Poll Everywhere in Classrooms or Conference Rooms
Poll Everywhere is great for gathering audience feedback, whether teaching in a classroom, hosting a meeting in a conference room, or planning a special event. This guide explains considerations for using Poll Everywhere in different locations via the web app or through PowerPoint.
Poll Everywhere Web App
The benefit of using the Poll Everywhere web app through Cardinal Apps, is that it works exactly the same no matter what computer or location you are in. This means you can practice presenting on your laptop in your office, then move to presenting to students in the classroom or a conference space with no technical concerns. It's the most predictable method and recommended for beginners.
The challenge of using the web app method is stopping your PowerPoint presentation to move to Poll Everywhere each time you want to ask the audience to participate. For some presenters, switching views is worth the peace of mind they get not having to worry about the PowerPoint expectations.
Not sure how to share your presentation and easily move to different tabs? Watch this 2-minute demonstration that works for both one and two monitor classrooms:
Poll Everywhere in PowerPoint
When your PowerPoint is the cornerstone of your class or event, and sticking to the slide deck is desired, there are considerations to ensure Poll Everywhere works:
- Do not install the Poll Everywhere Add-in within the PowerPoint Add-ins menu - this option does not work.
- Poll Everywhere must be installed on every computer you use to both create the presentation and present to your audience: Poll Everywhere for Windows | Poll Everywhere for macOS
- You may not have permission to install Poll Everywhere and must get help from the UIW Help Desk in advance of your presentation.
- You must be logged in to Poll Everywhere inside of PowerPoint to both create the presentation and to present it.
As computers in different locations may be managed in unique ways, it's critical you connect with IT support for the location you are presenting in. Updates, or maintenance to a computer, can cause Poll Everywhere to need to be installed again. This means you can use Poll Everywhere in a location and the next time experience an unexpected change.
PowerPoint with Poll Everywhere Success Checklist
☐ Open Poll Everywhere from Cardinal Apps and create folders to stay organized.
☐ Inside a folder, create all the activities you want to use.
☐ Configure each activity's settings to meet your needs.
☐ Open PowerPoint to create your presentation, go to the Poll Everywhere tab to Log in.
☐ Insert activities in your presentation.
☐ Several days in advance, confirm the computer you'll use to present has Poll Everywhere installed for PowerPoint.
☐ Contact the UIW Help Desk to install Poll Everywhere for PowerPoint on classroom, conference, or event space computers that don't already have it.
☐ Before your presentation starts, open PowerPoint on the computer, click the Poll Everywhere tab, and Log in.
Need step by step instructions? PE for PPT in Windows | PE for PPT in macOS
