Module name:
poll
The Poll Gear asks a single question, and presents a visitor with a set of responses. Visitors can respond to the poll question, and view the results of the previous respondents.
You can configure the following settings in an instance configuration of the Poll Gear:
Gear name and description
General administration settings
Access settings
Poll parameters
Instance Configuration
You can configure the descriptive information and access settings in an instance configuration of the Outlook Gear.
Enter the Community Administration. Click the Community Gears tab to view the Configure Gear Instances page.
Click the Configure link next to the Poll Gear name.
The Configure Gear: Poll Page opens.
Enter a gear name and description. Select sharing and Make visible to options.
Click Done.
Click additional configurations. This page has five parts: set current poll, create new poll, available polls, resource bundle, and alerts.
set current poll: Select one of the existing polls to be displayed in the Poll Gear instance.
create new poll: Enter a poll title and a poll question. Also enter the possible answers to the poll; all polls must be multiple choice.
available polls: This page displays all polls available for this gear. You may view poll results, edit an existing poll, clear votes (returning the vote totals to zero), or delete a poll.
resource bundle: If you have localized the Poll Gear, you can change the resource bundle used for it.
alerts: You can configure whether alerts are generated by the gear instance.
