Socrative

By: Naomi Bolden

Purpose
Socrative is a cloud-based student response system. It allows teachers to create simple quizzes that students can take quickly on
laptops, classroom tablets or their own smartphones. This webpage allows parents and students to receive quick and easy results
with a physical copy and quick access to said results when requested from a teacher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUly7Gsa52o

Socrative in 90 seconds – This is a video from the Socrative’s official YouTube channel. It goes over how to add students to a quiz,
how to view the results and the many ways one can receive and save the results. This video is a quick yet productive overview of
the web and mobile application.

Features
1. Socrative Pre-assessments allows teachers to assess how well the class understands a subject. This gives teachers the
opportunity to cater to the needs of students in a more targeted manner which helps with lesson planning. This is an
important function because it shows that the website is not only useful for assessments but also for learning.
2. Question Library is a helpful and resourceful feature on Socrative’s website. It keeps and stores a teacher’s questions and
prior work so that one can reuse and reapply those questions to different lessons and quizzes. This is a feature that is useful
for the classroom because when a teacher is giving larger cumulative assessments prior questions are stored and ready to
use.
3. The help topics button is extremely useful and convenient to users. Whether it is a teacher or student seeking help, this
option is within easy access to the webpage that answers any questions or concerns. This is useful in the classroom because it
is a quick resource for troubleshooting. This webpage cuts time when one encounters an issue with the software and does not
require an IT department’s help. Ultimately this saves a lot of potentially wasted class time.
4. Live results are a way for teachers to experience the test with their students. This feature is important because it allows an
educator to know where students are struggling, the speed with which students answer questions, and how to better serve
those in their classroom. This is an important function because it allows one to monitor progress and see how students are
doing while they participate in assessments.
5. The option for teachers to choose how they will receive their reports is also a great function. It lists the available options
email, download, google drive, view chart, and view later. This feature is important because it gives teachers a choice of
preference and is convenient in the classroom setting. For example, if it is a practice test, my students and I can look over the
results instantly. While if it is a more private and important test, I can sweep the results to the side and move on with our
class time.

Key Resources with Description

1. The Advantages of Socrative -- This article outlines the uses and advantages of the education tool, Socrative. Which is a
question-giving/answering platform. However, Socrative is slightly more sophisticated in that a teacher can create a
room for each class, give assignments, quizzes, and more. -- https://blogs.stockton.edu/mweb/?p=373
2. 9 Ways the Formative Assessment App Can Benefit Your Classroom – This is a lengthy review and guide on the Socrative
application. It is helpful because it goes into detail on how Socrative can be applied and used within the classroom. It also lists
the benefits of the app supported with facts. -- https://www.mrsgeology.com/the-socrative-review/
3. A Complete Guide for Teachers on How to Use Socrative - With the straightforward design and layout of Socrative it is easy to
underestimate the power and variety included within the website. This resource tells readers about this educationally-based
technology and gives specific details on how to use it. The many different variations of test formatting are spoken on, and
overall teachers are given an in-depth tutorial on the technical aspects of Socrative. - https://edtechreview.in/trends-
insights/insights/1532-a-complete-guide-for-teachers-on-how-to-use-socrative
4. 13 Ways to Use Socrative as a Formative Assessment – This resource tells teachers 13 different ways Socrative can be
integrated into the classroom. The writer first speaks on the distinct reasons they support Socrative and then follows up with
a thorough list of ways they are currently using Socrative as a formative assessment. -
https://www.thelandscapeoflearning.com/2012/02/11-ways-to-use-socrative-as-formative.html
5. How to use the App ‘Socrative’ As A Fantastic Assessment Tool – This resource is another first-hand account from an active
teacher explaining how they have integrated Socrative into their classroom. It goes over the ways this teacher has engineered
the website/application to fit their needs. For example, this user has multiple accounts each for a different subject to be able
to use the free version of Socrative. - https://edtech4beginners.com/2016/04/19/how-to-use-the-app-socrative-as-a-
fantastic-assessment-tool/
6. Why Use Socrative.com? – This resource begins with 8 questions the author believes are essential in deciding if the
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application is for your classroom. It then follows with an explanation as to how Socrative is beneficial in the classroom and
step to making your classroom interactive. This is a great resource for learning how to capitalize on student engagement and
participation. -- https://teacherprofessionaldevelopmentinfo.weebly.com/why-use-socrative.html
7. The Pulsera Project – This is webpage of a non-profit organization that offers a free service-learning project and educational
materials to Spanish teachers and Spanish clubs across the U.S. It is only about the application Socrative however, it shows
the use of Socrative and how it can be used in a variety of ways. -- https://www.pulseraproject.org/spanishclasses?
gclid=CjwKCAiA1aiMBhAUEiwACw25MRhDwTcgEb2Kx90mzFtmNUcIViahA6By1uEj_JZ5Aki82YEuIpFqURoCh1cQAvD_BwE
8. Assessment of the web-based audience response system Socrative for biomedical science revision classes – This webpage
shows how Socrative can be used with any ages, standards, or levels of curriculum. It takes readers though a research process
that proves that Socrative is the upcoming application of choice per students’ participation. --
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266637402030008X
9. A Comparative Review of Kahoot and Socrative – This resource is a comparison between the up-and-coming application
Socrative and the well know site Kahoot. This is a useful resource because many students and teachers are used to and
comfortable with Kahoot, yet this article challenges the beneficial similarities and differences between both applications. --
http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume24/ej96/ej96m2/
10. Using Socrative Online Polls for Active Learning in the Remote Classroom – The author of this resource writes about the
importance of Socrative in the digital and remote classroom setting. This is a particularly important and relevant article
because of Covid, and it allows readers to understand that Socrative is good in all classrooms, settings, and circumstances. --
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00737

Pricing Model
There are four different versions of the Socrative website. There is the free version, the Pro for K-12 Teachers, the Pro for Higher
Education, and the K-12 Schools & Districts version.
Socrative Basic includes - Free
- 50 students per room
- 1 Public room for your class
- Launch 1 activity at a time
- Create up to 5 quizzes
- Space Race assessment
- Easy quiz sharing with URLs

Socrative PRO for K-12 teachers - $89.99

- Everything in Socrative Free plus:
- Up to 20 private or public rooms
- Launch up to 20 activities at once
- Roster import via CSV or Excel
- Unlimited quiz creation

Socrative K-12 for Higher Ed & Corporate - $179.99

- 200 students per room
- Up to 20 private or public rooms
- Launch up to 20 activates at once
- Restricted access with student ID
- Unlimited quiz creation

K-12 Schools & Districts – Custom Pricing

- Our most comprehensive plan. Get everything in Socrative Pro for K-12 teachers, including:
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager
- Priority customer support
- Plus ** Access to Showbie Pro and Explain Everything

Possible Improvements
1. Describe the possible improvement. Explain why this is a needed improvement.
2. One improvement for Socrative would be to make the “clear classroom” choice more specific and interactive. The website
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would benefit from allowing users to pick specific students' names rather than making an entire class exit from the test. This
is a necessary improvement because the current process is tedious in adding and readding users while this improvement
would save class time and make for a smooth transition when necessary.
3. A final improvement for Socrative would be to allow users that are subscribed to the free version to launch more than 1 test
at a time. This would give teachers the opportunity to do multiple assessments at once, which is sometimes necessary for the
classroom. It would be beneficial to users because more than one launch is possible in the paid subscriptions and the price is
too expensive for some users. If Socratic included as little as one more launch in their free version, it would bring more
teachers to their platform and make them a front running competitor for online testing.

Support Available
There is a website for the Socrative web application that offers advice and answers directly from the Socrative Team. This
resource is immensely helpful and thorough in their contributions and efforts made in providing users with solid and clear details
of their service. The help site is free and no certification or sign up is required to utilize the resources. --
https://help.socrative.com/en/

Frequently Asked Questions

Question
1. How many students can you have in a room?
2. Can I add audio or video clips to a quiz?
3. How many rooms do I have?
4. Is there a limit to how long questions and
answers are?
Answer
 Google “student capacity in Socrative”
 https://help.socrative.com/en/articles/2155283-frequently-asked-
questions
 With a Socrative free subscription, you can have up to 50 students in a
room take a quiz. However, with Socrative Pro, you can have up to 200
students in a room take a quiz.
 Google “Can I add audio and visual on Socrative?”
 https://help.socrative.com/en/articles/2155283-frequently-asked-
questions
 Currently this feature is not available. However, Socrative is always
looking at ways to improve therefore, this ability is under construction.
 Google “Socrative room capacity”
 https://help.socrative.com/en/articles/2155283-frequently-asked-
questions
 With the free version of Socrative, there is one room included within
your package. While, with Socrative Pro, you can create up to 20
different rooms.
 Google “Socrative characters”
 https://help.socrative.com/en/articles/2155283-frequently-asked-
questions
 Socrative questions can be up to 65,000 characters while answers can
have 10,000 characters.