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How to Disable Copy and Paste for Polls

Prevent students from pasting answers into an open-ended poll to encourage original responses.

Written by Cameron

Disabling copy and paste on an open-ended poll stops students from pasting text into their answer field, encouraging them to write original responses instead.

Step 1 Create or edit an open-ended poll question

Step 2 Navigate to the kebab menu next to your course name

Three-dot menu icon highlighted on the Exercise Physiology & Kinesiology course card

Step 3 Choose the 'course settings' option

Course Settings highlighted in the course options menu next to Manage members

Step 4 Click on 'Permissions'

Permissions tab highlighted next to About, Admin, and My Materials

Step 5 Toggle on or off the ability to copy/paste

Members are allowed to toggles, including Allow students to copy/paste into Open Ended and Numeric poll answers off

Students attempting to paste into the answer field will see a message letting them know pasting is disabled for this question

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