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Good thoughts! The 4-5 digit code would be a good way of differentiating between sessions/lecture. When adding class polls etc, it my be advantageous to give ea
by liamk 14y ago
Good thoughts! The 4-5 digit code would be a good way of differentiating between sessions/lecture. When adding class polls etc, it my be advantageous to give each student their own account. That could conflict with the current anonymous aspect of understoodit.com though.
- mbreese 14y agoI'd keep it anonymous... you want people answering honestly and not worrying what the instructor might think. I'm thinking polls like: okay class, we just went over big-O. here is an algorithm... what do you think the big-O of this is: O(n), O(n^2), etc... Nothing that you'd have to keep track of the answers for longer than the length of the class. Plus, if you added logins, that would just make it that much more of a setup / hassle to get classes going.
- Bromero 14y agoI agree about anonymity. I'm a high school teacher and there are a bunch of smartphone apps that let students send in answers to multiple choice questions that the teacher puts on the board (I think it's called SmartResponse). The problem is, all responses have the students' phone numbers attached. So privacy concerns make it so that an otherwise useful product is basically unusable. Obviously the level of concern would be different in College/University, but I think students might be less inclined to use the app if it is not anonymous. That said, this is a great idea. This is the kind of real-time feedback that I would love to have access to. Many of my students would rather fail than put their hand up and ask for help. Something like this would really help them out.