Moderating Polls

Moderating Polls

Please note that polls can only be used if they have been set up in advance. If you wish to include a poll, please let us know four days before the date of your session. 


As a moderator, you have the option of publishing polls to get additional information on a chosen subject from the audience. To enable this to happen as smoothly as possible, our platform Poll tools are simple to use. 



























In the Polls section, you will have the ability to "Create Poll". Clicking on the “Create Poll” button will allow you to create new polls before publishing them to make them available to the audience. You can create as many polls as you like and publish them at any point during the session. Make sure to always inform the audience when a poll is to be answered before it is unpublished. 






















After clicking "Create Poll", you will be prompted to enter your question, select the choice option and provide the answers you want people to select from. "Add Answer" allows you to add additional options to the poll. You can also make the poll anonymous so the respondents’s name doesn't show against their answer. 
  • Single Choice allows participants to select one answer only.
  • Multiple Choice allows participants to select a number of answers, including all answers should they desire to.


























Once a poll has been created, it will remain in the "New" tab until you choose to publish it by clicking on the "Publish Poll" button. You also have the option to delete and edit the poll using the bin and pencil icons respectively shown in the top right of the poll entry. 


























Clicking the cog icon () allows you to set whether the results of the poll are shown automatically to the audience when voting, or are shown when you publish the results. 


























Once you have published the poll, the audience will be able to view and answer it. Once you are happy with the amount of votes received, you can choose to publish the results to everyone using the "Publish Results" button. You can also archive the poll which will hide it from the view of the audience, but preserve the results for the moderator/charperson. Archived polls are displayed under the "Archived" tab. 



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