EchoPoll

What is EchoPoll?

EchoPoll is a new live polling tool available to all UQ teaching staff to increase student engagement in classes. EchoPoll integrates seamlessly into Powerpoint showing results live inside your slides.

Why should I use it?

The tool is:

• Flexible: It can be used for
  • SSO or guest users to participate
  • in live and asynchronous EchoPoll sessions
  • on any device, anywhere
  • with the widest range of question types and customized reporting.
• Connected: It can be 
  • connected to PowerPoint,
  • integrated to Learn.UQ, and other popular applications like Zoom, Teams, etc.
• Accessible: EchoPoll delivers the highest accessibility standards that create
  • equitable, and
  • engaging learning experiences for all.
• Dependable:  
  • EchoPoll is a SAAS solution, hosted in AWS Sydney 
  • It is highly reliable, delivering 99% uptime and offline sync for anytime access and back-up.

What are the use cases?

• EchoPoll app for PowerPoint presentations
  • Enable EchoPoll add-ins so that each time you open your PowerPoint, you have the add-ins available  for use.
  • Each time you launch your poll, it creates a session on which you will have the report (analytics) on engagement.
• EchoPoll - Anywhere floating toolbar
  • Launch to quickly ask a poll 'on-the-fly' over anything you have on your screen.
  • E.g. show students how to do things on other applications such as over a PDF, Excel, map, etc. 
• EchoPoll web
  • Create, deliver and manage your presentations, polls and results online.
  • E.g. When you teach in a lecture hall and the desktop there does not have the EchoPoll app and you do not want to save your PowerPoint and the EchoPoll app folder in a memory stick.
• EchoPoll assignments
  • Create asynchronous polls as assigned tasks for students outside of class
  • Students' grades will then be populated back to your course Grade Centre