🔒 Staff members with permission to Send news feed posts to parents and staff can create polls
You can add polls directly to your Newsfeed to quickly gather opinions from staff or parents. Whether you are planning an event or collecting feedback, creating a poll only takes a few clicks.
Create a poll
Creating a poll is just like writing a normal Newsfeed post, with the added step of choosing your poll settings.
To create a poll:
Go to the Newsfeed and click Start a new post
Select the Create a poll icon from the options at the bottom of the post
Add poll details
Once you have chosen to create a poll, you can start filling in the information that will be shown to your recipients.
Enter a title in the Title field
Add answers as Options
Click + Add answer to create another answer field
Click the bin icon to remove an answer
Customise your poll
You can also decide how people respond to your poll and how the results are displayed. This gives you more control over the type of feedback you want.
Click the cog icon to adjust settings:
Allow multiple answers → let recipients select more than one answer
Show votes as percentage → display votes as percentages instead of numbers
Make votes anonymous → hide who voted for each option
Post your poll
Once you are happy with your poll, you can add it to your post and choose who should see it.
Click Add poll to attach it to your Newsfeed post
Choose your recipients and add a description if needed
Click Post to publish
💡 Once a poll has been created, it cannot be edited. You will need to create a new poll if you want to make changes
Answering a poll
When your poll is posted, recipients can reply with just one click by selecting an option. The way results appear will depend on the settings you chose.
If you show results as a percentage, answers will display in percentage format:
If you show results as numbers, answers will display as vote counts:
Viewing poll results
As the poll creator, you can track responses as they come in. If your poll is not anonymous, you will also be able to see exactly who voted for each option.
Click See votes under your poll
A list of respondents will appear
