Polleverywhere+Information

Polleverywhere is a decently useful Web2.0 tool. Below you will find the powerpoint I used to present the information to my peers as well as step-by-step instructions on how to make your own poll, in case you can't follow the ones on the website.

^The powerpoint

Now for the steps:


 * 1) Go to polleverywhere.com
 * 2) Click “sign up” in the top right hand corner of the screen and enter the requested information.
 * 3) Click “create new poll.”
 * 4) In the large textbox, type in the question you want to poll and then hit “enter” or click on the button to the right of the textbox.
 * 5) If you want the question to be a multiple choice question, click “convert to multiple choice.” Each textbox that appears represents an answer option, so type in one potential answer per textbox. You must have at least 2 choices. Then click “create poll”
 * 6) If the question is not multiple choice, simply click “create poll”
 * 7) The poll will automatically be displayed on your screen and it will be open for responses.
 * 8) Adjust response methods (see step 9) by clicking “How People Can Respond” and checking the boxes next to the options you want available.
 * 9) Polltakers will use their cell phone or a computer to answer the question
 * 10) For open ended questions: they will text a code number as well as their answer to the number given on the poll screen. Alternatively, they can go to pollev.com and enter the code number as well as their answer in the textbox that appears on screen. Another option is for students to use their twitter account and enter “@pollev [the code][their answer]” into their tweet.
 * 11) For multiple choice: Codes will appear next to the answer options and polltakers can either text the code that corresponds to their answers to the number up on the right hand corner of the screen or they can enter it in the textbox that appears at pollev.com. Another option is for students to use their twitter accound and enter "@pollev [the code]" into their tweet.
 * 12) The program does not allow for a person to respond to a poll more than once from the same device unless the creator of the poll changes the maximum number of responses under settings.
 * 13) Responses will automatically appear on the screen.
 * 14) If you want to incorporate the poll into a powerpoint, click on “Download as slide” and then select your version of powerpoint.
 * 15) Follow the onscreen prompts (open or save the presentation, etc) until powerpoint opens and displays the slide
 * 16) There will be 5 slides; the last one is your poll. It will appear when you view your presentation. You may delete the first 4 slides or use them in your presentation.
 * 17) If you want to get fancy with your poll, you can click “edit” in the right column of the website and adjust the order the multiple choice responses appear (with the arrows to the left of the answers), you can add options for multiple choice by clicking “add option” and entering the option in the textbox. Hit “save poll” once you’re done editing!
 * 18) You can also change visual settings in the powerpoint slide or on the website by clicking the gear icon on the top right of the poll.
 * 19) Under “appearance” you can change the theme and background of your poll as well as the text color.
 * 20) Under “instructions” you can change the text color of the instructions (which you can access by hitting the icon underneath the gear icon on the right side of the poll)
 * 21) Under “chart” you can change the type of graph the answers appear on as well as the colors of the bars and the colors of the axes labels.
 * 22) Under “messages” you can change the color and the information displayed on the messages received for open ended questions.
 * 23) Make sure when you want to begin receiving answers, you hit “start poll” or the triangle icon on the side of the screen. When you want to stop receiving answers click “stop poll” or the square icon on the right side of the screen. You can clear the results of the poll by hitting “clear poll” (you’ll want to do this at the end of each class since the free k-12 service has a limit of 40 responses per poll).
 * 24) If you want more than one poll per powerpoint, follow the instructions under “advanced powerpoint tips” under the “download as slide tips.”