Adding polls to your event is a great way to get inside the minds of your attendees. Event polls allow you to ask your attendee's opinion and get live feedback on hot topics. It's also a good way to get your attendees engaged at your event.
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To create a poll, first, you need to create a session or a booth. Once you've created your session or booth access your virtual event hub to create a poll. Click here to learn more on how to create a session.
Enable / Disable the Poll Feature for a Session
Note: Disabling the Poll is only available for Scale plan and other higher plans
Go to Agenda & Speakers
Open the session
On session details, scroll down to Advanced Settings
Switch on / off Enable polls for this session
Enable / Disable the Poll Feature for an Exhibitor Booth
Go to Exhibitors & Sponsors
Open the exhibitor booth
Scroll down to Manage Booth Activity
Switch on / off Enable polls for this Exhibitor Booth
Enable / Disable the Poll Feature for the Lobby
Go to Event Website
Select Virtual Event Hub
Select Lobby
Switch on / off Enable Polls
Please note the following before creating a poll:
Only admins and speakers can create polls
Polls may only be created if you enter a session in the virtual event hub or if you access the Accelevents studio link
Attendees may only answer once for each poll
If you're an admin or speaker and you want to see the live poll results, submit a poll answer so that you can see it. If you don't submit an answer, you may only see the results when the poll ends.
If the poll results are hidden, this is only hidden from attendees. Speakers and admins will still see the results.
Create a Poll
Enter the session through the virtual event hub or access the Accelevents studio link for the session
Click the Polls tab on the right-side panel
Click Add Poll
Type in your poll question
Select whether attendees can pick multiple answers or just one answer
Type in the answers below
You can adjust the number of answer selection by clicking Delete or Add Answer
Enable Show Results to Users if you want attendees to see the poll results
Click Save
Click Launch Poll
Note: When a poll is published the poll button at the top of the chat pulses a couple of times, a notification, and a pop-up window for the poll question should appear for the attendees. If attendees are in full screen the poll pop-up will not appear for them, it will only appear once they exit full screen.
Submit a Poll Answer
After clicking Launch Poll, the button should change to Submit. This means your poll is ready and can now be viewed by your attendees
Tick the checkbox or radio button to select an answer
Click Submit
If you enabled Show Results to Users, the results will be instantly shown to the attendee after submitting
If you're an admin or a speaker submitting an answer, the result will be instantly shown to you even if the Show Results to User is disabled
End a Poll
Click the End Poll button to stop the poll
Delete a Poll
Click the trash icon on the poll to delete it
Create a Poll in Advance
Go to Agenda & Speakers
Copy the session's link by clicking on the link icon
Open a new tab/window and go to the link that you've copied
Start creating your poll
Download the Poll Report in Analytics Tab
Go to Analytics in your admin console
From the Registration tab, click Download
Select Polls Data
