Live Polling

Live Polling with Touchpoint provides real-time feedback during sessions without requiring additional gear. It supports rating, multiple choice, yes/no, and open comment questions. Audience members can vote and pose questions. A web-based moderator console displays responses as they arrive, and the moderator can lock questions and display results to a projected screen and in the app.

Speaker/Moderator Instructions

The moderator controls the process.
The moderator creates rating questions.
The moderator creates multiple choice questions.
The moderator creates yes/no questions.
The moderator creates open-ended questions.
Audience members vote.
Audience members may pose questions.
The web-based moderator console shows responses as they come in.
The moderator locks questions.
The moderator displays results.
Results can be displayed to a projected screen and in the app.

Branding & Sponsorship images

From the Pulse/Live Polls page in the CMS, select the Design tab to view and edit the Live Poll branding and sponsorship images.
By default, a poll displays the app icon when there are no active questions.
It is possible to set an explicit full page poll splash screen that replaces the app icon if chosen.
There is an option to add a branded header image.
The header image is displayed at the top of every poll question.
For each header image, you can choose a background color to display behind the image.
It is best to use images that are much wider than they are tall.
The example header image is 750px wide by 100px tall.
The taller the header image, the more the poll is pushed down on the screen.
The full page splash image is displayed in the center of the screen when there are no active questions.
Square images work best for the full page splash image.
The example full page splash image is 820px wide by 820px tall.

Get Started

Go to the VIP speaker portal URL address provided by the conference planner.
It is recommended to set up questions using a computer browser.
Enter the email address and password.
If there is no password, click “create a password” and enter the email address to receive a password setup link.
After logging in, a list of assigned sessions appears.
To create a new poll, select a session and click “Create Live Poll.”
This action creates a poll attached to the session and opens the poll moderator console.
The moderator console allows entering questions ahead of time or on the fly during the presentation.

Automatic Playback

For a hands-off approach, use the Auto-Manage controls at the bottom of the screen.
Settings are accessible via the Settings option in the bottom footer.
Active Duration controls how long a question remains open for responses.
Lock Duration controls how long a question remains locked for attendees but not displaying results.
Results Duration controls how long the results remain visible before the next question becomes active.
When the play button is pressed from the Auto Manage footer, the Poll becomes active and begins playback from the selected question.
The poll cycles through each question in order, making each question active, locked, and displaying results.
The poll may be paused at any point, remaining in the current state of the active question.
The poll and all questions may be ended by pressing the stop button.

Manual Control

Practice by setting up the first question.
Click New from the top of the left-hand question list.
A question may be created as multiple choice (yes/no), rating, or open-ended.
Create a question and save it.
The created question appears on the screen to the right.
To edit the question, click the Edit button at the bottom of the detail view.
Click Active from the top of the view to display the question to attendees.
Test by answering in the Participant View or by going to the agenda session and selecting Participate in Live Poll.
Responses appear in the moderator view.
If desired, click the New button to create an open-ended question.
Create a few responses in the Participant View.
With moderation enabled, click the checkmark to approve responses, the X to delete, and the bookmark icon to move responses to the top of the list.
To change the displayed questions or responses, click the left-hand list and select Active.
Great practice. Now the moderator is ready to poll the audience in real time.

Decide on Your Audience Display

Attendees see questions and results in the app on their devices.
To display questions and results on a large screen, open the Participant View of the poll in a web browser and project it onto a large screen.
There are several display/moderation options:
Use two computers: one for the Participant View projected to the screen and another to access the poll moderator console.
Use one computer for the screen projection of the Participant View and a mobile device for the poll moderator console.
Use one computer with “split screen projection” so part of the screen is shared to the large display with the Participant View and part is a non-displaying view of the poll moderator console.
Ask an audio-visual specialist for assistance.
It is also possible to embed the live poll questions and results in a PowerPoint presentation.
A separate link can be used to learn how to embed.
The poll moderator console remains the control point for managing the poll.
If there is no large-screen display, a single device may be used to manage the poll via the poll moderator console.
In that case, the questions and results still display on attendees’ devices.

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