This is the archive of UW Poll Everywhere updates. View current updates.
On September 17, 2024, Poll Everywhere released Course Management as Pre-release feature. This feature changes the way you manage course roster syncing with Canvas and updates other features allowing for participation grading as well as grading based on correctness. You can turn this feature on or off at any time. Learn more about this new feature.
On April 4, 2024, Poll Everywhere released a new version of the Presenter App for Windows PowerPoint. This version cannot be updated via the Update button in PowerPoint and must be downloaded and installed. Download Version 4.1.0 of the Poll Everywhere for Windows PowerPoint app. Learn more about this release and earlier releases of the app.
Poll Everywhere will be reapplying the new visual settings after Autumn Quarter ends. Fixes to known issues were deployed on 11/1/2023 after this update was rolled back in September. These new setting will not be available in our account until 12/18/2023. To make it easier to use these new settings, you should apply the new poll template titled UW Branded Template 2 - new visual settings available in the template folder that was shared with all UW presenters. UW-IT and Learning Technologies recommend applying this new poll template to avoid any issues with the functionality and visual appearance of your polls. Learn more about how to access and use the template poll. If you do not see the folder under Shared with me in your Poll Everywhere account, please email help@uw.edu.
Due to ongoing technical issues with the new visual settings, we had the vendor revert back to the original visual settings that were in place prior to 8/22/2023. If you have applied the template poll with these new visual settings to your polls and would like to switch back to the original settings, a UW-branded poll template with these original visual settings is currently available in the template folder that was shared with presenters. UW-IT and Learning Technologies recommends reverting back to the original settings until the technical issues have been addressed and the updated settings are redeployed. Learn more about how to access and use the template poll. Any changes or updates on these issues with Poll Everywhere will be promptly communicated on this page, as a Canvas Banner, and via direct email to active Poll Everywhere Presenters (Teachers, TAs and instructional staff who frequently use this service).
Due to a technical issue, the folder containing the UW-branded poll templates was not copied properly to all users on the account. We have instead shared this folder with the entire account. Please look for this folder under the Shared with me link in the Activities section of your Poll Everywhere account. Learn more about how to access and use the template poll.
On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, all polls will get new visual settings. To make it easier to use these new settings, you can use new poll templates available the same day in a folder titled "UW Shared Template Polls (Copied from UW Admin on August 22, 2023)." Learn more about how to access and use the template poll.
The change in visual settings scheduled for Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT, has been delayed by the vendor until until late July or early August.
This integration was enabled Wednesday, June 14, 2023. See below for more information.
On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT, all polls will get new visual settings. To make it easier to use these new settings, you can use a new template poll available the same day in a folder titled "UW Template Poll (Copied from UW Admin on June 14, 2023)." Learn more about how to access and use the template poll. Please note: Custom visual settings may also be affected by this change.
Starting Wednesday, June 14, 2023, you'll have an improved experience with this new Canvas integration (known as an LTI or Learning Tools Interoperability) with Poll Everywhere. The LTI Advantage integration is the newest standard and it supports a greater range of features and an improved user experience. Along with updated security, the new LTI requires fewer clicks to synchronize data between Poll Everywhere and Canvas. As of June 14, you will no longer be able to import participants and export graded polls to Canvas. You will still be able to run Gradebook reports and export CSV files of reports.
LTI Release DELAYED: Due to functionality issues that will not be resolved before the start of Autumn Quarter, UW-IT will be postponing the deployment of the Poll Everywhere LTI until after the term. Please continue to use the current Canvas course list import process to create or update course groups in Poll Everywhere for the Summer A Term.We will continue to work with the vendor to address these issues and revise instructional documentation. We will post updates here and to Canvas as necessary. Shared NetIDs in Poll Everywhere: As of August 19, 2022, Shared UW NetIDs are no longer allowed in, and will no longer be provisioned to, the UW Poll Everywhere account. Poll Everywhere Presenters will no longer be able to use a Shared UW NetID to present polls and activities in the UW Poll Everywhere account. Instructional teams and student government organizations (ASUW, GPSS) can use the Poll Everywhere Teams feature for collaboration, and to share and present activities. Participant/Student Registration REQUIRED: A reminder that as of March 18, 2022 the UW Poll Everywhere account is restricted to allow responses only from registered participants who are logged in to the account. Read below for more information Please email help@uw.edu with any questions or concerns.
LTI Release DELAYED: Due to functionality issues that will not be resolved before the original release date of June 15, UW-IT will be postponing the deployment of the Poll Everywhere LTI until Thursday, July 21, 2022, the start date of the Summer B Term. Please continue to use the current Canvas course list import process to create or update course groups in Poll Everywhere for the Summer A Term.We will continue to work with the vendor to address these issues and revise instructional documentation. We will post updates here and to Canvas as necessary. Please email help@uw.edu with any questions or concerns.
On Friday, June 10, 2022, at 5pm PST, UW-IT will disable the current participant registration process via Canvas for the UW Poll Everywhere account. This change makes way for the new Canvas integration (known as an LTI or Learning Tools Interoperability) into Poll Everywhere, which will be enabled by Wednesday , June 13, 2022. The current integration is being deprecated and will be unavailable after June 10. Learn more.
On Friday, March 18, 2022, at 5pm PST, UW-IT will restrict the UW Poll Everywhere account to allow responses only from registered participants who are logged in to the account.