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Running a Poll in EchoPoll & Pointsolutions - Web Version

Below is an overview for instructors on how to run a poll in pointsolutions.
    1. Login to your pointsolutions account by going through one of your Blackboard Learn Original courses then using your Bison Login to login (typically your first.lastname@ndsu.edu).
    2. Select the tab shown below.

      Select the tab shown in the picture

    3. Under the "Active Courses" section, locate the desired course and click "Select".

      Screenshot of where to find select under active courses

    4. When starting a session, the session ID will be automatically generated if you do not have a reserved session ID. Students will need this Session ID to join the poll.

Below are Steps on how to Reserve a Session ID

      1. To reserve a session ID, click on the setting icon on the toolbar prior to running your presentation.

        screenshot of where the Settings Icon is

      2. Select "+ Add new reserved session ID", and enter your desired ID.

        screenshot of where + Add new reserved session ID link is

      3. Select "Save".

        screenshot of saving session id

Back to Running a Poll

     5. Go back to the course, go to the "Content" tab and find one presentation you want to run a poll in. Then click the three dots and select "Start".

         screenshot of where to find three dots and start


     6. A pane named "Live Polling Option" will appear. From the Session ID, choose the Session ID that you created for this poll. Choose any setting you wish to have on the poll. Then click "Start".

         screenshot of selecting session Id from dropdown and start button

     7. A screen displaying the Course Name and Session ID will appear. Select "Start Session".

         screenshot of start session button

    8. Select "Show Results" and select your desired option for the polling results.
        Note
: The Show Results options can be changed at any time during polling.

        screenshot of Show results and it's options


    9. Select the Play icon to start polling, the Stop icon to stop polling and the Forward icon to move to the next slide.

        screenshot of play button
        screenshot of pause button
        screenshot of forward button

  10. Select "End Session" when done. A pane will appear where you can edit the session name. Then click "End".

        screenshot of End session button and after that naming the session and end it



KeywordsEcho pointsolutions, Echo pointsolutions account, Echo 360, Echo 360 account, clickers, clicker, response ware, responseware, polling, powerpoint, PowerPoint polling, PowerPoint, instructor resources, web version, echo, EchoPoll, poll   Doc ID105152
OwnerSharley K.GroupIT Knowledge Base
Created2020-08-20 16:27:42Updated2023-12-19 12:30:52
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