Phones down. Every hand up.
Ask a question in your lecture and every student answers on a ResponsePad. Anonymous when you want honesty, named when you want a record. No notifications, no log-ins, no Wi-Fi.
Trusted by universities, airlines and global brands
You're competing with every phone in the room.
Every phone is one notification away from winning. So asking students to answer on that same phone is brave. Some will. Most will check three other things on the way.
The same five hands
Raised hands come from the confident few. The rest stay quiet, and you never hear from them.
Silence is not understanding
A quiet room can mean everyone gets it. Or that nobody does. You can't tell from the front.
The phone is the distraction
An app on a phone opens the door to every other app on that phone.
What presenters report
Built for how you teach
Peer instruction
Ask, keep the chart hidden, let students discuss, ask again and show before and after.
Concept checks
One question before you move on tells you which slide to explain again.
Anonymous checks
No device is recorded, so students answer what they think, not what is safe.
Named formative quizzes
Points per answer, negative marking if you want it, results per student.
Before and after a lecture
Ask at the start, ask again at the end, show the difference side by side.
Compare cohorts
Split any answer by program or year with a group question.
Large lectures
One receiver handles up to 2,000 students in the same hall.
Questions on the fly
Add a question during the lecture, the moment you need it.
What it looks like in a lecture
Peer instruction, step by step
Ask with the chart hidden. See every answer on your laptop. Let students argue it out, ask again and show how the room moved.
- 1Ask. Keep the chart hidden.
- 2See every answer on your laptop.
- 3Let them discuss. Ask again.
- 4Show before and after.
Anonymous when you want honesty
Turn on Anonymous and no device is recorded at all. Students answer what they think, not what they think you want to hear.
Named quizzes, set up in a minute
Type or paste the class list once. Then each student presses a key and their clicker is linked to their name. From then on, every answer is saved per student.
Each press links a clicker to the next name on the list.
Results per student, in Excel
Get results per question and per student in Excel or PDF. Combine several lectures to follow a whole course.
Built to do one thing well
No screen, no apps, no notifications. Just ten keys and a light that tells each person their answer is in. That is why the room stays with you.
One press
Keys A to J. Answer in a second, then look up again.
Instant confirmation
The status light blinks green when the answer is received.
No setup
No pairing, no syncing, no app, no log-in. Hand out and go.
No Wi-Fi needed
Its own radio link to the receiver, up to 100 meters away.
Batteries for years
A coin cell lasts about three years in normal use.
Room for everyone
Up to 2,000 people in one session.
Kits ship in a padded carry case. Hand them out, collect them, done.
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For open questions and word clouds, students can answer in the browser with ResponseApp. Licenses for one educator, a faculty or the whole campus.
Trusted in lecture halls, boardrooms and conference halls
The students responded very positively to the OMBEA system. Mixing the clickers and apps made it very flexible and they found it easy to use. From a lecturer's point of view, it made lectures more interesting and it is much easier to use than our existing response technology.
OMBEA is proving a great asset to the delivery of our staff development activities. We have been able to use it for staff focus groups, induction events and team away days. It is very easy to use and set up and so far people have been interested and excited to use it. It increases interactivity in a session and the instant results mean that the sessions are very open. Using OMBEA encourages discussion and engagement. The feedback has been great!
In some of my courses I might have up to 350 students. It can be tough to get them all to join in, but participation is vital for learning. OMBEA's clickers provide a great solution for this. Using OMBEA's systems, students effectively learn from one another, and their learning has benefited enormously as a result.
It was great. It's such a useful conference tool because when you're talking you know for sure whether or not you're hitting the right notes and you can adjust accordingly.
The OMBEA system is a fantastic tool in our inventory. Enabling exciting interaction, instant feedback to the presenter, and rich data from the class, OMBEA immediately enhances the learning experience for participants on both sides of the lecturn. Swift to deploy, simple yet powerful; I will be using OMBEA for all of my training presentations in future!
So far we've used the charts and graphs in presentation meetings to build the story around team engagement and particular areas of interest. … the OMBEA data has made it much simpler to get buy-in from around the business.
OMBEA couldn't have been easier to set up. Everything was so simple to use. The students really enjoyed using it and it's often quoted in their feedback to us as being an enjoyable part of the day!
The delegates like the interactivity and the speed with which their marks come back to them. The admin time saved alone makes OMBEA an amazing investment as all the data is in Excel and can be merged and reviewed instantly!
OMBEA cut straight through those language barriers and had the room on the edge of their seats!
The voting couldn't have gone any better, it was exactly what we were looking for.
We chose OMBEA because they were excellent across a combination of important factors. They had user-friendly software, good quality hardware, and a refreshing approach to post-sales support. Their attention to support has been brilliant.
OMBEA makes everything so much more interactive and the delegates keep telling us how much they enjoy it. The support we get from the team is great and we love having them at our conferences!
Ombea is easy to manage and grows alongside your business.
OMBEA has been a great maths resource but also a useful cross-curricular too with a maths link in mind. It's also great for feedback in line with the 1/2/3 system we have in place to encourage self assessment and to identify and address any particular misconceptions. It's fantastic for data handling and compiling data to use with the class. Overall it's a great piece of kit and I love that we can tailor it so easily!
OMBEA Response gives me real-time feedback on how my audience is listening to and learning from my presentation. An astoundingly simple and powerful tool!
OMBEA's instant class results save time and give the students the opportunity to pursue their own development and performance.
I now test the class on a continuous basis, rather than having two exams for each learning module. And there's no extra marking to do, either.
We get access to valuable information that we can use. OMBEA is also greatly appreciated by the participants who think it's a fun and rewarding element of the day.
Good questions
Does it support peer instruction?
Yes. Keep the chart hidden while students answer, see every answer on your laptop, let them discuss, ask the same question again and show before and after side by side.
Can I run both anonymous and named quizzes?
Yes. In anonymous mode no clicker is recorded at all. For named results, link each clicker to a student once, and every answer is saved per student.
How do I link clickers to students?
Paste or type your class list, then let each student press a key. Their clicker is linked to their name and the list moves on to the next student. Save the list and reuse it every lecture.
Can I see who has answered during the lecture?
Yes. While the slides run on the projector, your laptop shows the results as they come in and every student's answer.
How many students can answer at once?
Up to 2,000 in one session, within 100 meters of the receiver. No Wi-Fi and no app needed.
Ready when you are
Tell us how many people you present to. We suggest a kit and send a quote.