BrainPOP Quiz Integration With Promethean’s ActiVotes & ActivExpressions (LRS)!

Posted by allisyn on August 24, 2010

We are so excited for the official launch of the newest feature with our partners at Promethean… BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. quizzes are now fully integrated with Promethean’s learner response systems, ActiVote & ActivExpressions! After we piloted it in many schools, we are hearing nothing but positive responses! As long as you’ve got an ActivHub, and ActiVotes or ActivExpressions, it’s quick and easy to set it up, and you can choose the length of time students have to respond, decide whether or not you’d like voting to be anonymous, and incorporate the results into your grading system!

Find out more and try it out! You can follow this screencast to be up and running in minutes. We’d love to hear what you think of this new feature. Please email kylel@brainpop.com.

Still interested in quiz integration but not a Promethean user? You can still use other student response systems in overwrite mode with BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. quizzes.

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  1. Allisyn said:

    That’s great to hear, Randy! In case anyone missed the webinar, you can access it on our archives page:
    http://www.brainpop.com/educators/webinars/#Archives

  2. Paula Brooks said:

    Please send me a PD certificate. Thanks!

  3. Bill said:

    Please send me a PD certificate. Thanks for the great webinar!

  4. allisyn said:

    We received a follow up email I wanted to share from Shad:

    Currently, I have a handful of teachers who are testing this tool to see how it works and they are amazed at how the quizzes have come to life. The best thing about the ActiVotes being integrated directly into the BrainPOP quiz is the ability to stay with the quiz and not have to toggle between ActivInspire and BrainPOP. When a student can look at the screen and see that ten others answered the question the same way they did, it makes a huge difference in them retaining what they have learned. The teachers also enjoy the fact that they can give the quiz and then download the results to see exactly how the students did and get immediate feedback. Now that the quizzes are already graded the teachers are saving time and energy to focus on other areas of their curriculum. Once the rest of the teachers start using this great tool they are going to be amazed at how fun and easy using the Activotes with the BrainPop quizzes will be.

    Shad Glenn
    Curriculum Specialist
    Pueblo County School District 70
    Pueblo, CO

    Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with us, Shad! We’d love to have you be a guest blogger to share your successes with our BrainPOP community.

  5. Shad Glenn said:

    I am excited to see that BrainPOP has developed a new tool for integrating their quizzes to work seamlessly with the ActiVotes. Not only will this make the teacher’s jobs easier, it will also help keep the kids engaged and on task during the lesson.
    I am looking forward to implementing this in our district and seeing how much more the teachers use the ActiVotes now that BrainPOP has simplified this task.

  6. Allisyn said:

    Hey Bob. That’s great to hear that your teachers are excited about this new integration! We’ve got an amazing support team here to work with you — I’ve forwarded your info to them.

    We’ll be following up with another blog post, sharing success stories, FAQ, and more. We’d love to hear how the quiz integration is going — please keep the comments coming!

  7. Bob said:

    Our teachers are anxious to use their ActivExpressions and Activotes directly with BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. So far the Flash Bridge is only working on one computer. On all of the other computers, we are getting a Loading ActvExpressions message and it doesn’t proceed.

  8. Allisyn said:

    Hey Katie! So glad you asked! You can RSVP here:

    http://www.brainpop.com/educators/webinars/#Upcoming

    The first one is today at 4:30. I’ll share how to get up and running with our new integration. These webinars will last 30 minutes. Totally free, and I’m happy to provide certificates of participation.

  9. Katie said:

    Hi! i was wondering where I could register for the Thursday Webinars. I would like to sign up for each one! I didn’t see a link on this site. Thanks for your help!!

  10. Seth said:

    I’m not seeing any ActiVote enabled quizzes… is there something I’m doing wrong?

    I’ve been using ActiVotes with BrainPop for years, and I’m thrilled that you’re making it easier!