To take attendance in Poll Everywhere, you must first follow the steps in the How to Set Up Poll Everywhere in your Canvas Course and Poll Everywhere Activity Creation guides.
To use the Attendance feature in Poll Everywhere, you MUST first create and Activity. Poll Everywhere will automatically apply Attendance to the Activities you create.
Access the Attendance Management Page.
You can find two ways to access the page below:
A)
Click on the Profile icon on the Navigation Bar shown on the left, then select Attendance.
B)
On the My Activities page, select Settings within the Attendance Management Card.
Add Geolocation
Under Geolocation, toggle to Turn on geolocation to require participants to check in to the locations you select.
Click the Add Location button to add the desired locations for students to check in from before joining the session. A map will appear, which will allow you to choose your desired location.
You are ready to present any of your activities using the Attendance Management to receive attendance.
Student Access
When students visit the Poll Everywhere link via your Course Navigation, they will be prompted to log in to Poll Everywhere using their University of Utah credentials. Once they have logged in, the will have the option to Check-in for their Attendance to be captured.
How to View Attendance
Once you’ve collected responses on the Activities, you can view the students’ Attendance through a Gradebook Report. You will see a column titled Attendance, which captures Attendance as a Percentage.
The percentage is based on the total number of activity questions in the report. For example, if a student responds to 1 out of the 2 questions, they’ll receive 50% attendance.
