Creating Polls within Wimba July 2009

Polling Options Wimba polling feature allows you to create the following types of polls: Multiple choice – a single or multiple response answer Open ended - short answer text reply Questionnaire – a series of questions to display on one page such as a survey or evaluation. Questions can be multiple-choice or open- ended. Bullet List -Create a single slide containing bullet items. This is not a poll, but useful for creating accessible content. Responses to multiple choice and open ended can be displayed to the attendees. Questionnaire responses need to be retrieved as Room Administrator only.

Creating a Poll – to Start Login to the admin site – Click on the name of the room where you wish to create a poll.

Creating a Poll Folder STEP 1: Select NEW FOLDER. Create a new folder called Poll or the Name of the Poll STEP 2: Once the folder has been created, click on it to customize your poll

Select Poll Option STEP 3: Choose the type of poll you want to create. In this example, we chose Multiple Choice. Then click on the CREATE button.

Create Poll Questions STEP 4 : Complete the title Type out your question Type in response choices Messages: Type in your participant instructions and confirmation message or use the default message provided. You can allow one or more responses. Choose your background and font color. STEP 5: Click on Save Changes. This will then bring you back to the Modify Folder page. See next slide.

Creating a Poll – Finishing Steps Click on Save Changes – one more time. Then click on the Content tab to return to the Content Management page. Click Exit if finished. When you do so, you will notice a message informing you it has been updated.

Can you edit a poll? Yes Should you decide to change a question, go to the Content Management page and click on your Poll folder. Then click on the edit button – a pencil, for the poll you wish to change.

Preview Poll It is recommended that you enter the room to preview your poll before using it. During the presentation, only the response tab on the left is visible to the presenter. The presenter can choose to preview results before publishing them to the participants.

Publishing Responses Camping00%0% Going to the lake to relax1100% Water skiing00%0% Golf00%0% Fishing00%0% What is your favorite summer activity? Results Click on the Publish button and the results will be shown to all attendees. This is for the multiple choice and the open ended questions ONLY

Retrieve Poll Results You will now be in the Modify Room page. Across the top you will see the Poll Results tab. Click on it. To retrieve Questionnaire polling results, you will need to have Room Administrator access. For Wimba Rooms set up outside of Blackboard, WebCT or Moodle, go to Click on the Room name to begin.

Retrieving Poll Results (cont.) Choose which items you want to select from the columns on the left and post them to the right. Click View Report for responses.

Poll Results Download Data: Data is saved as a.tsv extension which is in NotePad format. Open it up in Excel for easier viewing access OR just copy and paste the document on the screen Your responses will be listed in this summary which will include who responded – just like a survey poll.