Description

Spark exciting conversations directly from your PowerPoint slide deck. Create a Multiple choice activity directly in Microsoft Teams. Use it whenever you need to collect feedback in a hurry: to prioritize agenda items, assign tasks during a meeting, or vote on a favorite movie.

Benefits

Poll Everywhere for PowerPoint

• Turn PowerPoint decks into conversations: Engage participants – Ask interactive questions that spark impactful discussions. Choose from a variety of activity types, insert them seamlessly into your decks, and watch results come in live on the screen — all without leaving PowerPoint.

• Incorporate audience feedback in real time: Hear from everyone – Share the mic with every attendee. Whether you meet virtually, in person, or in a hybrid environment, Poll Everywhere for PowerPoint lets you get to know everyone in the audience.

• Generate long-term insights: Power decisions with data – When presenting using Poll Everywhere for PowerPoint, gather audience insights that inform your content strategy, learning goals, and business objectives. Then, run a detailed Report to analyze the results.

Poll Everywhere for Teams

• Engage teammates: Create a Multiple choice activity directly in Microsoft Teams. Use it whenever you need to collect feedback in a hurry: to prioritize agenda items, assign tasks during a meeting, or vote on a favorite movie.

• Spark conversations: Because participants respond directly in Teams too, there’s no need to leave the thread to align with your teammates and spark interesting discussions.

• Gain insights: Asking an interactive question in Teams doesn’t limit your ability to dig deeper. View detailed response history, run reports, or edit an activity’s settings by opening it in your Poll Everywhere account.

Support

Poll Everywhere support and training are offered by the UCSF Library's Learning Technology team. You can also chat with other Office 365 users at UCSF on the Office 365 Team (open to anyone at UCSF - use the join code 7me7twx).

Training

You can find training videos and tutorials on the Library's Poll Everywhere page.

• Add Poll Everywhere add-in to Office 365 PowerPoint
• Inserting activities with Poll Everywhere for Microsoft 365
• Inserting Surveys with Poll Everywhere for Microsoft 365
• To learn how to add an add-in to an Office 365 application see View, manage, and install add-ins in Office programs.

Requirements and Limitations

To access Office 365 you need a web browser (Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge are recommended for the best experience) and a UCSF email address.