During a webinar in webcast view, a poll can be used to collect information, as well as make a webinar more interactive and keep attendees engaged. Hosts can create and manage polls once the webinar in webcast view begins.
Webinars in webcast view are only included with Webex Webinars event subscriptions for 3000 or more users. Webinars in webcast view are not available for Webex for Government.
Desktop
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In the Participants panel, expand the Attendees list, then click Communicate to attendees. A window opens in your default browser.
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In your browser window, click > to navigate to the right if necessary to open the Polls panel, then click Add Poll. |
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Enter your poll question in the Question field. |
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Do one of the following:
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Enter the poll answers in the Answers fields. Click +Add Response to add more answers, up to a maximum of 15.
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Click Create. |
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Click Open Poll to start the poll. Poll results are updated as attendees respond, until you close the poll. Each question will display total number of respondents
and number of responses per answer. Numbers are updated dynamically if attendees change their answer before you close the
poll.
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What to do next
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In your webinar in webcast view, click Communicate to attendees, then select the Polls panel to see the polls that are currently available. |
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Select the poll you want to edit, then click Edit. |
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Make your changes, then click Save. |
You must close a poll in order to publish the results to attendees in a webinar in webcast view.
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In your webinar in webcast view, click Communicate to attendees, then select the Polls panel to see the polls that are currently available. |
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Select the poll you want to close and publish, then click Close Poll. |
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Click Publish Results to show the results of the poll to attendees. Hide Results is shown once the poll results are published. If you want to open the poll again and collect additional answers, click .
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If the webinar was recorded, hosts can download a report for Q&A, chat, and polling activity once the recording is complete.
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Sign in to your Webex site and click . |
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Select your webinar. |
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Click Activity. |
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Select the report you want (Q&A, Chat, Polling, or Notes), then click Download report. |
Mobile
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Tap Communicate to attendees. A window opens in your default browser.
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In your browser window, tap > to navigate to the right if necessary to open the Polls panel, then tap Add Poll. |
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Enter your poll question in the Question field. |
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Do one of the following:
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Enter the poll answers in the Answers fields. Tap +Add Response to add more answers, up to a maximum of 15.
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Tap Create. |
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Tap Open Poll to start the poll. Poll results are updated as attendees respond, until you close the poll. Each question will display total number of respondents
and number of responses per answer. Numbers are updated dynamically if attendees change their answer before you close the
poll.
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What to do next
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In your webinar in webcast view, tap Communicate to attendees, then tap the Polls panel to see the polls that are currently available. |
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Select the poll you want to edit, then tap Edit. |
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Make your changes, then tap Save. |
You must close a poll in order to publish the results to attendees in a webinar in webcast view.
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In your webinar in webcast view, tap Communicate to attendees, then tap the Polls panel to see the polls that are currently available. |
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Select the poll you want to close and publish, then tap Close Poll. |
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Tap Publish Results to show the results of the poll to attendees. Hide Results is shown once the poll results are published. If you want to open the poll again and collect additional answers, tap .
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