Using the "View Responses" tab allows teachers to receive real time data as students are completing their assignments. Here is a video going into detail on how this tab works and the type of data you can collect:
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In addition, Formative now offers teachers a way to recognize which students are actively accessing their assignments in real time.

If a student's response is not coming in, you can check the live indicator to see if the student is within the formative assignment at that particular moment or not. Look for the green bubble on the student's avatar/initial icon:

Teachers at schools and districts with a Gold plan license have an additional layer of security in the form of the Multiple Presence Indicator. This multiple-devices icon will appear next to a student's name on the teacher's Responses tab, if our system detects the student account logged into the same formative assignment from multiple sessions, and the last seen time either overlaps with another session or is within 5 minutes of the other session.

The Multiple Presence indicator is a flag for the teacher for review. While Multiple Presence within a formative could be due to students attempting to cheat, it doesn't necessarily indicate cheating. It is always best to check the details for the overlapping user sessions to properly identify the situation and act accordingly.

To reveal the information about the overlapping user sessions detected, simply click on the multiple-device icon. The information will include: