Poll Everywhere 2.0 Blackboard Client ID (recommended) Setup Guide for Administrators

In this article:

Introduction

Instructors can import their course rosters from their school's Blackboard Learn 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 Blackboard.

Pre-requisites

• A Blackboard Learn Ultra instance with administrator access
• A Poll Everywhere 2.0 account with valid permissions and Courses enabled

Register the Tool

Step 1: In your Poll Everywhere 2.0 account, navigate to https://pe.app/a/settings/lti_configurations?provider=blackboard

Step 2: In Blackboard Learn as an Administrator, navigate to Admin → Integrations → LTI Tool Providers.

Step 3: Click Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool.

Step 4: Enter the Client ID shown on the Poll Everywhere LTI configuration page and click Submit.

Step 5: Under Tool Status, mark the tool as Approved to enable it.

Step 6: Review the pre-filled tool configuration and click Submit again to confirm.

Step 7: Back on the Poll Everywhere LTI configuration page, click Complete Blackboard Setup. The registration form will be pre-filled with the Blackboard connection details. Optionally add a label (e.g., "Blackboard - My University") and click Create Registration.

Create Placements

Placements control where Poll Everywhere 2.0 appears inside Blackboard for instructors and students. You will create two placements: one for deep linking (assigning activities) and one for the course tool (launching from Books & Tools).

Course Tool (Books & Tools)

This placement adds Poll Everywhere 2.0 to the "Books & Tools" section of every course, giving instructors a quick way to launch and manage their Poll Everywhere course.

Step 1: From the same "Manage Placements" page, click Create Placement again.

Step 2: Fill in the following fields:

Step 3: Click Submit.

Verify the Integration

Step 1: Navigate to a course in Blackboard as an instructor.

Step 2: Open Tools from the course navigation and locate Poll Everywhere 2.0 in the list. Click it to launch.

Alternatively, add Poll Everywhere 2.0 via: Course Content → + → Content Market → search for "Poll Everywhere 2.0"

Step 3: If this is the first launch, you will be prompted to log in to Poll Everywhere and link your course.

Step 4: Verify that the course roster syncs and that you can create and present activities.

Troubleshooting

• "No Registration for LTI token" error: Ensure you completed the "Complete Blackboard Setup" step in Poll Everywhere to create the registration record.
• Tool not appearing in Content Market or Books & Tools: Verify that a placement has been created and that its availability is set to "Yes".
• Launch opens a blank page: Check that the Tool Provider URL in the placement matches: https://pe.app/a/lti/launch

If you have any questions or run into issues, please contact the Technical Support team.