Participating in class polls, in person

Instructors may include polling questions in a class slide deck or presentation for you to answer before, during or after class. The sections below provide instructions for how you can access polls in Echo360 and respond to each type of polling question activity.

• Responding to polling questions
• Multiple choice questions (MCQs)
• Numeric questions
• Ordered list questions
• Image questions
• Short answer questions

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You can access polls on Echo360 from the mobile app, via texting or through a laptop. Echo360 can be accessed directly through your Brightspace course.

• Accessing Echo account settings and adding a phone number
• Using mobile phone to text respond to polls

For polls in interactive media (videos)

• You can respond only once.
• The correct answer is shown for you (if there is one) after you respond. In some cases, response feedback is shown at the bottom of the poll after you have responded to it.

For polls in slide decks

• As long as polling stays open, you can click edit your answer to change the answer you submitted.
• If SMS responses are enabled, you can use your cell phone to text your answers for some types of activity slides, and only for polls in presentations. Text the slide code, then a spac,e and then your answer.
• The Polling Slide Code is the SMS code on the bottom of each slide. Example: SQTF This code identifies what slide you are responding to. Your mobile phone number identifies who you are, as long as it appears in the phone number field of your account settings.
• Once instructors close the question slide polling, they can show student submissions as well as the correct answer.
• The correct answer(s) are checked as correct.
• Any feedback provided for the poll is only shown after the poll is closed.

To respond to a multiple choice poll

• For single-answer questions, click the answer then click Submit.
• For single-answer questions via SMS, type the activity code, space, then the letter of the correct answer. Send the text to the phone number indicated on the question slide.
• For multiple-answer questions, click all correct answers, then click Submit. To change your selections, click an answer again to de-select it.
• For multiple-answer questions via SMS, type the polling slide code, space, then all letters of the correct answers separated by commas. Send the text to the phone number indicated on the slide.

Numeric questions are those that require a specific numeric response to be entered into the answer text box.

To respond to a numeric poll

• Type in the number for the answer then, click Submit.
• To respond via SMS, type the activity code, a space, then the number you are submitting as the correct answer. Send the text to the phone number indicated on the question slide.

Ordered list questions are questions asked where you must place the given options into the correct or best order.

To respond to an ordered list poll

• Click-and-drag the options into the correct order on the screen, then click Submit.
• To respond via SMS, type the activity code, a space, then the letters of the options in the proper order, separated by commas. For example, PZRF A, D, C, B. Send the text to the phone number indicated on the slide.

Image questions are where instructors pose a question associated with a picture. Your answer is provided by clicking a specific location on the image.

Image questions cannot be responded to via SMS.

To respond to an image poll

1. Click a specific location on the image to indicate your response.
2. Click Submit.

Short answer (also sometimes called Free Response) questions are those that require you to enter text into the text box to answer the question posed. The system does not identify correct or incorrect answers to free response questions.

Be sure to review your answer closely and edit it as needed before submitting your response. SMS responses are limited to 160 characters.

To respond to a short answer poll

• Type your response in the text box provided, review it, then click Submit.
• To respond via SMS, type the activity code, a space, then the text you are submitting as your response. Send the text to the phone number indicated on the question slide.