Attention

To synch your Blackboard course roster to Poll Everywhere, you must access the Poll Everywhere link via Blackboard (note Step 1). You are unable to synch your roster via the Poll Everywhere website at this moment.

Step 1

To access the Poll Everywhere link on Blackboard, log in to Blackboard and you will see the Poll Everywhere link under Course Content within the Content section.

Image shows a curved orange arrow pointing toward the Poll Everywhere LTI tool on the Course Content page.

Step 2

Click on the blue Continue to developer.blackboard.com button to login.

Image shows orange arrow pointing toward the blue Continue to developer.blackboard.com button on the Continue to LMS to login window.

Step 3

The next page that loads will show the name of your course title in bold text. Below the bold text, on your right, select the Synch Roster button.

Step 4: Imported Example

The Participants page will emerge once you click the Synch Roster button. The result shows a complete list of your cohort. Make note of the related course name at the top right-hand side of the page.

Re-Synching (updating) Roster

In the event that your student list is updated in Blackboard and there are new participants (students) or less, you can re-synch your roster in Poll Everywhere.

Instructions

Go to the Participants page and select the Courses button. The Courses page will showcase a table of courses you have connected to Poll Everywhere. Click on the course and then turn on the Enable Roster Synch toggle. The Synch Roster button will change from grey to blue; click on the button when it is blue. Once clicked, the Last Roster Synch area will update its date and time when last you click the blue Synch Roster button.

Related Actions

For more information on exporting your activity results to Gradebook in Blackboard visit Exporting Activity Results to Blackboard .

To create a Gradebook report visit Create Reports for LMS Export.

Blackboard

Poll Everywhere - Sync and Re-Sync Blackboard Roster