Loop - A free digital exit ticket and student feedback app designed specifically for education.
Microsoft Teams / Slack / Chat Apps - Messaging tools designed for a wide set of use cases.
Exit Tickets / Exit Slips - Typically a piece of paper handed to a student at the end of class with a question about the lesson content.
Paper Surveys - Often purchased and conducted once per year as a whole of school survey.
Google Classroom - Google's free LMS, with content management and messaging functionality.
Google Forms / Microsoft Forms / Survey Monkey - Free digital survey tools.
Email - Questions sent by email to groups of students. Responses collected individually.
Each tool is scored across the following criteria:
loophq.io
Description: Free, all in one student digital feedback an exit ticket tool.
Best For: All round student feedback tool. Manages each step of collecting student feedback.
Limitations: Designed for regular feedback rather than long survey forms.
Preparation time:
30 Seconds.
Privacy and anonymity options:
Yes. Students reply to teachers away from classmates. Teachers also have the option to enable unidentified responses.
Speed of responses:
Instant replies (in class or online)
Reply to feedback:
Yes. Also able to reply to unidentified responses.
Recommended questions:
Yes. Pick from best practice or saved questions.
Data visualisation:
Yes.
Everything in one place:
Yes. Formulate questions, send to students and data visualisation. Includes Google classroom integration.
Score: 9/9
Grades: K-12
Price: Free
Description: Sending a question to a group within slack, or individual students.
Best For: Occasional feedback.
Limitations: Lack of structured responses. Direct communication can be confronting for students.
Preparation time:
>1 minute
Privacy and anonymity options:
Responses can be direct to the teacher, however this requires individual students to message the teacher, rather than in a group.
Speed of responses:
Instant.
Reply to feedback:
Yes.
Recommended questions:
No.
Data visualisation:
No.
Everything in one place:
Varied. No structured feedback and private messages must be sent individually.
Score: 6/9
Grades: K-12
Price: Free
Description: A paper slip handed to students at the end of class for formative assessment and learning reflection.
Best For: Quick responses and younger grades.
Limitations: Requires paper, printing, cutting, handing out. Time consuming to create varied questions or repeat questions and track change over time.
Preparation time:
10 minutes.
Privacy and anonymity options:
Partial. Optional anonymous responses. Filled out alongside peers.
Speed of responses:
Instant.
Reply to feedback:
Yes.
Recommended questions:
No.
Data visualisation:
No.
Everything in one place:
No. Requires printing, cutting, handing out.
Score: 5/9
Grades: K-12
Price: Cost of materials
Preparation time:
10 minutes
Privacy and anonymity options:
Partial. Optional anonymous responses. Filled out alongside peers.
Speed of responses:
Instant (completed in class)
Reply to feedback:
Yes.
Recommended questions:
Yes. (Purchased surveys)
Data visualisation:
No.
Everything in one place:
No. Requires printing and manual analysis.
Score: 5/9
Grades: K-12
Price: Varies
classroom.google.com
Description: Asking a question in a class feed in Google Classroom.
Best For: Quick questions to the whole class.
Limitations: Lacks privacy for students.
Preparation time:
30 seconds
Privacy and anonymity options:
No. Messages are seen by the whole class.
Speed of responses:
Instant.
Reply to feedback:
Yes.
Recommended questions:
No.
Data visualisation:
No.
Everything in one place:
Easy to ask a quick question. No structured feedback or data visualisation.
Score: 5/9
Grades: K-12
Price: Free
Description: Free survey and analysis tool from Google.
Best For: Occasional surveys. Repeating the same questions.
Limitations: Time consuming to setup. Less suitable for daily or weekly use.
Preparation time:
10 minutes
Privacy and anonymity options:
Yes. Students reply to teachers. Options for anonymous or identified responses.
Speed of responses:
Instant replies.
Reply to feedback:
No.
Recommended questions:
No.
Data visualisation:
Yes.
Everything in one place:
No. Survey and data visualisations only.
Score: 5/9
Grades: K-12
Price: Free
Preparation time:
30 seconds
Privacy and anonymity options:
Partial. Students reply to teachers. No options for anonymous responses.
Speed of responses:
Typically 6 hours. Low response rate.
Reply to feedback:
Yes.
Recommended questions:
No.
Data visualisation:
No.
Everything in one place:
Sending questions only.
Score: 4/9
Grades: K-12
Price: Free
