Polling

Polls can be created within each activity on the agenda. The main purpose is to increase the interaction of users in the event. 

Different from quizzes, polls do not have right or wrong answers as it used to get the opinions and votes of users, but with quizzes, there is always a right answer as the knowledge of users is tested in a fun way and they can see their immediate results. To learn how to create quizzes click here.

The polling feature allows you to:

  • Create personalized polls for each activity
  • Enable or disable the poll whenever you would like
  • Visualize and control your attendees' answers

How do I enable the Polling function?

Whenever you want to post a poll to your event, the Polling tool must be activated. 

To do this click on  Settings > Tools > Edit > scroll down until you see the Live category and enable the Polling option.

Enable the Polling function

If instead of seeing a checkbox, you see Click, you will need to enable this feature in the company tools. To do so, simply press Click and a new tab will be opened automatically on the company tools page.

Then, scroll down until you see the Live section, press Edit, and make sure the Polling checkbox is checked. Press End to save the changes.

Scroll down until you see the Live section

In the platform

How do I create polls?

To add a poll follow these steps:

  1. Click on Agenda > Polling > select an Activity > +Add poll on the left corner.
  2. Then, create the poll title and click Create.
    create polls In the platform

Now that the poll has been created, you should add possible answers that users can choose from. 

To do this:

  1. Click on the created poll and click on +Add answer on the left corner.
  2. Type your answer(s), to create multiple options, separate each option by a line.
  3. Once you are done click on Create.
Add possible answers that users can choose

You can also include an image in the reply by selecting the checkbox Add Image (optional).

You can create as many polls as you like within each activity.

How do I edit polls?

To edit polls, press Edit on the upper right.

You will be able to change the polls' answers, options.

You will also be able to make the poll visible, and set if the poll's answer should be displayed or not after the attendees vote under Settings.

If the poll is set to Active / Visible, attendees can view and answer the poll, if it is unchecked the poll will not be visible to users.

If the Answers display checkbox is activated, attendees will see the answer to the poll after they vote, if it is unchecked, the answer won't be displayed for them to see.

Press End to save the changes.

When you create a poll in the platform, by default the Active/visible checkbox will need to be activated.
How do I edit polls?

If you'd like to send a push notification to all attendees to remind them of the poll, click the Send Notification button at the top left corner of the page.

Send Notification button at the top left corner of the page

Push notifications for the Polling feature only appear on the mobile application. Attendees will see the notification under the Alerts section.

How do I activate multiple polls at once within the platform?

When you create multiple polls for an activity and you would like to activate them at once, simply select the activity > press Edit > check the polls you wish to activate > Activate > click on End to save the changes.

Activate multiple polls at once within the platform
By following this step-by-step and activating one or more polls, they will automatically be active and visible. This means that you will not have to access each poll as mentioned here to make them available to your attendees.

How do I delete a poll?

Click on Edit > check the square beside the poll title > press Remove.

deleting a poll in the platform
How do I delete all the answers in a poll?

To delete all the answers in a poll, please follow these steps:

  1. Click on Agenda > Polling > select an Activity > select a poll.
  2. Then click on Edit, on the upper right side > A button with the option 'Clear poll answers' will appear, click on it.
  3. A pop-up window will open asking if you are sure you want to remove all the answers, to confirm that you want to remove the answers, type 'REMOVE ANSWERS' and click on the red 'Clear poll' button.
Delete all the answers in a poll
How do I remove the polling tab from one room in the Virtual Lobby?

To remove the polling tab completely from your activity, go to the InEvent platform and navigate to Agenda > Activities > select your activity > click Edit.

Then, scroll down to the bottom to see the hide options > Tick Hide poll and press End.

The poll tab will now be removed from your activity.

remove the polling tab from one room in the Virtual Lobby

In the Virtual Lobby

In the Virtual Lobby, some permission levels (admin, room host, co-host, presenter, staff, and linked speaker) can create, make (in)visible, and delete polls.

To learn more about the permission levels, refer to our Permission levels for attendees article.

Creating polls

To create a poll inside your activity, simply follow these steps:

  1. Click on the Create Poll button inside the Polls tab. You will then see a pop-up box.
Create a poll inside your activity
  1. Enter your poll's question and answer options. Click on Add option if you need to add more than two answer options.
  2. Set the visibility of your poll to attendees by toggling the Turn visible button on or off.
  3. Choose whether or not to display the poll as a pop-up notification to your attendees by toggling the Show as pop-up button on or off.
  4. Press Create.

Press Create

The poll will now be posted in the poll tab for your audience to answer.

Besides being available in the Polls tab in the room, the polls will also be displayed in the attendees' agenda. Click here for further information.

You can see the number of votes under the poll itself, and review how many votes each option received by hovering over that option.

polls virtual lobby > votes
How do I edit polls?

To edit polls in the Virtual Lobby, click on the ellipsis icon beside the poll you wish to edit and select Edit from the poll options.

A window will pop up for you to edit the poll's title, change or delete the answer options or add more options. Press Done to save the changes once you are done.

Editing a poll

How do I set the visibility of my polls?

You can make polls visible/invisible to your attendees by simply toggling the Turn visible button on or off.

If you wish to make your poll visible, simply toggle the Turn visible button on and you will see a confirmation box. Press Yes to confirm your action and the poll will become visible to your attendees.

Polls are by default set to visible when created.
Making a poll visible

If you wish to make your poll invisible simply toggle the Turn visible button off and you will see a confirmation box. Press Yes to confirm your action and the poll will become invisible to your attendees.

Making a poll invisible

How do I send a poll pop-up notification to attendees?

To send a pop-up notification to your attendees so they can answer the poll, simply toggle the Show as a pop-up button on. A confirmation box will appear, press Yes to confirm your action.

Enabling the pop-up notification

Attendees will see the poll pop-up notification displayed on their screen. They can press Skip to view other polls that have the show as pop-up feature enabled or they can go back to a previous poll by pressing Previous. To close the notification, simply click the cancel (x) button in the top right corner and click Yes to confirm the action.

Poll pop-up notificaton for attendees

To disable the poll notification for your attendees, simply toggle the Show as pop-up button off. A confirmation box will appear, press Yes' to confirm the action.

Disabling the pop-up notification

Order of the polls questions in the Virtual Lobby

Polls will be displayed in chronological order of their creation. For example, if you create 3 polls: Poll 1, Poll 2, and Poll 3, they will be displayed in the Lobby as shown below:

Order of the polls

By default, the polls' answers are sorted alphabetically. To change the order, click Edit and drag the options to their desired order. Click here for further information on how to edit polls.
Polls inside the My Agenda tab

The polls created for the activities can also be displayed under the Details of the activities available on My Agenda. However, the admin can choose its visibility by clicking on the 3 dots as shown at the image below

Polls inside the My Agenda tab
How do I delete a poll?

If you wish to delete a poll inside an activity in the Virtual Lobby, you can do so by clicking on the ellipsis icon beside the poll and selecting Remove from the Poll options. A confirmation box will appear; click Remove again to confirm the action.

Removing a poll
This action can be performed by the admin, staff, presenter, linked speaker, room host and room co-host. To learn more about different permissions click here.

Received and Missing answers

All the responses to your poll will be received by our platform and can be viewed at any time.

To view all poll's answers, click on the poll that you want to check the answers, and press Answers. You can view how many attendees responded and how attendees answered each question.

Received and Missing answers

Similarly, to view whoever didn't answer the questions, click on Missing and check how many attendees haven't answered and their names.

To view whoever didn't answer the questions

How can I show the poll results to the attendees?

In the Virtual Lobby, results are shown in real time with bars indicating the most popular answers.

If you would like to project results on a screen, you can use the TV Mode or Big Screen.

How to show poll results.

To learn more about content projection, access the Content Projection article.

How do I respond to a poll through the app?

To respond to a poll through the app, you will click on My Schedule in the bottom menu, select the activity you want to respond to the poll, and click on Details and then on Quiz (you must be pinned/enrolled to the activity to view the poll)

How to answer poll in the app

After this step, you will be on the poll list of that activity. Click on the poll in question, then choose and click the desired response and submit your answer.

Second step of how to answer polls in the app

How do I generate a report?

Besides viewing the attendee responses by clicking on the Answers tab, you can also generate an excel sheet report, that can be:

  • Individually by activity by pressing Agenda > Activity, select the activity, and go to the Details tab > scroll down until you find See polling. It will redirect you to the Polling page, then press Edit > Report.
Individual poll reports per activity can also be generated by going to Agenda > Polling > selecting a poll > Edit > Report.
  • Or a single report containing all attendees' poll answers across all activities; To do so click on Agenda > Polling > Edit > Report.

The difference on the spreadsheet will be the last column for this second option showing the Activity name.

Generate a report


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