Polls can be a powerful tool when it comes to ones education. Polls have been used as a popular method of surveying the public, whether it be in a newspaper or on a website. We use this information to gather opinions and feedback from a wide range audience, which can help students make school related decisions, such as teacher or class comparisons. Students can also use polls as a useful way to gather research for school projects, such as surveying the amount of hours students spend studying, or the impact of lack of sleep on test scores. This ease of access to public opinion enables students to effectively and accurately produce information, making the research process more convenient for students. When students have tools they can utilize, student productivity and inspiration will increase.
iQ technologies offers a tool where students can create a poll at the tip of their fingertips. They also have control over the audience of the poll, with a feature to share with the public or just one’s network. iQ technologies also offers a variety of visible features to help students organize their data and research, such as Graphical display of responses in bar or pie charts, geographical heat-maps with drill-down, access to user profiles (those who took poll), and social buttons for total number of shares, likes, etc. In addition, iQ also provides configurable public opinion polls, support for questions and responses, comment on polls (comments also appear in activity stream), one-click share of a poll on popular social sites (Facebook, Twitter, Google+), and an option to email your poll to friend for further feedback.
Here at iQ technologies, we believe that providing both students and staff with easy-access tools can increase productivity in the online learning environment.