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Share polls with your teaching team

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Share Poll Everywhere activities with your teaching team and manage ownership of polls. Find out how to add team members, share folders of polls with a team, send a copy of an activity to a colleague, duplicate an activity shared with you, and transfer ownership of a poll to another user.

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Poll Everywhere roles and capabilities
Sharing polls

Your faculty administrator (Team lead) can set up teams on your behalf on request. Once the team has been created, you may be assigned the Team Manager or Presenter role.

Role	Description
Presenter	You can create and present activities, and share them with any teams you are a member of. Shared polls can be presented by any member of the team but can only be edited by the activity owner. You can run reports on Shared activities.
Team manager	In addition to the above, you can also add/remove members to your team. Note: If you leave the team, you will no longer be able to see or make changes to the team.

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Poll Everywhere roles and capabilities

Presenter	Respond to unregistered activities See your own response history Respond to registered-only activities Present activities (collect responses) Create and configure activities for yourself Run your reports on activities you made Share activities with others on your team Send copy of your activities to anyone in the account Run reports for others in your team (shared only)
Team Manager	All of the capabilities listed above Add/remove members in a team Change "presentation" settings for activities shared with team (clear and reset) Note: If you leave the team, you will no longer be able to see or make changes to the team.
Team Lead only	All of the capabilities listed above Create a team (PollEverywhere guide) Note: If you leave the team, you will no longer be able to see or make changes to the team.

Watch the video below to learn about the different ways you can share Poll Everywhere activities

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1. Navigate to the Poll Everywhere Teams page.
2. You will see a list of all teams you are a member of. If you do not have any teams, contact your faculty administrator to assist you in setting up a team.
3. Click the team name to view a list of members within that team.
4. If you have been assigned as a Team Manager, you will be able to add members by clicking the Add members button.
5. Search for users you would like to add as team members by name or email.
6. Once finished, click Save.
1. Navigate to the Activities page.
2. Select activities that you would like to share with selection checkbox, then select Move.
3. You can move your activities into an existing folder or select Create folder, then click Move.
4. Select the folder with the selection checkbox, then click on the three dots and select Share from the options.
  Note: Only folders can be shared with teams. Ensure that you first put poll activities that you would like to share inside a folder.
5. You can select one or more teams to share your activities with.
6. Once selected, click Save.
7. The activities in your folder will now be shared with your selected teams and the folder icon will display with a share icon in the corner.
  Note: Polls that have been shared can be presented by anyone in the team, but can only be edited by the original owner of the activity.
You can send a copy of an activity to another Poll Everywhere user. This allows the other user to become the owner of the duplicate copy, allowing them to edit and make changes to the activity without making any changes to the original activity.
1. Navigate to the Activities page.
2. With the checkboxes, select an activity or a folder of activities you would like to send a copy.
3. Select Send copy.
4. Type in the name of an individual, or multiple individuals separated by a comma, then click Send.
5. A copy of the activity will now be shared.
You can create a copy of any activities that have been shared with you. This allows you to become the owner of the duplicated activity, enabling you to edit and make changes to the activity without modifying the original activity.
1. Navigate to the Shared with me page.
2. Any Poll everywhere activities that have been shared with you will appear here.
3. With the checkboxes, select an activity or a folder of activities you would like to copy.
4. You can select a folder if desired. If you do not select a folder the selected activity will appear at the bottom of your activities page.
5. Select Duplicate.
You choose to transfer ownership of poll activities to another user. This will allow them to make changes and edit the poll activity, however you will lose access to the poll activity unless it is shared with you by the new owner.
1. Navigate to the Activities page.
2. With the checkboxes, select an activity or a folder of activities you would like to change owner for.
3. Select Change owner.
4. Type in the name of an individual user, then click Transfer.
5. You will see a notification to confirm the activity has been transferred and it will no longer appear on your activities page. You will no longer be able to access the poll activity unless it is shared with you.
6. The transferred activity will appear on the new owner's activities page, inside a folder with your name and the date of transfer.