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This page lists the available tools that help you understand how the Liberty community interacts with university services, digital content, and learning environments. Whether you’re monitoring participation, evaluating the effectiveness of events or programs, or gathering insights about digital behavior, these tools provide visibility into activity patterns that support more informed decisions.
Explore the tools below to find solutions that help you track attendance, analyze interactions, and capture engagement data.
Please note that some tools are approved and supported as enterprise technologies, while others may require additional or department‑specific licensing. Please contact your department’s BRM for details and to begin a request.
Top Hat
Top Hat is an interactive, cloud‑based engagement system that helps faculty track attendance, measure participation, and monitor student understanding in real time. It allows students to join using their own devices, enabling faculty to capture accurate attendance through location‑based verification, gather instant feedback with polls and questions, and view engagement data directly in the Top Hat Gradebook.
Key Benefits
- Tracks attendance with automated, location‑aware verification
- Provides engagement analytics via a centralized Gradebook
- Integrates with Canvas for streamlined course management
Kahoot
Kahoot is a game‑based engagement platform that lets users track participation through interactive quizzes, polls, and activities. Participants join from their own devices, enabling real‑time response data that reflects understanding and engagement. Kahoot’s reporting tools highlight accuracy, participation levels, and performance trends, helping instructors quickly assess where support may be needed.
Please note: Premium Kahoot access can be purchased from $3/mo.
Key Benefits
- Tracks participation immediately through quizzes and polls
- Provides clear engagement analytics and performance trends
- Works on any device with instant PIN access
Slido
Slido is an audience interaction system that helps instructors and presenters track participation through live polls, Q&A, quizzes, and surveys. Participants join instantly from any device without downloads, enabling real‑time engagement in classrooms, meetings, or hybrid environments. Slido also provides analytics that show participation levels, response trends, and top questions, giving instructors actionable insight into student engagement and areas that may need attention.
Key Benefits
- Integrates across Teams, PowerPoint, and Webex
- Tracks audience input through real‑time polls, quizzes, word clouds, and Q&A
- Produces analytics and exportable engagement summaries
Use Case Highlight: Interactive Q&A for Convo Guests
Slido is helping the Office of Spiritual Development create a more engaging and inclusive experience during convo events by giving students an interactive space to submit and participate in live Q&A sessions with guest speakers.
Results at a Glance
- Increased student engagement through real‑time, anonymous Q&A
- More organized and manageable question moderation for event hosts
- Improved interaction between students and convo guests, even in large audiences
Swiper
Swiper is a web‑based attendance‑tracking system that records student check‑ins at campus locations, events, appointments, and services. Using a card reader or manual lookup, departments can capture real‑time engagement data and understand who is visiting their location(s)/events, when peak usage occurs, and how different student groups interact with services.
Key Benefits
- Tracks attendance instantaneously via swipes or user lookup
- Provides analytics in Tableau highlighting usage, demographics, and event activity
- Offers configurable locations and permissions managed by each department
WebCheckout
WebCheckout is Liberty University’s enterprise system for managing equipment reservations, checkouts, and returns. It tracks who is using campus equipment, when items are borrowed, and how frequently resources are utilized, providing departments with clear visibility into student engagement with physical assets such as cameras, laptops, lab equipment, and other loanable items.
Key Benefits
- Tracks real‑time usage of equipment and spaces by recording reservations, checkouts, and returns
- Enables role‑based access so only authorized users can reserve specific items or spaces
- Centralizes equipment activity in a unified dashboard for visibility across departments
Microsoft Forms
Microsoft Forms is a survey and data‑collection tool that helps instructors and departments track engagement through quizzes, polls, and feedback forms. Responses are captured in real time, allowing you to view participation levels, analyze trends, and review individual results. Built‑in analytics provide charts, summaries, and response breakdowns, and data can be exported to Excel for deeper analysis.
Key Benefits
- Tracks responses instantly for quizzes, surveys, and polls
- Provides charts and summaries to analyze engagement
- Exports data to Excel for deeper review