Start a poll in meetings or webinars
As a host or cohost in Webex Meetings or Webex Webinars, use polls to create and share questionnaires. Polls can be useful for gathering feedback, taking votes, or testing knowledge.
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 > 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:
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Select the question type from the drop-down list in the Question section of the polling panel.
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Click New to create a new question. |
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Type your question in the text box and press |
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Click Answer, type your answer in the text box and press
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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
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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:
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Go to the Polling panel for each question and answer you want to create.
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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.
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Click New to create a new question. |
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Type your question in the text box and press |
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Click Answer, type your answer in the text box and press
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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
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Open a poll questionnaire file to display the questionnaire on your Polling panel |
Select Open. , or click |
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 displays 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 |
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Save a poll questionnaire |
Select Save. Poll questionnaire filenames have an .atp extension. , or click |
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 |
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Save the results of a poll |
You can save poll results during or after a meeting or webinar.
You can save poll results when you end the meeting or webinar. Check 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 |
As the host, if you recorded the webinar, you can download the in-webinar activity report for Q&A, chat, and polling once the recording completes. To download a report, sign in User Hub and click Calendar > Completed. Select your webinar. Click Activity, then click Download report next to the report you want. If you use Slido for Q&A or polling, you can find that information in Slido's report. |