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

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.
Select the session you would like to test live polling
Select the Polls tab
Select the Create New Poll button to add a new poll
Under the Poll Question field, add your question
Under the Option 1 and Option 2 fields, enter the responses you would like attendees to choose from
If you would like to add more responses, select Add Option.
Under the Restricted tag field, select any tags the attendee must NOT have to be allowed to vote
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
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

From PheedLoop OnSite, navigate to Speaker Tools
1. Please note, in order to access Speaker Tools, the user must be registered as a Speaker for the event and listed as a speaker in the session. Once done, the session’s speaker tools will be available to use.
Select the session you would like to use
Select Polls
Select Create
Under Poll Question, enter the topic you wish to create a poll on
Under Choices, enter the responses attendees can choose
1. For example, “Yes, I agree with this statement,” and “No, I disagree with this statement.”
Select Create

Your question will now be created but will not be displayed publicly. To display your question, select the toggle. If you would like to remove the question, you can either select the toggle again or select the question and then select the Delete button.

Based on the format of your event, you can try different techniques on when the polls should be enabled whether you want it prior to a session, during, or after. The results for these polls will show up in real time as soon as they cast their vote.

Creating a Live Poll in the Speaker Portal

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

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

From the Virtual Event Portal, navigate to Sessions
Select the session with the poll enabled from the list
On the right-hand side of the session, select Polls
Select one of the options within the poll