An Overview – Microsoft Forms for Live Audience Response

Microsoft Forms is a simple and effective tool to create interactive polls that supports educators to surface the student voice in teaching sessions, deliver knowledge checking activites and gather immediate feedback.

In your teaching session, whether a large lecture or a smaller seminar group, you can ask students to respond to multiple-choice and open-ended questions, with their contributions displayed within your PowerPoint in real-time (or a browser window if you are not using PowerPoint). This is achieved using the ‘Forms Present Mode’.

A short summary video can be viewed below:

A series of video guides have been created to support you with the transition, please use the links below to access the playlist:

You can also access the individual helpguides from the links below:

• 1. Creating Polling Activities in Microsoft Forms
• 2. Embedding within Microsoft PowerPoint for Live Response
• 3. Live Presentation Mode (Real-Time Activity Sharing)
• 4. Customising Settings in Microsoft Forms
• 5. Collaborating with Others in Microsoft Forms
• 6. Student View when Responding to Microsoft Forms

Additional Support Resources (External Links)

In addition to the above webpages, this list contains a range of support materials for Microsoft Forms. These are external pages and are not managed by the University of Lincoln.

• Forms basics – Microsoft Support
• Microsoft Forms help & learning
• Check and share your form results – Microsoft Support
• Screen reader support for Microsoft Forms – Microsoft Support
• Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Forms – Microsoft Support
• Check and share your quiz results – Microsoft Support