Canvas has created a Polls app for face-to-face and hybrid courses. This mobile application works on Android and iOS devices and allows instructors to create quick polls and collect responses from their students. This tool would be ideal for informal feedback during a lecture or for gathering data on how well students understand a concept at the end of a class. These quick and anonymous surveys allow the instructor to gauge understanding of a concept as well as promote student participation and engagement.

Have you listened to the CU Online Podcast?

If you are interested in learning more about polling and other uses for mobile devices, check out episode 2 of the CU Online Podcast where David and Michael sit down with the head product manager for Instructure's mobile development, Mark Suman, for a discussion of the best way to design mobile experiences, where Instructure's learning management system, Canvas, is headed in the future, and the thinking behind polls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPuViY6LwI