Wooclap

Poll tool for more active participation & interaction

New! Wooclap is now available at the University of Greifswald: https://app.wooclap.com/auth/login, select University of Greifswald in the section “Log in with your institution”, confirm you would like to log in via Shibboleth.

The Audience Response System (ARS) Wooclap increases audience participation and interaction with students and makes it possible to receive direct feedback via mobile devices (e.g. smartphones) during classes – and is especially suitable for large groups.

The tool is quick and easy to use, offers many different possibilities for interaction, e.g. Word Clouds, multiple choice tests, polls, label an image, fill in the blanks, and is suitable for classes that are being held in person, online and in hybrid formats, especially lectures and seminars, tutorials and exercises.

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This is how Wooclap works

1. Ask a question

In the Wooclap tool, you create an event with questions and add the QR code or url to your presentation.

2. Students respond

Students open the event via QR code or url on their smartphones and respond to your questions.

3. Discuss results

The replies are displayed immediately (e.g. as a Word Cloud) and can now be discussed.

Use Wooclap for teaching

Advantages

In class

Participation
Attention
Anonymity with simultaneous participation
Engagement/activity

For the learning progress

Interaction
Discussion
Contingent teaching
Learning achievements
Quality of learning

Evaluation and (self-)assessment

Direct feedback
Formative assessment process

Direct comparison to feedback from fellow students

Challenges

Technological challenges

Required presence of smartphone/mobile device
ARS system has to work

Challenges for teaching staff

Reacting to feedback from students
Covering the course contents
Developing questions

Challenges for students

Getting used to a new learning method
Following the discussion
Harder work in class (more cognitive energy)
Dealing with negative feedback (through comparison to feedback from fellow students)

cf. Kay & LeSage 2009

Which learning goals can be attained using Wooclap?

Typical goals when using Wooclap are making the contents fun through interaction and active participation, testing knowledge via tests or quizzes, promoting participation, and using Wooclap as a mood barometer for feedback for teachers or for determining the course contents (e.g. voting for topics). It can also be used to encourage discussions, especially through the very successful didactic approach of Peer Instruction in group work.

Activation, interaction, feedback & discussion

Fun	Knowledge	Participation	Discussion
Interaction and activation	Quiz, text, exam	Mood barometer, feedback to teacher (“quick” evaluation), determination of course content (requested topics)	Discussion and exchange, working in groups via “peer instruction” concept
Questions for breaking up teaching	Questions for testing prior knowledge	Questions that address students’ opinions	Peer instruction concept: questions for inspiring discussions

cf. Caldwell 2007

In which kind of classes can I use Wooclap?

Synchronous	Asynchronous
FORMAT: in lectures (very large groups), seminars or exercises	FORMAT: during self-study phase
MODE: in-person, online or hybrid	MODE: online (digital)

How can I access Wooclap?

1️⃣ Open: https://app.wooclap.com/auth/login

2️⃣ In the section “log in with your institution”, select the University of Greifswald.

3️⃣ Confirm you would like to log in via Shibboleth.

✅ Now, you can use Wooclap for polls and surveys.

The University of Greifswald currently has an institutional licence for Wooclap, so members of the university community can use the tool with their university login details!