Poll Everywhere

Service available for: Faculty & Staff

Poll Everywhere helps you gather live audience or class responses anywhere, anytime.

Log in to Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere is available for all Penn Law faculty and staff. First time users, please request an account by contacting ITS at itshelp@law.upenn.edu or 215-898-2589. You will receive an email invitation from Poll Everywhere with instructions for activating your account.

Once you have an account setup, login at https://www.polleverywhere.com/login

How Does it Work?

Poll Everywhere (http://www.polleverywhere.com) is a web-based system that can be used both in and outside of the classroom to create and run multiple-choice or open-answer polls. Students do not need a separate dedicated device (clicker) to participate.

Students can submit responses via text message, mobile app or using a browser on their laptop or another Internet-connected device.
Instructors use a simple web form to create either multiple-choice or open-text questions. Polls can be embedded in PowerPoint or Keynote presentations, displayed in a web browser, or embedded in a course web site.

The students’ replies are instant and can be displayed as part of your PowerPoint presentation on a downloadable slide. The replies are anonymous by default. However, you can set up named respondents if desired.

Some pros

Good integration into PowerPoint.
Variety of ways students can respond (text, web, app).
Hardware-free (unlike e.g. clickers).
No sign-up required for respondents (if anonymous).
Immediately register your participants with a simple CSV.

Keep in mind…

Students need either a mobile phone or a laptop with them in order to respond.
Unless students create accounts it’s difficult to maintain results for comparison.
The text message option will charge students on pay-as-you-go contracts at the standard network rate.