EchoPoll (Ultra)

What is EchoPoll?

EchoPoll is a live polling tool available to UQ staff, allowing them to elevate student engagement in classes and enhance their presentations or training sessions. EchoPoll seamlessly integrates into PowerPoint, displaying real-time results directly within your slides. EchoPoll is an effective tool to engage the audience during presentations and training workshops.

Why should I use EchoPoll?

EchoPoll is versatile, offering flexibility for both single sign-on and guest users to engage in live and asynchronous sessions on any device, along with a wide range of question types and customised reporting. Additionally, it seamlessly integrates with popular applications like PowerPoint, Learn.UQ, Zoom, Teams, and others, ensuring dependable and highly accessible learning experiences for all with its SAAS solution, boasting 99% uptime and offline sync capabilities.

How should I should I use EchoPoll in my class?

There are four uses of EchoPoll:

• 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 present a workshop outside of UQ campus and the desktop there does not have the EchoPoll app.
• EchoPoll assignments
  • Create asynchronous polls as assigned tasks for students outside of class
  • E.g. create pre- and post-lecture quizzes to check students' understanding of course content.