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Creating and Launching Pools in Zoom

Creating and Launching Polls in Zoom

The polling feature in Zoom allows hosts to create up to 25 polls before and/or during the meeting. This tool could serve as an option for collecting attendance in online synchronous classes. It is important to note that polling is only available for scheduled meetings. Meetings created in the moment by clicking 鈥渘ew meeting鈥� will not have polling capability. Once a poll is launched in a meeting, the host should see the responses in real time. After ending the poll, the host can choose to share the results with the meeting participants. After the meeting has ended, the host can download the results as an Excel file.

Creating a Poll When Scheduling a Meeting

  1. Before we can add a poll, we need to verify that the polling feature is enabled. To do this, open the Zoom app, and click on 鈥淪ettings鈥� in the upper-right corner.
    Settings

  2. Click on 鈥淧rofile.鈥�
    Profile

  3. Click on 鈥淰iew Advanced Features.鈥�              
  4. You may need to Login and Duo.

    login   Duo
  5. Your Zoom web portal should open. Confirm that you are in the 鈥淪ettings鈥� area (1) and the 鈥淢eeting鈥� tab (2). Click on 鈥淚n Meeting (Basic)鈥� (3).
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  6. Scroll until you see 鈥淧olling.鈥� This feature is on by default; however, if yours is disabled, click the toggle to enable.

    Polling
  7. Now that we have confirmed our polling feature is enabled, we can add a poll to a previously scheduled meeting, or schedule a meeting if we haven鈥檛 done so yet. Click on 鈥淢eetings鈥� (1) in the left column and ensure you are on the 鈥淯pcoming Meetings鈥� tab (2). If you need to schedule the meeting you may do so here by clicking on the 鈥淪chedule a New Meeting鈥� button (3). Otherwise, click on the scheduled meeting you wish to add a poll to (4).
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  8. Scroll to the bottom and click the 鈥淎dd鈥� button in the polls section.
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  9. The 鈥淎dd a Poll鈥� window will open. You will need to give your poll a title (1). Choose if you want the respondents to be anonymous or not by checking/unchecking the box (2). Type in your first question (3), and select if it is a Single Choice (respondents can only choose one answer) or a Multiple Choice (respondents can select more than one answer) (4) question. List anywhere from two to ten answer choices (5). To add another question, click 鈥淎dd a Question鈥� (6). When you are satisfied with your poll, click 鈥淪ave.鈥� Your poll is now attached to your scheduled meeting and can be launched when needed during the meeting.
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Creating a Poll During a Scheduled Meeting

  1. To create a poll during a scheduled meeting, click on the 鈥淧olls鈥� icon in the bottom toolbar.


  2. The 鈥淧olls鈥� window will open. Click on the 鈥淎dd a Question鈥� button.


  3. The 鈥淎dd a Poll鈥� window in your Zoom web portal will open. Refer to Step 9 above to create the poll.

  4. After clicking 鈥淪ave,鈥� the 鈥淓dit Meeting Polls鈥� page will appear. From here you can 鈥淎dd鈥� another poll to this meeting, 鈥淓dit鈥� this poll, or 鈥淒elete鈥� this poll. Clicking the down arrow next to the poll title will give a list of the poll questions.


  5. To return to your meeting, simply close this browser by clicking on the 鈥淴,鈥� or minimize the screen to easily edit/add to your polls for this meeting.


  6. You now have a poll or polls available for launching anytime during this meeting.

Launching a Poll

  1. To launch a poll during a meeting, click on the 鈥淧olls鈥� icon in the bottom toolbar.

  2. The 鈥淧olls鈥� window should open. If you have more than one poll, click the down arrow (1) to open the list of polls available. Select the poll you wish to launch (2) by clicking on the poll title. Click the 鈥淟aunch Polling鈥� button.


  3. Your meeting participants will now be prompted to answer the polling questions.

  4. The 鈥�Name of your poll in Progress鈥� window will open for the host. A timer can be found in the upper right corner (1). The host should be able to see how many participants have responded (2) and the results post in real-time (3); however, this does not always work. You may need to ask your participants if everyone has submitted their response and click 鈥淓nd Polling.鈥�

  5. The results are now visible to the host, who may share with the participants by click 鈥淪hare Results鈥� if desired or 鈥淩e-launch Polling鈥� for new data.

  6. To end sharing the results, click 鈥淪top Share Results.鈥� Your polls will be available through the 鈥淧olls鈥� icon for launching and re-launching as needed throughout the remainder of your meeting.

Downloading the Poll Results

  1. After ending your meeting you will be able to download the results of your poll(s). You will first need to access your Zoom web portal. See steps 1-4 above. Now, click on 鈥淩eports鈥� in the left column, then on 鈥淢eeting.鈥�

  2. You should now be on the 鈥淢eeting Report鈥� tab (1). 鈥淩egistration Report鈥� will be selected by default, you will need to change this by selecting 鈥淧oll Report鈥� (2). Enter the date range of the report; the default is always yesterday through today (3). Click 鈥淪ubmit鈥� (4).

  3. Click 鈥淕enerate.鈥� If you need to generate results for more than one meeting, use the selection boxes to the left of the Scheduled Time column.

  4. You can now download your report by clicking on 鈥淒ownload.鈥�

  5. Double-click on the file to open it. The file will be saved in your downloads area.

  6. Your Excel file with your results will now be open. It is important to note that if you selected 鈥渁nonymous鈥� when creating your poll, each participant will show as anonymous. If you did not select 鈥渁nonymous鈥� and your participants are logged into their Zoom accounts, their names and email addresses will be listed with their responses. If they were not logged in, they will be listed as 鈥淕uest.鈥�