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Interactive Polling

Classroom Polling allows instructors to ask questions, track progress and receive instant feedback from students. Instructors can use Classroom Polling for a variety of purposes including informally assessing student comprehension of a particular topic. Audience members can respond to polls online. Responses can be anonymous, or tied to particular users.

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Interactive Polling Features

Feature Poll Everywhere TurningPoint Slido (Beta)
How is it funded? Centrally Funded
(No Cost to Students)
Student Pay
(Students Purchase License)
Webex
(Included with Webex License)
Canvas Integration Yes
Clicker Device Polling Yes
Live Results Tracking Yes Yes Yes
Online Polling (Website & Phone App) Yes Yes Yes
PowerPoint Integration Yes Yes Yes
Reporting Tools Yes Yes Yes
Teams / Competitions Yes Yes Yes
Text Message Polling Yes
Webex Integration Yes

Getting started with Interactive Polling

Poll Everywhere allows presenters to receive immediate feedback from their audience. Instructors can use Poll Everywhere for a variety of purposes including informally assessing student comprehension of a particular topic. Audience members can respond to polls online through the Poll Everywhere website, through the Poll Everywhere app, or through text message. Responses can be anonymous, or tied to particular users.

Login to Poll Everywhere to get started!

How-To Guides and Training

TurningPoint is a interactive polling software that allows instructors to ask questions, track participant progress and receive instant feedback. When presented with a question, the student presses a button on a mobile app or a "clicker" device.

Login to Turning to get started!

TurningPoint Desktop

  • PowerPoint Polling allows you to integrate clicker question slides directly into your Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. This is the most commonly used feature amongst faculty using TurningPoint software.
  • Anywhere Polling allows you to poll over top of web pages, videos, documents or any application using a floating toolbar.
  • Self-Paced Polling allows you to deliver assessments, evaluations and surveys that a require students to work at their own pace.

TurningPoint Web

Automatically save and manage results online with the web-based polling system. Poll on the web, through a PowerPoint integration, and schedule surveys and assessments.

How-To Guides and Training

Slido (pronounced Sly-doh) is an interaction app used to engage participants with live polls, Q&A, quizzes, and word clouds. Webex by Cisco recently acquired Slido and a subscription for all UWW users to Slido is now available because of our Webex subscription.

Slido is fully integrated into Webex Meetings, allowing participants to respond without a separate web browser or mobile device. Additionally, Slido can be used outside of Webex Meetings for in-person or hybrid sessions.

How-To Guides and Training

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