Managing Polls for Sessions
Polls are lightweight ways to gauge attendee opinions in a way that can be shared publicly, either in the app or on a web view. Poll results are not exportable and not intended for serious downstream analysis - use Surveys if you want something like that.
Poll Setup
To create a Poll, go to Notifications > Polls. You can easily create a poll and have it ready to add to sessions.
Step 1: Create the Poll
| Setting | Purpose |
| Name | Give your poll a name - this is not shown to attendees. |
| Session Timing | Decide when you want your poll to publish. Immediately means now, so you can gather feedback well in advance of a session. The other times are based on the start time of the session you'll choose in Step 2. |
| Question | What is the question for your poll? |
| New Option | List your options by clicking New Option for each new possible answer. |
| Reorder | Click Reorder to change the display order of your Poll answers. |
Step 2: Add the Poll to a session(s)
Go to Content > Sessions > Attributes to add a Poll to a session. You can only add one Poll per session.
If you want your Poll to be mobile only, you're all set! Your Poll will show on a Poll tab in the session, and you can take the Poll or see its results by tapping that tab. The Poll results will show in your brand color.
Step 3: Generate a Results URL (only needed if you want to view results on web)
To show a Poll to attendees via the web (say, for a big screen presentation), you'll want to generate a results URL. Just head back to the main Polls list in Notifications, and click the Generate Results Url button, and you'll see a session picker:
Pick the session for which you want to display the Poll results via web, and select a timing that is within the time range that you want the URL to be active (i.e., before the end of your event) and click Generate. Then, copy the resulting URL:
Viewing Results
Just paste the URL into your browser and you will see a Word Cloud and the Question Responses. This web page will be rendered using your logo from Design and your primary brand color. The page will update every few seconds automatically.
