Best way to integrate online in-class polls, attendance

Michael.M.3382

This is our first semester using BrightSpace. We have Zoom available to us to use as a meeting application. I'd like to be able to have a report or keep track of who logged into the class (attendance) and, very importantly, periodically use polls for students to answer questions and keep track of who answers the polls/questions. I know that Zoom has this, although it might require registration. I'm also not sure if there is something in Brightspace which, if it creates a link, the login will attribute itself to a student so I know that the student has logged in and I get the same results of the poll. Perhaps this is generated by the Zoom software and the user information is via the link created from BrighSpace. I don't know so I'm asking here. Thank you.

Nikhil.P.90

@Michael.M.3382 Hi Michael,

Thank you for reaching out to us on the Community site.

You can use the Class Progress tool to find out if the student has accessed the class or not.

More information on the Class Progress tool can be found here> https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/5377-class-progress

For poll questions related to your class, you can use the Surveys tool.

More information on Surveys is found here> https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/18131-using-the-surveys-tool

Regards,

Nik

Michael.M.3382

Nikhil - thank you for your response, which is a good one. I think that the answer is that we do not have Zoom integrated into our installation and the only way to take class attendance and use polls during class is within Zoom itself. The other way would need to be to ask students to use Brightspace during class and ask them to login and complete a poll I created there, which is not ideal, as integration of Zoom into BS is certainly ideal. Thank you for your effort.