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Zoom Surveys is the Zoom library used to create, store, and manage all Zoom polls, quizzes, and surveys. Poll, quiz, and survey responses are also located in Surveys.

Description

Zoom Surveys is a library space used to create, store, and manage not only Zoom surveys, but also Zoom polls and quizzes. Creating these items within Zoom eliminates the need for external polling and survey tools during Zoom meetings. 

  • Previously, Zoom polls and quizzes were created for and were accessible in a specific meeting only (unless added to Zoom's poll library and selected for use across a host's meetings).
  • Now, all Zoom polls, quizzes, and surveys can be created and stored within the same library (called Zoom Surveys), regardless of which meeting they are intended for. 

Important notes:

    • This change makes all of a host's Zoom polls and quizzes created in Surveys available for use in all of their scheduled meetings. See How to Create a Poll or Quiz in the Surveys Library.

    • Polls and quizzes may be filtered so that only those required for a specific meeting are visible during the meeting. See How to Filter Meeting Polls and Quizzes.

    • Polls and quizzes can still be created within a meeting. These polls and quizzes are available only for that meeting. See How to Create a Meeting Poll/Quiz.

    • How Zoom polls and quizzes are launched in a meeting has not changed. 

    • A strong, consistent naming convention is highly recommended to aid in locating the desired polls/quizzes in the Surveys library and during a Zoom meeting. 

Access

Sign in to your account through the Zoom web portal

Click Surveys in the Zoom menu on the left side of your screen. 

Surveys tab in the Zoom menu

Refine your search for existing content by entering a keyword, searching by type under the Surveys or Polls and quizzes tab, or by status (Saved Items or Draft). 

Zoom Surveys tab

How to Create a Poll or Quiz in the Surveys Library

The advantage of creating a poll or quiz in the Surveys library is it will be available for launch (use) in any of the Zoom host's meetings. 

After accessing Surveys, click the + Create button. 

+Create button image

Select Poll or quiz and click Create. 

Choose the Zoom survey type

Complete the steps shown in the image and described below as applicable. 

Zoom poll settings

  1. Give the poll a unique, identifiable title. Because all of a host's polls and quizzes are stored in Surveys, it is important to have an effective naming convention. Consider including Course#:Session or Day#:Question#  (e.g. C123:S1:Q1) in the title. 
  2. Choose the question type. Question types include: single choice, multiple choice, matching, rank order, short answer, long answer, fill in the blank, and a rating scale. 
  3. Type your poll question.

    Note: Zoom polls and quizzes typically contain one question. However, additional questions could be added by clicking + Add Question, found below the question editor. 
  4. Add response choices.
  5. Click + Add Choice to create additional response choices.
  6. Select whether you would like the question to be required, to show response choices as a dropdown menu, or if you would like to create breakout rooms based on participant responses. 

    Note: To create breakout rooms based on participant responses, "Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results" must be enabled in Settings > Meeting > In Meeting (Basic).
  7. Use the toggle switch to turn your poll into a quiz with a correct answer. To set the correct answer for a quiz, click Please set answer, choose the correct response(s) and click Done.
  8. Click the gear icon for the option to require anonymous answers.
  9. Upload an image for the question.
  10. Click the ellipsis in the bottom right corner to duplicate or delete a question.

    Note: Polls and quizzes can also be deleted from the Surveys library or while in a meeting.
  11. Preview the poll.
  12. Click Save to save the poll/quiz or click the ellipsis next to the Save button to save as a draft. Draft polls appear in the Surveys library as shown in the example below. Draft polls and quizzes are not available for launch in meetings. 

draft Zoom poll in Surveys library

How to Filter Meeting Polls & Quizzes

All polls and quizzes created in the Surveys library are available in all of a Zoom host's meetings. 

Polls and quizzes created in the Surveys library can be filtered so only those applicable to a given meeting will be available for use in the meeting. 

To filter polls and quizzes for a meeting:

  1. Click Meetings in the Zoom menu on the left side of your screen and select the desired meeting. 
  2. Click the Polls/Quizzes tab.
  3. Click Filter for meeting.

    Meeting tab, meeting, polls/quizzes, Filter for meeting
  4. Select each poll/quiz from the Surveys library that you would like available in the meeting by checking each check box next to each poll/quiz.
  5. Click Save. 

Now only the polls and quizzes selected (filtered) from the Surveys library will be available in the meeting.

Note: Any poll or quiz created within the meeting will also be available for use in the meeting. See How to Create a Meeting Poll/Quiz.

How to Create a Meeting Poll/Quiz

Meeting polls and quizzes are only available for use in that particular Zoom meeting. To create a poll/quizz that is available in all meetings, see How to Create a Poll or Quiz in the Surveys Library.

To create a poll or quiz that will not be included in the Surveys library and will be available in only one meeting, 

  1. Click Meetings in the Zoom menu on the left side of your screen and select the desired meeting. 
  2. Click the Polls/Quizzes tab.
  3. Click the + Create button. 
  4. Create the poll or quiz question. See detailed steps here
  5. Click the Save button. You will have two options: Save as meeting poll [quiz] or Save to Library. 
  6. Click Save as meeting poll [quiz] for this poll/quiz to be available in this meeting only.
  7. You will see the following alert. To create the meeting poll or quiz click Save.

    Save as meeting poll alert

Polls created or stored in the Surveys library will appear in the meeting as "Poll."
Polls created within the meeting will appear as "Meeting poll."

Both are available for use in your meeting. 

Poll vs Meeting Poll types

How to Create a Survey in the Surveys Library

After accessing Surveys, click the + Create button. 

+Create button image

Select Survey and click Create. 

select to create a Zoom survey

Complete the steps shown in the image and described below as applicable. 

Zoom survey settings

  1. Give the survey a unique, identifiable title. Consider including Course#:Day, Week or Session#  (e.g. C123:W1). 
  2. Choose the question type. Question types include: single choice, multiple choice, matching, rank order, short answer, long answer, fill in the blank, and a rating scale. 
  3. Type your survey question. Additional questions can be added to the survey by clicking + Add Question, located under the question editor. 
  4. Add response choices or choose the character limit for typed responses. 
  5. Click + Add Choice to create additional response choices.
  6. Select whether you would like the question to be required, and if response choices will be shown as a dropdown menu.
  7. Select the gear icon for the following options: require answers to be anonymous, number survey questions, show the question type to the viewer, and customize the survey submission message. 
  8. Select your survey theme including the background color and header image.
  9. Upload an image to the question.
  10. Click the ellipsis in the bottom right corner to duplicate or delete the question or add skip logic. 
  11. Preview the survey.
  12. Click Save to save the survey and obtain a survey link to share, or click the ellipsis next to the Save button to save as a draft. Survey links may also be found for saved, published surveys in the Surveys library. Draft surveys appear in the Surveys library as shown in the example below. Draft surveys cannot be published or added to meetings. 

draft Zoom survey in Zoom Survey library

      Application and Limitations

      Use Zoom Surveys to create, store, and manage Zoom polls, quizzes, and surveys. Zoom polls and quizzes are launched within a Zoom meeting without the need for switching between applications. A survey can be added to a meeting and automatically sent to participants when the meeting ends. 

      Avoid this Pitfall

      Create a strong naming convention for your polls and quizzes to easily locate and launch the one(s) you need in a Zoom meeting. 

      Resources

      Managing Zoom Surveys as user

      InterPro - Teaching & Learning - Tools & Technology - Zoom Polls and Quizzes

      Using post-survey meeting and reporting (includes how to add a Zoom survey to a meeting)

      Conducting polls in meetings

      Understanding question types for surveys, polls, and quizzes



      Keywords:
      Interpro, LDT, Zoom, Surveys, poll library, polls, quizzes, quiz 
      Doc ID:
      133122
      Owned by:
      Michelle B. in Interdisciplinary Professional Programs
      College of Engineering
      Created:
      2023-12-01
      Updated:
      2024-08-29
      Sites:
      Interdisciplinary Professional Programs