Adding polls
Polls are a type of activity that allows you to reward members with points for casting a vote.
To add a poll:
- In Control Center, navigate to Activities > Polls.
- Click Add Poll.
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Configure the details for your poll:
- Basic Information
- Title: Specify a title for the poll. For example, this title appears in the poll widget, activity widget, and the member's activity history.
- Description: Provide a description for this poll. This description appears in the poll and activity list widgets.
- Point Value: Specify the number of points that are rewarded for completing the poll.
- Image in Activity Widget: Click Choose Image to provide an image for this poll. This image appears in the poll and activity list widgets.
- Tags: Specify tags that apply to this poll. Tags can be useful for reporting purposes.
- Appears in a member's activity history: Enable this option if you want the poll completion to appear in the member's activity history.
- Status: Choose whether this poll is Enabled or Disabled. The poll question cannot be modified after enabling a poll.
- Poll Details
Specify the poll question and answer options:
- Question: Type the question that you want to ask the member.
- Answer Options: Specify the poll answer options. You can add as many options as you want by clicking Add Option. You can also add an image to each option.
- After submitting, display:
- Chart of live poll results: Enable this option to display a chart with live poll results after the member submits the poll.
- Chart type: Choose the type of chart you want to display to the member after a poll is submitted.
- Show percentage labels: Enable this option if you want percentage labels to display on the poll result chart.
- Success message: Enable this option to display a configurable success message after the member submits the poll.
- Specify the text to display to the member after the poll submission is successful.
- Chart of live poll results: Enable this option to display a chart with live poll results after the member submits the poll.
- Schedule
Start Date and Start Time: Specify the date and time in which you want this poll to begin.
Note: The poll must also be set to Enabled.
- Set end date and time: Enable this option if you would like the poll to automatically end at the specified End Date and End Time.
- Eligibility and Locking
- Restrict this poll to:
- Specific Segment: Choose this option if you want to restrict the poll to members belongings to the specified segment.
Members who completed a prerequisite activity: Choose this option if you want to restrict the poll to members who have first completed the specified activity.
- Restrict this poll to:
- Basic Information
- Click Add Poll.
After you add a poll, you may want to monitor and view the poll results.