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Step 5 - Creating Goal Polls

At this point, you should have an account on polleverywhere.com. If you are comfortable exploring on your own, go ahead and try to make a simple goal poll. You should have a cell phone with texting capability handy so that you can test your new poll.

If you would like a video demonstration on how to create a goal poll, click on the link directly below:

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The list of steps from the video demonstration are shown below:

1. Go to polleverywhere.com. You may click on the words polleverywhere.com if necessary. 2. Click on the Login words in the top right corner. 3. Enter your email or username and your password. 4. You should be directed to the screen where you create polls. If you are not, click on Polls in the top left corner. 5. Click on Create New Poll in the upper left portion, just below the upper left corner. 6. Click on Goal Poll which is the poll on the right. 7. Click in the white box underneath the word Title and type in whatever it is that your group is trying to achieve. For example, if you are running a magazine fundraiser, you can put in "Number of Magazines Sold". 8. Click in the rectangular box under Goal and put in the number of items you are trying to sell. For example, if you are running a magazine fundraiser, and you want to sell 50 magazines, you can put in "50". 9. You may adjust some of the settings in the upper right corner, but it is recommended that you let people text in as often as they want for this poll. 10. Click on the green box that says Save New Poll. 11. If it hasn't already, click on Start Poll in the upper right corner. 12. The number in the upper right is the recipient of the text. You should text the number on the left and the amount that you are contributing to the goal as the content of the text. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">13. Congratulations! You have created a goal poll. Try sending multiple messages to make sure it works.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">If you would like to experiment with ways to use polls in your classroom, click on Step 6 below:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Step 6 - Using Polls in Your Classroom