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.
To create a poll, first, you need to create a session or a booth. Once you've made your session or booth, access your virtual event hub to create a poll. Click here to learn more about how to create a session.
Enable / Disable the Poll Feature for a Session
Note: Disabling the Poll is only available for the Scale plan and other higher plans
Go to Agenda & Speakers
Click the three dots and select Edit from the dropdown menu
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
Click the three dots and select Edit from the dropdown menu
Scroll down to Manage Booth Interactivity
Toggle on / off Enable polls in this Exhibitor Booth
Enable / Disable the Poll Feature for the Lobby
Go to the Event Website tab
Select Virtual Event Hub
Select Lobby
Toggle 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 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 and admins will still see the results.
Drafted polls can be seen, edited and launched by other admins and speakers.
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 Create a Poll
Type in your poll question
Type in the answers below
Select whether attendees can pick multiple answers or just one answer
You can add another answer by selecting Add an option
You can delete an answer by selecting the trash can icon next to it
Enable Show Results to Users if you want attendees to see the poll results
Click Save draft if you want to save the poll question and publish it for later. You can edit this draft if you need any changes.
Click Publish if you want to launch the poll now.
Answer a Poll
When a poll is published, the poll button at the top of the chat pulses a couple of times, and a notification for the poll question should appear for the attendees.
When an attendee clicks Go to poll from the notification, a pop-up window will appear, and they can answer the poll from there.
If attendees did not answer from the pop-up, they could go to the Polls tab and answer published polls that they have not answered yet.
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/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
