Poll Everywhere (Poll EV) is a dynamic web-based polling system that allows participants to engage within the classroom or online through web browsers, mobile applications, and SMS text messages.
Due to licensing restrictions, Poll Everywhere is not intended for large-scale anonymous polling.
Requesting a Poll Everywhere Account
Note: All faculty are automatically granted Poll Everywhere presenter accounts, just log in with your Mason email.
Staff and graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) may request presenter accounts by submitting a request form. The presenter's role can create unlimited activities, run reports, and share activities as long as they are on the same Team. See the Comparison Chart for the full list of differences from other roles.
Students and other members of the Mason community receive participant-only accounts.
To first access your presenter account, log in directly at Poll Everywhere using your Mason credentials.
How to Create Activities in Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere allows presenters to create different question types. You can choose to create a Multiple-choice poll, Open-Ended Questions, Q &A, Rank Order, Clickable image, Survey, or Open-Ended activity, among others.
Step 1
From your Poll Everywhere home page, click the “+ Activity” button at the top of the left side of the screen.
Step 2
A pop window will open where you can create a new activity.
For more information, please visit the Poll Everywhere create an activity website.
How to Present Poll Everywhere Activities and Collect Responses
There are many ways to present and collect responses. Many options are explained at Presenting - Poll Everywhere.
One of the more popular options allows you to insert activities (e.g., multiple-choice questions, open-ended questions, etc.) into presentations. To insert your polls in PowerPoint, go to Poll Everywhere applications and download and install the Poll Everywhere app appropriate for your device.
From PowerPoint, you can create new activities and insert existing activities directly into your presentations. These videos will walk you through the necessary steps:
Software is installed on all classroom podium computers so that instructors can administer Poll Everywhere activities through PowerPoint.
For more information on how to install/insert activities in your presentations, please visit Shared Activities in Slideware.
Set Up Poll Everywhere for Canvas
Connecting Poll Everywhere to Canvas is optional. It allows you to send activity results to a gradebook column. For example, you can use Poll Everywhere for participation or attendance tracking. Please visit our step-by-step guide on How to connect Poll Everywhere to Canvas.
Additional Resources
- Poll Everywhere Instructor guide
- Poll Everywhere Student guide
- Shared activities
- Report types (for accessing results outside Canvas)