Create a new poll with PowerPoint Add-in

In this article we cover:

1. How to set up polls directly from within PowerPoint
2. How to set up polls in the dashboard
3. How to add your polls to the PowerPoint slide deck
4. Adding additional polls
5. Using images in PowerPoint

1. 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.

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.

Now follow the instructions to add the polls to your slide deck.

2. Set up a poll in the dashboard.

Create a session.

Add your polls to the session. (Click on each polling type to see the instructions on how to create them in the dashboard. Make sure to set up your polls in the same session.) Multichoice, Word Cloud, Ranking, Rating, Numeric, Text, Pin on image, Pin on choice image , Latex, XY Plot & AI Quiz polls.

All polls can be edited, moved in order, duplicated, or deleted.

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.

3. 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.)

If one of the slides that forms a poll pair are missing, Vevox will indicate it with a warning sign in the task pane. 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. 

Remember to invite your participants to your session before you present your polls in PowerPoint.

4. 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. 

5. 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. 

In this section we cover:

• How to create a poll using the Add poll slide
• How to convert an existing slide to a poll

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.