New Course Management Features in Poll Everywhere

Update: This feature is postponed by the vendor to allow UMBC to review and verify functionality. Additional information about availability will be provided to the campus as soon as possible.

In late August 2024, Poll Everywhere will launch a new course management feature to simplify how instructors use polling and to improve the process to synchronize grade data back to the Blackboard gradebook.

Using a dedicated icon within the Poll Everywhere interface, this feature allows faculty to create and manage polling activities for their courses. Specific Course Management functions include:

• Accessing Courses
• Creating Assignments
• Grade Synchronization
• Managing Multiple Assignments and Activities
• Viewing Grades

Image 1: Example of new Poll Everywhere Course Management page

The feature will be turned off initially and will require each instructor to activate it to turn it on for their accounts. You must set up your Blackboard course with Poll Everywhere before you can use this feature. Once the Blackboard course is synchronized with Poll Everywhere, the Course Management icon will appear.

Poll Everywhere Resources

For Attendance Management resources, please see our FAQ articles:

• How do I manage Attendance with Poll Everywhere? (instructors)
• How do I check in for Attendance with Poll Everywhere? (students)

For additional Poll Everywhere information, please see our Poll Everywhere FAQ collections:

• Poll Everywhere for Students and Participants
• Poll Everywhere for Instructors and Presenters

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