Twelve Tips*
Keep questions short to optimize legibility.
Have no more than five answer options.
Do not make your questions overly complex.
Keep voting straightforward.
Allow time for discussion when designing your presentation.
Do not ask too many questions—use them sparingly to highlight the points you most want to emphasize.
Check out your proposed location in order to identify any potential technical problems.
Allow plenty time to set up and try out the system before the session begins.
Rehearse your presentation to ensure that it will run smoothly.
Provide clear instruction to your audience.
Encourage active discussion with your audience.
Do not overuse the system.
*Robertson, L.J. (2000). Twelve tips for using a computerized interactive audience response system, Medical Teacher, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 237-239.
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