Poll Everywhere Resources

Poll Everywhere is a cloud-based Audience Response System (ARS) that supports interactive classroom instruction and real-time learner engagement. Faculty can request a premium presenter account at [email protected] to poll up to 1000 participants during a poll session.

• Login to Poll Everywhere (external link)
  • Instructions

Installers:

• For med school-owned computers, install it by yourself under the Software Center
• For home/personal computers: Go to https://www.polleverywhere.com/app/ (external link)
• For other work computers (ask for your IT personnel’s help):
  • 1. Go to https://www.polleverywhere.com/app/powerpoint/win (external link)
    2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the “Poll Everywhere for Enterprise” section
    3. Follow the steps to install Poll Everywhere Add-in (.MSI file)
• Poll Everywhere for Google Slides for both PC and Mac Users (external link) (If you use your UTH-Share account, please first log in to https://www.polleveywhere.com with your UTHealth credentials, and then open up another tab to install the extension)

User Guides:

• PowerPoint for Windows (external link)
  • Poll Everywhere in PowerPoint for Windows (video) (external link)
  • Inserting activities with Poll Everywhere for Windows (external link)
• PowerPoint for Mac (external link)
  • Poll Everywhere in PowerPoint for Mac (video) (external link)
  • Inserting activities with Poll Everywhere for MacOS (external link)
• Google Slides (external link)
• Video Guides (external link)
• All User Guides (external link)

Frequently Asked Questions:

• Customize Your Username and the URL of Your Response Page (external link)
• Windows PowerPoint Add-ins Read-Only and Protected View Errors (external link) (Windows users, read the Protected Presentation section)
• Grant Poll Everywhere Access to PowerPoint (Mac Users) (external link)
• Screen Recording Permissions (Mac Users) (external link)
• Share an Activity (external link) (Contact [email protected] to set up a team)
• Present Activities in a Slide Presentation During an Online Meeting (external link)
• Create a Report (external link)
• Enable Poll Everywhere Tab in Windows PowerPoint (external link)
• Create a Poll Template

On-Site Support at the McGovern Medical School Building: call MS Conference Operations at 713-500-5048, or email  [email protected]

For other training or support, please email: [email protected] or contact Poll Everywhere directly at [email protected] or call 800-388-2039 (7AM-7PM).