How can I set up Live Polls

Please note, the Advanced Audience Interaction Power-Up is required to use this feature. The OnSite Check-In Power Up will also be required to use PheedLoop OnSite.

As part of the Advanced Audience Interaction Power-Up, you gain access to special features that increase engagement with your attendees during sessions. This article will cover how to use Live Polls for your session moderation.

How to Setup Live Polls in the Virtual Portal

Adding, editing, and moderating your polls can be done entirely through the Virtual Portal, PheedLoop OnSite, and Speaker Portal. In the Virtual Portal, the Backstage is where you can control all of the live poll functionality. For event administrators, they are able to see all sessions in the Backstage. For speakers, they can only see the backstage for sessions they are associated with in their Speaker Portal or Virtual Portal.

Creating Live Polls in Virtual Event Portal

1. From your Event Dashboard, navigate to Event Portals > Virtual Portal > Backstage
   1. Note: If you do not see the Backstage option in the menu on the left-hand side, ensure you have not disabled it in your Event Dashboard in Experiences > Virtual > Settings.
2. Select the session you would like to test live polling
3. Select the Polls tab

4. Select the Create New Poll button to add a new poll

   

5. Under the Poll Question field, add your question
6. Under the Option 1 and Option 2 fields, enter the responses you would like attendees to choose from
7. If you would like to add more responses, select Add Option.
8. Under the Restricted tag field, select any tags the attendee must NOT have to be allowed to vote
9. Toggle on the HIde Poll Results checkbox if you would like to not disclose votes, if toggled off, attendees will be able to see what votes have been made but not who casted them

10. Select Save

    

The poll will now be created but will not be publicly displayed to attendees yet. To display the poll, select the eye icon next to the question and select it again to hide the poll. If you would like to delete the poll, select Delete when you click on the poll’s details.

How to Setup Live Polls in PheedLoop OnSite

Live polls can be accessed from PheedLoop OnSite. For more information, please refer to our Using Speaker Tools on Pheedloop OnSite article.

Creating a Live Poll in the Speaker Portal

1. From the Event Dashboard, navigate to Event Portal > Speaker Portal
2. If you are a speaker, just access your Speaker Portal directly.
3. Navigate to Sessions
4. Select the session you would like to add live polls to the list
5. Navigate to the Polls and select Add New Poll
6. Enter your question under the Poll Question field
7. Use the Option 1 and Option 2 fields as the answers the attendees can choose from
8. Select Add Option to create additional answers for attendees to choose from

9. Select Save Poll

   

The poll will now be created but will not be publicly displayed to attendees yet. To display the poll, select the Enable Poll next to the Save button and select Disable Poll in the same spot to hide it. If you would like to delete the poll, select Delete Poll when you click on the poll’s details.

How to Project Live Poll Results:

Please note that this will only be available if votes have been added to the poll.

One feature that may prove useful for speakers is the ability to project a poll in full screen from the Speaker Portal. This screen can then be displayed publicly for your event. We find this feature to be most useful for in-person events, with the speaker projecting responses like in the screenshot below:

1. From the Speaker Portal, navigate to Sessions
2. Select the session you have added a live poll to
3. Select Polls
4. Select the live poll you have created from the list

5. To the right-hand side of Results, select the Full Screen icon

   

Casting Votes as an Attendee

Once a poll is publicly available, attendees will be able to respond to it on the Sessions page, either in the Virtual Portal or the Event App.

1. From the Virtual Event Portal, navigate to Sessions
2. Select the session with the poll enabled from the list
3. On the right-hand side of the session, select Polls

4. Select one of the options within the poll