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Using Polls for Student Engagement

Creating a Poll

Step 1: Click on Polls

Once in your live session classroom, click on "Polls" in the toolbar, a pop up box to create your poll will open up.

Step 2: Create your poll

Click Add a Question to start creating your poll.

Step 3: Add information

Fill in the information pertaining to your poll question.

Enter a title and your first question.
You can mark the question as a single choice or multiple choice question.
Type in at least two answers to your question.
If you would like to add an additional question to this poll, click "Add a Question". You are also able to create a completely different poll.
When this poll is completed, click "Save".

Step 4: Meeting Page

When you are done creating the first poll, you will be sent to the meeting page of the live session classroom.

Step 5: Adding Another Poll

To add another poll, click on Add in the bottom right hand corner of the page.

Note: You can create a max of 25 polls for a single meeting.

Launching a Poll

Step 1: Start Session

Start the scheduled live session that has polling enabled.

Step 2: Select Polling

Select the Polling option in the menu bar.

Step 3: Click Launch Poll

Select the poll you would like to launch and click Launch Poll.

Step 4: See Results Live

The participants in the meeting will now be prompted to answer the polling questions. The host will be able to see the results live.

Step 5: End Poll

Once you would like to stop the poll, click End Poll.

Step 6: Share Results

If you would like to share the results to the participants in the meeting, click Share Results. Participants will then see the results of the polling questions.

Step 7: End Results

When you are done sharing the results with the participants, click End Results.

Note: If you would like to download and save poll results, follow the steps in the quick reference guide.

Poll Referencing Guides

Creating and Launching Polls

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