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Poll
Polls ask for opinions, experiences and moods — there is no correct answer. This guide shows the poll with one and with several choices, the free-text option “Other”, and the result that grows on the wall while answers are being collected.
Poll (one choice)
An opinion poll without a correct answer: every person chooses exactly one option. Good for warm-up questions, prior knowledge and moods — the reveal shows the distribution without a correct mark.
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Create a new question
Step 1 of 15Open Topics & Questions, select the topic on the left where the question belongs, and click + Question.
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Cockpit - Topics & Questions
- Select topic
- New question
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Choose the question type
Step 2 of 15The editor opens. Click the Question type field and choose Poll.
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Cockpit - Poll
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Enter question and options
Step 3 of 15Choose the question type Poll and enter the title, the question and the options. There is no correct option — that is why there are no circles in front of the options. To the right of each option are buttons for an image, the order, deleting and the free-text option (see the variant “Other”).
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Cockpit - Title
- Question text
- Options
- more options
- Preview
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Settings below the options
Step 4 of 15Shuffle answers per session rearranges the order in every session. Show the result on the wall while collecting lets the bars on the projector grow along (variant “Live on the wall”). Use as a segment for breakdowns turns the poll into a segment such as “attended the lecture: yes/no”, by which the analysis breaks down all other questions.
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Cockpit - shuffle
- live on the wall
- Segment for breakdowns
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Save
Step 5 of 15Click Save (or press Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter). The question is now in the topic and can be added to any playlist.
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Cockpit - Save
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Start the session: participants join
Step 6 of 15After the start, the projector shows the QR code and the address. Participants scan the code with their smartphone and they are in — no app, no account. How to start a session is shown in the guide Running a session.
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Show the question
Step 7 of 15In the live cockpit the question is listed on the left. The large Show question button — or the space bar — opens it on all devices and shows it on the projector.
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Cockpit - Show question (space bar)
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Answer on the smartphone
Step 8 of 15The question appears on the devices. Participants tap an option and submit it with Send. Until the question is closed, the answer can still be changed.
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Smartphone - Tap an option
- Send
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The answer has arrived
Step 9 of 15After sending, the smartphone confirms receipt. Until the question is closed, Change answer still allows corrections.
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Answers come in
Step 10 of 15In the cockpit you see how many participants have already answered; on the right under Responses every single answer is listed. Only you see this — the projector just counts and shows no distribution yet.
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Cockpit - Submissions so far
- Close (space bar)
- single answers
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The projector while collecting
Step 11 of 15The projector shows the question and the options; at the bottom LehrPuls counts the answers received.
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Close the question, then reveal
Step 12 of 15Close ends the submission; after that LehrPuls accepts no more answers. The main button now reads Show results — one more press of the space bar shows the result.
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Cockpit - Show results
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The reveal on the projector
Step 13 of 15The projector shows the distribution of the votes. There is no correct option — all bars have the same color.
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The reveal on the smartphone
Step 14 of 15Every smartphone shows the same distribution; the own choice is marked.
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The reveal in the cockpit
Step 15 of 15The cockpit shows the result as well. The space bar moves on to the next question; after the session everything is under Analytics.
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Poll+ (several choices)
With Poll+, participants may tick as many options as they like. The reveal counts mentions: the percentages refer to all ticks submitted together.
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Create a new question
Step 1 of 14Open Topics & Questions, select the topic on the left where the question belongs, and click + Question.
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Cockpit - Topics & Questions
- Select topic
- New question
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Choose the question type
Step 2 of 14The editor opens. Click the Question type field and choose Poll+ (multiple selection).
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Cockpit - Poll+ (multiple selection)
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Enter question and options
Step 3 of 14Choose the question type Poll+ (multiple selection) and enter the question and the options. Mention in the question text that several answers are possible.
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Cockpit - Title
- Question text
- Options
- Preview
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Save
Step 4 of 14Click Save (or press Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter). The question is now in the topic and can be added to any playlist.
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Cockpit - Save
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Start the session: participants join
Step 5 of 14After the start, the projector shows the QR code and the address. Participants scan the code with their smartphone and they are in — no app, no account. How to start a session is shown in the guide Running a session.
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Show the question
Step 6 of 14In the live cockpit the question is listed on the left. The large Show question button — or the space bar — opens it on all devices and shows it on the projector.
11Show question (space bar)22connected devices
Cockpit - Show question (space bar)
- connected devices
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Answer on the smartphone
Step 7 of 14Participants tap every option that applies — below the options the app counts the choices — and send.
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Smartphone - tap
- tap
- tap
- Send
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The answer has arrived
Step 8 of 14After sending, the smartphone confirms receipt. Until the question is closed, Change answer still allows corrections.
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Answers come in
Step 9 of 14In the cockpit you see how many participants have already answered; on the right under Responses every single answer is listed. Only you see this — the projector just counts and shows no distribution yet.
11Submissions so far22Close (space bar)33single answers
Cockpit - Submissions so far
- Close (space bar)
- single answers
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The projector while collecting
Step 10 of 14The projector shows the question and the options; at the bottom LehrPuls counts the answers received.
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Close the question, then reveal
Step 11 of 14Close ends the submission; after that LehrPuls accepts no more answers. The main button now reads Show results — one more press of the space bar shows the result.
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Cockpit - Show results
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The reveal on the projector
Step 12 of 14The projector shows for each option the number of mentions and its share of all mentions; above it you see how many mentions came from how many participants.
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The reveal on the smartphone
Step 13 of 14The smartphones show the same distribution; the own ticks are marked.
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The reveal in the cockpit
Step 14 of 14The cockpit shows the result as well. The space bar moves on to the next question; after the session everything is under Analytics.
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Free-text option “Other”
An option can carry a free-text field — for example “Other”. Whoever chooses it can add what they mean (optional, up to 200 characters). In the cockpit the texts appear with the responses.
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Create a new question
Step 1 of 14Open Topics & Questions, select the topic on the left where the question belongs, and click + Question.
11Topics & Questions22Select topic33New question
Cockpit - Topics & Questions
- Select topic
- New question
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Choose the question type
Step 2 of 14The editor opens. Click the Question type field and choose Poll.
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Cockpit - Poll
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Enter question and options
Step 3 of 14Enter the options and, at the option “Other”, click the Free text button (notepad with pencil). The option then carries the badge Free text. At most one option per question can have a free-text field.
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Cockpit - Title
- Question text
- Switch on free text
- Preview
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Save
Step 4 of 14Click Save (or press Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter). The question is now in the topic and can be added to any playlist.
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Cockpit - Save
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Start the session: participants join
Step 5 of 14After the start, the projector shows the QR code and the address. Participants scan the code with their smartphone and they are in — no app, no account. How to start a session is shown in the guide Running a session.
Projector
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Show the question
Step 6 of 14In the live cockpit the question is listed on the left. The large Show question button — or the space bar — opens it on all devices and shows it on the projector.
11Show question (space bar)22connected devices
Cockpit - Show question (space bar)
- connected devices
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Answer on the smartphone
Step 7 of 14Whoever taps “Other” gets a text field below it and can add what they mean. Then Send as usual.
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Smartphone - Tap “Other”
- add text (optional)
- Send
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The answer has arrived
Step 8 of 14After sending, the smartphone confirms receipt. Until the question is closed, Change answer still allows corrections.
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Answers come in
Step 9 of 14In the cockpit the responses appear with the free text, for example “D — Other: Converting the units”. The projector only counts.
11Submissions so far22Close (space bar)33single answers
Cockpit - Submissions so far
- Close (space bar)
- single answers
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The projector while collecting
Step 10 of 14The projector shows the question and the options; at the bottom LehrPuls counts the answers received.
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Close the question, then reveal
Step 11 of 14Close ends the submission; after that LehrPuls accepts no more answers. The main button now reads Show results — one more press of the space bar shows the result.
11Show results
Cockpit - Show results
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The reveal on the projector
Step 12 of 14The reveal shows the distribution of the options; the free texts stay in the cockpit.
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The reveal on the smartphone
Step 13 of 14Every smartphone shows the same distribution and whether the own answer was correct.
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The reveal in the cockpit
Step 14 of 14The cockpit shows the result as well. The space bar moves on to the next question; after the session everything is under Analytics.
Cockpit
Result live on the wall
With Show the result on the wall while collecting, the bars on the projector grow with every vote. This livens up mood polls — for questions where the result could influence the answers, better leave it switched off.
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Create a new question
Step 1 of 14Open Topics & Questions, select the topic on the left where the question belongs, and click + Question.
11Topics & Questions22Select topic33New question
Cockpit - Topics & Questions
- Select topic
- New question
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Choose the question type
Step 2 of 14The editor opens. Click the Question type field and choose Poll.
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Cockpit - Poll
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Switch “Show the result on the wall while collecting”
Step 3 of 14Enter the question and the options and, below the options, switch on Show the result on the wall while collecting.
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Cockpit - Title
- Question text
- switch on
- Preview
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Save
Step 4 of 14Click Save (or press Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter). The question is now in the topic and can be added to any playlist.
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Cockpit - Save
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Start the session: participants join
Step 5 of 14After the start, the projector shows the QR code and the address. Participants scan the code with their smartphone and they are in — no app, no account. How to start a session is shown in the guide Running a session.
Projector
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Show the question
Step 6 of 14In the live cockpit the question is listed on the left. The large Show question button — or the space bar — opens it on all devices and shows it on the projector.
11Show question (space bar)22connected devices
Cockpit - Show question (space bar)
- connected devices
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Answer on the smartphone
Step 7 of 14The question appears on the devices. Participants tap an option and submit it with Send. Until the question is closed, the answer can still be changed.
11Tap an option22Send
Smartphone - Tap an option
- Send
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The answer has arrived
Step 8 of 14After sending, the smartphone confirms receipt. Until the question is closed, Change answer still allows corrections.
Smartphone -
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Answers come in
Step 9 of 14In the cockpit you see how many participants have already answered; on the right under Responses every single answer is listed. Only you see this — the projector just counts and shows no distribution yet.
11Submissions so far22Close (space bar)33single answers
Cockpit - Submissions so far
- Close (space bar)
- single answers
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The projector while collecting
Step 10 of 14Already while answers are being collected, the projector shows the distribution and updates it with every new vote.
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Close the question, then reveal
Step 11 of 14Close ends the submission; after that LehrPuls accepts no more answers. The main button now reads Show results — one more press of the space bar shows the result.
11Show results
Cockpit - Show results
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The reveal on the projector
Step 12 of 14The projector shows how many participants chose each option and highlights the correct option.
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The reveal on the smartphone
Step 13 of 14Every smartphone shows the same distribution and whether the own answer was correct.
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The reveal in the cockpit
Step 14 of 14The cockpit shows the result as well. The space bar moves on to the next question; after the session everything is under Analytics.
Cockpit