Office 365 Add-in flexibility: Polls can be created directly in PowerPoint or through the Vevox dashboard.
Supported poll types: All Vevox polling types can be used in PowerPoint, except for demographic polls and before-and-after comparison polls.
Numeric polls with larger values: If your numeric poll results involve numbers >100, use a number cloud display instead of a column chart display for better visualization.
Correct answers and explanations: You can set up correct answers for all poll types, but correct answer explanations won’t appear on the results slide. Add a standard PowerPoint slide right after the results slide to display the correct answer explanation.
Countdown timer: The countdown timer in PowerPoint polls doesn’t include sound, so keep this in mind when presenting.
2. Set up a poll directly from within PowerPoint
Creating polls in PowerPoint follows the same methods as creating polls in the dashboard, but the setup happens in the side panel of PowerPoint. When you set up these polls in PowerPoint, they automatically pull through to the connected session and reflect in the Vevox dashboard.
Open PowerPoint and connect to your session. If you have not yet created a session, you can create one now by selecting the plus sign and giving it a name. Then click on the session.
If you have a session set up already (with or without polls), click on the session name.
A task pane will appear to the right of the window. Start the session. If your session is already started in the dashboard, then you will not see the red warning banner.
Click on the ‘+Create new’ button (not on the dropdown arrow).
Select the poll type you want to create from the dropdown menu and enter your question. You can add an image to the question title if you desire.
Depending on the selected question type, you will be asked to enter choice options, correct answers, values, decimal places, label axis, items to rate and images used for pinning options. The multichoice poll choice options can also have images attached to them.
Decide if you would like to apply the default session settings to the poll or if you would like to set up custom settings for the specific poll. These options include:
Display real-time results (great for word clouds in Present view).
Display results on poll close to remove all question bias.
Enable the countdown timer and the length of the countdown timer.
The Countdown timer music is not currently supported in PowerPoint. The countdown clock will still display in PowerPoint but there will be no sound.
Next, press ‘Create’ to finish the setup. The poll will now appear in the task pane. Repeat these steps to add more polls.
All polls can be edited, moved in order, duplicated, or deleted by pressing the three dots next to them in the side pane. When editing a poll that already has results in it, you need to clear the results of the poll first before you can edit it. Alternatively duplicate the poll and make changes or create a new poll.
Use the shortcut to help with poll creation by pressing the down arrow next to ‘+Create New’. From there, you can create AI quiz questions, import polls, or add previously created questions from different sessions.
Once all your polls have been set up in the dashboard, open PowerPoint. Connect to that session(if you haven't done so already.) A task pane will appear to the right of the window, containing all the polls you have set up in the dashboard
Use the shortcut to help with more poll creation by pressing the down arrow next to ‘+Create New’. From there, you can create AI quiz questions, import polls, or add previously created questions from different sessions.
Now follow the instructions below to add the polls to your slide deck.
4. Instructions to add your polls to the slide deck
Click on the 'Add slide' button in the task pane to add your poll to your PowerPoint slide deck. (Remember the first option to add in the task pane will always be the joining instructions.)
Whenever you click on a poll from the task pane to add it to your PowerPoint slide deck, two slides will appear in your presentation. The first will always be the question slide, and the second will be the result slide. Do not delete the question or the result slide. They form a poll pair.
If one of the slides that forms a poll pair are missing, Vevox will indicate it with a warning sign in the task pane with the message 'Required Vevox slide missing'. Delete the one slide and re-add the poll from the task pane to correct this.
To add all the polls at once, click on ‘Select All’ tick box and press the add slides button at the bottom. Continue adding all the polls you want to include in your slide deck.
Whenever you run a poll, all the result data is saved in your slide deck on each polling slide (and backed up to your Vevox account dashboard), so when your presentation is finished, you have a ready-made report you can share.
5. Adding additional polls
Additional polls can be added to previously populated sessions in the dashboard or in PowerPoint. Both polls created in the dashboard and in PowerPoint will be reflected in the task pane, ready to be added to the slide deck.
As soon as a poll has been created, it will immediately appear at the bottom of the task pane - where it can be added to the PowerPoint slide deck by clicking on the '+Add Slide' button. Note that the poll (the questions slide as well as the result slide pair) will now appear right after the currently selected slide in your presentation. You can move both these slides into the right order of your slide deck.
6. Using images in PowerPoint
When you add polls with images attached to the question titles, or choice options (multichoice only), they will automatically be pulled into your presentation. The image will appear in your question and result slide and take up 50% of the context box. The other 50% is for the Vevox poll results. This will automatically be scaled for optimum display.
These optional images, which form part of the question title, can be added to any multichoice, text, word cloud, ranking, numeric, rating, or XY plot poll. The Pin on image and Pin on Choice image poll types both require images as part of the answer options.
Adding a poll with the legacy PowerPoint Add-in works differently from the Office 365 Add-in.
Note that you need to create & set up your questions in the PowerPoint slide deck itself and not through the dashboard.
Watch this video on how to create your poll in PowerPoint using Vevox.
There are 2 ways of creating a new poll using the PowerPoint Add-In.
Using the Add Poll Slide feature.
Converting text already on a slide into a poll.
1. Add Poll Slide
Select the Add Poll Slide button from the ribbon.
In the question editor that appears enter your question title.
Then add the possible choices.
Choose how many of the choices you want your participants to be able to select, then set the correct answer if applicable.
Finally, press the 'Add' button and your question will be created and placed onto your PowerPoint slide. A slide with options will appear in your PowerPoint deck. It displays sample results to give you an indication what the slide would look like.
2. Convert to Poll
If you already have a slide with the text of your question on it you can use the Covert to Poll feature.
Select the Convert to Poll button from the ribbon.
Text in the title placeholder will be used as the question title.
Text in the content placeholder will be used as possible choices.
The question title and choices will be automatically entered into the question editor. You can make further edits if necessary and alter the number of choices your participants are able to select.
Once done press the 'Add' button and your slide will be converted into a polling slide.
This video also gives a detailed overview of how to set up polls in PowerPoint, how to connect your session to PowerPoint, add joining instructions and how to add a count-down clock as well as leaderboard.
When you have finished setting up your polling questions, remember to save the presentation in PowerPoint as you would normally do.
Whenever you run a poll, all the result data is saved in your slide deck on each polling slide (as well as backed up to your Vevox account dashboard), so when your presentation is finished, you have a ready-made report you can share.