When you are in class and ready to give students your poll, click 'Polls' in the control panel and then Launch Polling. When setting up your poll you’ll notice that it can be anonymous. But, don’t be afraid to quickly make a poll on the spot if an interesting question gets raised by a student. Pre-plan as many polls as possible before class.

At the bottom of the page, you will see where you can create a poll by clicking Add.

Click on your scheduled meeting in the Zoom web interface.If you know how you will want to use polls before the class begins, it’s easiest to set them up in advance. A browser window will open to allow you to create a poll in the Zoom web interface. If you want questions that have other kinds of answers, go to the Control Panel, click Polls, and then Add a Question.

The easiest way to do it on the fly is to ask a Yes/No question aloud and have students click Yes or No under Manage Participants. It’s advisable to create new teaching notes with rough times for when you will ask certain questions, how long students will spend in breakouts rooms, the amount of time each group has to talk when reporting back, and again, plan for everything to take longer than you think.Ĭreate a poll asking students how they view a particular issue or question and share the poll results with the group before starting your discussion. Tip: Because of pre-planned polling and time in breakout rooms, remote case discussions need to be structured a bit more rigidly than they would in a classroom. Zoom will retain your breakout room structure, but you can also reset the rooms if you want to mix it up. After they share out, you can send them back into groups with the next discussion prompt. Be very clear about how much time each group will have to speak and stick to this time (almost everything seems to take longer in the virtual space).Ĭonsider only having students in these sessions for a short time, say 15 minutes. Then bring the groups back to the main session to share with the entire class what they discussed or concluded. You can use the 'Breakout Rooms' tool in Zoom to create small discussion groups for in-depth conversations about a particular question you pose.

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