How to Use Polls in Zoom

Overview

The article is a guide on How to use polls in Zoom.

This article is divided into the following sections:

Adding poll questions using the web portal

Launching a poll

Instructions

Adding poll questions using the web portal

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. Go to the Meetings page and click on your scheduled meeting. 
3. Scroll to the bottom to find the Poll option.
4. Click Add to begin creating the poll.
5. Enter a title and your first question. 
   • (Optional) Click the Anonymous check box to make the poll anonymous, which will keep the participant's polling information anonymous in the meeting and in the reports. 
   • Select whether you want the question to be single choice (participants can only choose one answer) or multiple choice (participants can choose multiple answers).
6. Type in the answers to your question and click Save at the bottom.
7. If you would like to add a new question, click Add a Question to create a new question for that particular poll.

Launching a poll

1. Start the scheduled Zoom meeting that has polling enabled.
2. Click Polls in the meeting controls.
   
    
3. Select the poll you would like to launch.
4. Click Launch Polling.
5. The participants in the meeting will now be prompted to answer the polling questions. The host will be able to see the results live.
6. Once you would like to stop the poll, click End Poll.
7. If you would like to share the results with the participants in the meeting, click Share Results. 
   Participants will then see the results of the polling questions.

For more information, check out the related Zoom Polling help page.

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