Journal of Academic Development and Education JADE Issue 11 Summer 2019 | Page 54

Table 1: Type and description of questions available in Learning Catalytics, and the availabi-
lity of each type in Poll Everywhere and Menti marked with X (from Nosek, 2017).
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Ty p e o f
question Description Composite
sketch Students sketch a graph and the results are
shown as a composite sketch; this works well in
large classes Confidence Students distribute a fixed number of votes on
each of the options/answers given based on
their confidence in each answer; points can be
assigned to the correct answer, or the question
can be used to assess opinion Data collection Students report a numerical value and results
are displayed in a histogram with descriptive
statistics Direction Students draw an arrow or vector; arrows
pointing in the direction and within a predeter-
mined range of the correct arrow are shows as
correct Expression Students enter a mathematical expression or
equation Highlighting Students highlight words in a passage and the
results are shown in a heat map of the text Image upload Students upload an image Long answer Students enter text in a large input box Many choices Students select zero, one or many choices in
response to a question; this can be used to col-
lect opinions Matching Students match a series of subquestions with
options to create a matrix Multiple
choice Students select one answer Numerical Students enter a numerical value Priority Students prioritize the given choices; there is
no correct choice Ranking Students rank a list of items in order X Region Students click or touch a point on an image;
the instructor determines the area of the image
that should be considered correct X Short answer Students enter text in a small input box X X
Sketch Students sketch a graph; each graph is dis-
played as tile. This format works better for
small classes Wo rd c l o u d Students submit one or more words, and a word
cloud is generated based on the frequency of
occurrence of each word X X
Slide Students are shown a static slide; no response
is required

Poll
Everywhere
Menti
X
X
X
X