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Issue 2
Tip 2: Archive Poll Responses

After students give responses to the poll on Poll Everywhere, teachers can archive the poll responses and reuse the poll in other classes. And teachers may also retrieve the archived responses on Poll Everywhere.

1. How to Archive Poll Responses?

2. How to Retrieve Poll Responses?


1. How to Archive Poll Responses?

There are two methods for teachers to archive the poll responses.

Method 1: Archive poll responses on "Polling Screen" page

Method 2: Archive poll responses on "My Poll" page


Comparisons between the Two Archive Poll Responses Methods


Method 1

Method 2

Where to archive poll responses

On "Polling Screen" page

On "My Poll" page

No. of poll can be archived

Only can archive the poll responses per poll.

Can bulk archive the selected polls' responses.

Name the archived record

Naming function is not available and the archive name is by default "date+time"

If multiple polls are selected, teachers can give the archive with a name and this archive will be formed into a group.

How to retrieve the archived poll in report function

Teachers only can select "All Runs" to retrieve the archived poll responses record in report function.

Teachers may select "All Runs" or "Shared Run" to retrieve the archived poll responses record in report function.

* Be aware that only the polls responses are archived at the same time can retrieve the archived poll responses record in report function by clicking "Shared Run".


Method 1: Archive Poll Responses on "Polling Screen" Page

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1 Click the "Clear Poll Responses" icon.


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2 The poll responses will be archived immediately.


Method 2: Archive Poll Responses on "My Poll" Page

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1 Bulk select the polls you want to archive the responses.

2 Click the "Clear" button.


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3 Name of the archived record.

4 Press "OK".


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5 All poll responses of the selected polls are archived.


2. How to Retrieve Poll Responses?

There are two methods to retrieve the archived poll.

Method 1: Retrieve the archived poll responses on "Polling Screen" page

Method 2: Retrieve the archived poll responses in "Report"


Method 1: Retrieve the Archived Poll Responses on "Polling Screen" Page

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1 Choose the "Visual Setting" icon.

2 Select "Bar".

3 You can select to retrieve the poll responses in "Results from".

  • All Runs: Show all archived and current poll response.
  • Current Run: Show all poll responses which you have not archived
  • Archived Record: Retrieve certain archived record. The archived record name should be the time you archived or the name you changed before.


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4 After choosing the "All Runs" or certain archived record, a reminder will be shown at the top of the poll to indicate that it is showing the past run.

Note Only Multiple Choice poll type can retrieve archived poll responses on "Polling Screen".


Method 2: Retrieve the Archived Poll Responses in "Report"

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1 You may retrieve the archived poll responses by using the report function. You can select to retrieve the poll responses in "Select run" in report configure column

  • All Runs: Show all archived and current poll response.
  • Current Run: Show all poll responses which you have not archived
  • Archived Record: Retrieve certain archived record. The archived record name should be the time you archived or the name you changed before.

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