Using Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere is available for all Emory University students, faculty and staff as of the fall 2020 semester. Instructors can use Poll Everywhere to interact with students during class in real time to assess point-in-time learning, take attendance, gamify lessons or survey students.

Accessing Poll Everywhere


Direct Log In

Your Poll Everywhere account can be accessed by going to polleverywhere.com and going to the “Log In” link.

Once you enter an emory.edu email address, you will be redirected to Emory Login and logged into Poll Everywhere with an appropriate role.


Access From Within Canvas

Poll Everywhere supports access for Presenters and Participants through the Canvas LMS, as well as roster syncing for classes.

Step 1: Click on the “Poll Everywhere” option in the Course Navigation menu.

Step 2: Click on “Continue to canvas.emory.edu.” This will open a new tab to the Poll Everywhere page for this course.

Step 3: You should now be logged into Poll Everywhere.

Step 1: From within Poll Everywhere, navigate to your Participants page and select Courses.

Step 2: From the Courses screen, you will see all of the courses you have connected with Poll Everywhere. From here, you can click Sync Roster next to the specific course.

Note: To sync course rosters, Enable Roster Sync must be On. You can click the toggle button to turn on/off. When On, your rosters will automatically sync on a nightly-basis.

Step 3: To sync all of your courses, select Sync Rosters.

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NOTE: If you do not see Poll Everywhere in your Course Navigation menu, it might need to be enabled. Please refer to these instructions on how to enable the link for your course.

Additional instructions as well as troubleshooting tips can be found on the Poll Everywhere Canvas integration page:


Poll Everywhere Roles

Poll Everywhere users are split into two different role types: presenters and participants. Faculty and staff users are provisioned as presenters, who are allowed to create Poll Everywhere “Activities.” Student accounts are provisioned as participants, who are allowed to respond to activities created by participants. Student users are only required to log in if the activity is configured to require it; if the activity allows anonymous participation, logging in is not necessary.

Creating a Poll as a Presenter

If you have a presenter role, you can create a wide variety of activities within Poll Everywhere. You are assigned a unique username within the application which can be changed in the Settings menu. This username will be used by your students to access your currently active poll. We encourage instructors to consult the comprehensive Instructor Getting Started Guide or the documents linked below.

Controlling Access to Your Polling Activity

Activity presenters can create their polls and allow either unrestricted access ("Everyone - no restrictions") or require users to be authenticated on the Emory account ("Restrict to registered particpants only") under the Audience restriction and identity menu. Filters can be set by instructors for emoji, profanity filters and response moderation under the  Moderation menu.

Using Poll Everywhere as a Participant

Poll Everywhere activities will be accessed differently depending on how an instructor chooses to implement the tool. In most cases, students will be given a URL and can respond to the poll through a browser or mobile device. Please review the brief Student Getting Started Guide to learn more.

Poll Everywhere Support and Training

Poll Everywhere offers vendor-provided support 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. EST on weekdays at 1-800-388-2039 or via email at support@polleverywhere.com. Poll Everywhere hosts two different webinar trainings every two weeks:

For personalized help with using Poll Everywhere you may also email classes@emory.edu to create a support ticket or schedule a 1:1 appointment. Poll Everywhere has a lot of great features and Teaching and Learning Technologies would love work with you.