Many of us are used to “reading our classroom” – getting a pulse of where our learning community is. We quickly track our students’ understanding of an idea or topic by their body language and facial expressions, or questions asked.This semester, with masked students in the hybrid setting and remote students a small image on our screen, we cannot get a clear sense of our students’ comprehension.
Shiri Noy, Anthropology and Sociology, uses Zoom polling to help her read the room. This piece by Prof. Noy discusses the polling process and the types of questions she uses to help her gauge the students’ understanding. This short video demonstrates how Zoom polls work and this video shows how to create a simple Zoom poll during a class session using the Denison Zoom platform.