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Can participants launch Slido in a Webex meeting?


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Participants in a Webex meeting can launch Slido without being a host. Anyone can open an existing slido, or create one from scratch during a meeting. This is especially useful for when your facilitator is not the meeting host.

However, the host can remove or override a participant’s slido anytime by stopping it or launching their own. They can also disable this option completely by turning off the Anyone can share functionality in their Webex settings.

 

If a host opens Slido first during the meeting, participants cannot launch their own.



In this article:


 

Essential Requirements
  • Slido needs to be approved and enabled in the Webex Control Hub by a full Webex admin
  • Webex desktop App version 41.6 or later on Windows or macOS.
  • The following domains need to be allowed in your network firewall: slido.com, auth.slido.com, *.slido.com, sli.do, *.sli.do, webexapis.com
Current Limitations of the Webex and Slido integration
  • Only one participant can activate Slido per meeting
  • If a participant launches Slido, only the host can override this action by stopping the participant’s slido or opening their own
  • After a host adds Slido, participants are unable to launch their own
  • Anyone can share’ option needs to be enabled in Webex meeting settings
  • Not available in Webex Webinars
  • Not available in Webex Events
  • Space meetings are not supported yet
  • Webex shared devices and personal devices for hosts are not supported yet
  • Not available for FedRAMP and end-to-end encrypted meetings


Check the following article to understand different Slido and Webex roles.


 

How it works: Meeting participant perspective


Once the host starts the meeting, any participant including facilitators, cohosts, speakers, or attendees can launch Slido. 

 

To launch Slido: 

  1. Go to Apps and click Slido
    Or click the three horizontal dots next to chat and select Slido (polling and Q&A)

  2. Select an existing slido or create a new one

  3. Launch your prepared poll or create a new one right away. You can also enable Q&A if preferred.  
     

    Participant perspective: Launching a poll as a participant

     

Learn more about how to use Slido in Webex Meetings

 

To prevent someone making Slido live for everyone accidentally, any non-host will need to confirm launching a poll or enabling Q&A a second time. 

 

Confirmation message for the participant before they launch a poll or enable Q&A

 

Once a poll is launched or Q&A enabled, Slido will be visible for everyone in the meeting. Other participants will be able to ask questions (if Q&A was enabled) and vote in polls.


 

How it works: Meeting host perspective

 

As a meeting host, you can: 

  • Stop a participant’s slido
  • Override it completely by launching your own slido, or 
  • Disable Slido for participants by turning off the ‘Anyone can share’ option in Webex Meetings. 

 

Stop a participant’s slido

Once a participant launches a poll or enables Q&A, you as a host will see the option to Stop Slido in the sidebar.  
 

Stopping a participant’s slido


Unless you select Stop Slido, the participant’s slido will remain active in the Webex meeting. But if they launch another poll, you’ll once again have the opportunity to stop it.

If you wish to collaborate on their slido, you can request access to it. Or you can always choose to use your own slido which will override the current participant’s slido.  
 

Using your own Slido instead of participant’s

You can request access to Slido only if the participant who launched it is from the same Webex organization. 


 

Override a participants’s slido

To override a participant’s slido:

  1. Go to Apps or three horizontal dots
  2. Select Slido 
  3. Choose an existing slido or create a new one
     
    Overriding participant’s slido

     

If you initiate Slido before any participant, or if you override a slido launched by a participant, no one else in the meeting will have the option to add Slido. They will see “Only a host can see this panel” message when clicking Apps > Slido or three dots > Slido (polling and Q&A).

 

Disable the Anyone can share option

You can disable Slido for participants completely by turning off the ‘Anyone can share’ option in your Webex Meetings Settings. Please note, that this will also disable the ability for participants to share their screen. 

 

 

How it works: Meeting cohost perspective


During a Webex meeting, cohosts can vote in polls or ask questions in an active slido. As a cohost you’ll have the option to request access to the slido, n​​​​​o matter if it was launched by a participant or the host.
 

Once you go to Apps > Slido and click request access, you will see the ‘pending’ message until the request is approved. 
 

Requesting access to an active slido

 

After your access is granted, you’ll be able to activate/deactivate polls or moderate Q&A in the active slido. You won’t be able to vote in polls or ask questions because you’re no longer a standard participant.

 

 

Curious about more? 
 

https://community.slido.com/slido-with-webex-90/slido-and-webex-roles-comparison-2015https://community.slido.com/slido-with-webex-90/use-slido-in-webex-meetings-976https://community.slido.com/slido-with-webex-90/how-many-participants-can-use-slido-in-webex-2442https://community.slido.com/slido-with-webex-90/use-slido-in-webex-webinars-1364https://community.slido.com/slido-with-webex-90/add-collaborators-to-help-you-manage-slido-in-webex-1295

 

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