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Enabling Polling or Quizzing for Zoom Meetings

Follow the steps below to enable polling and Advanced polling/Quizzing for your Zoom meetings.
  1. Sign in to CUNY Zoom web portal with your CUNY Login credential on a browser.
  2. Click Settings on the left navigation panel. Make sure that you are on the Meeting tab.

    Zoom settings

  3. Scroll down to "In Meeting (Basic)" section and click the switch button next to "Meeting Polls/Quizzes" to turn it on if it is off (grey color). It should have blue color when it is on.  Check the box for "Allow host to create advanced polls and quizzes."
    • Basic polls have 2 questions types: multiple choice and multiple answers
    • Advanced polls have additional question types such as matching, ranking, fill in blanks, short answer questions.
    • Quizzes allow you to provide correct answers.

      Enabling poll and quiz for Zoom meetings