Student Response System – GoSoapBox
What is it?
GoSoapBox is an online student response system that allows students to interact with their instructors and peers before, during or after a teaching session. Using any mobile device with access to the Internet, students are able to view polls, post questions, and submit replies using any mobile device.
Through a student response system, instructors can pose questions, collect, consolidate and display a chart or graph of student responses in real-time. These responses can be used as prompts to engage students in further class discussions. They are also a helpful tool in assessing student comprehension, adapting and improving teaching practice.
Why use it?
GoSoapBox allow instructors to collect student responses in various ways, from simply taking class polls and asking questions to assess students’ understanding of key concepts to using it as a backchannel for class discussions during live teaching sessions. Here are the key features of GoSoapBox:
- Social Q&A – Enables students to raise their hand and ask a question and allows the class to determine, socially, what is most important.
- Confusion Barometer – Enables students to indicate when they have become confused with the material presented. The teacher sees a graphical representation of the number of students who are confused during an event.
- Quizzes – Instructors can conduct short quizzes for students to complete (MCQ or short answer questions) during or outside of class and receive their score upon completion.
- Polls – Enables Instructors to poll students on a question or topic
- Discussions – Instructors can create discussion topics and students post their replies, answers or opinions (interaction is anonymous)
- Anonymity – Students interact anonymously, allowing them to contribute opinions and questions without worrying about the reactions of their peers. The Instructor is able to see who said what in order to gain insight into students’ learning as well as prevent any inappropriate use.
How do I use it?
- Go to https://www.gosoapbox.com , sign up to create your own account (Free for university educators to use with small classes with less than 30 students.)
- As an Instructor, you can create an “Event” for students to join. Each “Event” has its unique class code that you share with your students.
- Within each Event, you choose which features (from the above list) are accessible to your students.
- You can enable/disable features, change event details, add moderators and export responses through the ‘Moderate this event’ button.
- You can see who has joined the event, through the ‘See who’s online’ button.
- You can check your students’ responses and comments outside of a teaching session by logging in.
Other similar tools:
- Menti
- Nearpod
- Socrative
Resources
- GoSoapBox Tour
- Online Tools for Teaching and Learning: GoSoapBox – University of Massachussetts
