Poll Creators: Course Management in Poll Everywhere (Pre-release feature)

Last updated: September 17, 2024
Audience: InstructorsStaffIT Staff / Technical

This page explains how to enable and use the Course Management feature in Poll Everywhere.  This is a Pre-release feature that can be enabled or disabled by indivdual presenters in thier Poll Everywhere account. 

New features include:

  • Updated Participation Grading for all activity types
  • Assignment Creation (creates assignments in Canvas without the need for gradebook reports)
  • Grade Synchronization
  • New grade views

Details about Poll Everywhere’s Course Management features can be found on the Getting Started with Course Management page on their
website. 

Enabling Course Management

Course Management is a Pre-release feature and must be turned on in the Features Lab section of your Poll Everywhere account.

  1. Access the Features Lab by going to your Poll Everywhere Profile Settings.
     Poll Everywhere Profile Icon in menu at the bottom-left of the page.
  2. Click on the Features Lab link in the left side menu (or the link provided above) and go to the Pre-release Features tab (page defaults to this tab).
    Poll Everywhere Features Lab page with the Pre-release Features tab selected and the "Try Course Management" feature enabled
    Go to Try Course Management and switch the On/Off slider to On.
  3. Go to the bottom of the page and click Apply Lab Settings to save your selection.

Applying Course Management To Your Poll Everywhere Course

IMPORTANT: You must apply Course Management to EACH course you have created in Poll Everywhere. Courses are created when you import a Canvas Roster to your Poll Everywhere account.

  1. After importing a Canvas Course Roster to you Poll Everywhere account, go to the Participants section of Poll Everywhere.
    Use the link above or click the Participants icon on the left side menu.
    Two white stick figures on a dark gray background indicating a button to take users to the "Participants" page in Poll Everywhere.
  2. On the Participants page click the Courses button at the top of the page.
    The Poll Ev Particpants page with the "Courses" button highlighted
  3. Select the course you want to apply Course Management to.
    Page of courses imported into Poll Ev
  4. Click the Try it out button shown in the banner at the top of the page.
    Poll Ev banner message asking users to "Try it out"
    The page will update with a new “Add New Assignment” feature as well as a button at the top of the page to Revert to previous settings for this course.
    Course Management has been applied to this course in Poll Ev

After applying Course Management to at least one course, a new Courses icon will appear in the left side menu.

Poll Ev Courses button

You can access your list of courses directly from this link without having to go to the Participants tab.

Poll Ev Courses page showing a list of imported Canvas rosters and highlighting the Courses button on the left menu

Once you have Course Management anabled and applied to a course in your account, please read through Getting Started with Course Management on Poll Everywhere’s website to learn how to use these new features.