Poll Everywhere

What is Poll Everywhere?

Poll Everywhere is the University’s student polling solution. It is a tool for engaging students, gathering responses, reviewing answers, and real-time polling. Since it is not hardware-based, it can be used with any internet-enabled device. It seamlessly integrates with laptops, tablets, and smartphones. It can also export poll answers back into Canvas, allowing you to incorporate it into your class grades. The Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) team, part of IT Services, provides support for this tool.

Why Use Poll Everywhere?

While Canvas does have Quizzes and built-in survey tools of its own, Poll Everywhere offers live, real-time classroom audience polling capabilities. Poll Everywhere also offers greater ease of use and less administrative management compared to the University’s previous classroom polling solution, iCLICKER. Furthermore, Poll Everywhere does not require students to buy expensive physical clickers, since it leverages web-based software. You can use it from anywhere in the world as long as you have a stable internet connection.

Ways to leverage Poll Everywhere include:

• Engage with each student in the classroom
• Check to see whether students understood a concept before moving on
• Use it for low-stakes, formative assessments

Who can use Poll Everywhere?

Poll Everywhere is intended for faculty and instructors to use in the classroom. Please note that because of limited licensing, faculty that have previously used Poll Everywhere will receive priority, and we may need time to purchase more licenses for your course.