Poll Everywhere - Presenting in PowerPoint - MacOS

Important

You will need to download the Poll Everywhere application (app). To download the app please visit Poll Everywhere for PowerPoint on Mac for more instructions. If you have a managed Mac, you will need to contact your department or college IT support.

When presenting a powerpoint with poll everywhere activities via zoom, you MUST share your entire desktop. If you share only the presentation software window on which the activity displays, the audience will not see your activity. This is the case even if everything appears normal from your perspective. Zoom sees the live poll as a separate program and will not display it to your audience if you only share the powerpoint application. See instructions on sharing your desktop.

Step 1

Open and place both Poll Everywhere and PowerPoint apps on your deck.

Step 2

Click on the Poll Everywhere app, launch login and enter your SU credentials - select Next and the Login with Syracuse University blue button.

Image showing orange arrow pointing toward the Launch log in window button.

Image showing orange arrow pointing toward the log in with Syracuse University blue button.

Step 3

If you are faced with an Access Requested window, select Authorize. You may then close the Access Granted window.

Step 4

Open your PowerPoint presentation and select the Poll Everywhere app in the top navigation of your screen. Click on Insert → Activity.

Step 5

You will be sent to My Activities window. Select the New Activity to create an activity.

Step 6

Select an activity and then select Edit. Here, you can enter the title and adjust the response settings on the right side. When complete select Save.

Step 7

Select Insert Slides. To present, click on the Present icon in PowerPoint. Inform your audience how to respond using the quick response/QR code or response link.

Step 8

Select the app in the top navigation and select Quit to close the app.

Related Actions

To grant your audience access to your presentation visit Setting Up Your Response Page for more instructions and information.

To add an additional activity to your existing slide, click on the Poll Everywhere app in your dock, and then select the blue Go back to activities button. Follow Steps 4 and 5 to add your activity to your current slide.

To export a Gradebook report to Blackboard visit Export Activity Results to Blackboard .

To close your presentation, click the Escape button on your keyboard.