Poll Everywhere

Poll everywhere is a web-based polling tool that offers instructors a variety of polling options to interact with students. Interactive Polling allows instructors to engage with students by asking questions at crucial points of inflection that stimulate active thinking. It’s also a powerful information assessment tool for gauging student  understanding.

 

What is Poll Everywhere?

Poll Everywhere is a classroom activity learning engagement tool, and it is a web-based polling tool that is available to all faculty/staff. Participation is easy, and students can take part by visiting a web page or downloading apps on their mobile device with reactions updating on the presentation screen in real-time or clicking the link if the instructor posts in the classroom. The poll everywhere offers instructors a variety of polling question options to interact with students. Meantime, Interactive Polling allows instructors to engage with students by asking questions at crucial points of inflection that stimulate active thinking. It’s also a powerful information assessment tool for gauging student understanding.

Why Use Poll Everywhere?

Keeping students engaged while teaching them remotely can be particularly difficult especially if students aren’t comfortable turning on their cameras and interacting online. Poll Everywhere helps create an interactive classroom experience by providing a safe platform for students to ask questions, participate and demonstrate their learning. Use Poll Everywhere if you want to…
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Encourage Active Learning

Create fun activities to break up lengthy lectures. Encourage active participation and help students engage with the course content. Ask interactive and meaningful questions to get students talking.

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Create a Safe Space for Shy Students

Connect with all of your students; even those that are usually too shy to participate in class. Poll Everywhere provides anonymity, empowering students who may normally be afraid to speak up to contribute to the class and ask questions.

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Embed Polls Directly into Your Presentation Slides

Poll Everywhere allows you to embed polls directly into Google Slides or Powerpoint so you never need to exit your presentation to conduct a poll.

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Gauge Student Understanding and Monitor Participation

As students respond to polls and activities their responses instantly appear on your screen which can help you determine where there may be knowledge gaps and a need to review material. Use poll data to track student participation and receive meaningful feedback.