Poll Everywhere feature update

To provide a more intuitive and user-friendly experience, Poll Everywhere will implement a visual redesign and introduce new features on July 19, 2023

The upcoming changes will allow you to: 

  • Add a QR code for participants to join an activity quickly 
  • Present and moderate activities via the Poll Everywhere mobile app 
  • Compose custom reply messages to participants after they submit a response 
  • Display open-ended question responses as a text wall instead of clusters 
  • Utilize multiple-choice activities instead of segmentation or heat maps 

Additional changes include the relocation of voting instructions to the left panel of the activity page and a change to activity settings, where some options—such as axis color, label color, and highlighting—will no longer be customizable. 

Visit Poll Everywhere's list of new visual settings for a detailed overview of these changes and their potential impacts on your activities. 

If you have questions or concerns, contact tlt@hms.harvard.edu