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

Last updated: October 22, 2024
Audience: InstructorsStaffIT Staff / Technical
NOTE:  Exporting grades to Canvas using the current method described on the page Export graded poll responses to the Canvas Gradebook is no longer necessary and will not work with many of the features available with Course Management.  If you enable the new Course Management feature described below, importing course rosters is still necessary in order to apply the feature to a course that is created by the roster import.    

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 individual presenters in their 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.
    Profile icon selected in the user interface
  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).
    Features lab highlighted in the user interface
    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.
    Participants icon
  2. On the Participants page click the Courses button at the top of the page.
    Participants icon and courses icon highlighted in the user interface
  3. Select the course you want to apply Course Management to.
    Canvas course 101 highlighted in the user interface
  4. Click the Try it out button shown in the banner at the top of the page.
    Arrow pointing to try it out button

    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.
    Arrow pointing to add new assignment button.

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

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

Courses icon highlighted in the user interface

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.