You pour your heart into crafting an informative presentation, but is your audience truly absorbing the information? Inject a jolt of engagement with polls! webinar.net offers a user-friendly way to incorporate polls into your webinar, transforming your session from a one-sided lecture into a dynamic and interactive experience.
Why Use Polls During Webinars?
Polls offer a treasure trove of benefits for both you and your audience:
Boost Engagement: Break the monotony of a lecture-style presentation! Polls inject a dose of interactivity, encouraging participation and keeping your audience alert and engaged.
Gauge Understanding: Unsure if your message is reaching the right audience? Polls allow you to assess audience comprehension in real-time. Based on the results, adjust your presentation to ensure everyone is on the same page.
Generate Discussion: Use poll results as springboards for discussion. Analyze the responses with your audience, fostering a more collaborative learning environment.
How to Add Polls
Within the Content page,
Navigate to the Polls tab and click the [Add] button to start adding polls.
Enter the poll details in the appearing window.
Question - Enter the question or statement you want to engage your audience.
Question description - Add further details of the question or statement. This is optional.
Field type - A dropdown menu of available selections:
Checkbox List—This selection type allows your attendees to select more than one option. Each checkbox operates individually, so a user can toggle each response on or off.
Radio Button - Options operate as a group and provide mutually exclusive selection values. A user can only select one response.
Text Area - Use this to collect a paragraph or two of text. For example, could you ask attendees to provide additional feedback in their own words?
Text Field - Use this to collect a single-word or short-sentence response such as name, street address, or city.
Display results during on-demand - Mark this checkbox to include the results from the Live webinar in your On-Demand version.
Options - Enter the choices for your poll questions. Click the plus (+) button to add more options.
Hide After Live - You can hide an option during the On-Demand version by marking the checkbox beside the specific option.
After entering all the poll details, click the Add button to store changes. The polls will display in the order they were added within the Polls tab.
Messed up poll order? Rearrange them through the Slide Organizer!
The following is an example of a poll about your favorite color:
Advanced Polling
To help you capture audience feedback more effectively, we’ve introduced new customization and accessibility options for your polls. These features ensure your questions are not only visually engaging but also hard to miss during a live broadcast.
Customizable Font Size: Tailor the readability of your questions to fit any screen. You can now select from Normal, Large, or Huge font options, ensuring your poll is crystal clear, whether your attendees are joining from a desktop monitor or a mobile device.
Audible Notifications: Never let a poll go unnoticed. You can now enable a sound notification that plays the moment a poll is launched, instantly drawing your attendees' attention to the call to action.
Separate Polling Control: You now have the choice to open polls in a dedicated side panel.
Auto-Close Feature: When using the side panel, you can set the panel to automatically close within a selected timeframe.
Don't see the Poll Settings? Reach out to your Sales Representative or support@webinar.net, and let's get it ready for your next webinar!
The Presenter Experience
When the Separate Polling Control is enabled, the Poll Manager icon will appear on the left-dock:
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Poll slides will not be available in the Slide Organizer and Presentation Window if the Separate Polling Control is active.
During the session, presenters can manage the polls within the Poll Manager window.
Push to audience: Select which poll to show to the audience, then a 'LIVE' banner will appear beside the poll being pushed.
Auto-close poll: Override the default auto-close timer and select from the dropdown menu.
Refresh Result: Click this to update the poll results.
Push Result: Push the poll result to the audience, then a 'Result' banner will appear beside the poll being pushed, indicating that the poll results are being displayed.
Reset Poll: Click this to reset the poll and get a new result.
NOTE: If the poll has the question type of Text Area or Text Field, the presenter cannot push the results to the audience.
The Audience Interface
After a poll is pushed to the audience, this is how it will appear:
Poll Settings | Appearance |
Default |  |
Active Separate Polling Control |  |
Poll Results with Separate Polling Control Active |  |
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I edit or delete the polls?
Yes! The Pencil and Trash icons will be displayed beside the poll question to modify the added polls.
Edit - click on the Pencil icon to edit the poll.
Delete - click on the Trash icon to remove the poll.
Can I limit the broadcasting controls to Producers only?
Yes! With the Producer Control enabled, you can restrict polling actions to only the producers listed on your event roster. Just click on the gear icon in the left-hand navigation rail to access the Producer Panel:
Then mark the Enable Poll Control checkbox, allowing only those in the producer control list to:Push results to the audience.
Refresh poll results. When refreshed, all results will be seen by all presenters.
Refresh poll results for Attendees after the Poll has been pushed.
For further assistance, contact us through chat or send us an email at support@webinar.net.