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Vevox
Vevox is an audience engagement tool primarily used to enhance online, hybrid, and face-to-face sessions
Overview
Vevox is a platform that allows the creation and deployment of interactive quizzes, real-time polling, anonymous Q&A, and live word clouds that enhance engagement and measure understanding in a course. To learn more, visit Why use Vevox?
Vevox Spring Pilot:
Vevox is currently in the pilot phase at NDSU. We are now inviting faculty to participate in the Vevox Spring Pilot. If you are interested in joining the pilot, please submit an IT Service ticket, mentioning your interest in Vevox Pilot.
Getting Started
How you get started depends on whether you're a host or a participant. Use the Learn More/How To’s section as your starting point.
- What equipment do I need to use Vevox?
- How to check the Microsoft Office Version and update the Version for Vevox PowerPoint Polling Add-in
- How to download & install the Vevox PowerPoint Add-in
- How to log in to Vevox
Best Practices
- Share with your class the reasons behind using Vevox, such as checking knowledge levels, allowing questions to be asked anonymously, and getting feedback.
- Communicate with your participants if the sessions are anonymous or user-identified.
- Have students complete a “low-stakes” Vevox task to learn and familiarize themselves with the tool.
- Give clear instructions and guidelines
Learn More/How To's
Host
- Getting Started – Vevox’s How To resource site.
- Creating sessions, inviting participants, reusing sessions, and much more!
- Creating sessions, inviting participants, reusing sessions, and much more!
- PowerPoint Add-In - Vevox’s resource site
- Installing the Add-in, creating Vevox sessions embedded in a slide, and much more!
- Installing the Add-in, creating Vevox sessions embedded in a slide, and much more!
- Linking a Vevox session in Blackboard - Vevox’s resource site
- Linking sessions in Blackboard, editing a linked activity, setting up student participation, and much more!
Participant
- Participant User Manual – Vevox's resource site
- Joining a session, answering polls and questions, and much more!
- Joining a session, answering polls and questions, and much more!
- Participant Login Instructions
FAQs
Use Cases
- Attendance
- Student Participation
- Knowledge Checks
- Student Engagement
Universal Design/Accessibility
Related resources
- Polling
- Converting Turning Point slides in Vevox (1:19)
- YouTube Playlist - PowerPoint Polling
- YouTube Playlist - Live Polling and Quizzing Questions
- Vevox Education Series
- Education's ‘Easy Wins’ in getting started with Vevox
- 5 Ways educators use Vevox for virtual classes
- Vevox Getting Started – Faculty Training Recorded session