Digital Formative Assessment Tools

Screencastify

A Google extension that allows you to record and share your desktop screen with voice and image.

Socrative

A classroom app for fun, effective classroom engagement. No matter where or how you teach, Socrative allows you to instantly connect with students as learning happens. Quickly assess students with prepared activities or on-the-fly questions to get immediate insight into student understanding. Then use auto-populated results to determine the best instructional approach to most effectively drive learning.

Kahoot

A fun learning game made from a series of multiple choice questions. Mostly teacher directed, students select the answers on their screens by choosing a color/shape combination.

Poll Everywhere

A simple text message voting application that works well for live audiences. People vote by sending text messages (or using Twitter) to options displayed on-screen. The poll that is embedded within the presentation or web page will update in real time.

Mentimeter

A unique variety of question types. Can show or hide results from the class. 2 questions per presentation with the free version.

Padlet

A virtual bulletin board where everyone can pin their ideas.

Google Forms

Ask questions or take surveys with this easy and customizable tool. Responses are automatically collected and organized making it easy for you to review your data in either lists or graphs.

Quizizz

Create or find quizzes that can be played live or as homework. Students work together, but each at their own pace. Funny avatars and memes make it engaging and fun!

Today's Meet

Designed to help teachers generate a secondary online conversation -- or backchannel -- among students about class content or for project collaboration.

Quizlet Live

Play collaborative games with your quizlet sets that helps with collaboration and communication as well as building key vocabulary and other skills.

Plickers

Plickers is a simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices.

GoFormative

Site that teacher can use to build assessments that includes both content (images, pdfs, links, videos) and embedded questions.

Edpuzzle

Teachers can crop any YouTube, Khan Academy, Learn Zillion, Vimeo or other video, insert my own audio notes, narrate over the video, and best of all insert questions at any point in the video to create quizzes multiple choice or short answer quizzes.

Answer Garden

Teachers use it for real time audience participation, online brainstorming and classroom feedback. Use it on any device with a browse (and they recently released a free ios app)