1. 8th Sakai Conference4-7 December 2007 Newport Beach Stephen Marquard and Greg Doyle University of Cape Town Do you want to find out more about polls? o Yes o No o Maybe

3. Outline About Polls Origins Poll examples Current features Plans How to contribute

4. About Polls Polls is a lightweight, simple tool for anonymous voting to: –gauge opinions, beliefs, attitudes or interests –make a decision –elect people Polls is not –an assessment tool (no grading, anonymous) –for related sets of questions (only one question per poll)

5. Origins Polls in UCT’s home- grown legacy online learning environment (connect), with link to associated discussion

6. The First Sakai Poll Elections for student governance (Student Representative Council) at the University of Cape Town (2006)

7. Creating a poll for testing beliefs

8. Polls for fun Polls in the Centre for Educational Technology Sociality site (UCT, 2007)

9. Polls for decision making Poll in a simulation in an international law course, University of Cape Town (2007)

10. Polls for gauging interest Poll for selecting NetG self- study modules available for students and staff

11. Polls for gathering information on student behaviour Poll in a 1 st year undergraduate course, University of Cape Town (2007)

12. Current features Polls is available in Sakai 2.5 as a provisional tool –Timed release/retract –Configurable min/max options –Conditional release of results (always/never/after vote/after close) –Spoiled vote (can allow votes for no options) –Permissions for voting, adding and editing polls –Rich text editor for description & options

13. Poll Plans Richer user interface –Simpler workflow for creating polls –More visual display of results (graphs, etc.) Complete support for Sakai shared services (search, import/export, archive, notifications) Global polls (e.g. in Gateway) Integration with Forums (vote, then discuss) Embeddable polls as widgets (e.g. in a Wiki page, Announcement, Forum message or Melete module) Tool convergence? (Polls, ImageQuiz, Evaluation)

14. Add feature requests or bug reports in JIRA (http://issues.sakaiproject.org)http://issues.sakaiproject.org Ideas, integrating polls with other tools, complex requirements, volunteering design, development or QA effort? Stephen Marquard, stephen.marquard@uct.ac.za Greg Doyle, gregory.doyle@uct.ac.za How to Contribute

15. 8th Sakai Conference4-7 December 2007 Newport Beach Stephen Marquard and Greg Doyle University of Cape Town Do you understand? o Yes o No o Maybe