1. Go to tufts.zoom.us.
2. Click Sign in and log in with your Tufts username (e.g. jjumbo01) and password.
3. Select Settings from the left-hand menu.
4. Scroll down to the Polling option. Click on the slider to turn it to the ON position.

Polls can be created/edited either before or during a meeting by the original meeting host. Directions for both are described below.

Creating/Editing Polls Before a Meeting

1. Go to tufts.zoom.us.
2. Click Sign in and log in with your Tufts username (e.g. jjumbo01) and password.
3. Within the Meetings page, find the meeting that you would like to add a poll to. Click on the name of the meeting to load the meeting info page.
4. Scroll down to the Polling section at the bottom of the meeting info page.
5. Click the Add button to create a new poll. You may also edit or delete existing polls.
6. A window will appear where you can set up your poll.
   • Give the poll a title.
   • Decided whether or not you want poll results to be anonymous in the Poll Report.
   • Set up poll questions and and answers. (Single choice and multiple choice available.)
7. When you are done, click Save.

Creating/Editing Polls During a Meeting

1. Click the Polling button in the bottom toolbar.
2. In the Polls window that appears, click Edit In the top right corner.
3. A new page will open in your internet browser (e.g. Chrome or Firefox) with information about your meeting and a window where you can create a new poll.
4. You can also close this window and scroll to the bottom of the meeting info page to edit/delete an existing poll or add additional polls.

Launching a Poll

1. Click the Polling button in the bottom toolbar.
2. A Polls window will open that will allow you to preview your poll questions/answers. If you have multiple polls created for this meeting, use the dropdown menu toward the top right of the Polls window to select which poll you’d like to launch.
3. Click the Launch Poll button to start the poll.
   • A window will appear on participants’ screens where they can answer poll questions.
   • In the Polls window, hosts can see how many participants have completed the poll and view their responses in real time.

Closing a Poll

When you are ready, click the End Poll button toward the bottom of the Polls window.

After launching and closing a poll during a Zoom meeting, click Share Results in the Polls window. A window will appear on participants’ screens where they can view the results. Click Stop Sharing when you are done.

A sample poll report is shown below. Notice that for anonymous polls, respondents' display names and email addresses are listed as “Anonymous”. Otherwise, respondents' names (and email addresses, if available) will be included in the report.

Generating a Poll Report During a Meeting

After you close the poll, simply click the available Download button in the Polling window. The report will download as a .csv file, which can be viewed in Microsoft Excel.

Generating a Poll Report After a Meeting

1. Go to tufts.zoom.us.
2. Click Sign in and log in with your Tufts username (e.g. jjumbo01) and password.
3. Select Reports from the left-hand menu.
4. Click Meeting.
5. Click the Poll Report option.
6. Set a date range.
7. Click Search.
8. A list of results will appear. Find the meeting you wish to create a report for and click the Generate button.
9. The Report Queue page will load. Find the Poll Report you wish to view and click the Download button. The report will download as a .csv file, which can be viewed in Microsoft Excel.