Tuesday's Tip #47: Have a Little Fun and Create a Thanksgiving Poll in Teams

Fun in Teams with Polls

Games and fun polls are a great way to get and keep people engaged.  Having fun doesn't have to take a lot of time. You can EASILY create a one question poll in Microsoft Teams using Microsoft Forms. One way to do this - is similar to an ice breaker. Before your weekly team meeting, send out a poll and ask people what their favorite Thanksgiving food is. It's easy and simple and then you can share the results in the beginning of your meeting this week.

Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms is an Office 365 app. Not everyone is aware of some of these included apps. Microsoft Forms allows you to easily create simple quizzes, polls and surveys. The newest addition for Forms, is to add a polling integration to Teams.

Create Polls in Teams

You can create quick, simple, one question polls in a chat in Teams. The chat can be in a channel of a Team or within a  standard chat window. 

Install Forms

First, you need to install Forms within Teams.

1. Click on Apps in your Teams navigation.
2. Search for Forms.
   
3. Choose Add.
   
4. Now you will see the Forms icon in all your chat windows.
   

Create a Quick Poll

Whether you are in a channel or chat with a couple people, once Forms is installed, you will see the Forms icon.

1. In a chat window, where you want to share the poll (channel or chat), click the Forms icon or type @Forms.
   
2. Enter a question and answers for your 1 question poll.
   
3. Choose Options (multiple answers and anonymous responses) and Save.
   
4. You will see a preview of the poll. Click Send.
5. People will see this in their chat and be able to respond. You will see a summary of their answers.

Challenge: Send a poll today in each of the Teams your part of.