Vevox’s
PowerPoint Office 365 Add-in is the complete package for
adding polls to your PowerPoint presentation.
This integration ensures you can keep impressing your audience with the same
presentation platform you are used to without having to leave slide mode.
As an official Microsoft Office add-in, all the features work seamlessly
within PowerPoint.
Add polls straight into your presentation whether your participants are online, remote, or gathered together. They can answer live polling questions with their own mobile devices.
Anyone with a basic understanding of PowerPoint can create and run live polling questions in seconds. You will need to install the Office 365 PowerPoint Add-in with a few simple steps.
Read our help site files for detailed steps.
Choosing Between Present View and the PowerPoint Office 365 Add-in
When deciding between Present View and the PowerPoint Add-in for delivering your polls, here’s a side-by-side comparison:
| Item |
Present View (Works on Mac & Windows) |
PPT Add-in Works on Mac & Windows) |
| Poll Setup | Polls must be created in the Vevox dashboard. | Polls can be created either in the Vevox dashboard or directly in the PowerPoint side panel. Once created, they need to be added to your slides with one click. |
| Poll Types |
Support all poll types incl:
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Support all poll types except demographic segmentation and before-and-after comparisons. |
| Non-polling Content | Supports additional non-poll content like additional text, images, and videos placed between polls. | Polls can be presented alongside regular PowerPoint info slides. |
| Poll Result Display | Offers dynamic displays during live sessions or shows results after poll closure. | Offers dynamic displays during live sessions or shows results after poll closure. |
| Countdown Timers: | Countdown timer with optional sound. | Countdown timer (no sound). |
| Leaderboards |
Includes Individual, Team, and Fastest Finger leaderboards. Also shows fun stats like: |
Same leaderboard features as Present View, but no fun facts. |
| Presenter Tools | Does not offer a PowerPoint Presenter View option for upcoming slides & notes. Instead, use the Present View control bar to jump between content. | Fully compatible with PowerPoint Presenter View, including access to notes and upcoming slides. |
| Text polls | View and highlight all text responses or scroll down through all the answers. All responses are saved in the report. | Displays only what fits on the slide, but all responses are saved in the report. |
| Images in polls | Images can be clicked to enlarge in Present View. | Images are shown as-is and cannot be enlarged during presentation. |
| Poll Display Flexibility | Change visual displays on the fly: • Multichoice: switch between bar or pie chart • Numeric: switch between column, number cloud, or list |
Only the display type selected during setup is shown during the presentation. |
| Interactive Features |
Interactions include: • Zooming in on images |
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| Accessibility | Optimized for screen readers, includes dark mode. See our accessibility features. | Screen reader order is based on how objects are layered in slides. |
PowerPoint doesn’t support surveys, as surveys are an offline feature. If you’d like students or participants to answer a set of questions at their own pace, create the survey in the Vevox dashboard instead. They can then access it by logging into Vevox.app with the session ID provided by the host.
Troubleshooting
Note that Microsoft Presenter View is not supported in the original PowerPoint Integration of Vevox. Should you receive a warning notification, asking you if you would like to turn off Presenter View, select this 'Yes' option, as it interferes with how the Vevox polling animations are performing.