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Using Session Polls and Q&A in the Attendee App

Written by Ariane Ramirez

Using Session Polls and Q&A in the Attendee App

To keep attendees engaged in a session, they can participate in polls and ask questions through the Q&A tab. If attendees access the event through the Attendee App, they can easily see these features below the video stream. Admins and speakers can also go to the Attendee App and enter the session to participate in these activities. Download it from the App Store or Google Play.

Find the Polls and Q&A in the Session

To see the Polls and Q&A section, attendees must click the Join button or View Details button in the session and access the Activity tab.

App Session Q&A

Questions

Answers

  • Questions are submitted in the Open tab.

  • Attendees will have the option to submit questions publicly or privately - depending on the organizer's settings. The default setting is attendees are required to send questions privately.

  • Only admins and speakers can see private questions.

  • Admins and speakers can also send questions, they can send it publicly or privately.

  • Attendees can delete their questions if there's no answer yet.

  • Admins and speakers can delete questions in the open and answered tabs.

  • When the question is answered, it will be removed from the open tab and move to answered.

  • Questions will move back to Open if the answer is deleted.

  • There are no notifications when there's a new question or answers, but if you're in the Q&A tab, you'll see the the tabs update automatically.

  • Answers are submitted through the Open tab by clicking Answer.

  • Only event admins and speakers in the session can send answers.

  • They can choose to send it privately or publicly.

  • Admins and speakers can edit and delete answers.

  • There are no notifications when there's a new question or answers, but if you're in the Q&A tab, you'll see the the tabs update automatically.

App Session Polls

Create a Poll

Answer a Poll

  • Click Create a Poll

  • Enter the Question and Options

  • Choose your vote result settings

  • Click Save Draft or Publish

Note: the notification settings do not apply in the app, this is only for the virtual event hub. Attendees will not be notified if there's a new poll while in the app, they need to go the polls tab to see it.

  • Click on a published poll

  • Select your answer and submit

  • After submitting your answer, you will see what you selected or poll results, depending on the event admin's setup.

  • If the poll has ended, you will see the poll results.

Disable Session Polls and Q&A

To remove polls or Q&A features from the session, go to your session settings in the admin console. Then, in the Advanced Settings, toggle the setting off to disable either polls or Q&A. When these features are disabled, the polls or Q&A tabs will disappear from the session.

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