Information on Polling Software
Resource Overview
Explore a variety of polling software options available to you.
Washington University in St. Louis has an institutional license for PollEverywhere to be used as an in class polling software, but there are other options available to faculty who wish to use an alternative. This is a list of the most common classroom polling services available, their uses, and any costs associated with them. If you have questions about choosing a software option and/or pedagogical strategies for using polling questions in your teaching please contact us at ctl@wustl.edu.
- Polls can be multiple choice, open response, live word clouds, clickable images, up- and down-voting for Q&A, or rank order.
- Polling has live results which change as more people answer the poll.
- Questions can be written in almost any language, and can include images, LaTeX syntax (for formulas), and emojis.
- Responses can be sent in through web or SMS texting.
- Results can be customized with different colors and fonts.
- Results can be displayed from any web browser, or embed the live chart in a PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides deck.
- Students’ answers are anonymous.
- Supported through WashU Institutional License.
- Can be integrated into Canvas.
- Polls can be multiple choice.
- Integrated into Zoom; no need for students or instructor to use other software.
- Students’ answers can be anonymous.
- Supported through WashU Institutional License.
- Polls can be multiple choice, word answer, numeric answer, fill-in-the-blank, matching, click-on-target, sorting and more.
- Results can be displayed as visual graphs, word clouds, and heat maps.
- Grades can be instantly uploaded and weighted.
- Upload slides and integrate polls into one system.
- Lecture slides can be synced to students’ devices in real time.
- Includes attendance taking feature.
- Can be used on any device with internet.
- Grades can be exported to school’s LMS.
- Students’ answers are anonymous.
- Free to professors, $26 for students.
- Polls can be multiple choice, true/false, or short answer.
- Polling has live results which change as more people answer the poll.
- Can create quizzes, ask questions, and run a competitive team quiz pool.
- Virtual rooms can be used to allow for out of class engagement.
- Can be used on any device with internet.
- Students’ answers are anonymous.
- Free up to 50 students.
- Must pay to share links and customize.
- Polls can be multiple choice or correct order.
- Can be used on any device with internet.
- Students do not need to log in to an account.
- Can be used as a homework platform.
- Can be played internationally online.
- Free with no student cap.