Add a Poll to Zoom Meetings/Webinars

Summary

Learn how to add a poll to your next Zoom meeting.

Body

If you have ever wished you knew what your meeting/webinar participants were thinking, now you can with Zoom polls!

To add a poll in Zoom before a meeting, you must be the meeting host.

  1. Go to https://tennessee.zoom.us.
  2. Click the Create or Edit Account button.
    UTK Zoom login screen
  3. If asked, enter your NetID/password (Duo authentication may be required).
  4. Click the name of the meeting you want to add a poll to or click the Schedule a Meeting button to schedule a new meeting.
    Zoom screen that shows existing meetings
  5. If you are editing an existing meeting, click the Polls/Quizzes tab. If you are scheduling a new meeting, click Save, then click the Polls/Quizzes tab.
  6. Click + Create.
    Screen with the Create button to create a new poll
  7. Click the title Untitled Poll... to give the poll a name.
  8. Review the question types and configuration options, then select the question type for the first question.
    1. (Optional) Click + Add Question to add another question to the poll.
    2. (Optional) Click the gear icon at the top right to configure to Require answers to be anonymous.
    3. (Optional) Click the preview icon to see a preview.
    4. (Optional) Click the ellipses icon at the top right to Save as draft.
    5. (Optional) Click Save to allow the poll to be started during meetings.

Details

Details

Article ID: 140595
Created
Wed 7/20/22 5:05 PM
Modified
Mon 2/3/25 2:25 PM

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This is not something that any UTHSC faculty, staff or student needs to request. You already should have one. By logging in with your SSO into tennessee.zoom.us, you are accessing your UT Zoom Licensed (Pro) account. However, if you are not using Single Sign On or SSO to login, you will not see it.