.

4. You try to start a quiz but it says activity/quiz in progress:

a. On the top of your dashboard on the right hand side next to the refresh icon there will be a tap with

red text saying activity or quiz in progress. Click on this and then click finish (top right). This may

then prompt you to have the report sent to you. If the activity was accidentally started then simply

click view later and click submit.

5. You are running a quiz but the results don’t update

a. If this happens click refresh (top right hand corner- it’s a very small icon)

6. You import a quiz but it says it’s unsuccessful

a. Check to make sure that the SOC number is correct and written in the correct format –SOC-XXXXX

where X is a number.

b. If it is correct then it is due to the fact that the number on the internet is incorrect (yes

unfortunately this does happen- try and find a different quiz )