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Zoom Polling

Polling Feature

The basic 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. Polls can also be conducted anonymously, if you do not wish to collect participant information with the poll results.

Things to know...

Host and alternative hosts can create polls before or during a meeting or webinar.
By default, only the original meeting host can edit or add polls during a meeting. If host or cohost role is transferred to another user, that user will only be able to launch polls already created.
Alternative hosts can add or edit polls, but the host must enable the setting to allow alternative hosts to add or edit polls when selecting the alternative host.
Users will other versions of Zoom will not be able to take quizzes or participate in polls with certain questions types (Advanced).

Enable the Polling Feature

Sign in to the Zoom web portal→my.sjfc.edu and click on Zoom link within launchpad.
In the navigation menu and click on Settings.
Navigate to the Polling option from the Meeting tab, within In Meeting (Basic) and verify that the setting is enabled. If the setting is disabled, click the toggle button to enable it. If a verification dialog displays, choose Turn On to verify the change.

Screenshot of Zoom menu options. Along the left-hand side, there are six navigation items. They are Security; Schedule Meeting; In Meeting (Basic): this is in a blue font and highlighted with a square with a red outline; In Meeting (Advanced); Email Notification; and Other. To the right, there are three vertical text options. To the right of each text option, there are slider bars. The first option has bolded text on the first line that says Display end-of-meeting experience feedback survey. Below that is text that says Display a thumbs up/down survey at the end of each meeting. If participants respond with thumbs down, they can provide additional information about what went wrong. At the end of the text, there is a square with a gray outline and a "V" icon inside of it. To the right of the text, the slider bar appears to be off and is grayed out. The second text has bolded text that says Co-host. The text below says Allow the host to add co-hosts. Co-hosts have the same in-meeting controls as the host. The slider bar to the right appears to be on and is in blue. The last text section has bolded text that says Meeting Polls. Below that, the text says Allow host to use "Polls" in meetings. Hosts can add polls before or during a meeting. There is an icon at the end of the text that has a square with a gray outline and a "V" inside it. To the right, the slider appears to be turned on and is in blue. The third section is highlighted with a square outlined in red.

Create a Poll

1. Go to the Meetings page and click on your scheduled meeting. If you do not have a scheduled meeting, schedule a new meeting.

2. From the meeting management page, scroll to the bottom to find the Poll option. Click Add to begin creating the poll.

Image of a white background. There is a horizontal rectangle that is outlined in gray. In the left side of the rectangle, there is text that says You have not created any poll yet. To the right, there is a rectangular button outlined in gray. Inside the button, there is text that says Add. The button is highlighted with a square outlined in red.

3. Enter a title and your first question.

• (Optional) Check the box to make the poll anonymous, which will keep the participant's polling information anonymous in the meeting and in the reports.

• Select whether you want the question to be single choice (participants can only choose one answer) or multiple-choice question (participants can choose multiple answers).

4. Type in the answers to your question and click Save at the bottom.

5. If you would like to add a new question, click Add a Question to create a new question for that particular poll.

6. You can add more polls by repeating Step 2. You can also create a poll by clicking Polling during the meeting. This will open up your default web browser where you can add additional polls or questions.

Screenshot of Zoom menu options. The screenshot is a vertical rectangular space with a black border. In the top right, there is a rectangular button with a black outline. Inside the button, there is text that says Add a Poll. To the top right, there is a gray "x." Below that, there is a white field with a black outline. Inside the field, there is text that says Enter a title for this poll. Below that, there is a square with a black outline and text to the right that says Anonymous? with a circle with a question mark in it. Below that, there is a single column with a blue background that is centered in the image. To the left of the column, there is text that says 1. Inside the column, there are three sections. The first section is a white rectangle with text inside that says Type your question here. Below that, there are two radio buttons. They are Single Choice (selected) and Multiple Choice. They have a blue background. The last section is a series of ten rows with white backgrounds. Each row is separated by a thin blue line. The text inside the rows says: Answer 1; Answer 2; Answer 3 (Optional); Answer 4 (Optional); Answer 5 (Optional); Answer 6 (Optional); Answer 7 (Optional); Answer 8 (Optional); Answer 9 (Optional); and Answer 10 (Optional). Below that, there is blue underlined text that says Delete. Below the column, there is blue text that says Add a Question (with a plus sign in front of it). This is highlighted by a square with a red outilne. In the bottom right of the image, there are two buttons. The first has a blue background with white text that says Save. The second button has a white background and black stroke with black text inside that says Cancel.

Launch a Poll

Start the scheduled Zoom meeting that has polling enabled.
Click Polls in the meeting controls of the Zoom meeting.
Select the poll you would like to launch.
Click Launch Poll.
The participants in the meeting will now be prompted to answer the polling questions. The host will be able to see the results live.
Once you would like to stop the poll, click End Poll.

Screenshot of Zoom Polling Menus. There are two vertical screenshots side by side. Both have a thin, black stroke around them. The first screenshot has a gray horizontal bar across the top. In the top right, there is white text that says Polling 1: Polling Questions. In the top right, there is white text that says Edit. Below that, there is a white background. There is black text at the top of the white that says 1.What is your favorite color. Below that, there are three rows. Each of the rows has a circle in front of the text. The text is Red: Green; Blue. Across the bottom, there is a light gray horizontal bar. Inside that bar, there is a rectangular horizontal blue button with white text. The text says Launch Poll. There is a square outlined in red around the blue button. The second screenshot has a green horizontal bar across the top. There is black text in the top left that says Polling Questions in Progress. In the top right, there is text that says 00:00:19. Below the green bar, there is a dark gray horizontal bar. In the gray bar, there is green text in the top left that says Attendees are now viewing questions. In the right of the gray bar, there is green text that says 1 of 1 voted. Below that, there is a white background. There is text at the top of the white background that says 1. What is your favorite color? Below that, there are three rows. Each row has text to the left and numbers to the right. Underneath each one is a thin, horizontal line. The rows are: Red (0) 0%; Green (0)0%; and Blue (1)100%. There is a blue line underneath the last option. Across the bottom, there is a light gray horizontal bar. In the middle of the bar, there is a blue horizontal, rectangular button with white text that says End Poll. There is a square around the blue button that is outined in red.

Share Poll 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.

Download Report of Poll Results

You can download a report of the poll results after the meeting. When viewing a report of the poll results, take note of these things:

• If registration was turned on and the poll was not anonymous, it will list the participants' names and email addresses.

• If registration was not on, the polling report will show the profile names of unauthenticated participants and the names and email addresses of authenticated participants.

• If the poll was anonymous, it will show "anonymous" for the participants' names and email addresses.

More info on downloading poll results via Zoom

Advanced Polls/Quizzes

From the Zoom Web Interface, click on Meetings.
Scroll to bottom to find the Polls/Quizzes tab and click on Create from an existing Zoom meeting.
Click on the Untitled Advanced Poll to change name of poll.
- Advanced Question types: Single Choice, Multiple Choice, Matching, Rank Order, Short Answer, Long Answer, Fill in the Blank, Rating scale
- Ability to upload Image – PNG or JPEG format
- Duplicate Question
- Make Question Required, select check box
- Edit existing poll, pencil icon
- Click on the 3 dots... Allow participants to answer anonymously and/or to make a quiz and set correct answers
- Click on Save.

Additionally, Poll/Quizzes Library allows you create up to 10 and add to all existing Zoom meetings.

Zoom Advance Polling and Quizzing for meetings and webinars:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/4412325214477-Advanced-polling-and-quizzing-for-meetings

When using educational technology tools, be FERPA aware. To learn more, visit the Registrar's FERPA Guidelines site.

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