Exclusive to EchoPoll, Poll Decks^TM can be created directly in EchoPoll, or automatically generated from a PowerPoint you already have. Poll Decks are the building blocks for everything you can do in EchoPoll. Once your content slides are created, you can add interactive question slides to gather feedback, quiz learners, reinforce concepts, and more! Enhance Poll Decks even more with our royalty free built-in stock image library or equation editor.

Create a Poll Deck

You can create Poll Decks with content slides and interactive question slides.

1. Log into EchoPoll.
2. Click the Create button at the top right of your Library, and select Poll Deck.
3. Optionally, you can click Create Poll Deck from My Dashboard.
4. From the Create a Poll Deck window, click I'll Add My Own.
5. Enter a name for your Poll Deck and click Create.
   

   The Poll Deck editor loads and a presentation slide is automatically added as the first slide in the Poll Deck. You can change this to a different slide type using the Presentation dropdown at the top of the slide.

6. Click in the pink box to add an Asset such as a single audio, image, video, equation, or PowerPoint file (each slide in the PPT is converted to a content slide with an image).
   

   Optionally, you can drag and drop an Asset straight into the pink box such as a single audio, image, video, equation, or PowerPoint file (each slide in the PPT is converted to a content slide with an image).

   Your computer's file explorer opens.

7. Drag and drop or click to choose from your computer, resource library, stock images, or to insert an equation.
8. Click Add.
9. Once an Asset is added, click the vertical dots to expand the Action Menu.
   • Replace - Replaces the asset.
   • Accessibility - Opens an Accessibility window to add alternate text (up to 125 characters) to your asset.
   • Preview - Opens a window to preview the asset.
   • Remove - Delete the asset.
10. Click to add slide content in the Text field.
    

    This text will show above the asset on the presentation slide.

11. Optionally, adjust the layout using the Single Column dropdown.

    By default, the display is Single Column, text over asset.

    • Two Columns Text / Asset - The text is on the left side of the slide and the asset on the right.
    • Two Columns Asset / Text - The asset is on the left side of the slide and the text on the right.
12. Click Preview on any slide at any time to preview the slide.
13. Click Copy to make a copy of the slide directly under the original slide.
14. Click Delete to remove the slide from your Poll Deck.
15. Click Add Slide to choose from one of the available slide types.
    • • Presentation: A static slide composed of text and Resources.
      • Hotspot: Learners must mark a specific area of an image to answer the question.
      • Multiple Choice: Learners choose a single answer from several possible answer choices.
      • Multiple Select: Learners select multiple correct answers from several possible answer choices.
      • Numeric: Learners enter a number to answer the question.
      • Short Answer: Learners respond to an open ended question with a word, words, or short phrase.
      • True / False: Learners identify whether a question is true or false.
      • Word Cloud: Learners respond to an open ended question with a word, words, or short phrase and the results are displayed as they are submitted, showing up larger as duplicate answers are submitted by learners.
16. Click the Answer Input dropdown on any slide to change how answer options are displayed.

    The available options that display depend on the question type selected.

    • Bar - The answers options are displayed across a bar graph and the correct answer is identified.
    • Pie - The answers options are displayed in a pie graph and the correct answer is identified.
    • Word Cloud -The answers options are displayed across a bar graph and the correct answer is identified.
17. Click Preview from the top right of the header to preview the Poll Deck as an assignment.
    
    • Optionally, you can click the Desktop, Tablet Portrait, Tablet Landscape, Mobile Portrait, and Mobile Landscape icons to preview how the question is displayed on different devices.
    • You can also preview the Assignment settings from the left panel.

18. Collapse / Expand slides within the Poll Deck using the icon in the upper left of any slide.

    

19. Re-order slides within the poll deck using the up / down arrows to the right of the slide. 

    

20. Select multiple slides using the checkboxes to the left to open the Bulk Action menu to Copy / Delete multiple slides at once.

    You can also Select All and Deselect All slides from the Bulk Action menu.

    
    

    Changes are saved in real time as you make updates.

21. Additionally, you can populate the fields in Summary Slide is for Assignments Only.
    

    If no messages are input, the defaults will be shown to learners during an Assignment.

How to Use a Poll Deck

Sessions and Assignments are the way your learners interact with the Poll Decks in your Library.

Sessions are live learning activities where you guide learners through a Poll Deck. You can launch a new session from your Library any time you want.

Assignments are asynchronous activities your learners can complete at their own pace with optional due dates that you can set from within your Library.