Class participation (Wooclap)
Encourage student participation in all types of courses by easily creating different interactive activities.
What is Wooclap
Wooclap is a class and audience engagement tool. Rich with a wide variety of interactive polls, questionnaires and quizzes, the platform transforms your students' existing devices (mobile phones, laptops, tablets) into powerful, interactive, and engaging learning tools. Wooclap helps you measure and improve students’ understanding and to provide students with immediate feedback.
Wooclap can be used in face-to-face, online, or bimodal courses. Over 500,000 higher education professors and trainers all over the World are using Wooclap to engage students with their learning. Wooclap’s platform was designed in collaboration with colleges and universities in France and Belgium.
Benefits of Wooclap for your class
How to use Wooclap
Discover below how to prepare, host and analyze your event. For each step, you will how-tos, guides and documentation from TLSS and Wooclap.
1. Before Class
For best results, prepare your Wooclap events well in advance to be ready the day of the class.
The document below details how to connect to Wooclap via Brightspace (recommended) or via www.wooclap.com.
2. During Class
Now it’s time to engage your students as they answer questions, and give feedback.
Once given access to the Wooclap event, students can actively engage with their learning.
3. After Class
You can now analyze your students’ results and plan the next steps.
Obtain an overview of an event's results as a grid or a report.
Full Wooclap guide
The guide details how to:
- Connect to Wooclap
- Create a Wooclap event
- Adjust the settings of a Wooclap event
- Start and give access to a synchronous event
- Host a synchronous event.
Tutorial videos
Wooclap in 3 simple steps
How to use Wooclap for distance learning
Wooclap for ASYNCHRONOUS Learning
How to use the Message Wall
Wooclap in Teams
8 tips to increase your students' learning
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
How do students participate?
Students will be able to answer your Wooclap questions using either their laptop, tablet or cell phone. In addition, they will be able to connect to your Wooclap event in various ways: through the link in Brightspace, by entering your event code into the Wooclap site, or by scanning the event's QR code with their device. For more information, please see our guide: Getting started with Wooclap.
Can I directly create Wooclap events in Brightspace?
Yes, it's possible to create your Wooclap event directly in Brightspace. To do so, follow the steps explained in our guide: Getting started with Wooclap.
How can I incorporate Wooclap questions into my PowerPoint slides?
You can incorporate your Wooclap questions into your PowerPoint slides differently. First, by embedding your Wooclap questions via the PowerPoint platform or second, by importing your PowerPoint slide into Wooclap. For more information, please see the following resource: Integrate questions into your PowerPoint slides.
How can I export student results?
You can export your students' results in Excel format.
See the following resource for instructions on how to do this: Download or export event results.
Can I create asynchronous questionnaires with Wooclap?
Yes, you can use Wooclap to create asynchronous questionnaires if you wish.
For more information, see our guide: Getting started with Wooclap.
What types of questions are available?
Discover more than 15 types of questions to communicate effectively with your audience: MCQs, word clouds, surveys... Including the competition mode and the message wall!
Can I import questions from Brightspace into Wooclap?
Yes, you can import your Brightspace questions into Wooclap.
To learn how, please refer to the following resource: How to import questions from Brightspace?
Can I organize my Wooclap events in different folders?
Yes, you can organize your Wooclap events in different folders by following the steps explained in the following resource: How can I organize my events in folders?
Can I compare the results of two different audiences?
Yes, Wooclap allows you to compare the results of two different audiences thanks to its comparison mode. To learn more, please refer to the following resource: What is the Comparison mode?
Can I incorporate my Wooclap questions into my Google Slides presentation?
Yes, you can incorporate your Wooclap questions into Google slides in 2 different ways: by embedding your Wooclap questions into Google Slides or by importing your Google Slides presentation into Wooclap. To learn how, please refer to the following resource: How to use Wooclap in a Google Slides presentation.
Wooclap help and support
Advice and answers
Get advice from the Wooclap team to learn how to use the tool in a distance learning setting.
Wooclap blog
Explore the latest, useful posts on the Wooclap site.