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Understanding the Difference
Self-paced activities can be completed at participants’ own pace and in their own time. They do not require a live meeting or shared screen—just a mobile device/iPad, or laptop. Self-paced activities work in ‘offline’ mode.
Polls, on the other hand, are used in real-time during live events, online/hybrid meetings, or classes. They’re only open while the session is active. Participants vote live using their mobile devices while viewing the presentation on a big screen or computer.
Reusing Self-paced activities and Poll Content
Self-paced activities can be exported and imported between sessions, making it easy to reuse your content without rebuilding from scratch. You can also:
Export self-paced activities and import them into a poll session.
Export polls and import them into a self-paced activities session.
Follow these instructions to export a self-paced activity and import it into a poll session
Before importing self-paced activities the first step is to create a Vevox import file that contains the information related to an activity. This is done by exporting a self-paced activity that you have previously created.
To export a self-paced activity:
Select Self-paced from the navigation menu.
Select the checkbox of the activity to be exported.
When one or more activity has been selected a series of options appear at the top of the list.
Select 'Export'.
This action will download a ZIP file to your default downloads folder. The file contains all the questions from the selected activity and can be stored or shared for future use.
- You can export multiple activities at once—they’ll be saved together in one ZIP file.
- If you want separate files for each activity, export them one at a time.
Import Self-paced activities into Polls
Follow these steps to import your poll(s):
Create a new session and give it a name.
Select ‘Polls’ from the navigation menu.
Press the '+ Add Content’ button.
A pop-up content selection modal will appear. Select 'Import from a file'. Click on the 'Upload File'.
Find and select your Vevox import file (ZIP format).
A warning pop-up menu will appear indicating that you are importing a self-paced activity into a poll session.
By default, all questions contained within the file will be split into individual polls. A preview will be shown. Tick the boxes next to the questions you want to import.
Click ‘Import’ to proceed.
You’ll be prompted to start your session before launching any polls and before any responses can be accepted.
Only the questions are imported—no previous response data is included.
After collecting responses and closing your polls, go to the ‘Data’ tab in the navigation menu to access reporting.