{"id":1029,"date":"2020-03-14T15:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T15:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/?page_id=1029"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:15:18","slug":"polleverywhere","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/polleverywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1029\" class=\"elementor elementor-1029\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acc7d73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"acc7d73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ef5216\" data-id=\"8ef5216\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50d588b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50d588b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to create a Poll using Poll Everywhere<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75631d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75631d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-091fa8b\" data-id=\"091fa8b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c65d897 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c65d897\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Poll Everywhere<\/strong> is an online tool that allows instant feedback from students to a lecturers questions. It is an audience response system that takes responses from students via mobile phones, twitter, and the web. The link to this page is https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/polleverywhere\/<\/p><p>For details on using the Poll Everywhere PowerPoint app for Windows, visit this page: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/using-poll-everywhere-in-powerpoint-on-university-managed-windows-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"418\">Using Poll Everywhere in PowerPoint on University-managed Windows devices<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1978698 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1978698\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c469da9\" data-id=\"c469da9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07fb42d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07fb42d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Check out the video on the right, for a complete guide on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=06dea54f-43aa-4c59-9b11-ada401732fd0\">how to use PollEverwhere<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>or follow a quick guide below:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b17095\" data-id=\"6b17095\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f38d081 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f38d081\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=06dea54f-43aa-4c59-9b11-ada401732fd0\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"611\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/01\/poll-everywhere-image.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9593\" alt=\"poll everywhere video link\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/01\/poll-everywhere-image.png 611w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/01\/poll-everywhere-image-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-323ed20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"323ed20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73a790f\" data-id=\"73a790f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-809b098 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"809b098\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-01ccb1e\" data-id=\"01ccb1e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-377c676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"377c676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Poll Everywhere UPN Migration<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Overview<\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Poll Everywhere has migrated to SSO authentication using User Principal Names (UPN). Thursday 4 September 2025.\u00a0 Users now login with their <strong>username@westminster.ac.uk<\/strong> (UPN) instead of their previous email format.<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Key Change Summary<\/b><\/p><ul type=\"disc\"><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>OLD FORMAT<\/b>: j.doe@westminster.ac.uk<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Staff NEW FORMAT<\/b>: doej@westminster.ac.uk (UPN)<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Students NEW FORMAT<\/b>: w1234567@westminster.ac.uk (UPN)<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>URL<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/\">https:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-689db8b\" data-id=\"689db8b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-909927d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"909927d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Login_Polleverywhere-1024x355.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21416\" alt=\"Login page polleverywhere\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Login_Polleverywhere-1024x355.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Login_Polleverywhere-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Login_Polleverywhere-768x266.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Login_Polleverywhere.png 1460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72eccd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72eccd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Signup-polleverywhere-1024x585.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21418\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Signup-polleverywhere-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Signup-polleverywhere-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Signup-polleverywhere-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Signup-polleverywhere-1536x877.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Signup-polleverywhere.png 1701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b73042 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b73042\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"> Login with your standard Microsoft UPN<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"> username@westminster.ac.uk\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">account.\u00a0 Click on<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"> &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/id.polleverywhere.com\/login\">Log in with University of Westminster SSO<\/a>&#8216;.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"> If you are an Academic creating a Poll Everywhere account for the first time select [<strong>I&#8217;m a Presenter]<\/strong>\u00a0this will create request for approval. If you do not get approval within a day, please <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/contact\/\">contact the LIDE team,<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"> who will authorise your<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"> Presenter Account. <\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Students select [<strong>I&#8217;m a participant]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6819a2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6819a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21398 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Presenter-Participant-1024x750.png\" alt=\"Presenter or Participant choice\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Presenter-Participant-1024x750.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Presenter-Participant-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Presenter-Participant-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Presenter-Participant.png 1489w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Once you have logged in ;\u00a0 \u00a0Select <strong>(+)Activity<\/strong> to create new Poll, or <strong>Go to activities<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f38f16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f38f16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/New_Activity_polleverywhere-768x379.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-21366\" alt=\"Dashboard to create and view your activities\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/New_Activity_polleverywhere-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/New_Activity_polleverywhere-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/New_Activity_polleverywhere-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/New_Activity_polleverywhere-1536x757.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/New_Activity_polleverywhere.jpg 1552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685d4ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"685d4ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a01. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Choose a question type from top menu and then add optional answers and choose the correct answer by clicking tick mark next to it then\u00a0 click on<\/span><strong> <span style=\"color: #000000\">Create.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-132c6c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"132c6c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21403\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Activities-1024x594.png\" alt=\"Activities menu\" width=\"1024\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Activities-1024x594.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Activities-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Activities-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Activities.png 1093w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><strong>2. <\/strong>Once you click create, a new window will open with a link on top which can be shared with students. You can copy and share this<strong>\u00a0link for responses with students.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>3.<\/strong>when ready\u00a0<strong>Activate the Poll<\/strong> click activate or going into the full screen mode and student will be\u00a0able to respond<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce6c3e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce6c3e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/11\/response-3-1024x438.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3884\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/11\/response-3-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/11\/response-3-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/11\/response-3-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/11\/response-3-1536x656.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/11\/response-3.png 1678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d964e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d964e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21412\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Lock-responses-clear-1024x100.png\" alt=\"Lock Responses or Clear menu\" width=\"1024\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Lock-responses-clear-1024x100.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Lock-responses-clear-300x29.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Lock-responses-clear-768x75.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Lock-responses-clear.png 1184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\u00a0After receiving responses to the poll question, you can Lock the poll so that no more\u00a0responses are given and review the responses.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26cbef2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26cbef2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2071fbf\" data-id=\"2071fbf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86acdf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"86acdf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26390d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26390d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>For more Online Help please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.polleverywhere.com\/hc\/en-us\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Poll Everywhere Support pages<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br \/>or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/contact\/\">Contact us in LIDE<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9384353 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9384353\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a6489b\" data-id=\"1a6489b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e276a8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e276a8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FAQ<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Common Issues &amp; Solutions<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>1. &#8220;I can&#8217;t log in \/ Invalid credentials&#8221;<\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Most likely cause<\/b>: User is trying to use old email format<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Solution Steps<\/b>:<\/p><ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\"><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Confirm they&#8217;re using their UPN format:\u00a0username@westminster.ac.uk<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Example: Jane Doe =\u00a0doej@westminster.ac.uk\u00a0(NOT j.doe@westminster.ac.uk)<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Verify they&#8217;re using their standard Westminster password with MFA (multi factor auth)<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Clear browser cache\/cookies for polleverywhere.com<\/li><\/ol><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>2. &#8220;I can&#8217;t find my polls\/content&#8221;<\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Solution<\/b>: Reassure them that all existing polls have been migrated to their UPN account. If polls still don&#8217;t appear after successful login, escalate to LIDE team.<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>3. &#8220;I have multiple accounts&#8221;<\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">If a user previously had both email formats, they should only use the UPN going forward. Previous accounts using the old email format will have been merged to the one UPN account.<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>4. Browser\/Cache Issues<\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Solution<\/b>:<\/p><ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\"><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Clear browser cache and cookies for polleverywhere.com<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Try incognito\/private browsing mode<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Try a different browser<\/li><\/ol><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Escalation Points<\/b><\/p><ul type=\"disc\"><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">User can log in but can&#8217;t see their migrated polls<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">UPN format doesn&#8217;t work despite being correct<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Persistent authentication errors after cache clearing<\/li><\/ul><p><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Quick Reference<\/b><\/p><ul type=\"disc\"><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Website<\/b>: https:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Login format<\/b>: UPN@westminster.ac.uk<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Password<\/b>: Standard Westminster SSO password<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Migration status<\/b>: Complete &#8211; all polls migrated<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Testing Login<\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">You can help users verify the correct format by having them:<\/p><ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\"><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Go to polleverywhere.com<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Click &#8220;Log In&#8221;<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Enter UPN@westminster.ac.uk<\/li><li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Use Westminster password<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d768f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d768f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Poll Everywhere training snippets\u00a0 &#8211; produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/\">Poll Everywhere<\/a><\/strong><\/p><div><p><strong><u>Account Management<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/PONyLD2ZlF1pNZXpRtD71hlbjD64WYKJUYS46RomNxKPaJ4VM1vuSHYvI1rKI52t.XHx1eFtrBT_2zvdg\">Profile Tab<\/a> [3:58]<\/p><p><strong><u>Activities<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/Q1pd704FKJ96bTWEtjkrDkaMqC2d56w3yqgRbfcTAPZeGWkeT9iCldM10WXIa95O.whEtplJ-QwFHehe5\">Activities Tab<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/HXLvQH-_2q9CAVJ9FuRG3eEwFZxQhm3OgheNX0NVgULLJpz-db1ZhmAJi6BO1UsV._IGQefN4zHnv-l8V\">Overview<\/a> [2:49]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/8sadZRa-8z2CDJqRoo_lo4zkQam4Fk8Hy0c8LO3QfqvY9vfSAMNoAHxAjm_vu17g.Gs6SASyjPVUNFNB4?startTime=1752091565000\">Multiple Choice<\/a> [6:07]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/XFHRoEswrxLr-cGG-faNbvA1ky_-kNH6WiH2d9fk8k54UqT4KQkQnDIiXTSr5_Cm.oFxMROOFcUlLKojj\">Word Cloud<\/a> [4:23]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/AkSv_IvbztN-gtqf_QWfv7-EwjwLLi6L0i5KHt5x5stpHzauTe_6gqZIYrYPlWSc.hTJKT_I_qqhuppH0\">Q&amp;A<\/a> [5:00]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/fri4P1m-c_91-uNwV0_PsXh_T4Tpuz0yE7aUrVNifFMVKSml7WhhHrn1iE02muJQ.amM8oHldyqWnVjgo\">Clickable Image<\/a> [5:50]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/7CnfyRA5obsxoXDuwvUOYY_iyrwImGokaIu7lcwrhWux8OFa7-xSrlpGfjk8RfTC.8TuzbxtuR-nSLp9Z\">Open Ended<\/a> [3:36]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/ZwNs28yH0I98oPSasLtZAc_t5OMt_U_YOHZcJkGkID4CCtm-xSGIrdcGA6xcJX8.VQUOdO76ocJAPJMq\">Surveys<\/a> [7:52]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/xdqOk3KgxxTllPCGm7JMyv4Ad_a7RRPB2QwSiu8HmAC2M1LXsPGxchw29KTwh6Ih.AWrP22e6N4cT-s4y\">Competitions<\/a> [12:56]<\/p><p><strong><u>Advanced Activity Settings<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/fm07UbIYQLEGOFzi91Q_v8-cy85FGW5Afcn0asX5X4ANfjnrxv4F5lSv1r80Tl1z.kjxLOxQPHHYXSqIn\">Visual Settings<\/a> [6:31]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/PvOrC7JfBtZ2LWK6zVNj4A9PDs0U2TT5yKbmocdBTQVJ-C00YfTQW7p8XVTsDErE.O-S0cPyJVk-3qOc_\">Moderation<\/a> [4:43]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/tn4U3SraShNU8Kd-uDWVMA6VEh57P4Zqj6dnq6p8gs32uo5xEv3b4dHnuwFPyM0d.Tqwcd7oqJmB8zmum\">Pinned Q&amp;A<\/a> [6:25]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/n51fcbpVU6QrZv4Ll6BmAoj6PmKvMUT6I9745tCZTWrmLFmL61DqYbYjG4aj3-v6.d6Fu2VomP-EG9CUa?startTime=1752098270000\">Asynchronous Activities<\/a> [5:57]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/j7T1r61K_a7Pl-4cD4TVQqBnvzZnYtN4Yt5IEr2McvoGNMHONc7DigCSrl_21bEn.nhcmlH4IOT830_tU\">Anonymous Polling vs, Requiring Registration<\/a> [10:13]<\/p><p><strong><u>Registering Participants<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/FzlyVFUJ3iDT-3ahsNEyN-vmnQTTs187dYgpVWwLuTnvmg5aczRgdl3Vwe9PoMUc.qldr0y9nbofr9vNb\">Registered Participants (CSV Upload)<\/a> [6:38]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/1x4bOYuekr3o2m_R9ciqyKNKq6Owd6xdFtd_5--EUf_NW2lmMN4UeQzOvB_6n39q.zrNV9YjLdgtQusEo\">Registered Participants (self registration)<\/a> [7:13]<\/p><\/div><div><p><strong><u>Features<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/2Uxy4ZvTldbuygHq5J26HALuv702BN6ixREHtUMCDSAkQh0CdmU4UWOby0JiTylB.ZEiqSd99PeFLrIxU\">Teams\/Shared Activities<\/a> [11:11]<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/polleverywhere.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/05f6KcLzwz2PjCLmomfSWhxsQYzNoRQlSM38NnoxvYRb_ZodZJgtQiqRkQk2dUVX.Lh86ec2uhusvuq3G\">Attendance<\/a> [9:03]<\/p><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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