Connecting your Canvas course with Poll Everywhere
Use Poll Everywhere to create polls and activities ahead of time and launch in your web browser or presentation to collect and display real-time responses that participants provide with a laptop or mobile device. What if you could grade your students on their responses to your Poll Everywhere activities? The Poll Everywhere app for Canvas allows you to:
- Sync your course roster from Canvas into Poll Everywhere, allowing you to identify which students participated in your activities.
- Grade participant responses, participation, or attendance from Poll Everywhere to Canvas.
To use Poll Everywhere in Canvas, you will need to connect your Canvas course to Poll Everywhere. This must be done for each course you wish to create grades from Poll Everywhere. To connect your Canvas course to Poll Everywhere:
- Before you proceed, ensure:
- You have a presenter account registered at UIW.
- Your Canvas course is published.
- Your Canvas course has a start and end date.
- Login to Cardinal Apps.
- Open your Canvas course.
- Select Modules.
- Select + Module.
- Name the module "Poll Everywhere" and select Add Module.
- Leave the module unpublished.
- Within the new module, click the + button and complete the following:
- Select External Tool.
- Find and select Poll Everywhere.
- Select Load in a new tab.
- Click Save.
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Click on the Poll Everywhere link within the Module.
- Click the "Load Poll Everywhere in a new window" button.
- Select Acknowledge.
- Select 'Sync Roster'.
Need more detail?
Delve into the in-depth walkthrough below, complete with images and various notes for every step.
In-Depth Walkthrough
Step 1
Login to Cardinal Apps and open Canvas LMS.
Step 2
Go to the course that you wish to connect with Poll Everywhere and click the ‘+ Module’
button. Name the module whatever you like in the subsequent popup window, then click
the ‘Add Module’ button to save.
Step 3
Click the + Module button in the upper right to create a new module.
This module will be left as 'unpublished' so it will not show for students. It exists to connect Poll Everywhere and Canvas.
Step 4
Name the module Poll Everywhere, then click the 'Add Module' button.
Leave the module as unpublished ()
Step 5
Click on the + button in the upper right of your new Poll Everywhere module.
Step 6
- Choose 'External Tool' within the drop-down menu
- Scroll down and click on 'Poll Everywhere'
- Scroll down using the right-most handle and check the 'Load in a new tab' box.
- Click on the 'Add Item' button
Step 7
Click on the newly created 'Poll Everywhere' module item and open Poll Everywhere with the 'Load Poll Everywhere in a new window' button.
If you are asked to Log in, enter your @uiwtx.edu email and click the Next button twice to Log in with UIW.
Step 8
Click on the 'Continue to canvas.uiw.edu' button
Step 9
You'll now see the name of your course and some other options. To finish the sync process, click the Sync roster button.
Done! Now, your Canvas roster will sync with Poll Everywhere. You are now ready to create grades from polls and activities.
What to do now?
FAQ
How many times do I need to do this sync?
This sync will need to be performed at least once. The first time will be to connect the two platforms... and you'll need to perform the sync (steps 7-9) each time a student is added or dropped from your Canvas course. This is to ensure the grades you export go to the correct individual.
Does this process connect all my Canvas courses to Poll Everywhere?
No. You will need to repeat this entire guide for each course you plan on exporting grades from Poll Everywhere.
Can I use Poll Everywhere without connecting it to Canvas?
Yes. Poll Everywhere can be used independently from Canvas and you are free to manually enter grades based on participant responses. However, this process provides a seamless workflow to automatically match a participant's response to their Canvas counterpart.