Enabling polling for meetings in zoom app
There are several ways in which polling can be enabled at a user, group, or account level in order to make it available for meetings. With the polling feature of the tool, you can generate multiple choice polling questions or single choice polls for your meetings. As well as the ability to create advanced polls, you can also set up questions which can be matched, ordered by ranked order, short response, or long response. In advanced polls, it is also possible to specify what the correct answers are to use them as quizzes. During your meeting, you will be able to launch the poll for your participants to answer, and you will be able to gather their responses. The results of the polling can be downloaded after the session has ended. You have the option of conducting polls anonymously if you are not interested in collecting any information from your participants with the results of the poll.
Prerequisites for enabling polling for meetings
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A Pro account, a Business account, an Educational account, or an Enterprise account
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Ownership or administrative privileges of an account
How to enable or disable polling for meetings
Account
For all members of your organization to be able to participate in polling during meetings:
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Admins have the privilege to edit account settings as part of the Zoom web portal as long as they are logged in as an administrator.
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You can access account settings by clicking on the Account Management option in the navigation menu.
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To access the Meeting tab, click the Meeting button.
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Using the toggle switch next to Meeting Polls/Quizzes under the Meeting (Basic) tab, you can enable or disable this feature.
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To verify the change, click Enable or Disable in the confirmation dialog box that appears.
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Click the check box to enable the following features, then click the Save button after selecting the check boxes.
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Allow host to create advanced polls and quizzes
Note: This sub-setting can also be locked at the account level by clicking the lock icon in the top right hand corner.-
Allow host to upload image for each question: In advanced polls/quizzes that hosts create, you can specify whether they should be allowed to upload images. In the event that you change the setting, your advanced polls/quizzes will be impacted as well as existing ones.
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Allow alternative host to add or edit polls and quizzes: As a host, you can permit your alternative hosts to participate in a meeting with you by adding polls to the agenda, editing those polls, and downloading them in advance.
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Allow users to manage saved polls and quizzes from “Meetings”: Create a central library that allows users to manage polls that are relevant to their meetings in a central location. It is possible to add a Polls/Quizzes tab to the Zoom web portal Meetings when it is enabled.
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Require answers to be anonymous: The administrator or account owner can ensure that participant answers are always anonymous by enforcing this.
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Alternatively, you could click the lock icon on the right side of the screen, and then click Lock to confirm the setting, thereby preventing all users in your account from changing this setting.
Group
A specific group of members can be enabled or disabled to have polling during meetings during their meeting:
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Ensure you are logged in as an admin user with the ability to edit the user groups on the Zoom web portal.
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Click on User Management, then Groups from the navigation menu on the left.
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From the list of groups, select the name of the group that applies to you.
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Click on the Meeting tab on the left side of the screen.
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If you click the Meeting Polls/Quizzes toggle under In Meeting (Basic), you can enable or disable Meeting Polls/Quizzes for the meeting.
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To verify the change, click Enable or Disable in the confirmation dialog box that appears.
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Click the check box to enable the following features, then click the Save button after selecting the check boxes.
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Allow host to create advanced polls and quizzes
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Allow host to upload image for each question: In advanced polls/quizzes that hosts create, you can specify whether they should be allowed to upload images. In the event that you change the setting, your advanced polls/quizzes will be impacted as well as existing ones.
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Allow alternative host to add or edit polls and quizzes: As a host, you can permit your alternative hosts to participate in a meeting with you by adding polls to the agenda, editing those polls, and downloading them in advance.
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Allow users to manage saved polls and quizzes from “Meetings”: Create a central library that allows users to manage polls that are relevant to their meetings in a central location. It is possible to add a Polls/Quizzes tab to the Zoom web portal Meetings when it is enabled.
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Require answers to be anonymous: Admins or account owners can ensure participant answers are always anonymous by enforcing it on their accounts.
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(Optional) By clicking the lock icon, and then clicking Lock once to confirm the setting, you can make sure all users in your group will not be able to change this setting.
User
The following steps will assist you in enabling or disabling meeting polling to suit your needs:
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You will be able to sign into your Zoom account once you have logged in.
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Click Settings from the menu at the top of the page.
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Click on the Meeting tab on the left side of the screen.
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Using the toggle switch next to Meeting Polls/Quizzes under the Meeting (Basic) tab, you can enable or disable this feature.
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Upon the appearance of a verification dialog, you will have the option of enabling or disabling the change.
Note: You will need to contact your Zoom administrator if the option you are looking for is grayed out, which means it is either being blocked at the group or account level. -
If you want to enable the following features, check the appropriate boxes, then click the Save button.
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Allow host to create advanced polls and quizzes
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Allow host to upload image for each question: In advanced polls/quizzes that hosts create, you can specify whether they should be allowed to upload images. In the event that you change the setting, your advanced polls/quizzes will be impacted as well as existing ones.
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Allow alternative host to add or edit polls and quizzes:It is possible to enable alternative hosts to be able to add, edit, and download polls during a meeting that has been scheduled with alternate hosts.
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Require answers to be anonymous: Admins or account owners can ensure participant answers are always anonymous by enforcing it on their accounts.
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How to use meeting polls
You can enable meeting polls by following the steps below:
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You can create simple polls that will be used for meetings (including questions with multiple choices or single choice options).
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As well as multiple choice and single choice questions, advanced polls and quizzes can be created by including matching options, ranked choices, short answers, and long answers.
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Analyze the results of the polls