ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE TO TWEN - Westlaw

Figure 5-16. Custom Poll results displayed as a bar graph
CONTROLLING THE RELEASE OF POLL RESULTS
You can choose when you want to release the customized poll results to students. For example:
• You might not want students to view the results until all of the students have voted.
• You might not want students to wait to see how others voted before they cast their vote.
To conduct a customized poll and control the release of the results, complete these steps:
1. When you create the poll, select the Hide Poll Results check box.
Note Hiding poll results is different from hiding the poll from student view. If you hide the poll
from student view, they cannot take the poll. If you hide the poll results, the students can
take the poll but cannot see the results until you release them.
2. The student takes the poll and selects an answer for the question. TWEN displays a message
stating that the poll results have not been released. The student can click Home to return to the
Customized Polling page.
3. When you are ready to release the poll results, click Customized Polling on the course home page.
The Customized Polling page is displayed, as shown in Figure 5-17.
Figure 5-17. Releasing poll results option
4. Click Release Results to make the poll results available to students.
Click Home to close the poll.
Click Voting Status to see
which students have voted.
Click Refresh to view the
latest poll results.
The legend shows color
coding for answers.
Click Release Results
when you are ready to
let students view the
poll results.
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