polling

From:

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/05/15-great-free-and-easy-survey-polls.html

Teachers and educators can use polls/ surveys to :


 * Glean feedback from students and learners
 * Gain background knowledge on what information students had learned in previous classes
 * Save time where it can be available to students outside classtime
 * Learning about students interests and progress
 * Evaluating teachers teaching methods
 * Practice exams and mock exams
 * Maintaining a healthy learning environment
 * develop learning materials and
 * Investigate upon students learning pace

Here is the list:

1-** Kwiqpoll **



This is a simple poll making tool. It does not require any registration. Just visit the homepage and start creating you poll right away. You have the choice to provide multiple choice answers. You will also be provided with a generated URL to use when sharing your polls.

2-** Flisti **



This is another great simple poll tool. It is very easy to use and resembles Kwiqpoll in that it does not call for any sign up. Just head over to its main page and start working on your poll. You can add as many answers as you want to your poll. Again, you can embed your polls in your blog, wiki or website


 * 3- Urtak **



This tool allows users to create polls using yes or no multiple questions. Besides the services it shares with the two above tools I mentioned Urtak also allows visitors to your poll to provide their own questions.

4- **Vorbeo **



This is another free and simple to use poll tool. Teachers can use it to create their own polls and customize them the way they want by adding colours, adjusting width and many more before sharing them on their blogs or websites.

5- Polldaddy



This is another popular polling service that allows users to create free polls and surveys containing up to ten questions.

6- **Micropoll**



Micropoll allows users to instantly create a poll using a set of questions and answers then one email address. It also provides embed codes to share polls online.

7- **Quizsnack**



I have already included this tool in the list of<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5096cb; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Teachers Quiz tools and I am adding it here because it also has an option for users to create their polls and share them online. It is also just as easy and simple as the other tools mentioned above.

8- **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5096cb; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Obsurvey **



This is a great utility for creating instant surveys. It is dead simple, just visit its main page, type in your questions and answers using their text editor and there you go.

9-**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5096cb; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Kwik Surveys **



This is another great polling service. It allows users to design their own surveys, form, polls and feedback forms. It is free but it does require a sign up.

10- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5096cb; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Polleverywhere



This is a great polling tool. I could not go ahead with my list without mentioning it here. It has different pricing plans and also has a free plan but very limited and allows for just 40 responses per poll. Check it out

12- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5096cb; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Poll Junkie



This is a simple free service for creating instant polls. It lets users specifiy an expiry date for their polls and also opt for email notification to be notified each time there is an anwser to the poll.

13- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5096cb; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yarp



This is another easy and simple poll creating tool. It basically allows users to create their own surveys or online invitations. It does not require any registration.

14- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5096cb; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Swayable



This survey creation tool has a particular service which is that of creating a survey that includes two photos and a question. It is awesome try it out. It also requires a registration.


 * 15- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5096cb; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Survey Mapper **



This is a free real-time geographic survey and polling tool which has also the same basic functions as most of the tools above. There is also a featured tutorial on its homepage to walk you through the process of creating a survey. It requires a registration.