From silent lecture halls to active participation: practical activities to energise your classes, check understanding in real time and keep the link before and after class.
Classroom strategies
3 challenges · 6 key topics
How to build your classroom course with Wooclap, keep the link before and after class, and pick the right formula for every teaching format.
Insert Wooclap questions directly into PowerPoint or Google Slides, or add them to any PDF or Keynote presentation.
✓ Challenge 1Icebreakers for the first class of the semester and quick check-ins at the start of every lesson, with 25 ready-to-import templates.
✓ Challenge 1Eric Mazur’s method step by step: ask, read the correct answer rate, and adapt your explanation or let students convince each other.
✓ Challenge 15 to 10 minutes of practice with Fill in the Blanks, plus the Message Wall to collect questions and comments throughout the course.
✓ Challenge 1LMS integrations (Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard Learn, Brightspace D2L, Sakai), Participant pace, results reports and Wooflash for revision.
✓ Challenge 2Hybrid synchronous or HyFlex: the advantages, the watch-outs and the Wooclap solution for each.
✓ Challenge 34 key insights
Simple, research-backed habits that turn passive listening into active learning.
“We advise teachers to either take small breaks during the class where students reflect on what they’ve learnt or launch a Wooclap question every 10 to 15 minutes.” — Jean-François Van De Poël, University of Lausanne
✓ Best practiceBelow 30% correct: explain again. Between 30 and 70%: let students convince each other, then ask again. Above 70%: move on.
✓ Best practiceWooclap removes the apprehension of students least comfortable speaking in front of others. The shy ones participate, the bold ones have free rein.
✓ Best practiceAccording to the “testing effect”, quizzes and open-ended questions don’t only measure students’ knowledge: they also help to reinforce it.
✓ Best practiceThe source
Source: The Wooclap Guide, drawing on the work of Eric Mazur (Harvard University), neuropsychologist Olivier Verdin and educators from École Polytechnique and the University of Lausanne.
Designed to be read in about 10 minutes. No fluff, just the activities that work.
Step-by-step instructions you can apply in your next class.
Icebreakers, quizzes and templates you can import straight into Wooclap.
In class, hybrid synchronous or HyFlex: a Wooclap formula for each.
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