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Create a Poll Everywhere activity

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Create a Poll Everywhere activity (question) by choosing from seven main activity types, including multiple choice, word cloud, Q&A, clickable image, survey, open ended and competition formats. Learn what each activity type is best used for and follow step-by-step instructions to set up your chosen question type.

Create a Poll Everywhere question (activity)

In Poll Everywhere questions are referred to as ‘activities’.

Navigate to the Activities page.
To create a question, click the +Activity button.
Select the type of question you would like to create. You can choose from the main 7 activities (Multiple choice, Word cloud, Q&A, etc.) or click More to view additional question templates.
Select the plus icons to learn more about each of the main activity types and suggestions of how they can be used. Expand the accordions below for instructions to set up the main activity types.

Ask a question and let participants choose from a list of answers.
Watch the video or review the instructions below to learn how to create a multiple choice question in PollEverywhere
1. Select Multiple Choice.
2. In the Activity title field, enter your question or prompt (255 character limit).
3. Below the activity title, enter options you want students to select from. This can be text (255 character limit), images or LaTeX code.
  Note: For images, you can copy and paste a direct link or click on the Picture icon to upload an image from your computer.
4. To add more response options, click + Add Option on the bottom left.
5. To delete options, click the Trash icon on the right of the option you wish to delete.
6. To rearrange the order of the options, click and drag the 6 dots on the left side of your options.
7. To designate correct response(s) to a Multiple choice Activity, click on the tick icon to the left of the correct response option(s). The correct response will be highlighted green. You can click the tick icon again to unselect a correct answer.
  Note: You can select multiple correct answers. You can also choose to set no correct answers, however this is not recommended.
8. When finished, click Create.
  Note: If you would like to create a set of multiple questions, you can use the Presentation feedback template under More.
Word clouds allow students to provide single words in response to a question or prompt. Audience responses are displayed as a dynamic word cloud.
Watch the video or review the instructions below to learn how to create a word cloud activity in PollEverywhere
1. Select Word cloud.
2. In the activity title field, enter a question or prompt (255 characters limit). You can use an image as your prompt by pasting a direct link or uploading one from your computer by clicking on the Picture icon.
3. When finished, click Create.
  Note: While it recommended to ask participants to respond with one-word answers, participants can respond with sentences if they include an underscore between each word of the sentence, for example: this_is_an_example_sentence_response
Participants respond to a question or prompt, then can upvote and downvote other answers. This type of activity is useful for gathering consensus. For example, you could ask students what they struggled with during the week, you could then address the points that students struggled with the most, indicated by most up-voted.
Watch the video or review the instructions below to learn how to create a Q&A activity in PollEverywhere
1. Select Q&A.
2. In the activity title field, enter a question or prompt (255 characters limit).
3. When finished, click Create.
You can upload an image, with an attached prompt. Student can then click anywhere on the image to respond, and you will be able to view a distribution 'heat map' of where students clicked on the image.
1. Select Clickable image.
2. In the activity title field, enter a question or prompt (255 characters limit).
3. You can choose to upload your own image from your computed or select a template from the options provided (scroll down to view all the options):
  - World map
  - Emotion scale
  - X/Y axis
  - Map of the United states
  - Female anatomy diagram
  - Male anatomy diagram
  - Colour gradient
  - Periodic table
  - 2x2 matrix (click More in the Activity type options to view this template.)
4. To upload your own image, click Upload your own image.
5. When finished, click Create.
Surveys allow you to ask your participants multiple questions at once. Everyone can answer the questions privately at their own pace. Surveys are great for quizzes, pre- and post-training assessments, and questionnaires.
Note: Surveys and groups can be edited after the creation process.
1. Select Survey.
2. In the Activity title field, give your survey a name.
3. You can use the drop down list on the left to change the question type to:
  - Multiple choice
  - Word cloud
  - Q&A
  - Clickable image
  - Open ended text
  - Ranking
4. In the title field for each multiple choice question, enter your question or prompt (255 character limit).
5. Enter options you want students to select from. This can be text (255 character limit), images or LaTeX code.
  Note: For images, you can copy and paste a direct link or click on the Picture icon to upload an image from your computer.
6. To add more response options, click + Add Option on the bottom left.
7. To delete options, click the Trash icon on the right of the option you wish to delete.
8. To rearrange the order of the options, click and drag the 6 dots on the left side of your options.
9. To designate correct response(s) to a Multiple choice Activity, click on the tick icon to the left of the correct response option(s). The correct response will be highlighted green. You can click the tick icon again to unselect a correct answer.
  Note: You can select multiple correct answers. At least one correct answer must be selected.
10. To add additional multiple choice questions, click +Add another question.
11. When finished, click Create.
Ask a question and let participants type in a free-form text answer.
1. Select Open-ended.
2. In the activity title field, enter a question or prompt (255 characters limit). You can use an image as your prompt by pasting a direct link or uploading one from your computer by clicking on the Picture icon.
3. When finished, click Create.
Competitions are a series of multiple choice activities. Students are assigned scores based on how fast they answer the question. At the end of the competition activity, a leaderboard displays which students answer correctly the fastest.
1. Select Competition.
2. In the Activity title field, give your competition a name.
3. In the title field for each multiple choice question, enter your question or prompt (255 character limit).
4. Enter options you want students to select from. This can be text (255 character limit), images or LaTeX code.
  Note: For images, you can copy and paste a direct link or click on the Picture icon to upload an image from your computer.
5. To add more response options, click + Add Option on the bottom left.
6. To delete options, click the Trash icon on the right of the option you wish to delete.
7. To rearrange the order of the options, click and drag the 6 dots on the left side of your options.
8. To designate correct response(s) to a Multiple choice Activity, click on the tick icon to the left of the correct response option(s). The correct response will be highlighted green. You can click the tick icon again to unselect a correct answer.
  Note: You can select multiple correct answers. At least one correct answer must be selected.
9. To add additional multiple choice questions, click +Add another question.
10. When finished, click Create.
The ranking type activity lets students arrange a list of answers into a ranked order.
1. Click More on the right of the activity type selection menu, additional question template types will appear.
2. Select Ranking.
3. In the Activity title field, enter your question or prompt (255 character limit).
4. Below the activity title, enter options you want students to select from. This can be text (255 character limit), images or LaTeX code.
  Note: For images, you can copy and paste a direct link or click on the Picture icon to upload an image from your computer.
5. To add more response options, click + Add Option on the bottom left.
6. To delete options, click the Trash icon on the right of the option you wish to delete.
7. To rearrange the order of the options, click and drag the 6 dots on the left side of your options.
8. When finished, click Create.

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Create a Poll Everywhere activity

At a glance

Create a Poll Everywhere question (activity)

Watch the video or review the instructions below to learn how to create a multiple choice question in PollEverywhere

Watch the video or review the instructions below to learn how to create a word cloud activity in PollEverywhere

Watch the video or review the instructions below to learn how to create a Q&A activity in PollEverywhere