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A Simple But Overwhelming Poll Favorite With Adaptability
August 15, 2017

A Simple But Overwhelming Poll Favorite With Adaptability

Nick Amaral | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere is being used throughout teachers in our school district to help with formative assessments, surveys, and student engagement issues in the classroom. I currently use Poll Everywhere for professional development purposes with teachers, to enhance the interaction between staff and I. I have recently seen teachers utilizing Poll Everywhere as Do Nows and Exit tickets, as well as check-ins throughout a lesson.
  • Easy to use and get up and running. You can quickly set up a poll everywhere question or survey in a matter of minutes.
  • Fun and creative. Poll Everywhere allows users to interact via text message on their phone or through the web app/site. Great for student engagement.
  • Saves the results. One of the best features is that you can take the results from the poll or survey away with you to check back on at a later date. This is perfect for teachers to be able to assess and modify their lessons.
  • I can honestly say I like everything about Poll Everywhere. Its simplicity is a complete advantage over other programs.
  • I actually like how users are anonymous when they respond. However, you can have users/students sign-in if you are running the premium version of Poll Everywhere.
  • Enhanced interaction during lessons
  • Increased student engagement
  • Increased opportunities for student voice
Other than Google Forms (which I utilize heavily, but for different reasons and during different areas) I find Poll Everywhere to be the best at what it offers and does. Options to lock questions, hide or show responses, varying questions/response types, and the ability to let users respond via text message on their phone or through the website/app increase the functionality of the program. The is also the ability to be creative and change poll/question backgrounds, colors and layouts as well as attach/embed images.
Poll Everywhere is well suited for Do Nows, exit tickets, SAT review, constant check-ins during a lesson/activity, in formal assessments, surveys, and areas for student voice. It is not a formal program in which you should expect quiz/formal test like features. I have utilized Poll Everywhere in the English class while reading and analyzing a text. It affords students a backchannel to respond to questions and understandings, while voicing their opinion, and being able to defend their reasoning/examples to others.