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Full text not showing on activities

There may be instances where your answer text reaches the character limit and ends with three dots to show that there is text missing.

Poll Everywhere multiple choice activity, showing answer 4 being truncated by three dots
Affected activity: Example showing answer 4 text being truncated as it doesn’t fit on the activity slide. Image provided by Rebecca Stratling.

To fix this:

  1. Locate the affected activity in Poll Everywhere
  2. Click Edit
  3. From the options at the top, choose Visual Settings
  4. Check the option Auto-fit content
  5. Updating slides in Powerpoint:
    • Windows users: In PowerPoint go to the Poll Everywhere tab and choose Sync. If this doesn’t fix all slides, they’ll need to be reinserted.
    • Mac users: Affected slides will need to be reinserted.
Poll Everywhere multiple choice activity, showing long text fitted to content area
Fixed activity: Example showing all answer text fitted to content areas. Image provided by Rebecca Stratling.
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Why can only 25 students respond to my polls?

If your responses are limited to 25, you’re on the free plan. To remove this restriction, you need to request a Poll Everywhere license from the Service Desk.

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