Question
How to use polls in a Zoom meeting?
Answer
Activate Polling
- Log into your My Meeting Settings in Zoom: https://zoom.us/profile/setting
- Click on the Settings in the Meeting Section
- Scroll down until you see Polling. Turn on that option.
- Your settings will be update.
Update your Zoom software
- Open your Zoom client on your Mac or PC
- Click the green status icon and select Check for updates
- The Zoom software will download a new version. This make take a few minutes.
- Click the blue Update Now button in the new window. Your Zoom software will relaunch.
You are now ready to use polling in your Zoom meeting!
A poll can have up to 10 questions and up to 8 choices in each question. You can have many polls in each meeting.
- Schedule your Zoom meeting
- Log into your My Meetings list in Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting
- Click on the meeting in which you would like to have a poll
- At the bottom, click the Add button in the Poll section
- In the lightbox, enter a title for your poll.
- Click the blue + Add a Question button, filling out the question, choosing the type (Single Choice or Multiple Choice) and the possible answers for each, minimum 2.
Once you are in your meeting
- Click the polling button on the bottom menu
- Choose your poll by clicking the ∨
- Click the blue Launch Polling
Your poll will have a build in counter going. - When you are ready, end your poll by clicking the blue End Polling button at the bottom.
- You can share results with participants by clicking the blue Share Results button