Instructors can use Anywhere Polling in PointSolutions to poll without using PowerPoint. You can either come up with a list of questions on the fly or prepare a Question List ahead of time. If you have your list of questions prepared the questions will appear when you open and close polling.

Creating a Question List

  1. Open the PointSolutions software.
  2. Click the Content tab.
    Click on the Content tab
  3. Click the Content drop-down menu, hover over New, and click Question List.
    Click on Content, hover over New, and then click Question List.
  4. Type a name for your question list, type a description (optional), and click New List.
    Type a new name, type an optional description, and click New List.
  5. Make your choice of preferences for your list and click Save.
    Choose your preferences and click Save.
  6. Click the Pencil icon to edit the first question.
    Click on the Edit icon next to the question.
  7. Enter the text for your question in the text box.  Click each of the answers and enter text for them. Make any desired changes to the format of the text for your question that you wish.  Remember that what you see on your screen is what will appear during polling.  It’s a good idea to assess the font size for readability at this point.
    Make any necessary changes to your question.
  8. Scroll down and make changes to the answer settings and point values for correct and incorrect answers in the slide pane on the right side of the application menu.
    Make the necessary changes to Scoring Options
  9. Click Close.
    Click Close.
  10. Click the Question button and then click Add.
    Click Question and then Add
  11. Add all required questions in the same way as listed above.
  12. Click Save and Close.
    Click Save and Close

Running Anywhere Polling with a Question List

  1. Open the PointSolutions software.
  2. Click the Polling tab.
    Click on the Polling Tab.
  3. Click the name of your question list on the left and click Anywhere Polling.
  4. Click the triangle-shaped Play button to open polling.
    Example of Anywhere Polling bar.
  5. Click the square-shaped Stop button to close polling and display results.
    Example of a Question from a Question List.
  6. Open and close polling for each question that follows.
  7. When polling is finished, click Options which looks like a gear, hover over Session, and click Save Session.
    Click on the Preferences icon to edit the settings.

Using the steps above, you can create and run a question list in Anywhere Polling.