In Short

Wooclap is an interactive platform designed to encourage student engagement and participation in your class. It enables real-time interaction between instructors and students through a variety of question types. Wooclap integrates with popular presentation tools like PowerPoint and Google Slides, as well as our learning management system Canvas.

The McGraw Center is piloting Wooclap in the Fall '24 semester.

Teaching Purpose

Real-time Polls and Quizzes: Create live polls, multiple-choice questions, open-ended questions, and quizzes to gauge students' understanding and keep them engaged.
Brainstorming: Encourage collaborative idea generation and discussion among students.
Increased Engagement: Interactive elements keep students attentive and involved, making learning more dynamic and fun.
Enhanced Participation: Students, including those who might be reluctant to speak up in a traditional setting, can participate anonymously, fostering a more inclusive environment.
Immediate Feedback: Instructors can get instant feedback on students’ understanding, allowing for timely clarification of concepts.
Competitions: Create a competitive learning environment through gamified quizzes and challenges.
Surveys: Collect feedback on courses, teaching methods, or any other topic of interest.
Live Q&A: Allow students to submit questions anonymously during a lecture, which can then be addressed in real-time.
Integration with Other Tools: Integrates with popular presentation tools like PowerPoint and Google Slides, as well as the Canvas Learning Management System.
Analytics: Track student responses and participation over time to identify trends and areas that need improvement.

Step-by-step

Create a Wooclap assignment in Canvas
Create an event on the Wooclap website
Integrate with PowerPoint
Integrate in Google Slides

How to create a Wooclap assignment in Canvas?

From within your Canvas course, go to Assignments from the Course Navigation Menu.
Click +Assignment to create a new assignment.
For Submission Type, select External tool and click on Find.
In the new window, select Wooclap from the list.
Check Load This Tool in A New Tab (recommended).
Click Save.
You will be redirected to the Wooclap interface to create content.

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The Vote tab: Create questions to interact with your students/audience by gauging their interest and knowledge in real-time. These questions can be inserted into your presentation.
The Messages tab: Students can also send you messages in real-time.
The Participant pace tab: Share files and questionnaires for your students to fill in at their own pace.
Back to my course: Click to return to Canvas.
Sync with LMS: Sync Wooclap results, attendance, and participation to Canvas LMS.
+New question: Select the type of question you wish to ask the students.
Examples gallery: Browse through different questions to add to your event.
Import questions: To import previously created questions, such as from another event, or an Excel file.
Display: launch a question that will appear on your students' screen for them to answer.
Add presentation: Select the file you will be presenting. Please note: uploaded slides will be converted into images, which means the animations, hyperlinks, etc. on your presentation will be lost. The alternative is to use Wooclap's PPT add-in (refer to the Integrate with PowerPoint tab).

Please note: To participate in a Wooclap assignment created in a Canvas course, students are required to log into Canvas to participate in the Wooclap event.

How to create an event from the Wooclap website?

Use this registration link and log in using your Princeton NetID and password.
Click Create an Event and name your event. An event consists of three tabs:
- Vote: create questions to interact with your students/audience by gauging their interest and knowledge in real-time. These questions can be inserted into your presentation.
- Messages: Students can also send you messages in real time.
- Participant pace: share files and questionnaires for your students to fill in at their own pace.
On the Vote tab, select the type of questions (e.g. Multiple Choice, Fill in the blanks, Brainstorming, Poll, etc).
After filling in the required fields, click Save.

How to use Wooclap in PowerPoint?

With the Wooclap add-in, you can insert questions into your PowerPoint presentation for audiences to participate. The results are displayed on your presentation slides in real time.

Step 1: Install the Wooclap add-in

Open your presentation in PowerPoint, click Insert, go to Add-Ins, then Get Add-ins.
Search for Wooclap and click Add.

Step 2: Add Wooclap questions to your presentation

Go to Insert, Add-ins, then My add-in to select Wooclap.
Click Start to log into your Wooclap account.
Choose your event and select a question to add to your presentation.

Step 3: Start your PowerPoint presentation

Start your PowerPoint presentation.
Click on the Wooclap question slide to open it for your audience to participate.

Please note: The Message wall is not available through the PowerPoint add-in. No Participant pace questionnaire can be published from the PowerPoint add-in.

Video Tutorial

How to use Wooclap in Google Slides

To use Wooclap in your Google Slides presentation, you can insert the presentation to Wooclap or insert Wooclap questions directly into your presentation using an add-on/extension.

Step 1: Install add-on/extension

You can install Wooclap to Google Slides using Firefox Add-On or Chrome Extensions.

Step 2: Add Wooclap questions

Click the new button Add Wooclap Poll in the toolbar.
Choose the event, question, and then click Insert question.
You can drag & drop the question slide to a new position if wish.
Repeat the steps to add additional questions.

Step 3: Present your presentation

During your presentation, the Wooclap questions will be displayed on-screen and the audience can participate.

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