Trafford College – How to use www.Socrative.com
www.socrative.com
Benefits of Socrative:
“Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers by engaging their classrooms with a
series of educational exercises and games.”
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Student online response system – assessments through quizzes ( yes/no, true/false, short answer)
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SIMPLE & SMART – providing an automatic student report via e-mail
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Teachers register in minutes with www.m.socrative.com/lecturer
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Students no need to register , just access socrative via the free wifi at college or with 3g technology www.m.socrative.com/student
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BYOD – use smartphones, laptops, computers, i-pad, i-pod
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Students can work in pairs or in groups – no need for individual devices if that is an issue
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It is free !
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Exit Tickets: Check student understanding with a few quick questions before they leave class each day.
Short Answer question : At the beginning of the lesson to recap
Space race : To run team competitions and quizzes
To keep a track record of your students progress on a regular basis – via automatic excel reports
To differentiate - identify students who need extra help
To give accurate feedback
To enable your students to progress faster
Cristina Pinon - Teaching and Learning Coach / ILT
Trafford College – How to use www.Socrative.com
Teacher :
How to create an account?
It only takes 1 minute 
1. Go to www.t.socrative.com
2. Simply type in your e-mail address and choose your usual password, so it is easy to remember!
3. Click on “Create an account”. Then a screen will come up to enter your name and role.
4. Once you have read through a few instructions and tutorial tips, you will be given an automatic
room number which will be quite long.
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Trafford College – How to use www.Socrative.com
5. To change “My room number” go to “My account” and click on “My profile”
6. Just click on “My room number” and enter a name or number. I have chosen my teaching room S25.
Once finished click on.
7. Now you need to choose the type of questions you would like to do with your students. Here is the
choice :
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Trafford College – How to use www.Socrative.com
Single Question Activities:
Readymade quizzes especially for you 
On the teacher control panel, you can choose to start a quick multiple choice, true/false, or short answer activity.
Single questions activities are anonymous and allows for a quick one-question option to assess students in real
time.
How does it work?
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Announce the question orally, or provide it in a written format on paper, or on the board.
If, you wanted to do a true/false question. Select this option, and the students will see this on their screen:
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Remember! There’s no question displayed. It's up to you to present the question however you want written
format on paper, or on the board.
You can also monitor results in real time, though there won't be names attached (so this is also good for
taking an anonymous poll).
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Cristina Pinon - Teaching and Learning Coach / ILT
Trafford College – How to use www.Socrative.com
Quick based Activities:
On the teacher control panel, you can choose from the following options:
Quiz Based Activities are Quizzes, Exit Tickets and Space Races. All 3 have the option to record students’ names and
will provide a Data Report.
How does it work?
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Let’s try the Exit Ticket
There are 4 questions that students will see on their screens. 1st question: student enter their names
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Trafford College – How to use www.Socrative.com
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Question 4: Announce the question orally, or provide it in a written format on paper, or on the board.
If students are working in pairs and sharing devices (laptop, PC, smart phones):
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Ask student to click on “Finish Exit Ticket” then the other student needs to click on “ Let another student
take the Exit Ticket”
The other student just need to enter his/her name and complete the 3 questions
This is very useful when there isn’t enough devices or for encouraging group/pair work.
Finally this is the best part !  DATA REPORT
When all the students have finished, the teacher ends the activity. Then, the teacher is presented with the option to
e-mail a report to himself/herself which they will receive within seconds.
Cristina Pinon - Teaching and Learning Coach / ILT
Trafford College – How to use www.Socrative.com
Student:
How to access Socrative ?
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Via computer (web browser) , smartphone, i-pad, anything which can connect them to the wifi service
If student have their own smart phone , i-pad or i-pod they can download :
Student Clicker – Socrative app
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If using the college’s i-pads then Student Clicker – Socrative
to check that they have been downloaded on all i-pads first.
needs to be downloaded. You might want
How to join a room?
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Once students have accessed Socrative they just need to type in the room number given by the teacher and click
“Join the room”
Students will then be asked to enter their names if doing a Quiz Based Activities such as Quizzes, Exit Tickets and
Space Races.
Cristina Pinon - Teaching and Learning Coach / ILT
Trafford College – How to use www.Socrative.com
Comments from user: Joaquin Llorente - Foundation Learning
« Thanks for your presentation and handouts yesterday. It was great. I used Socrative today in one of my Maths
lessons; I created a short quiz and used also the exit ticket. Some of the students were a bit reluctant to use their
mobile phones (we have them well trained!) so I gave them laptops. Apart from the usual complaints about signing
on, it went really well. I will try it again tomorrow with two more groups. It is great for text type questions, but I miss
the opportunity to use images. I know you can post the image on the board or a wall and ask an immediate question
about the image. Certainly a way to add a little variety!”
Watch an introduction video:
http://vimeo.com/27564554
FAQ / Trouble Shooting: Go to http://www.socrative.com/faq
Cristina Pinon - Teaching and Learning Coach / ILT
Trafford College – How to use www.Socrative.com
Self reflection
Activity:
Think of different ways of using Socrative in your lesson. Consider the following points:
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Which topic would you use it for?
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When would you use it during the lesson?
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What are the benefits of using the reports?
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