The first time I opened Doodle was to select a meeting time in a poll created by the instructor of the EdTech course. My initial thought was, “Is this ALL it does?” I wasn’t even sure it warranted an EdTech Exploration. Over the course of this online course, I have recognized Doodle’s infinite value.
Taken directly from the Doodle Support Center, “Doodle is an online scheduling tool that can be used quickly and easily to find a date and time to meet with multiple people. First you suggest dates and times for your event participants to choose from, then Doodle creates a polling calendar that can be sent to participants for feedback. As each participant selects the dates and times from the polling calendar that he or she is free, Doodle aggregates the responses and tells you which option works best for everyone.” In short, “herding cats gets 2x faster”. Part of Doodle’s value is in its simplicity. A (free) account is required to create a poll, but not required to participate. Respondents can be invited directly through email or using a link to the poll. Further, polls are not limited to scheduling events. Polls can also be used to vote on any number of decisions. Our team used it to select a topic for our group project and then set up a time for a synchronous meeting online. What more is there to say? Doodle events are easy to set up in four simple steps. There are not a lot of options for formatting or rule enforcement (e.g. if the poll requests selection of only 3 of 8 options, there is nothing stopping the respondents from selecting all 8 options), however that doesn’t seem to be a significant detractor. Most importantly, Doodle eliminates the need for multiple emails and discussion threads to negotiate meeting times and topics. That alone makes the tool invaluable.
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