EchoPoll+’s Teams feature makes live polling more fun and interactive by adding friendly competition among participants. Instead of answering questions individually, participants can be grouped into teams, with points earned for correct responses contributing to both individual and team scores. Instructors can highlight progress with leaderboards that show top teams and standout performers, either by adding slides ahead of time or inserting them on the spot with the floating toolbar. Teams stay active throughout the session and can be ended or adjusted at any time, keeping the experience engaging without changing how individual results are recorded.

Key Features of the Teams Functionality

• Team Ranking – Displays team rankings from highest to lowest score.

  

• Team Leaders – Shows the top-scoring individual in each team.

  

• Participant Leaders – Lists all participants in order of their scores.

  

• Points are awarded for correct responses and contribute to both individual and team scores.

Teams do not affect individual poll results or reports. Session data works the same with or without Teams.

Start Teams in a Session

1. Open EchoPoll+ and Sign In to your instructor account.

   Ensure PowerPoint is closed on your device so that the Add-In launches properly in the next step.

2. Click Start Now under PowerPoint EchoPoll Add-in, as shown in the figure below.

3. Select a PowerPoint presentation to open.

   To ensure optimal performance and minimize the risk of delays or errors during presentations, you must launch PowerPoint files directly from your local machine or hard drive. Avoid opening presentations directly from cloud or network storage solutions such as SharePoint or OneDrive.

4. Optionally, from the EchoPoll toolbar, you can click Add New > Join Slide.

   The Join Slide provides learners with information to join the session, including the Join Code, QR Code, and Channel Number. All three options are selected by default. The information on the slide will be populated when you start the session and your slideshow.

5. From the EchoPoll toolbar, click Start.

   To preview a session, click the Preview Session tab, enter the number of Simulated Participants, and click Start. Run your presentation. Click End to stop the preview.

6. Click the dropdown under Course Record and select a Course from the list. You can also search for a course.

   You may also start the session without a course.

7. The Session Name defaults to the current date / time. Optionally, rename the session.
8. Choose a Participation Setting from the dropdown, as shown in the figure below. You can choose from Enforce Roster, Entire Organization, Guests (sign-in), Guests (public).
9. Choose from one of your saved Join Codes or choose Random.
   

10. Click the Start button.

    The Session information is displayed. This includes the Session Name, Join Code, and number of Connections. Click Close to close the Session information window.

11. From the toolbar, click Participants.

    

    Click Users from the floating toolbar if you have started the slideshow.

12. Click Start Teams.

    

    Start Teams before participants begin answering if you want all responses counted toward team scores.

13. Set the Number of Teams and choose the Team Names (Animals or Letters)

    

    You can have up to 25 teams.

14. Click Start.

    Participants are now listed with their teams.

15. Run your presentation.

    Polling opens automatically when you get to a question slide. When all learners have responded, click the polling slide to close polling and advance your slideshow.

16. Click New from the floating toolbar in the slideshow to insert a Team Ranking, Team Leaders, or Participant Leaders slide.

17. When your presentation has ended, click End from the EchoPoll toolbar in PowerPoint to end your session.

    Results are automatically saved to EchoPoll and will be available after the Session has ended.