Acadly
Acadly helps educators boost engagement inside and outside the classroom, and record attendance at the tap of a button. It is free for higher education, and saves students thousands of dollars per semester on expensive polling app subscriptions.
- Free • Proprietary
- Q&A
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
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What is Acadly?
Acadly is a Classroom Response System that helps instructors engage students inside the classroom and record attendance at the tap of a button. Compare it with the alternatives (table): https://blog.acadly.com/student-response-system-comparison-the-definitive-feature-list-d25f38be5727
Here's the feature set.
1. Polls, Quizzes, Word Clouds
- Select deadlines and set post-deadline behaviour (submissions allowed/ not allowed)
- Turn anonymity on/off for polls
- Select scoring schemes
- Unlimited responses for free
- Randomize questions/ options/ both
- LaTeX, image and rich text support for questions and answers
- Built-in messaging threads for all activities
- Set as pre-class or in-class activities
- CSV export
- Website and app based
2. Instant roll calls
- Tap a button. Acadly discovers everyone in your proximity.
- Mesh-network based technology: no GPS errors, no uncertainty.
- Present means *actually* present.
3. Communication
- Every activity gets dedicated chat channel automatically
- Support for image, LaTeX and rich text
- Likes, thanks, deletion
- Instructor moderation
- Students can also ask "queries" - anonymously or otherwise
- All Q&A is social
- Turn "contribute to consume" on - restricts one from reading the chat till they contribute themselves
- Assign discussions as in-class or pre-class discussions
4. Content-sharing
- Share text, files, videos and URLs with students
- Built-in digital engagement tracker reports who saw/clicked on your content
- Set as pre-class preparatory work or for in-class participation
5. Out-of-class use
- Send pre-class quizzes, polls, discussions and content
- Send announcements
- Push notifications deliver your messages instantly
6. Other cool stuff
- Intuitive timeline-based design
- In-built option for support. Responses within 24 hours.
- Copy-paste and re-use content between semesters.
- Archive courses once they end. For your eyes only!
Here's the feature set.
1. Polls, Quizzes, Word Clouds
- Select deadlines and set post-deadline behaviour (submissions allowed/ not allowed)
- Turn anonymity on/off for polls
- Select scoring schemes
- Unlimited responses for free
- Randomize questions/ options/ both
- LaTeX, image and rich text support for questions and answers
- Built-in messaging threads for all activities
- Set as pre-class or in-class activities
- CSV export
- Website and app based
2. Instant roll calls
- Tap a button. Acadly discovers everyone in your proximity.
- Mesh-network based technology: no GPS errors, no uncertainty.
- Present means *actually* present.
3. Communication
- Every activity gets dedicated chat channel automatically
- Support for image, LaTeX and rich text
- Likes, thanks, deletion
- Instructor moderation
- Students can also ask "queries" - anonymously or otherwise
- All Q&A is social
- Turn "contribute to consume" on - restricts one from reading the chat till they contribute themselves
- Assign discussions as in-class or pre-class discussions
4. Content-sharing
- Share text, files, videos and URLs with students
- Built-in digital engagement tracker reports who saw/clicked on your content
- Set as pre-class preparatory work or for in-class participation
5. Out-of-class use
- Send pre-class quizzes, polls, discussions and content
- Send announcements
- Push notifications deliver your messages instantly
6. Other cool stuff
- Intuitive timeline-based design
- In-built option for support. Responses within 24 hours.
- Copy-paste and re-use content between semesters.
- Archive courses once they end. For your eyes only!
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Features Vote on or suggest new features
- Attendance management
- Word Clouds
- Quizzes
- Live polling
- Support for LaTeX
- Q&A
- Poll Maker
- Educational
- Real time collaboration
- All in one
- Chat
- Class Management
- Srs
Supported Languages
- English
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Comments and Reviews Post a comment / review all • positive • negative relevance • date
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ManishJha96 Free and one of the best app for student engagement and automatic attendance.
ManishJha96 Acadly is a good alternative to all the ed-tech apps used for class engagement as it is free and its revolutionary mesh network-based attendance system captures attendance in seconds even for a class of 400+ students.
The communication features and higher-ed focused functionalities like LaTeX compatibility made Acadly a much better platform for my class.
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Summary
Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Acadly, and it has gotten 9 likes
- Developed by Acetone Designs
- Proprietary and Free product.
- Average rating of 3
- 21 alternatives listed
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- Last Release: Mar 9, 2022
- Average Rating 3.8
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Acadly was added to AlternativeTo by acadly on Mar 31, 2017 and this page was last updated Oct 28, 2021.
Good app for class management. It is an LMS on mobile.
worst,
need to wait for 24hr manual user checks
back to stone age
...in an educational environment, I actually appreciate this kind of service very much. I'm currently waiting for my approval, one day won't hurt me that much. After all their service is free and offers a lot.
Reply written about 3 years ago