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Polls

You can create a new poll in any community group. To find groups, on your left menu go to My Group Pages> My groups. Select the group you would like to poll.

If the polling feature is not visible, you can turn on by clicking Update Profile and going to the Tabs tab. When you set Enable Polls tab to Yes, it will create and display a tab in the group profile page.

Poll Updates control who can create Polls in this group. Public (any member of the association/community, Private (only those with permission), Association members of the group (only members of this group), or Hidden: only admins will see it.

Remember to Save your changes at the bottom of the page, when you are finished updating the group profile.

Go back to the group’s profile and you will now see the Poll tab.

In this tab you can create new polls and see existing or past polls.

To create a new poll, select New Poll.

  • Enter your question in the first field.
  • Use the text editor to add a description or further instructions. Just like in other parts of the system, the WYSIWYG supports the embedding of youtube videos, links, images, gifs, etc.
  • You can upload an image which will display under the Polls tab alongside the question.
  • The Type refers to the format that will be given to the answers.
  • Multiple Choice (5 options)
  • Short Text can have an answer of up to 120 characters.
  • Long Text
  • Who can view results? This can be set to Admins only, Members of this group, or Anyone in the community.
  • Who can fill it out? Anyone in the community or only members of this group can respond to your poll.
  • Chart Type: You can have the results displayed in a bar graph or a pie chart.
  • Option 1-5; for multiple choice polling you can add up to five choices. Do you think you need more options? Let us know.
  • Attachments: document or files.
  • Check on Send Update Notification to send all members of this group a notification to participate in your poll.
  • Click Save

You can view all the polls that have been created in the Polls tab of your group.

Click on each poll to view the results. A graph will be created per your specifications. You can edit the question or options.

You can also see any feedback and view whether a discussion is taking place around this poll.