Vevox is an inclass voting system and discussion tool that can help students engage in activities during a lecture or workshop.
Accessing Vevox
You can create a Vevox account via Canvas. Vevox staff accounts uses the Microsoft login and username@ljmu.ac.uk and LJMU password to log in to Vevox.
- Tutors can access Vevox via Canvas course menu
- Tutors can also login directly, create and run sessions from Vevox dashboard (you may want to save this to your browser favourites)
- Students use the url to interact with your session (or they can download the app from the Google Play or Apple app stores) Vevox App Accessibility Statement
Related Training
The Teaching and Learning Academy provides a wide range of opportunities for training and development. Further details of learning technology related training, dates and booking details can be found at the LJMU Staff Development Calendar.
Self Paced Course - Where do I start with Online Learning?
Further Resources
- Blog Post: Vevox now Embedded in Teams
- Blog Post: Vevox Success at Liverpool Business School
- Blog Post: Vevox/Canvas LTI (Staff)
- Blog Post: Vevox now embedded in Teams
- Blog Post: Vevox Autumn 2020 Updates (Staff)
- Vevox Help Guide: (learn how to use features just type the key word into the search bar)
- Vevox You Tube Channel: (Training videos, tips and webinar recording)
- Vevox Past Webinars: (previous webinar recordings where educators share how they use Vevox)
Good Practice
Here's out blog post summarising tips and techniques by LJMU teaching staff:
Case Studies
Eric Mazur demonstrates the use of clicker questions and classroom discussion.
Case Study: Using Panopto for Live and recorded lectures and Q and A sessions. Shane has used panopto at LJMU and in previous institutions to support students learning from interacting with pre-recorded lecture content.
Known issues
Panopto: If you want to record using powerpoint that is using vevox you will need to record the session using the option to 'capture the screen' rather than 'capture the powerpoint'
As in the settings below:
The Vevox PowerPoint Addin (Windows PCs)
You can create an account and a session by going to the Vevox menu item on the Canvas Course menu.
Read this Blog Post: Vevox/Canvas LTI (Staff)
Once this is created you can use the PowerPoint Add-In.
If you have any issues logging in, follow this guide to authenticate the Vevox add-in
The Vevox Add-In is available on all LJMU PCs. You can download the Add-In here.
Here are all the user guides for PowerPoint by Vevox.
Guides
- Create my first session
- Start my session
- How to use the PowerPoint Add-in
- Staff Guide: Accessing Vevox Add-in from an LJMU managed PC and login into Vevox
- Adding an organizer or colleague to my session
- Create a basic poll
- Create multichoice polls
- Create rating polls
- Create numeric polls
- Create text polls
- Create a XY Plot (Scatter Chart)
- Create word cloud polls
- Word cloud explained
- Create Pin on Image polls
- Can I upload images or photos for polling?
- What is present view?
- Why do I need present view?
- Presenting options
- Vevox Updates - Summer 2020