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ClassPoll — Instructor Quick Reference

At a glance — who does what

Instructor                          Students
──────────────────────────────────  ──────────────────────────
Open URL → I'm the Instructor       Open same URL → I'm a Student
Enter password                      Enter first name → Join
Start Poll                          See question → tap answer → Submit
Watch live results
Close Poll / Next Poll              See results (when revealed to them)

Before class

  • Open your ClassPoll URL and log in as Instructor
  • Share the same URL with students — that's the only setup they need

Students open the URL, tap I'm a Student, type their first name, and wait. No app, no account, no login.

Running a spontaneous poll

Step What you do
1 ➕ New Poll
2 Type your question and at least two options
3 (Optional) Click a lettered circle to mark the correct answer
4 Choose when students see results and the correct answer
5 Start Poll →
6 Students answer live — watch results update on your dashboard
7 Close Poll when done

Running an existing poll set

Step What you do
1 📊 Dashboard → Launch a Set or 📚 Poll Sets
2 Select a set to open it
3 Launch → to launch the poll
4 End Poll to stop accepting answers, Next Poll → to advance
5 Finish Set ✓ when done

Creating a poll set

Step What you do
1 📚 Poll Sets → + New Set
2 Name the set, set a default duration
3 Paste your polls in plain text (see format below) or Build manually
4 → Preview → Save Set

Poll set plain text format

Q: Which sorting algorithm has O(n log n) average time?

* A. Merge sort
  B. Radix sort
  C. Insertion sort
  D. Selection sort
---
Q: What does RAM stand for?

  A. Read-only Active Map
* B. Random Access Memory
  C. Rapid Application Memory
  D. Runtime Address Map
  • Polls are separated by ---
  • Question starts with Q: — blank line before the options
  • Correct answer (if any) gets a * prefix
  • Add duration: 30 or results: manual before Q: to override defaults for that poll

Display policy options

Setting Choices
Show results After they submit · When I choose · Never
Reveal correct answer With results · When I choose · Never

Use When I choose when you want to discuss before revealing — toggle the switches on the dashboard.

Viewing past polls and attendance

📜 History (requires instructor password)

  • Polls tab — results grouped by poll set; expand any poll to see per-option counts
  • Attendance tab — students who joined, grouped by date
  • ↓ CSV button — Export any session as CSV using the download button