You can use the built-in Polling feature in Zoom to do both ad-hoc and pre-planned polls/surveys which can also function as a voting system.
Zoom’s Polling feature (link to help article on Zoom’s site)
Creating a poll before your class
(Lifted from Pepperdine IT’s site on Facilitating a Meeting with Zoom)
- Sign in to your Zoom account.
- To begin a poll, you need to either: a) create a new meeting, OR b) go to an existing meeting under the “Meetings” tab.
- Scroll to the bottom of the meeting invitation, click “Add” to begin creating the poll.
![Begin Poll Creation](https://community.pepperdine.edu/it/images/polling-1.png)
4. Title the poll, enter question type (single or multiple choice), and click “Save.”
![Poll Question](https://community.pepperdine.edu/it/images/polling-2.png)
Launching a poll
1. Click “Polling” in the bottom toolbar.
![Launch Poll](https://community.pepperdine.edu/it/images/polling-3.png)
2. Click “Launch Poll.”
![Poll Question](https://community.pepperdine.edu/it/images/polling-4.png)
3. Participants in the meeting will be prompted to answer the polling questions. Once an answer has been submitted, the host will be able to see the live results.
![Polling Questions in Progress](https://community.pepperdine.edu/it/images/polling-5.png)
4. When finished with the poll, click “End Poll.”
5. (Optional) To share polling results with meeting participants, Click “Share Results.”
![Poll Results](https://community.pepperdine.edu/it/images/polling-6.png)
6. Click “Stop Sharing” to stop sharing poll results with meeting participants.
![Stop Sharing Poll Results](https://community.pepperdine.edu/it/images/polling-8.png)
Creating a poll during your class/meeting
You can also create a poll by clicking Polling during the meeting.
![](https://2vs790.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/zoom-poll-1-640x159.png)
This will open up your default web browser where you can add additional polls or questions. Click “add a question” and then navigate to the page that will appear in your browser, where you can create a question to be used in your meeting.
![](https://2vs790.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/zoom-poll-2-620x640.png)
![](https://2vs790.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/zoom-polll-3-640x618.png)
After your have created your question, follow the same instructions for launching and sharing a pre-planned poll:
First, to get back into the meeting currently running, click Join Now to be directed back to your class.
![](https://2vs790.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zoom-a.1-640x272.png)
Next, click the polling icon in the bottom toolbar, which should bring up the newly-created question. Click Launch Poll.
![](https://2vs790.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zoom-b.1-453x640.png)
When students finish answering, click End Poll.
![](https://2vs790.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zoom-c.1-522x640.png)
Finally, you will have the option to Share Results from the poll, or Re-launch the question.
![](https://2vs790.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zoom-d.1.png)
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Information Services at support@law.pepperdine.edu or (310) 506-7425.