The dock · Take turns

Poll

Ask the room, watch the bars race.

Pose a question and votes pile into a live chart the moment they land. Vote by tapping the board, or from students' own devices — either way you finally hear from the quiet ones.

Also called: classroom voting · live survey

  • Free for teachers · no login required

What should Friday's reward be?

Tap a bar to vote — in class, students vote from their own devices.

How it works

Three steps, zero setup

No setup screen, no import wizard — Poll lives on the same board as everything else and it's running before the class has sat down.

1

Open the dock and tap Poll

Type your question and a few answers. True-or-false and emoji check-ins are built in.

2

Choose how the class votes

Tap buttons on the board itself, or let students vote from their own devices — or both at once.

Watch the results live

Bars, pie or doughnut — the chart grows with every vote. Hide results until voting closes for a clean reveal.

Classroom ideas

Try it tomorrow

Three ways teachers actually run poll — steal one for tomorrow morning.

Predict before the reveal

Before the experiment, the next chapter, the election result in the novel — vote on what happens. Investment guaranteed.

Monday mood check

An emoji slider while you take the register. You know the room's weather before first period does.

Settle debates with data

Best book cover, fairest playtime rule, class film choice — vote it, chart it, done. Democracy beats volume.

The wheel ended the 'you always pick the same people' complaints on day one. Remove-after-pick might be the fairest thing in my room.
Hannah Brooks Year 5 Teacher
Same dock, one tap away

Pairs well with

Every tool lives on the same board — these turn poll into a whole routine.

Timer

Sixty seconds on the clock keeps the bars racing.

Embed

Run the simulation, then vote on what happens next.

QR Code

One code on the board gets thirty devices into the vote.

Text

Post the question big; collect the verdict beside it.

…and the rest of the dock is one tap away:

FAQ

Good to know

Can students vote from their own devices?

Yes — switch voting to remote and they vote from any phone, tablet or laptop. Students never need accounts. On-board buttons work too, or run both at once.

Can I hide results until everyone's voted?

Yes. Keep the chart hidden while votes come in, close voting, then reveal — no bandwagon effect.

What kinds of polls can I run?

Multiple choice, true or false, emoji check-ins, and an emoji slider for 'how are we feeling about this' moments.

Can I change the chart?

Bar, horizontal bar, pie or doughnut, with a few colour themes. The bars animate as votes arrive, which the class loves more than it should.

Do I need an account to try it?

No — no login, no install, and students never need accounts either. Boards save on this device; an account is only for keeping them across devices.

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Put a poll on your board

Open a board, tap the dock, and it's there. That's the whole setup.