Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Dean’s Office Education Technology

USER GUIDE

POLL EVERYWHERE FOR FACULTY

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Introduction

Poll Everywhere is a web-based classroom response system. It allows real time engagement with your students in both small and large

group settings.

Before Class During Class After Class

1. Login and personalise URL

2. Create poll questions

3. Organise polls by teaching event

4. Add polls onto PowerPoint

5. Test the poll

6. Login and deliver polls

Discuss results

7. Download reports and analyse

This manual is a quick guide to using Poll Everywhere for polling during class. For other functions, please refer to the appendices.

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1. Login and Personalise your URL

Your URL is the web address your students will key in to their devices to participate in your polls.

1. Go to www.polleverywhere.com.

2. Login with your account.

3. Click your profile name > My

Settings.

4. Edit the URL and click Change.

5. Scroll below and click Save.

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Note: Email medbox77@nus.edu.sg

to request for an account.

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2. Create Poll Question

To create a poll question, also referred to as ‘poll’, follow these steps.

1. Click Polls > Create.

You can also click +.

2. Select question type, for example

multiple choice.

a. Enter question.

b. Enter text or image options.

c. Tick the correct answer. The

correct answer is shaded in

green.

d. If you are a new user, all

questions will be created under

Ungrouped. You can group

questions together later.

If you have current sets of

questions, select New Group to

group questions together.

3. Click Create.

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4. This is a preview of the poll.

On the right panel, select the

following recommended settings:

a. Deselect Text messaging under

How people can respond.

b. Select Restrict to registered

participants only under

Audience restriction & identity if

you want to capture student

participation for this question.

Leave With their registered

name and email as default

option.

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c. To allow for multiple-response,

edit up to 1 time field.

E.g. If there are 2 correct answers

to be selected, change this to 2.

d. Select Allow / Don’t allow

change of answer.

5. On the poll preview are your

presentation controls.

To set how you want your poll to

appear, select Visual settings.

a. For multiple choice questions,

select how you want the chart

to appear, e.g. Bar chart,

Column chart or Donut

Chart.

Note: Settings will be saved

automatically.

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b. Adjust the font size under Font

and use slider.

c. To monitor how many students

have answered a poll, select

Total Results then select

Show on chart and Show on

instructions.

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6. Click Edit to edit question and

answer.

7. After making changes, click Save.

8. To add more questions, click + and

repeat the steps.

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9. When done, click Polls.

10. You will see polls you created under

New Group.

Click Rename to name this group of

polls according to teaching session and

date.

From this list, you can also edit a poll

through the Edit link.

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3. Organise Poll by Teaching Event

If you have not selected any group when creating new polls, the new polls will be displayed under Ungrouped. It is recommended to group

polls by teaching event for easy access.

1. Select the checkbox for poll questions

you want to group for a teaching

event, then click Group.

2. Rename the new group accordingly.

3. Duplicate the group if it is to be used

for another class or tutorial. Rename

the duplicated group according to

your teaching event.

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4. To move a poll question to another

position or group, drag and drop it to

the desired position.

5. To bulk edit polls, select the poll

questions and click Edit.

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6. Choose the settings to be applied for

selected poll questions. Click Apply .

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Add Polls onto PowerPoint Presentation

To add poll onto your slides, you will first need to install the Poll Everywhere add-in. For Mac users, refer to Installing add in for Keynote.

Install Poll Everywhere add-in in PowerPoint (one-time)

1. Go to www.polleverywhere.com.

2. Scroll down to the Poll

Everywhere slideware

integrations section.

3. Select PowerPoint.

4. Click Download.

5. Double click the downloaded file,

pollev.exe.

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6. Click Install. Click Close when

installation is complete.

Insert Polls onto Slides

1. Launch PowerPoint.

2. Poll Everywhere tab will be

added at the top menu.

3. Select Poll Everywhere tab.

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4. Click Log in.

5. Enter your email and password.

Click Log in.

6. Click Insert. Select Poll.

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7. Select the group or individual poll

question(s) you want to add to

your slides, then click Insert

activities.

8. The poll question(s) will be added

into the slides.

9. Re-arrange your poll questions by

dragging the slide to the correct

position. Save your presentation.

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1. Test the Poll

Test the poll as a student to ensure everything is in place before delivery. Follow these steps.

1. Launch presentation in slideshow mode.

2. Go to a poll question slide. Note the poll URL

that appears just below the question.

3. Enter the poll URL to any web browser on your

mobile device or laptop.

4. Select any answer for the question.

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5. On your slideshow view, you will see real time

responses coming in.

6. After each testing, click Clear poll results.

Otherwise your response in this testing will be

included in the actual poll you will launch during

lesson.

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2. Login and Deliver Polls

1. At the lecture theatre/classroom, open your slides.

2. Log in with your Poll Everywhere account.

3. Launch your presentation in slideshow mode.

4. Present your content as usual.

5. When you reach the first poll, instruct students to

enter the URL into their Poll Everywhere app or

mobile web browser. The URL is at the top of the

slide.

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Note: If you are using a common PC at the lecture

theatre, log out of other users’ account, then log in

with your account. If you are using your own

laptop, ensure that you are logged in.

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6. As students submit their answers, the

chart on the projector screen will

update accordingly.

Default display:

Poll is activated

Results are shown

Correct answer is hidden

Correct answer is hidden

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7. Here’s how to control and customise

your poll.

- Click this to change

the chart type, font size, etc.

- If shaded blue, this

means students can see the poll as

it’s activated. To deactivate poll, just

click this.

- By default, the

results are shown to students. To

hide chart, just click this to

encourage students to come up with

their own answer rather than to

follow the crowd consensus.

- By default, the

correct answer is hidden from

students. Click this to display the

correct answer.

- By default,

students can view and respond to

polls. To prevent students from

responding, click this.

- Do not click

unless you want to delete the

responses.

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3. Download Reports

1. Go to www.polleverywhere.com.

2. Select Log in.

3. Log in with your account.

4. Select the group or poll question(s)

which you want to download

reports for.

5. Click Report.

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6. Select the report type. The Executive

summary and Participant response

history are report types most commonly

used by teachers.

7. Click Download .CSV. The excel document

will be downloaded to your computer.

Or Click Print, then choose print

destination as PDF.

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4. Helpful Tips

● Have a clear purpose for the polling, e.g.:

a. poll at the start of the class to elicit prior knowledge

b. poll in between topics to check student understanding before moving on to the next topic

c. poll at end of class to assess students and consolidate learning

d. re-poll the same question(s) at the end of any discussion to see if students’ understanding has changed

● Align questions to learning objectives.

● Use the appropriate question type.

● Add a “fun/warm-up” question at the start to cater time for students to log in and test access during class.

● Add “I am not sure” or “I don’t’ understand” in MCQs to see what concepts students find difficulty in.

● Use the Q&A type to get burning questions and get students to vote. Address items with the most votes.

● To improve your questions, test the poll with other faculty members and seek feedback.

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5. Appendix A: Installing Poll Everywhere for Keynote

To install Poll Everywhere for Keynote/Mac, follow these steps:

1. Go to www.polleverywhere.com.

2. Scroll down to the Poll Everywhere slideware

integrations section.

3. Select Keynote.

4. Click Download.

5. Open File Finder and navigate to the

Downloads folder.

6. Double click pollev.dmg.

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7. Drag and drop the PollEv Presenter application

icon to the Application Folder.

8. Click PollEv Presenter application at the

Launchpad.

9. Click Open.

10. Log in with your account.

11. Proceed to add poll questions to presentation

slides.

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6. Appendix B: Reusing Poll Questions for Other Classes

To reuse poll questions, follow these steps:

1. Go to www.polleverywhere.com .

2. Login with your account.

3. Go to the poll group you wish to reuse.

4. Click Duplicate.

5. Rename the duplicated poll group.

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6. Click Update name.

7. Then follow the steps to add the polls onto

your lecture slides.

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7. Appendix C: Creating Surveys

To create a survey and send it as a link, follow these steps:

1. Go to www.polleverywhere.com.

2. Log in with your account.

3. Click Create.

4. Select Survey and add the questions below.

5. Complete the fields to complete adding

questions.

6. Click Create at the bottom to complete adding

questions.

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7. You will find your survey under Ungrouped.

8. Click Edit to update the settings of this survey.

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9. Update all applicable settings under Configure

panel.

10. Click Save.

11. Click Share and send the link to students.

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12. To view responses for each poll question, click

the responses link.

13. Alternatively, you may download the survey

report.

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8. Appendix D: Creating New Poll inside PowerPoint

To add on-the-fly polls inside PowerPoint, follow these steps.

1. Select Poll Everywhere tab.

2. Log in with your account.

3. Click New > Poll.

4. Select a question type.

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5. To create a multiple choice question:

a. Select Multiple Choice.

b. Enter question.

c. Enter text or image options.

d. Select the correct answer. The correct

answer will be shaded in green.

e. Click Insert.

6. The poll will be inserted as a slide.

7. Repeat steps 3-5 to add more poll questions.

8. Re-arrange your poll questions by dragging

slide to the correct position. Save your

presentation.

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9. Appendix E: Editing Poll inside PowerPoint

To edit an existing poll question via PowerPoint, follow these steps:

1. Select the poll slide.

2. Under Poll Everywhere tab, click Edit.

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3. Edit the question. Click Save and close the

window.

4. To edit via web server, go to

www.polleverywhere.com.

Note: Edits done either via PowerPoint or web

will synchronized in slideshow mode.

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Appendix F: Other Useful Information

1. Support Center

https://www.polleverywhere.com/support

2. Creative Ideas on Using Poll Everywhere

http://www.polleverywhere.com/blog/

3. System Requirements

https://www.polleverywhere.com/app/powerpoint/system-requirements

For any questions beyond this guide, please write to Education Technology @ medbox77@nus.edu.sg.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. I would like to use Poll Everywhere for my

undergraduate teaching. How do I start?

Answer: Please write to medbox77@nus.edu.sg to activate your NUSMed Poll

Everywhere account. Once activated, you can start creating polls by following the

steps in this guide.

2. I have a free Poll Everywhere account and I can

only poll up to 25 students. How do I poll in a

lecture of 300 students?

Answer: To poll up to 300 NUSMed students at any one time, you will have to be

added to the NUSMed Poll Everywhere account. Please write to

medbox77@nus.edu.sg to link your free account with institution account.

3. I tried to install the PowerPoint plug-in but I got

this error message. How do I complete the

installation?

Answer: Some computers will need additional software to install the plug-in.

Follow these steps:

a. Install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

b. Install Visual Studio 2010 Office Runtime 4.0

c. Install the Poll Everywhere MSI

d. Restart computer and install the Plug-in again.

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4. Do students have to download the app to

participate in polls?

Answer: Students can respond by keying in your URL via the response page

https://pollev.com/ or via the app.

a. For accurate reporting, it is recommended to advise students to login before

responding.

b. For anonymous responses, simply share your response URL (found at the top of

your poll) to your students.

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5. What type of questions can I create in Poll

Everywhere?

Answer:

a. Multiple-choice – can be single/multiple response

b. Word cloud – for single-word answers

c. Open-ended – for phrases or long statements

d. Q&A – for students to submit ideas or questions, and anonymously up-vote or

down-vote other responses. The most-voted idea/question will be displayed at

the top of the list.

e. Rank order – for ranking of options. Results will show overall rank on a bar or

column graph.

f. Clickable images – for identifying areas on an image. You can specify regions to

count clicks in specific areas.

For more information on question types, refer here.

6. Can I add image to a poll?

Answer: Yes. Images can be added to the poll question stem for Multiple choice,

Rank order and Clickable image questions. MCQs can also have images as options.

Simply click the image icon and select the file from your computer.

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7. How do I choose whether students can answer

only one option, or multiple options?

Answer: Once you have created a question in polleverywhere.com, select

Configure > Response settings. Then set how many times each student may

respond.

8. I have an open-ended question. What is the most

appropriate Visual setting to use?

Answer:

a. Use Text wall/Ticker for long statements.

b. Use Word Cloud for one-word responses.

c. Use Cluster to show responses on the entire slide.

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9. In which of the classrooms can I use Poll

Everywhere?

Answer:

a. You can use Poll Everywhere in the following NUS locations where the

PowerPoint plugin has been installed:

Building Venue

MD6 LT 35, LT 36, 01-01B, 01-02, 02-01A, 02-01B, 02-01C, 02-

01D, 02-01E, 02-01F, 02-01G, 02-01H, 02-01J, 02-01K,

03-01N, 03-01P, 03-01S, 03-04, 03-05, 03-06 and 03-07

MD1 LT 37, 03-01B, 03-01C, 03-01D

MD11 CRC Auditorium and Symposium Room

b. If you are teaching in another venue, you can still use Poll Everywhere using any

computer/laptop with internet connection, by presenting polls directly from the

web (refer to Item 11). You may also contact the facility custodian to help install

Poll Everywhere plugin at the venue computer.

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10. I have loaded my lecture PowerPoint with

polls at the LT/classroom, but when I

displayed it in slideshow mode, the

questions don’t get activated.

Answer: Ensure that you have logged in with your Poll Everywhere account before

presenting. In the PowerPoint, go to Poll Everywhere tab and log in with your account,

then launch in slideshow mode again.

11. I don’t have lecture slides. I just want to

conduct polls during class. How do I use Poll

Everywhere in this case?

Answer: You can use the web version of Poll Everywhere. Login to

https://www.polleverywhere.com/my/polls using your account. Select the first poll and

select the Fullscreen icon to start presenting. To proceed to the next question, click

Next.

12. Can I use Poll Everywhere for non-NUSMed

students?

Answer: Our Poll Everywhere institution account is dedicated for teaching of NUSMed

undergraduate students. Please sign-up for free Poll Everywhere for other purposes.