Add a Poll Question
Online Documentation ANGEL 7.2 > Communicate Tab > Add a Poll Question
From the Quick Poll Editor page, click the Add Question hyperlink. The Question Editor General Settings page appears.
| Field Name | Definition |
Question |
Use the Question field to specify the text that should appear as the main question text. |
Feedback |
Use the Feedback field to specify feedback text that should appear when a user has submitted a response to this question. You can use the special token %BARGRAPH% to display summary statistics. HTML is allowed, but for best results don't use elements that change the size of text. |
List Type |
Use the List Type field to specify feedback text that should appear when a user has submitted a response to this question. You can use the special token %BARGRAPH% to display summary statistics. HTML is allowed, but for best results don't use elements that change the size of text. |
List Items |
The List Items field allows you to type a list of choices or list items to be provided when the question is presented. For all other control types, each choice is a selectable item. |
Input Type |
The Input Type field identifies what type of control to use for user input of a text entry. |
Input Label |
The Input Label field identifies what type of control to use for user input of a text entry. |
Input Attributes |
Use the Input Attributes field to specify any additional attributes for the text box or text area. |
Start Date |
Selecting a Start Date prevents the item from being displayed until the specified date. This can be useful if you want to enter items ahead of time, but you do not want them displayed until a specific date. The Start Date also determines the order in which items appear. |
End Date |
The End Date setting specifies the date on which the item should no longer be displayed. |
Sequence |
The Sequence setting can be used to explicitly specify the order in which items with the same start date should be displayed. |
From the Question Editor General Settings form:
- Type a poll question in the Question field.
- Optionally provide feedback text in the Feedback field. This text is made viewable to the user upon their submission of the poll question
- To create a poll question with a list of choices, select a format for the choice options from the List Type drop-down menu and type each choice in a List Items field.
- To create an open-ended poll question, disregard the List Settings section of the editor (step 3 above), select an input field format from the Type drop-down menu. You may optionally provide a label for the input field in the Label field.
- Use the drop-down menus to designate a Start Date and an End Date for the poll to be displayed.
- Use the Sequence drop-down menu to determine the display order when multiple poll questions are shown simultaneously.
- Click the Save button.
For information regarding how to apply special formatting to your poll question, see the section of this document titled How To Use the Fast!Page HTML Editor.
Type the special token %BARGRAPH% in the Feedback field to display summary statistics of all submissions made.
Optionally type textbox or text area name=value attributes (HTML) in the Attributes field to modify the size, default value, character limit for the input field. For example, to alter the height of a text area, type “rows=X” (without quotes, where X equals the number of rows) in the Attributes field. For more information on HTML attributes, see an HTML reference guide.
Multiple course polls with overlapping Start and End dates are displayed as multiple questions for a single poll (survey). Upon submission, both responses and non-responses are submitted for all visible poll questions for the course. Users are not given an opportunity to resubmit unanswered poll questions.
To preview poll questions as seen by students, exit and re-enter the course. The course poll questions appear on the course welcome page. Students may also view/submit course polls from a non-editable version of the Polls tool located on the Communicate page.
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