{"id":25763,"date":"2025-03-17T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/?p=25763"},"modified":"2025-03-17T11:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:11:35","slug":"polls-in-padlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/polls-in-padlet\/","title":{"rendered":"Polls (in Padlet)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When creating posts, you can choose the attachment type ‘poll’. The poll attachment allows you to create a multiple choice question, with a maximum of 4 options. Want to make, open and close polls? See Padlet guide: Polls<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do Padlet polls look like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The poll questions will display in the post attachment field, you will be able to see how many participants have voted. The padlet owner\/moderator can ‘reveal’ the results when voting has finished, the results display as a bar chat with percentage labels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Padlet post containing the poll attachment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Padlet post when poll results are ‘shown’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Is it possible to export the poll results?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each post can be individually exported to excel (.csv file) by clicking the triple dot icon at the top right of the post. The drop down list contains an option to ‘export’ the poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is the poll function comparable to Menti or Microsoft Forms?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The padlet poll attachment is useful for a quickly surveying students, it is not suitable as a complete Menti or Forms alternative, as the functionality is somewhat limited: <\/p>\n\n\n\n