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Polling
Offer instructors the ability to assess the teaching methodology, student comprehension, and more.
Overview
Polling allows for engagement, interaction, and real-time instructor feedback to ensure students are retaining information. It allows instructors to ask questions and assess student understanding.
Echo360 - add polling in your content or use quick informal polls with your students/participants. Results can be automatically uploaded to your Blackboard Grade Center.
Zoom - allows users to create and launch single or multiple-choice polling questions during or prior to a Zoom session to gather responses from the students/participants.
Teams - you can poll to gather feedback from students or participants.
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra – users can poll to give their attendees opportunities to participate, be engaged, and provide feedback.
Getting Started
Best Practices
- Include polling information in your syllabus describing the purpose and how it can improve student engagement and learning.
- Inform students of any technology they will need to participate.
- Be sure to identify the learning goals you plan to achieve.
- Think about the questions, activities, and discussions that will best help you achieve your desired student learning goals.
- Review the technology requirements for your course
- Follow instructor provided instructions
- Use a vendor supported and updated browser
Learn More/How To's:
- Echo360
- Echo360 (Formerly Known as Turning Point)/TurningPoint Web - Schedule a Polling Session
- Echo360 (Formerly Known as Turning Point)/TurningPro - Upload Polling Results into Blackboard
- Echo360 (Formerly Known as Turning Point)/TurningPro - Creating Poll Questions in PowerPoint
- Echo360 (Formerly Known as Turning Point)/TurningClassic - How to Access Scheduled Questions Lists
- Zoom
- Teams
- Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
FAQs
- Echo360 Technologies (Coming soon)
- Zoom (Coming soon)
- Teams (Coming soon)
- Blackboard Collaborate Ultra (Coming soon)
Use Cases
- Assess students’ understanding in real time
- Delayed scheduling allows students to take polls at a later time (Echo360)
- Facilitate discussions
- Encourage students to reflect on course material
- Actively engage students in the learning process
Universal Design/Accessibility
Related resources
- Developing Poll Questions – Columbia University in the City of New York
- Using Polls to Promote Active Learning – CUNY Academic Commons
- Polling for meetings - Zoom