The choice (poll/survey) activity is a way of engaging with students in your topic, and applying a just-in-time or responsive approach to your teaching. It is an example of active teaching and feedback.
Using the choice activity or a similar tool in a lecture adds interactivity.
The choice tool enables a teacher to ask a single question and offer a selection of possible responses.
In the week/module where you want to create the activity, click
Select Choice
Give the choice a Name and Description
Under Options, enter the different options students can select.
If you need more spaces, click
Under Availability, select when you want to allow the responses from and until
Timeline block: 'Allow responses until' will show to students in the Timeline block.
Under Results, select if/when results are displayed to students. Note that students only see aggregated results, they do not see who selected which option.
Students will be told when they submit give an answer if/how their answers will be seen by others.
Click
View the results of a choice activity
In the choice activity, click on View X responses
This will show votes for each option.
Make a selection on behalf of a student
As a teacher you can now make a selection on behalf of a student.
In the choice activity, click on View X responses
Select the student
In the Choose an action drop down list select a preference