When you run Self-Paced voting sessions, ActivInspire 1.5 enables you to create student groups. You can create mixed ability groups, for example, or arrange teams for a quiz. To obtain a single vote from each group, you can nominate a spokesperson.
Organising the devices into groups
You organise the groups using the names of the voting devices registered to the ActivHub, as follows:
Select Edit > Groups.
The 'Groups' Dialog opens. You see a list of names, of the voting devices registered to the ActivHub. ActivInspire assumes that you are using a minimum of two groups, and displays two default groups alongside the device list.
You click in the list to select students, then you highlight a group to assign the selected students to that group.
Students can only belong to one group at any time. You can drag and drop students from one into another.
To add a new group, click on the + button, near the bottom of the Dialog. The groups are displayed as shown.
To delete a group, click on the x button for the appropriate group. The device names from this group return to the list.
To rename a group, click it's name and edit it.
When you start the voting session, the system expects a vote from all the members of all groups, by default.
If you want to obtain a single vote from a group, to represent the group's opinion, you can nominate a spokesperson, as follows:
Check the option Nominate single spokesperson. One person in each group is randomly selected as the spokesperson, and you see a device name highlighted in each group list.
Remember, If this option is unchecked, each team member is expected to vote.
To change the nominated spokesperson, click on a different name to select it, then select Nominate as Spokesperson from the Popup Menu.
To randomly nominate a spokesperson from each team, click the Randomise button.
Self-Paced Voting - Launching votes
When you start a Self-Paced Voting Session, the following prompt is displayed if groups have been created or loaded during the ActivInspire session:
The groups remain active until you close ActivInspire. When you save the flipchart, voting results are saved, but not the groups.
If you have nominated a spokesperson is for a group, when the 'Self-Paced Assessment Results' Dialog opens, it doesn't show the device names, just the group names.
If you haven't nominated a spokesperson, the results for all devices are displayed, and the device names are in their respective groups, as shown:
If you switch to the Level Summaries view, you can see summaries for groups and for individual devices, as shown
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