Using Quizizz to Engage and CFU

Using Quizizz to Engage and Check for Understanding

By Jasmine Boone

Poll

Rate your familiarity with Quizizz.

• I am not familiar at all.

• I have some understanding of it.

• I would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about it.

• I am a pro and I just came here for fun.

• the program you're using right now (obviously)

• ​an online learning and engagement platform that offers interactive lessons and quizzes both synchronously and asynchronously

• a​ way better tool than Kahoot

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Seriously, who even uses Kahoot anymore?

What is Quizizz?

Multiple Select

Select all things that are true about Quizizz.

• It is only offered synchronously.

• It has quizzes and lessons.

• It provides asynchronous options.

• It only has quizzes.

• It is an online learning platform.

• Quizzes and Homework

• Students need an account

• Accounts can be imported by Google Classroom or students can sign up ​via Google

Asynchronous

• Lessons and Quizzes

• Students do not need an account

• Teacher-paced​

• Shows on teacher screen and student screens​

Synchronous

The Basics

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Multiple Choice

Which one of the following can be done both synchronously or asynchronously?

• Lessons

• Quizzes

• Homework

• None of the above

• teacher-paced or independent

• memes in between

• competitive leaderboard

• multiple types of questions​ (open-ended, fill-in-the-blank, draw, poll, etc.)

• set timers to questions​

Did you know a meme is a unit of culture that gets passed between people? It can be ideas, behavior, images, or videos.

​Engaging with Quizzes

• ability to chunk (as seen on this lesson)

• ​can add videos and images

• multiple types of questions to check for understanding frequently

• immediate feedback for instant correction​

• easy to see on student screens for note-taking

• compet​itive leaderboard

• timers on questions​

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Engaging With Lessons

Poll

What do you think are the best things about Quizizz lessons? You can pick more than one.

• Students can see the information on their computers, too.

• A competitive leaderboard is shown.

• You can add images and videos for students to enhance understanding.

• There are multiple types of questions for variety.

• You can get immediate feedback to correct understanding right away.

What else can you do?

• insert math equation functions with the equation button on questions and slides

• insert shapes

• include tables

• include audio and video responses (great for EL kids!)

• include audio and video questions

• note: some items may be limited to the Super version (which is fairly cheap - about $100 annually or $15 month)

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Draw

How do you feel about Quizizz based on this presentation? Draw me a picture of your feelings.

Open Ended

Any other questions?