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Sessions in Vevox are controlled by the Session Status. This is the place where you start and end your session.
Before you can present your polls, you need to ensure that your meeting session state is in the 'Started' mode.
In this section we cover:
- Where to see your session state
- How to change your session state
- How to confirm what mode your current session state is
Where to see your session state
The Meetings Session State will appear as soon as you connect your session to the Office 365 Add-in. From here you can see if the session is in the Waiting state, has been Started, or has been Stopped.
No polls, surveys, quiz questions or Q&A can be asked unless your session is started first.
You will also see two warning notices indicating that your session has not started once you have opened your PowerPoint slide deck. One notice will appear at the top of your slide and the other (temporary notice) at the bottom of your task pane.
For the Office 365 Add-in, the session state can only be changed within the dashboard.
Option 1: To change your session state
The easiest way is to press the 'Start session' option in the black instruction box at the top of your dashboard. You can do it immediately after you created your session.
From within your PowerPoint slide deck, select the hamburger button in the top left corner of the task pane.
A drop-down menu will appear. Click on the 'Go to Vevox' option.
This will open the dashboard in your browser linking you to the session.
Press the 'Start session' option in the black instruction box at the top of your dashboard.
When you open your PowerPoint slide deck again, the warning notice would have disappeared.
Option 2: To change your session state
Alternatively in the dashboard, click the drop-down arrow next to the session ID, and select the 'Start Session' button so you can present your polls in the PowerPoint slide deck. This is also the place where you can stop or end your session by pressing the same button again.
Confirm your session status
Should you ever wonder what your current session status is, always select the drop-down arrow next to session ID in the dashboard to reveal if it is in the waiting, started or stopped mode.
Simulating polling results
Unfortunately, the Office 365 Add-in (Beta) cannot simulate polling results and thus will not have a disabling polling option either.
Sessions in Vevox are controlled by the Session Status. This is the place where you start and end your session.
Before you can present your polls, you need to ensure that your meeting session state is in the 'Started' mode.
In this section we cover:
Meeting Session States
By default when a Vevox meeting session is created it is in the 'Waiting' state. The state of the meeting session is displayed in the Vevox ribbon in PowerPoint.
Before you can start polling, your meeting status needs to be in 'Meeting Started' mode.
Starting Your Presentation
If your meeting session has already been started from the Vevox online Dashboard then everything is ready to start asking your participants questions.
If your meeting session has not been started in the dashboard yet, it is not a problem. When you start the presentation by going into Slide Show mode (press F5) you will be prompted to start it. All other current sessions in your session list will be placed in the 'Waiting' status.
Simulating polling results
Before your meeting starts, you can also simulate polling results without having participants answering your actual questions. The Vevox system creates simulated results. This functionality can assists presenters in understanding how the slides will appear with voting results on. There are two ways to simulate what your polls and slides will look like.
1. Use the sample results button
Both the 'clear results' and simulating functionality can be accessed from the PowerPoint ribbon.
2. Use the simulate polling option
This can be done from slide show mode. Your session status must be in the waiting or stopped mode to simulate the polling.
Disabling polling
A presenter or host can also run through the meeting session & presentation deck in PowerPoint (in Slide show mode) while the polling is disabled. This way no results will be collected.
