Unit 3: My BrainPOP – The Teacher Experience
A “My BrainPOP” teacher account provides the ability for teachers to create classes, correct quizzes, comment on student activities and more. Teachers can also create custom quizzes with the Quiz Mixer.
In this unit you will do the following:
- use assessment and tracking features of a My BrainPOP Educator Account
- make a custom BrainPOP style quiz using The Mixer
- use the mixer for differentiation
- write comments and provide feedback on work that students have submitted to your class.
- test your own knowledge about My BrainPOP Teacher accounts by completing and submitting a final assessment quiz
This unit will take approximately 1 hour.
If you do not have a personal My BrainPOP account, return to Unit 1.
Log in with a teacher account to complete this unit.
For optimal experience, use a computer with a full featured web browser. Open this course in one window and open BrainPOP.com in another window. This allows you to read directions and follow them simultaneously.
A My BrainPOP teacher account enables you to track student activity and comment on their work in the following areas:
- movies watched
- quiz scores
- activity pages
- concept maps (BrainPOP only)
- Snapthoughts™
- Sortify data
This video illustrates the ways that teachers can track and comment on students’ BrainPOP activities using My BrainPOP.
In order for students to submit work, they “join” your class using a special code. If you set up your own accounts in unit 1, you have already completed this step!
My BrainPOP “classes” are essentially virtual classes that teachers set up to manage different groups of students. They can correspond to actual classes, but they don’t have to. For example, you might set up a My BrainPOP class for all your Period 3 students; for a pull-out group; for a certain subject area; or even for an after-school club.
To set up a class, log in to BrainPOP using your My BrainPOP teacher account and click on “My Classes.” You’ll be prompted to create a class. Name the class and assign it a special code. Your students will use this special code to join the class.
Here is a video illustrating the process:
My BrainPOP accounts provide teachers with access to The Mixer – to create customized BrainPOP style quizzes. This video describes how to get started.
Click the step guide below for step by step instructions to create your own custom BrainPOP style quiz. You will explore how to use and edit BrainPOP’s questions, create your own multiple choice and open-ended questions, how to upload images for questions or answers and more.
This screencast – from POPstar science teacher Mike Jones – provides tips for using the BrainPOP Mixer to personalize learning and assessment with your students.
After students have submitted a quiz back to you, click “My Classes” to review answers. You can observe the results of an individual student by clicking the orange icon next to their name in either timeline view or spreadsheet view.
Timeline View:
Spreadsheet View:
Quiz scores are useful for both formative and summative assessment. On multiple choice questions, you can see how the class performed as a group. Click the “Class Summary” bar graph icon on the timeline and spreadsheet view.
spreadsheet view:
timeline view:
Click the question number to see the pie chart of student performance.
Choose “hide name” to make names disappear and protect student identity when projecting results to the entire class.
The My BrainPOP “Admin Dashboard” provides utility to administrators of a 24/7 BrainPOP subscription. Admin can view school usage data, bulk create individual student and teacher accounts and more!
This video explains the features of the My BrainPOP Admin Dashboard:
By default, the school contact for the BrainPOP subscription is the designated admin for that school. That person can appoint additional admin if needed by making the request, via email, to BrainPOP directly.
To quiz yourself on the content of this unit, log in as a student, and take this summative assessment! Simply copy and paste this quiz code into the “enter code” field at the top of the BrainPOP page. You can submit the quiz score to your class.
Quiz Code: bpunit3test
