Acadly

What Is It?

Acadly is a classroom interactivity tool with features for in-class student response, math-TeX support, and no limits on the number of responses. Many UIC instructors have used the Basic version of Acadly, which is free, to take attendance in the classroom. Acadly Enterprise brings an improved experience to classes for both students and faculty, by making it possible to use quizzes, polls, discussions, word cloud questions, videos, files, and more, in one application.

Any UIC instructor can sign up with a UIC email address, a trial account will be activated for them and they will be placed in Acadly verification queue. Because the basic license is free, a verification is done to confirm that the person signing up is an instructor at a higher education institution. At any time, even before verification, if someone uses the Blackboard plugin to import a course to Acadly, all Acadly features will be unlocked immediately.

Features

1. Students in the course appear automatically in Acadly
2. Students can attend Zoom synchronous classes within Acadly
3. Students can chat, answer polls or take quizzes during Zoom sessions and have those activities available even after the class is over
4. Students can automatically see their grades for class activities and attendance in Blackboard

Who Is Eligible To Use It?

• Faculty
• Students

Where Can I Get It?

1. Select the Access Acadly via Blackboard button on this page to login into Blackboard
2. Get to the course you want to create on Acadly
3. Under Course Management, click on Course Tools
4. Select Acadly Course
5. If you already have an Acadly account, you will just need to login and the course will be automatically created.

When accessing Acadly for the first time, you will be prompted to import your data into Acadly in order to create your account. Follow the instructions within the application or watch the video to set up your Acadly course using the Blackboard plugin (4:30 min video)

Please note that student enrollments are automatically added to Acadly.

How Do I Use It?

Learn more about this tool by visiting the Acadly page on the Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence (CATE) website.

How Much Does It Cost?

This service is funded by the University; there are no direct costs to clients.

How Can I Get Support?

If you are experiencing a problem with this service, please report it. If you just have a question, feel free to ask us.

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