Step-by-Step Guide to Running Polls Using Zoom for Online Courses

Using a poll on Zoom is one of the best ways to get feedback from your audience. In this article, we will walk you through how to create and use a poll on Zoom. The polling feature for meetings enables you to create questions about the meeting that can be asked of participants.

These questions can then be launched during the meeting and collected by you or downloaded after the meeting. This allows you to gather feedback on topics discussed in the meeting, as well as measure how interested participants are in those topics. Polling also allows for anonymous responses, if desired.

1. Choose Your Topic 

2. Create Your Poll

Steps in zoom: 

1. Log into zoom, 

2. From the menu, pick the meetings tab, 

3. Click the title of the meeting,

4. Click “add” to add a poll assigned to this meeting,

Add questions and options:

1. Enter a title for the question set in the title textbox,

2. You have the option to check the “anonymous” box,

3.  Enter the question into the textbox labeled question 

4. Select single choice or multiple choice,

5. Input at least two possible answers into the answer box,

6. After this is when you have the option to add another question. To add another question, follow the steps above after clicking “Add a Question”, 

7. When complete click the save button,

8. Launch the poll in the meeting,

Launching zoom:

1. Open your zoom meeting,

2. Click the polls button at the bottom of the window, 

3. There will be a pop-up window, click launch poll,

4. Your learners will be presented with the poll window and will be able to submit their answers to the question(s). 

5. Once everyone has responded to your poll, you can end the poll.

6. Preview Your Results

Zoom analytics location:

1. Navigate to zoom 

2. Select Account Management > Reports 

3. There will be a “meetings” option; select this option 

4. Poll report button for report type 

5. You have select a date range

6. Click “Generate” for the desired meeting 

7. Export Your Results

8. On the same page as the previous steps, now select the “Download” a poll report as a CSV file 

9. Analyze Your Results:

Review the results that you have downloaded. Keep an eye out for trends or things that stand out. It is easy to focus on the negative results but remember to pay attention to the positive feedback as well. That tells you what is going well. 

Using the info from the results and your analysis of it, implement what you learned into your workshops. 

Conclusion:

Creating a poll on Zoom is easy! Follow these steps to get started. Continuing these tasks on a daily basis will be no easy feat, but with enough practice and attempts, you will quickly become more and more efficient!