Vevox (Staff Guide)

Yes, 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
• All LJMU staff can use Vevox. If you do not have access to Canvas contact the LJMU Helpdesk

Panopto

If you want to record using powerpoint and Panopto that is using vevox you will need to record the session using the option to 'capture the screen' rather than 'capture the powerpoint'

• Well-known user of classroom voting, Eric Mazur, demonstrates the use of 
  
• Case Study: Using Panopto for Live and Recorded Lectures and Q&A sessions Shane McLoughlin
• Case Study: Moving your Course Online Paula Watson
• Case Study: Using Vevox to engage students Lindsey Gaston
• Case Study: 5 reasons to use Vevox in a Classroom Michael Richter
• Ideas on how to use it 

Here's out blog post summarising tips and techniques by LJMU teaching staff:

Good Practice Post: Active Learning with Vevox

The Vevox Add-In is available on all LJMU PCs. But if you want it on a personal computer you can download the Add-In here. 

• How to use the PowerPoint Add-in

Vevox can be accessed directly within a Teams meeting. Use the Vevox Teams guide to find out how.

If you use Vevox polls in your PowerPoint presentations, please note that a newer version of the Vevox add-in is now available to use in PowerPoint on LJMU PCs.

Understanding the difference between the old and new add-ins

The ‘new’ way to add polls is using the ‘Insert Poll’ button on the Vevox section of the Home tab:

Some benefits of the new add-in:

The new 365 Add-in carries a lot more functionality.

• It integrates with PowerPoint Presenter View.
• It works on Mac.
• It allows Latex polls.
• Allows for all polling Types that are available within the Vevox dashboard to also be run from within the 365 PPT Add-in (the previous legacy add-in was limited to a few polling question types).
• The 365 PowerPoint Add-in allows for dynamic & live results (Except for the Word Cloud question which will be coming soon).
• Offers multiple workflows, allowing users to either import questions from already created Vevox sessions directly into your PowerPoint deck, or create them from scratch from within the Add-in itself in PowerPoint.
• Offers better compatibility for theming options within PowerPoint and does a better job at fitting around existing content and slide master layouts.
• Integrates better and more seamlessly into PowerPoint due to it being a native Microsoft 365 PPT Plug in
• Allows you to create new Vevox sessions directly from within PowerPoint as well as find existing sessions much more easily.

Do I Need to Do Anything for the New Version?

Users should not need to do anything specific to their existing PowerPoint Decks in order to transition away from it and to the new add-in.

However, you may want to run Vevox polls at least once from all of the legacy PowerPoint Decks for which you wish to keep the questions for, as they will be pushed through to the connected Vevox session, and therefore will be able to be accessed by the new add-in.

If you would like to contact us about this change, please raise a ticket via helpme.ljmu.ac.uk