You can also create polls in Slido, including polls before the meeting or webinar begins.

To use polls in your meeting or webinar, turn polling on in Advanced options > Scheduling options > Meeting options or Advanced options > Scheduling options > Webinar options.

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During your meeting or webinar, if the polling panel isn't already open, show it in one of the following ways:

  • Select View > Panels > Manage Panels, then select Polling > Add > OK.
  • Click , then select Polling.
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Select the question type from the drop-down list in the Question section of the polling panel.

  • Select Short answer if you want users to type short answer.
  • Select Multiple choice - Multiple Answer for a poll that allows users to select multiple answers from a list of possibilities.
  • Select Multiple choice - Single Answer for a poll that allows users to select one answer from a list of possibilities.
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Click New to create a new question.

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Type your question in the text box and press Enter.

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Click Answer, type your answer in the text box and press Enter.

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(Optional) Repeat these steps for as many questions and answers as you want.


 
To create additional polls, click the New poll icon, then create your questions and answers.
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Select your poll, then click Open Poll.

What to do next

Click Close Poll to close a poll. See Quick reference tasks for options on how to save, share, and view poll results.
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Once your meeting or webinar has started, if the Polling panel is not already open, you can show it in one of the following ways:

  • Select View > Panels > Manage Panels, then select Polling > Add > OK.
  • Click , then select Polling.
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Go to the Polling panel for each question and answer you want to create.

  • Click Add a Question to add a new question.

  • Click Add an Answer to add a new answer.

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Select the question type from the drop-down list in the Question section of the Polling panel for each question that you create.

  • Select Multiple Answer to select multiple answers from a list of possibilities.
  • Select Single Answer to select one answer from a list of possibilities.
  • Select Short Answer to type a short answer.
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Click New to create a new question.

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Type your question in the text box and press Enter.

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Click Answer, type your answer in the text box and press Enter.

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(Optional) Repeat these steps for as many questions and answers as you want.


 
To create additional polls, click the New poll icon, then create your questions and answers.
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Click Open Poll.

What to do next

Click Close Poll to close a poll. See Quick reference tasks for options on how to save, share, and view poll results.

Task

Action

Open a poll questionnaire file to display the questionnaire on your Polling panel

Select File > Open Poll Questions, or click Open.

Change the question type

Windows: Select the question that you want to change and then select the new question type from the drop-down list. Click Change Type.

Mac: Select Click here to change question type, which is displayed under each question.

Edit a question or answer

Select the question or answer, click Edit, and then make your changes.

Delete a question or answer

Select the question or answer, then click Delete.

Rearrange questions or answers

Select the question or answer, then click Move Up or Move Down.

Delete an entire questionnaire

Click Clear All at the bottom of the Polling panel.

Display a timer during polling

  1. Windows: Click Options at the bottom of your Polling panel.

    Mac: Click Options on the lower-right portion of the Polling panel.

  2. Check the Display check box, type the length of time in the Alarm box, and then click OK.

    Polling options

Save a poll questionnaire

Select File > Save > Poll Questions, or click Save. Poll questionnaire filenames have an .atp extension.

Open a poll

Click Open Poll.

Close a poll

Click Close Poll.

Share poll results with participants

In the Share with attendees section, check the Poll results check box or the Individual results check box, and then click Apply.

Specify options for poll results

  1. Windows: Click Options at the bottom of your Polling panel.

    Mac: Click Options on the lower-right portion of the Polling panel.

  2. Check the one or both of the following and then click OK.

    Polling options

Save the results of a poll

You can save poll results during or after a meeting or webinar.

  • Select File > Save > Poll Results or click Save.

  • To save the results of multiple polls into a single file, select Save > All Poll Results.

    Poll results can either be saved as a group or as individual attendees. Saving as a group anonymizes responders while saving as individual attendees identifies responders by name. Both group and individual attendees results can be saved to either text, or .txt.


 

You can also save poll results when you end the meeting or webinar. Check the check box next to Save meeting files, then check Poll Questions and specify the location where you want to save the files.

Download activity report for chat, Q&A, and polling

If the webinar was recorded, the host can download the in-webinar activity report for Q&A, chat, and polling once the recording is complete.

To download a report, sign in to your Webex site and click Calendar > Completed. Select your webinar. Click Activity, then click Download report next to the report you want.

If Q&A or polling is done using Slido, hosts can find that information in Slido's report.