Polling can be used as an active learning tool within Zoom for student engagement. Staff can poll students to check their understanding or gather views on a particular topic with up to 10 possible answer options. 

For step-by-step instructions on how to set up a poll, refer to the Conducting polls in meetings guide by Zoom.

Question type

Example question

Multiple Answer 
(multiple correct answers)

Which of the following educational theories are you familiar with? 

  • Bloom’s taxonomy
  • Elaboration theory
  • ADDIE
  • ARCS
  • Experiential learning
Multiple Choice
(a single correct answer)

In vision, sensory information takes which of the following routes:

  • receptors, sensory nerves, medulla, cerebral cortex
  • sensory nerves, receptors, cerebrum, cerebral cortex
  • receptors, sensory nerves, thalamus, cerebral cortex
  • sensory nerves, receptors, hippocampus, cerebral cortex
True or False
(a single correct answer of True or False)

There is a dark side of the moon.

  • True
  • False