Polls

Add polls to posts as interactive attachments. If you can create a post on a padlet, you can add a poll as an attachment.

Here's how to add a poll to your padlet.

Add a poll

1. On a board, open up the post composer by selecting the plus button (+). For Sandbox, this step is not needed.
2. Click the button shown below to reveal more attachment options.

Boards	Sandbox

1. Select Poll.

1. Fill out your question and choices and select Add. Polls must contain a question and between two and four choices.

1. Select Publish.

View poll results

• On a board, the poll author and any admins on the padlet will see a Show results button on the poll that lets them see the current results.
• Padlet visitors that do not fall into the above categories will not be able to see results until they vote.
• If the poll is closed, a trophy icon (🏆) indicates which option received the most votes.
• Poll results can be viewed from standard view, expanded view and Slideshow view.

Close a poll

• Posts with a poll as the attachment will have a Close poll button.
  • If a poll is closed, voting is no longer allowed. Anyone viewing a closed poll will see the results page.
• If a poll is closed, the Close poll button in the action menu will change to Open poll.
  • A poll can be re-opened after closing.
    • Re-opening a poll does not clear previous entries.
  • A re-opened poll allows people to vote if they haven’t already.
• Only the poll author and padlet admins can close and open polls.

Edit a poll

Boards

You can edit poll questions, grammatical errors, etc. on a board by hovering your mouse over the post and clicking Edit when it appears.

To edit the questions themselves, click the pencil icon located in the bottom-right corner of the poll.

Make your changes and click Update. If everything looks good, click Update again and you're all set!

Sandbox

For polls on a Sandbox, make sure you are viewing your Sandbox in Draw mode and click on your poll. Select the pencil icon and make the necessary changes. Finally, click Update!

Clear poll results

The only way to clear the results of a poll is to duplicate it. Once the poll has been duplicated, you can delete the original one and start fresh with the new.

1. Click the vertical three-dot ellipsis button (...) in the top-right corner of the poll and select Duplicate post. (In a Sandbox, be sure you are viewing the Sandbox in Draw mode first, click on the poll and then select the vertical three-dot ellipsis button (...) to duplicate the post).
2. A copy of the post and poll questions will populate. On a board, it will populate below the original poll.
3. Click the vertical three-dot ellipsis button (...) in the top-right corner of the original poll (with the poll results still showing) and select Delete post.
4. Now, you have a fresh, new poll with the votes reset.

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