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Vevox
Learn more about how to use Vevox at NDSU.
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 is currently in the pilot phase at NDSU. Faculty are invited to participate in the Spring Vevox Pilot. To join, please submit an IT Service Center support ticket and indicate your interest in the Vevox Pilot.
Getting Started
- What equipment do I need to use Vevox?
- How to log in to Vevox as a Host or Participant
- Download & Install Vevox PowerPoint Add-in
- Vevox PowerPoint Polling Add-in - Check your Microsoft Office Version Compatibility
- Faculty Training Session - Getting Started with Vevox
Best Practices
- Explain why you are using Vevox, such as assessing understanding, allowing anonymous questions, and gathering feedback.
- Communicate with your participants if the sessions are anonymous or user-identified.
- Have students complete a “low-stakes” Vevox task to learn the tool.
- Give clear instructions and guidelines
Learn More/How To's
Host
- Getting Started: Creating sessions, inviting participants, reusing sessions, and much more!
- PowerPoint Add-In: Installing the Add-in, creating Vevox sessions embedded in a slide, and much more!
- Linking a Vevox session in Blackboard: Linking sessions in Blackboard, editing a linked activity, setting up student participation, and much more!
- Converting Turning Point slides in Vevox (1:19)
- PowerPoint Polling - YouTube Playlist
- Live Polling and Quizzing Questions - YouTube Playlist
Participant
- Participant User Manual: Joining a session, answering polls and questions, and much more!
FAQs
Use Cases
- Attendance
- Student Participation
- Knowledge Checks
- Student Engagement