1. Poll Everywhere: Getting Started

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. Single-Sign On Process

7. Polling Introduction

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

9. Poll Examples (Multiple Choice)

10. Poll Examples (Open Ended)

11. Poll Examples (Ranking)

12. Poll Examples (Q&A)

13. Poll Examples (Clickable Image)

14. Preparing a Poll

15. Poll Administration

16. Poll Administration (Grouping)

17. Poll Administration (Surveys)

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

19. Per Poll Options

20. Multi-Edit!

21. Presenting the Poll

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

23. PowerPoint/Keynote Integration

24. Collecting Responses Option 1: Web Responses (Recommended)
Participants visit to see the active poll.
All poll types available
Participant must login if registration is required for response

25. 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)

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

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

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

31. 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!

32. 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)

33. Reporting Results

34. Reports: Exec. Summary

35. Reports: Participant History

36. Reports: Survey Results

37. Reports: Pivot Table

38. Reports: Gradebook Report

39. 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

40. Known Issues
Not all cellular carriers allow texts to 6-digit numbers (37607)
Send to 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

41. 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.

42. Getting Help Support Site: https://www.polleverywhere.com/support
Weekly Webinar:
User Guides:
Phone: 1 (800)
Annette Marshman:
Academic Computing: