19.1. Polls

• Polls are the estimations based on the public opinions.

• The polls appear only between the set start date & time to end date & time.

• Polls are created and assigned to the user groups.

  

• Procedure to create polls:

  * Step 1: Create polls by creating poll type questions.

  * Step 2: Assign to the user groups

  * Step 3: View poll responses

• Polls are created based on 3 types of questions:

  o Yes/No: Type yes/no question text. Define the correct answer. Feedbacks can be added that are displayed to users after submitting the answer.

  o True/False: Type true/false question text. Define the correct answer. Feedbacks can be added that are displayed to users after submitting the answer.

  o Multiple Choice Questions Single Answers: This option allows users to select one answer choice from a list of choices.

To access polls:

Click Admin > Manage Polls. The following Polls screen appears displaying details on polls.

19.1.1. Create New Poll

To create poll:

Click Create New. The following Create Poll screen appears with the respective details to be filled

Note

• The user groups lists the users under a particular group, to which the poll is mapped.
• Mail notifications are sent to all the users of the selected user groups.

19.1.2. Edit, Delete and View Poll Details

To edit poll:

Click Edit . The following Edit Poll screen appears with the chosen fields to be edited.

Note

• Others Can View Response option enabled to ‘Yes’, allows other users to view the response percentages.
• Multiple user groups can be added while editing and mail notifications can be sent to all the users under the particular groups.

To delete poll:

* Click Delete .

* The polls can be deleted based on two scenarios:

• Scenario 1: The polls can be deleted before the user participation.
• Scenario 2: The polls cannot be deleted after the user participation; i.e. if one or more users give the responses to the polls, then it cannot be deleted directly. To delete the poll, the responses must be deleted first.

To view poll details:

Click Details . The Polls Details screen appears displaying details on selected poll.

19.1.3. Poll Responses

Poll responses display, the poll percentage of the number of users participated.

To display poll responses:

Click Responses . The following Poll Responses screen appears displaying selected poll percentage details.

19.1.4. Import Polls

The polls can also be uploaded in a bulk. Refer Steps to Import Questions under Assessments.

19.1.5. Participate in Polls

• Users can participate in polls by providing responses for the published polls.
• Polls are not available again to the user’s once the response is given.

19.1.5.1. Steps to Participate in polls:

* Step 1: Click Dashboard > Polls. The following Polls screen appears displaying a list of polls published.

* Step 2: Select appropriate response option.

* Step 3: Click Submit.