Exit Ticket provides real time collaboration assessment! A great tool for teachers!

Exit Ticket has been a great tool to use in my classroom for pre-assessment purposes. I give my fourth grade math students a weekly "Launch" assessment previewing the material for the week. There are also options for a quick poll, a mid-lesson check for understanding, and a formative check for understanding after the lesson is complete. I hope to explore these options more in the future. It has worked well for my class for the purpose of pre-assessment and for formulating groups for my students' needs. While it has been great for my class, there is a learning curve to the site. It was a little confusing for me as a teacher to get up and running, and the first couple of times my students used it there were some confusions with them as well around logging in, accessing the assessments, and how to find a quiz again if the quiz times out. It would help if there were videos or a sample class with data to view for teachers to learn how the site works from a student view before starting with their classes. The first time I saw the student view was when my students actually logged on in class. We learned together, but it would have been nice to be able to view that and work with it before actually presenting it to the students.

When I started using it, I felt like it was overly complicated. I created a practice assessment to learn how to create questions. The creation of question was simple, but then I realized that I would like to use the same questions for all of my class periods. I was unable to assign the same practice assessment to different class periods. I tried another avenue thinking that I had done something wrong, so I created a new assessment, but when I tried to click on my class periods, it told me that I could not assign an assessment to different courses. Thinking that I must have set up the classes wrong, I tried to edit the classes for they are the same course but different periods. I tried to solve the problem. I tried to add another section because I teach five sections and not four. I couldn't get it to work. I have a policy. If I cannot get it to work easily, it isn't worth the investment of my time. To be fair there appears to be a loads of help resources in the help desk. However, as a busy teacher I need to make wise decisions regarding my time. I already know how to use Poll Everywhere, Socrative, and Infuse Learning; it seems silly to invest more time in Exit Ticket when I am not sure that I would use all of their options. This product also requires that students have a username and password. I personally prefer products that feature Google integration so my students do not have to manage another username and password. This is important for me.