Poll Everywhere: Getting Started

What is Poll Everywhere? Audience Response System Live Interactive Polling Utilize UTMB Single Sign On Open to all UTMB Faculty, Staff & Students Web Delivery & PowerPoint Embedding Reporting and Results Capture

How does it work? Presenter prepares the poll(s). Presenter activates the poll (Web or PowerPoint). Students use their own device to respond. Responses are shown in real-time. The poll is closed. Responses are ready for reporting.

Licensing Details 3000 Registered Respondent (“student”) License Academic Computing can add/remove registered accounts Students do not have to register to respond Unlimited User (“faculty/staff/presenter”) Accounts Single-Sign On Integration and Role Assignment Available for Off-site Functions

Logging In Site: www.polleverywhere.com Uses UTMB Single-Sign On Use UTMB username and password Automatically remembers your credentials for 12 hours Automatically assigns roles in Poll Everywhere Students = Participants Faculty/Staff = Users (Presenters) No need to pre-register

Single-Sign On Process

Polling Introduction

Poll Types Multiple-Choice Open-Ended Q&A* Rank Order* Clickable Image* *Web-response only

Poll Examples (Multiple Choice)

Poll Examples (Open Ended)

Poll Examples (Ranking)

Poll Examples (Q&A)

Poll Examples (Clickable Image)

Preparing a Poll

Poll Administration

Poll Administration (Grouping)

Poll Administration (Surveys)

Poll Administration (Surveys) Self Paced Polling “Quiz” View 1-click Launching

Per Poll Options

Multi-Edit!

Presenting the Poll

PowerPoint/Keynote Integration Download the PowerPoint plugin Install the plugin Open PowerPoint Find the “Poll Everywhere” Tab. Click the “Login” Icon Enter Email and click “Single Sign On” Enter UTMB credentials “New” - create a new poll for embedding “Insert” – Embed an existing poll

PowerPoint/Keynote Integration

Collecting Responses Option 1: Web Responses (Recommended) Participants visit www.pollev.com/<<PollEvUsername>> to see the active poll. All poll types available Participant must login if registration is required for response

Collecting Responses (Cont.) Option 2: Poll Everywhere Mobile App (Recommended) Participants enter the username of the presenter All poll types available Participant must login if registration is required for response (iOS/Android)

Collecting Responses (Cont.) Option 3: SMS/Text Message Participants send your username to a 6-digit number with their answer (A, B, C, etc) Only Multiple Choice and Open Ended polls Participant must have certified their phone number if registration is required to respond

Participant Registration Option 1: Login at time of poll UTMB Single-Sign On will automatically assign students as participants First time logins will need to verify their information Pro: Little effort for presenter Con: Time consuming at polling time

Participant Registration (Cont.) Option 2: Import student participants Build out roster in .CSV format (template provided) and upload Pro: Less time consuming at polling time Con: More time consuming on presenter, potential confusion

Do I Have To Register Students? Not Required! Anonymous Surveys Unable to Use Grading

Why Register My Students? Track Responses Analysis of Performance/Participation Grading!

Graded Polls At Creation At Editing Multiple Choice Only! Check the “Checkmark” Multiple Correct Allowed At Editing Click “Grade Incoming Responses” For the correct answer, check “Mark as Correct” Multiple Choice Only!

Graded Polls Best Practices Enable the Registered Participants Only Option. Web Responses or App Responses are Recommended Pre-Load Students or Give Them Time to Login Build a Survey for Self-Directed Polling (quizzes)

Reporting Results

Reports: Exec. Summary

Reports: Participant History

Reports: Survey Results

Reports: Pivot Table

Reports: Gradebook Report

Report Options Change report type on the fly Add or remove polls View participant stats Choose “run” of the poll all vs. specific Per-report customization Download to .CSV

Known Issues Not all cellular carriers allow texts to 6-digit numbers (37607) Send to 1-747-444-3548 instead Not all poll types utilize SMS/Text responses Plan your polls for your audience/location Using multiple browsers allows multiple anonymous responses Require registration for responses

Known Issues (Cont.) User is seeing someone else’s polls UTMB SSO retains logins for 12 hours. Flush the browser cache (forget history) and try again. PowerPoint Requires Login (For editing) Users should login via PPT prior to presenting. PowerPoint Plugin Missing Plugin needs to be installed (per user). Follow the instructions on your Polls page, left hand side.

Getting Help Support Site: https://www.polleverywhere.com/support Weekly Webinar: http://poll4.com/webinar User Guides: https://www.polleverywhere.com/guides Phone: 1 (800) 388-2039 Annette Marshman: ammarshm@utmb.edu, 409-772-4167 Academic Computing: EdTech@utmb.edu