The Polls Feature
Adding polls to your event is a great way to get inside the minds of your attendees. Event polls allow you to ask your attendees' opinions and get live feedback on hot topics. It's also an excellent way to engage your attendees at your event.
When the event is accessed through a browser, attendees can find the Polls section on the right-side panel where the chat area is. They can answer polls in the lobby, sessions, and exhibitor booths. If they access the attendee app, the polls feature is only available through sessions.
Important Notes Before Using the Poll Feature
Only admins and speakers can create session polls
Only admins and exhibitors can create booth polls
Lobby and exhibitor polls are not available in the attendee app
Polls can only be created if you enter a session in the virtual event hub or access the Accelevents studio link.
Attendees may only answer once for each poll.
If you're an admin, speaker, or exhibitor and want to see the live poll results, submit a poll answer so 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, exhibitors, and admins will still see the results.
Other admins, speakers, or exhibitors can see, edit, and launch drafted polls.
To create a poll, you first create a session or a booth. Once you've created your session or booth, access your virtual event hub to create a poll.
Session Polls
Go to Agenda & Speakers
Click the session to open the Edit menu
On session details, scroll down to Advanced Settings
Toggle on / off Enable polls for this session
Exhibitor Booth Polls
Go to Exhibitors & Sponsors
Click the exhibitor to open the Edit menu
Scroll down to Manage Booth Interactivity
Toggle on / off Enable polls in this Exhibitor Booth
Lobby Polls
Go to the Event Website tab
Select Event Hub
Go to the Lobby tab
Scroll down to Lobby Chat and toggle on / off Enable Polls
Create a Poll
Go to the virtual event hub's lobby, session, or booth.
Click the Polls tab on the right-side panel
Click Create a Poll
Enter the poll information and settings
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Answer a Poll
The poll will appear in the screen's lower-left corner when it is displayed as a push notification. Upon clicking "Go to poll" from the notification, a pop-up window will appear, allowing attendees to respond to the poll from there.
If the poll is configured to display as a page pop-up, it will appear on their screen as a pop-up, and they can respond directly from there.
Attendees can also answer directly from the Polls tab.
Tick the checkbox or radio button to select an answer.
Click Submit.
If you enabled Show Results to Users, the results would 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.
Hide a Poll
Click the Hide button to hide a poll.
Note: the hide button is only available when the poll has ended.
When a poll is hidden, it does not show for attendees, and it has a label that the poll is ended and hidden. There is a Show button that you can click if you want to make it available to attendees again.
Delete a Poll
Click the trash icon to delete the poll.
Create a Poll in Advance
Go to Agenda & Speakers
Click the three dots to see the menu dropdown
Click Copy Deep Link to Session
Open a new tab to the link that you've copied
Start creating your poll
If you are using the app for an in-person event, you can enter the session through the app even before the event opens so you can set up your polls in advance.
Session Polls in the Attendee App
Event admins, staff and session speakers can create polls inside the session in the Attendee app.
Enter the Session
Click Activity, then Polls
Click Create a Poll
Enter the Question and Options, choose your settings
Click Publish when you are done
Download the Poll Report in Analytics Tab
Go to Analytics in your admin console
From the Registration tab, click Download
Select Polls Data
