How to Use Telegram Polls to Gamify your Lessons in and out

One of the most useful little tools I've been using in my online teaching so far has been Telegram Polls.

If you have a group of students in a Telegram group, you can send polls in a "quiz mode" to students in order to check their knowledge. This can be done during class or even after or before to utilize a TTT type lesson.

Here's how you set up a poll.

If you're using your phone with Telegram, open a group chat or channel. Then tap on the paperclip in the lower left-hand corner.

Select poll.

Then you can write your question and include up to 10 possible answers for students to select.

Before you post it, make sure you select "quiz mode" if there is only one correct answer. In group chats, you also have an option for making your quiz anonymous or not, so you can see who is struggling the most in your class. This is also a good way to replace monitoring in your normal face-to-face class since you can't always see if they've gotten the right answer.

You'll also need to select the correct answer by tapping the circle.

When you've finished, select "send" and it will be sent to the group for your students to answer.

Unfortunately, you can't save drafts or schedule their publishing, so I recommend that if you have a lot of questions, send them after the class. But if it's only one or two, you can use them during your class time without sacrificing too much time. I have mine written out beforehand in a word document so that I can just copy and paste it.

Hope this helps you and helps to keep your students engaged at the lessons. At this point, I don't mind if students are on their phones; just as long as they are using English during my lessons on their phones.

And if you're interested in joining my Telegram channel for semi-regular quizzes in English, feel free to click here and become a subscriber.