During a lecture, your instructor may post polls in their presentations, which you can respond to using the SMS (text messaging) feature of any cell phone. SMS instructions appear for all in-class activities except Image polls.
If you do not see these instructions on the poll, SMS responses may be disabled for your institution. In this case, respond directly in the slide in the Classroom view.
You must have entered your mobile phone number in your account profile and be registered for the class. Otherwise, you will receive an error message. Data / Text message rates will apply.
Because the target phone number for SMS responses should be the same for all courses across the institution, you may want to create a contact in your phone for this number to avoid having to re-enter the number repeatedly.
If you need help, text a question mark (?) to the phone number on the question slide.
To respond via SMS
- Create a text message to the phone number listed on the polling slide.
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Type in the polling slide code, add a space, and then enter the proper response information. Separate multiple entries with commas.
For example, (noting that the sample polling slide code GMUB in the examples below will be different for each question):
• To submit a single letter as the response, type: GMUB B • To submit multiple letters as the response, type: GMUB B, C, A • To submit a text response, type: GMUB Astronomical unit is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun - Send the text.
To edit answers submitted via SMS, simply send a new text with the polling slide code of the slide and a new answer. The system logs the latest answer it receives while polling remains open.
You should receive a confirmation message that your response was received.
SMS messages may be limited to 160 characters. Some carriers do not split longer messages correctly, which can impact Short Answer poll responses. If you submit a response that exceeds the carrier's limit for a single answer and the carrier does not split it, you may receive a message stating that the second portion of your response is invalid and that the polling slide code is not recognized. Your options are to shorten the response, use the desktop to respond to the poll, or download and use the EchoVideo Mobile App.