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
Settings
- 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. 2-3 polls are recommended on a 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. You'll then 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
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.
