Using Microsoft Polls

Tip #8: Use Polls in Outlook

Microsoft Polls allows students to answer questions without ever leaving their email.  The survey tool inside D2L works fine to collect answers from students in a single course. Microsoft Polls provides similar functionality but doesn't require you to use D2L. Polls stores each response in Microsoft Forms. You can access the answers using Sharepoint. To start using Polls, create a new email in Outlook, choose Insert, and select Polls from the top menu. Next, you'll see the default question and a couple of options. In my example, I asked the students where they would return their equipment at the end…