Poll Everywhere is a free student response system that allows people to vote in polls by sending text messages or using Twitter. It displays poll results in real-time and can be used for multiple choice questions, free responses, or goals. Some benefits are its flexibility across devices, ability to see other polls for inspiration, and options for upgraded accounts with features like moderation and reporting. Getting started involves creating a free account and building polls that can be customized and shared.

2. What Is Poll Everywhere?
“On the surface, Poll Everywhere is a simple text message
voting application that works well for live audiences.
People vote by sending text messages (or using Twitter) to
options displayed on-screen. The poll that is embedded within
the presentation or web page will update in real time.
Advanced uses include texting comments to a presentation,
texting questions to a presenter, web voting, and SMS
interactivity in print, radio, and TV.”
Polleverywhere.com/faq

3. How Poll Everywhere Works

4. Why Use Poll Everywhere?
It’s a free student response system
Flexibility: patrons can respond through:
SMS (texting)
Computers with Internet access
Mobile Internet devices
Twitter accounts
Multiple formats allow various kinds of polls:
multiple choice, free response, and now goal

5. Even More Reasons!
Results are posted in live real-time on the web
Browse others’ polls and discover well-crafted
questions that you can use
Upgraded accounts can include:
grade reporting
response moderation
custom keywords
response segmentation

6. Library or School Uses
School library/course
review games
Professional conferences
Book polls for patrons
Polls of patron uses
Survey of requests
Other ideas?

7. Getting Started:
Sign up for a free account at polleverywhere.com

8. Create your poll in the popup box
Type your
question and
it formats it as
a multiple
choice or
open ended
question
automatically.
Don’t like the
auto-format?
Change it!
Or use a Goal
Poll.

9. Make sure
to start your
Customized Options! poll when
you’re done
Poll example from “The Hub” http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/pollsarchive/

10. Try it out!
Poll example from “The Hub” http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/pollsarchive/

12. Mediagraphy
All images and screenshots from www.polleverywhere.com
What is Poll Everywhere? Quote from
www.polleverywhere.com/faq
Challenged Books poll quoted from YALSA’s “The Hub”
http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/pollsarchive/
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No copyright infringement was intended.