Manage Polls in Webex Events (Classic)

You can use a poll to generate and disseminate questionnaires if you are hosting an event or participating in a panel. Conducting feedback and opinion surveys, as well as votes, can be beneficially accomplished through the usage of polls.

Create a Questionnaire Overview

To run a poll, you must first build a poll questionnaire. You can produce poll questionnaires by employing any one of the following methods:

• This standalone version of the Webex Poll Questionnaire Editor enables you to write poll questions outside of an event, save them, and then open them while you are participating in an event.

Go to the Downloads page on your Webex Events site by selecting Webex Events (traditional) Support > Downloads from the left menu bar of your Webex Events site. From there, you can download the Editor. Expand the Webex Poll Questionnaire Editor, then choose Download from the menu that appears.

• The polling panel that is contained within an event gives you the ability to create, save, and open poll questions while you are participating in an event.

Simply navigate to View > Panels > Manage Panels in order to add the polling panel. Choose Polling from the available panels on the Manage Panels screen, then click Add after making your selection. After that, select the OK button.

You can start an event earlier than the time it is supposed to begin, construct questionnaires using the Polling panel, save them, and then open them during the real event. This will allow you to save time during the event.

Create a Questionnaire (Windows)

1 Launch either the Webex Poll Questionnaire Editor or the Polling panel to begin the polling process in an event.

You may launch the Webex Poll Questionnaire Editor by heading to the Start menu on your desktop and selecting the Programs menu followed by Webex.

2 In the area labeled “Question,” choose one of the following sorts of questions:

• Choose several Choice > Multiple Answers from the drop-down menu to set up a question with several responses.
• Choose Multiple Choice > Single Answer from the drop-down menu to generate a question with a single response option.
• Choose the option Short answer to generate a text question.

3 Choose the New option, and then start typing a question.

4 Click the Add button in the Answer section, and then fill in your response there. Click the Add button to type another answer.

In the section labeled “Poll Questions,” both the question and its response can be found.

5 Simply repeat steps 2 through 4 to add other questions.

Create a Questionnaire (Mac)

1 Start a poll in the event by opening the Polling panel.

2 After selecting the Add a Question icon, enter in the question that you want to ask.

3 First, select the symbol that looks like a question mark, then start typing the answer.

4 Step 3 must be repeated in order to add further answers.

5 To add more questions, repeat step 2.

6 Select the text in the box underneath the question type you want to change to. To alter the type of question that is displayed underneath the specific question, click on the link provided, and then perform one of the following:

• Choose the option numerous Answers to generate a question with numerous possible responses.
• Choose the option labeled “Single Answer” to generate a question with a single response option.
• Click the Short Answer radio button to generate a question that only accepts text responses.

Designate the Role of Polling Coordinator

At the beginning of an event, if you are acting as the host, you will automatically be given the role of polling coordinator. On the other hand, you may give one of the panelists the responsibility of coordinating the polling process.

1 From the list of Panelists on the Participants panel, right-click the name of the panelist that you wish to designate as the polling coordinator. This will allow you to designate them as the polling coordinator. Choose Change Role To > Polling Coordinator from the drop-down menu.

2 The polling functions will become accessible on the Polling panel of the panelist who has been assigned.

Take a Poll Quick Reference Tasks

Task	Action
Open a poll questionnaire file to display the quiz on your Polling panel	Choose File > Open Poll Questions from the menu bar, or click the Open icon.
Change the question type	Windows: Choose the inquiry that you want to modify, and then make your selection from the list of available alternatives for that inquiry type. To make the adjustment, select Change Type from the menu. Mac: To alter the type of question being asked, select the link that reads “Click here,” which is located under each question.
Edit a question or answer	Choose the question or response, then click the Edit icon to make the necessary modifications afterward.
Delete a question or answer	After choosing the question or the answer, pick the Delete symbol from the toolbar.
Rearrange questions or answers	Choose either the question or the answer, and then click on the icon labeled “Move Up” or “Move Down.”
Delete an entire questionnaire	At the very bottom of the Polling panel, there is a button labeled Clear All.
Display a timer during polling	Windows: Choose some options from the drop-down menu at the bottom of your Polling panel. Mac: Choose the gear icon located in the panel’s bottom-right corner to access the available options. Mark the checkbox labeled Display, enter the desired duration of time in the Alarm box, and then click the OK button.
Save a poll questionnaire	Choose “Save” from the File menu, then “Save Poll Questions,” or click the Save symbol. Poll questionnaire filenames contain an .atp extension.
Open a poll	Click Open Poll. To close your poll, click the Close Poll button. If there is a time limit, then the poll will close on its own.
Share poll results with participants	Check the boxes next to Poll results or Individual results in the section labeled Share with attendees, and then click the Apply button to save your changes.
Specify options for poll results	Windows: Choose some options from the drop-down menu at the bottom of your Polling panel. Mac: Choose the gear icon located in the panel’s bottom-right corner to access the available options. Mark either or both of the following boxes with your checkmark: To reveal the total number of respondents who did not provide an answer to a question, use the box labeled Include no answer. Verify that the number of answers is displayed.mark this checkbox to reveal the total number of answers obtained by each answer.
Save the results of a poll	Choose “Save” from the “File” menu, then “Save Poll Results,” or click the “Save” icon. Choose Save > All Poll Results to compile the results of many polls into a single document by selecting this menu option. The results of a poll can be saved for the group as a whole or for each individual attendee. Respondents’ identities are concealed while they are saved as part of a group, but when they are saved as individual attendees, their names are revealed. Both the group and individual outcomes of attendees can be saved as text files (with the extension.txt) or comma-separated values files (with the extension.csv).