Surveys/Polling

Overview

We look at several survey/polling tools, all of which are free and accessible through your NYU affiliation. With the exception of Zoom polling, which you access by going to your NYU Zoom account and can only use during a Zoom online session, all of the tools below can be accessed via NYU Home > Research and used in a variety of contexts such as within a slide presentation, embedded in a blog or website, and shared via email or through social media. You will find Qualtrics to have the steepest learning curve.

Google Forms

Google Forms is part of Google's suite of Workspace for Education. Google forms is a user-friendly survey tool, with a variety of question formats, and capacity to generate visual infographics based on captured analytics. Use Google Forms to collect course feedback, create a quiz or knowledge check, gather peer-to-peer feedback, and more. Google Forms integrates with Google Sheets, enabling you to collect and transform responses into infographics that help you visualize your data. The Suggestion Box used on this course site is an example of a simple, open-ended feedback form. The image on the left side of this page is the actual form that you fill out after clicking on the suggestion box icon on the main section landing pages of this site. Feel free to enter a suggestion or response to test its functionality from a user perspective. Learn more about Google Forms.

PollEverywhere

PollEverywhere is a web-based audience response system lets you embed interactive activities directly into your presentation or website. The image to the left represents a type of PollEverywhere that enables poll participants to click on an area of a graphic in response to a prompt. The pollster might use those click responses to gather data on how the user perceives a product, place, situation, etc. In this case, you may click the image to the left to respond to the prompt: Click on any of the images that represents a product you never heard of. Choose from a variety of activity types that let you visualize responses in real time, like open-ended Q&As, multiple choice, and word clouds. Each activity type encourages audience participation and helps you collect a different kind of feedback. Polls from PollEverywhere can be embedded with PowerPoint and Google Slide presentations to gain audience feedback during a live presentation. Navigate to NYU Home and then click the Academics tab to access your free PollEverywhere account. Learn more.

Zoom Polling

The Zoom polling tool is integrated within the Zoom video conference platform. The polling feature for meetings allows you to create single choice or multiple choice polling questions for your meetings. You will be able to launch the poll during your meeting and gather the responses from your attendees. You also have the ability to download a report of polling after the meeting. Polls can also be conducted anonymously, if you do not wish to collect participant information with the poll results. Watch the video on the left side of this webpage to see how Zoom polls work. Learn more.

Qualtrics

Qualtrics has the steepest learning curve, but is also the most robust of the survey tools listed here. Qualtrics can be used to create a wide range of question types, and incorporates tools for adding nuanced conditional logic to your question types. In the past, faculty have incorporated Qualtrics surveys into their courses to gather student feedback, and create high stakes assessments with question pools and randomization. Click on the image to the left to experience a sample survey created in Qualtrics. Learn more.

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