ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE TO TWEN - Westlaw

INSTAPOLLS
72 Incorporating TWEN Into Your Classroom Lectures
The InstaPoll feature allows you to orally ask questions in class that students can respond to
anonymously using their computers.
• You can poll the class with a yes/no, true/false, or multiple choice question.
• You and the students can view the responses in class. The results are automatically summarized in
a bar graph or pie chart.
Note You cannot save InstaPoll results. Use customized polling to create and save polls.
Using InstaPolls As a Classroom Response System
Using an InstaPoll allows you to get immediate feedback from your students without the need for
expensive classroom response systems or clickers. Have your students click InstaPoll on the course
home page and then ask your question. Students can then choose their answer and you can get realtime,
immediate feedback.
CONDUCTING AN INSTAPOLL
When you conduct an InstaPoll, you can let students view the results immediately or you can hide the
results and release them after all the students have voted.
To conduct an InstaPoll, complete these steps:
1. Click the InstaPoll icon on the course home page, as shown in Figure 5-10. The InstaPoll question
page is displayed, as shown in Figure 5-11.
Figure 5-10. InstaPoll icon on the course home page
Figure 5-11. Professor view of an InstaPoll question
As a professor, you have the option to choose
an answer.
To see the poll results without releasing them
to students, click View results.
When you are ready to let students see the
poll results, click Release results.
Click New poll to clear the results of the poll
and take another poll.
2. Click New poll to clear the results from your previous poll. Then click Yes, Reset Poll on the Reset
Poll Results page.
3. Ask the students the question orally in class. (You do not use TWEN for this step.)
4. After you pose the question, students vote by clicking the InstaPoll icon on the course home page,
(see Figure 5-10.) The students select an answer to your question, as shown in
Figure 5-12 on page 73.