About YPoll
What is YPoll?
YPoll is a free, live polling web application – anyone can create questions, launch a polling session, and gather real-time responses from participants using any internet-connected device. In this way, YPoll is similar to tools like Poll Everywhere or iClickers. In classroom settings, faculty can use YPoll to launch polling sessions and collect student responses instantly.
What can I do with YPoll?
YPoll allows you to gather feedback from your audience in real time. In a classroom setting, a teacher can do concept checks through YPoll or gather opinions on a given topic. For example, YPoll will show the teacher what percent of the class is answering A, B, C, or D, or generate a word cloud for text-input questions. Another common use for YPoll is to take attendance.
As mentioned, YPoll supports a variety of question types like multiple choice questions and text-input questions. YPoll also has numerical response questions and rank/ordering question types. Other features of YPoll include support for "choose all that apply" questions, time limits for answering, points and scoring systems (including partial scoring and participation scoring), and the ability to share question decks with others.
What do I need to get started?
Go to https://ypoll.byu.edu/ to get started! You will need to sign in with your BYU account or create one by clicking "Don't have an account?" at the bottom of the sign-in screen. Alternatively, you can click the "Continue as a Guest" button to create a temporary guest account. See Making an Account (click here) for more information about guest accounts.
For others to be able to join your polls, they will need any device – such as a tablet, phone, or laptop – with internet access (usually provided through a browser like Chrome, Safari, or Firefox). Before your audience can join your poll, you first must create a question deck and launch a polling session. Depending on who you want joining your session, YPoll will generate a QR code, join code, or direct link to share with your audience.
Who develops YPoll?
YPoll is developed and maintained by BYU's Center for Teaching and Learning. Student developers build new features and address bugs and other issues as they arise.