Poll Everywhere

Tracey Eaton

What is Poll Everywhere? 

Poll Everywhere is a text message voting application that can bring more interactivity into lectures and seminars to further engage students.  A basic plan is free and allows an unlimited number of polls, and up to 25 responses per poll.  

Benefits of using Poll Everywhere 

  • No account needed – sign up is optional  
  • Provides a fast, easy, and fun way to get feedback from your audience 
  • Students can use their own devices to respond (e.g. mobile)  
  • Visual representation of responses 
  • A great tool for assessing student understanding of concepts 

Poll Everywhere tools and features 

  • Visual settings allow you to change colours, background, font sizes, logo etc 
  • Polls can be grouped to create a self-paced survey 
  • Polls can be locked to stop allowing responses 
  • View student responses in real time 
  • The free plan also includes: Live PowerPoint polls, web responding, widgets, Twitter, downloadable results, and more.  

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