In this article:
Introduction
Instructors can import their course rosters from their school’s Brightspace LMS into Poll Everywhere. This automatically registers each student as a Poll Everywhere participant. Registering students with Poll Everywhere allows educators to easily identify how students responded to their activities, and export Poll Everywhere gradebook reports as grade columns within Brightspace.
Connecting your course to Poll Everywhere
Step 1: In Brightspace, navigate to the course you’d like to add the Poll Everywhere link.
Step 2: Click on Course Admin in the course menu.
Step 3: Click External Learning Tools.
Step 4: Under the LTI Advantage tab, click New Link.
Step 5: Fill out the form with the following values:
a. Deployment: Select the tool deployment previously created by a Brightspace Administrator.
b. Name: Poll Everywhere
c. Description: Any value
Step 6: Click Save and Close to add the new LTI Advantage link.
Step 7: Click Content on the course menu.
Step 8: Under Content, create a new hidden unit called Poll Everywhere and Save.
Step 9: Click Add Existing Activities
Step 10: Select External Tool Activity as the tool type.
Step 11: In the popup, select Poll Everywhere.
Step 12: In the expanding menu, Edit the new tool.
Note: If you're using an older version of D2L, we recommend roll-clicking your mouse to open the LTI launch in a new tab. This ensures access to settings that may not be available in your current version.
Step 13: Select Open in a new tab, and Save.
Step 14: Now click the Poll Everywhere tool to open the Poll Everywhere in a new tab. You will first see a screen to confirm you wish to make the LMS connection. Click though that screen, and you will land on the LMS course connection page. Select Sync Roster.
Note: The following screen will inform you that that roster sync is happening in the background. You can click the button to continue to the Participants page.
When this is done, a new Poll Everywhere profile will be created for each student who did not already have one. Students will automatically receive a notification email with a link to change their password. You can edit and manage the imported students at https://www.polleverywhere.com/participants.
You can now remove Poll Everywhere as an External Tool from your Brightspace course, or you can continue to use the Poll Everywhere link in Brightspace to perform LTI actions.
Course management
Course management streamlines course administration, simplifying class management for educators and administrators. This update enhances how professors integrate Poll Everywhere with their LMS.
Key Features:
- Scoring Assignments: Assignments can be scored based on correctness, participation, and attendance. These scores seamlessly sync with your LMS using both points-based and percentage-based models.
To learn more, please click here: Getting Started with Course Management
Re-syncing your roster
After the initial connection, you may want to re-sync your participant roster. This may be necessary if students were added or dropped from the LMS course. Re-syncing the roster will create Poll Everywhere participant profiles for new students and add them to your Poll Everywhere participant group, while also removing any students that dropped the course.
When Auto Roster Sync is enabled, your course roster will automatically sync on a nightly basis. You can also sync the roster immediately through your Poll Everywhere Participants page.
Sync Rosters from the Courses page
Step 1: Navigate to your Participants page and select Courses.
Step 2: From the LMS courses screen, you will see all of the courses you have connected with the Poll Everywhere LTI Advantage integration. From here, you can click Sync Roster next to the specific course.
Note: To sync course rosters, Enable Roster Sync must be On. You can click the toggle button to turn on/off. When On, your rosters will automatically sync on a nightly-basis.
Step 3: To sync all of your courses, select Sync Rosters.
Note: Only courses that have Enable Roster Sync on will update.
Sync All Course Rosters from the Participants page
You can sync all of your course rosters by clicking Sync All Rosters. Courses that have enabled roster sync will be updated.
Exporting a Gradebook report
Step 1: Go to the Participants page, then select Courses.
Step 2: Select the name of the course you’d like to create a Gradebook report with.
Step 3: From this page you can create a new Gradebook report, or choose a Gradebook that you have already created for this LMS course.
Note: You cannot edit the activities within a Gradebook report, but choosing a previously created report will allow you to update and re-export the results.
Step 4: Adding a new Gradebook will put you into the report creation flow. In the side panel, select the Gradebook report and then the activities you wish to include in your report.
Step 5: Review the Gradebook report, and click the Export button at the bottom right when you are ready to export the grades to Brightspace.
Note: The name of your report will be the name assumed by the grade column in Brightspace. You can rename your report by clicking on the ‘Rename’ link next to the title at the top of the report.
When you click the export button, you will see a popup that will either ask you to confirm the LMS course, or select the course to export the report to from a dropdown menu. Additionally, you will have the option to export the report as Grades or Participation. Make your selections, then click Next.
The following pop-up will now filter the report by the participants in your LMS Course and start the export. You should then see a message indicating that the export has completed and is processing in the background.
Once the export is complete, head back over to Brightspace and click into your Grade button to verify that the new Gradebook column was created.