CREATING AND USING

POLLS

Susan Goldstein

Faculty Development Specialist

goldstein@fas.harvard.edu

Zoom Polls

Yes or No Questions

You may not need to create a poll for yes or no questions

• If you can see all of the students on camera, they can just raise their hands the way they would in an on-campus classroom
• Students can use the react icon in the bottom of the screen to click the Green Check for Yes or Red X for No

• Remember to phrase your question in a way that can be answered with a yes or no

--Don’t ask “Are you ready to move on, or do you want to spend more time on this topic?”

Things to know about Zoom polls

• Hosts and co-hosts can launch polls

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• The meeting owner can create and edit polls within a Zoom meeting or in their harvard.zoom account

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• It’s best to create polls before class

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• Alternative hosts (co-hosts) can create and edit polls from within the Zoom meeting if the meeting owner has enabled this feature in their Zoom account under Settings for Meeting Polls/Quizzes

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• Advanced Polls and Quizzes must be enabled in Settings to:

•Allow alternative hosts (other teaching staff) to create and edit polls

•Add images to polls

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• Any poll you create is available for all of your meetings/courses

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• Poll results don’t show up in recordings for classes that don’t use Immersive Classroom, but you can view results in your browser and share your browser tab that displays the results

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• Asynchronous students can participate in Zoom polls through Immersive Classroom

Types of Zoom Polls

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• Multiple Choice

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• Matching

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• Rank Order

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• Short Answer

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• Long Answer

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• Fill in the blank

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• Rating Scale

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Advanced Poll Options

• Allow other members of the teaching staff (alternative hosts) to create polls

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• Allow images in polls

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• Require answers to be anonymous

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• Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results

Create a Poll in Your Harvard Zoom Account

1. Sign into harvard.zoom.us with your Harvard Key
2. Click on Surveys in the left panel
3. Click the blue Create button in the upper right

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4. Choose poll or quiz then click create

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Name poll and create questions

1. Delete “untitled poll” and type a name for your poll
2. Choose poll type

2a. Click down arrow next to untitled question

2b. Choose poll type from drop down menu

3. Delete “untitled question” and type a question title
4. Add answer choices
5. Choose options if you wish
6. Add additional questions if you wish
7. Click the Save button

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Create a poll from within a meeting

1. Click Polls/quizzes in the toolbar
2. Click the white “+” in the upper right of list of your polls
3. Follow the steps on the previous slide

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Launch a Poll

Click on Poll/quizzes in the tool bar

Choose the poll you want and click Launch

Poll in progress

You see this

Your students see this

You can keep track of how many students have voted. Scroll over each response for more detail.

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Students select their choices, then click the Submit button in the lower right corner of the screen.

Click the red “End Poll” button in the bottom right of the screen after students have voted.

Share results for Attendance Required courses

• Click the blue Share Results button so students in the live session see the poll results
• If you record your sessions, you must click “View Results from Browser”, then share your browser tab where the results appear so they will be captured in the recording
• Click the “Stop Sharing” button when you are ready to move on

Share results for Flexible Attendance courses

• Click the blue “Share Results” button so students in the live session see the results
• If you are using Immersive Classroom, tell your asynchronous students to click the poll button to take the poll. They will see the results after they have submtted their responses.
• If you don’t use Immersive Classroom, click “View Results from Browser”, then share your browser tab where the results appear so they will be captured in the recording for asynchronous students.
• Stop sharing when you are ready to move on.

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Poll Everywhere

Why use Poll Everywhere?

• Variety of question types, e.g. “up vote” responses

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• Variety of ways to show responses e.g. word cloud

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• Students can respond with computers or phones

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• You can create an account with your Harvard Key and add it to your Canvas site through the app store

Participate in Susan’s poll if it is activated

On Computer:

1.Go to PollEv.com

2.Enter: SUSANGOLDSTE012

3.Enter your response

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Text on Phone:

1.Text: SUSANGOLDSTE012 to 22333

2.Enter your response

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Get started with Poll Everywhere at Harvard

Create an account by going to https://atg.fas.harvard.edu/poll-everywhere

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After you have your account, you can log into https://www.polleverywhere.com with your Harvard Key

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Get help from the HUIT IT Help Knowledge Base

Common types of Poll Everywhere questions/activities

• Multiple Choice
• Word Cloud
• Q&A (with the option to upvote or downvote)
• Ranking
• Short answer
• Clickable image
• Survey
• Open-ended
• Competition

Create activity

Click on the blue Activity button to create a new question or activity

Choose the type of question or activity to create

Some Common types are:

• Multiple Choice
• Word Cloud
• Q&A (with the option to upvote or downvote)
• Ranking
• Short answer
• Clickable image
• Survey
• Open-ended
• Competition

Type your question

1. Type your question into the “Title” box.
2. Click the blue Create button in the lower right.

Prepare to present the question

Follow instructions and choose options to:

1. Configure
2. Test
3. Send

Activate the poll and present responses

1. Click the Activate Button when you are ready for students to take the poll
2. Students will see instructions for how to respond by computer or text message
3. After students have submitted their answers, click the blue Present button to show the results

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Qualtrics

Get started with Qualtrics at Harvard

1. Create an account by going to: https://huit.harvard.edu/qualtrics.

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• After you have your account, you can log in with your Harvard Key.

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• Learn about Qualtrics from their self-paced courses through XM Basecamp, or explore on your own.

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