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Run a Q&A session

Using the Questions feature, attendees can use their devices or computers to send their questions to Slido and easily upvote the best ones. It's a simple way to crowdsource the most popular topics at meetings or events and see what people are genuinely interested in the most. Your participants can ask an unlimited number of questions. Participants can do this anonymously, but you do have the option to set up the event to require names. More information about this is in our Participant Privacy page in community.In this article:Ask your audience to join your event Have the audience submit questions Manage audience questions Topics for Q&A In order to start crowdsourcing questions, you need to create a Slido event first. Ask your audience to join your eventOnce you created an event, ask your audience to join it. The most common way to do this is to go to slido.com and enter the #eventcode of your event. Make sure the event dates you set up match the actual date as your participants

Joel from Slido

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Test your Slido event

Before your event or meeting starts, we recommend testing Slido. If you purchased a paid plan, don't you worry! Testing your event won't make it expire. You can either test Slido directly from your Admin or use a second device (such as a smartphone) to fully simulate the experience of your participants. In this article:Test directly from your Admin Test using a smartphone Delete testing questions and reset poll results Test directly from your AdminThe easiest way to test your event is by using the Participant mode widget which you can find on the left-hand side of your Admin. Simply open it when you want to send a testing question or try voting in a poll - or if you want to test anything else from your audience's perspective!Once done, don’t forget to hit the green Present mode button (in the upper-right corner) to simulate showing Slido to your audience. Try sending a questionTry voting in a pollPlease make sure that your poll is active before voting. You can activate a poll by hittin

Joel from Slido

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All about our annual plans - features, number of events, payment options, and renewals

With our paid plans, you can create an unlimited number of events that can last up to one year.You can also manage a team by adding users to your annual plan, so they can create their own events and benefit from all the features your license comes with. In this article, you’ll find the following topics: Features included in the annual plan The number of events included in the annual plan The number of users included in the annual plan The number of participants included in the annual plan Payment options and purchase process When can you start using Slido Expiration of your license How to renew What happens after your plan expires Features included in the annual plan Feature Available in Team management & event collaboration all annual plans except for Engage Account settings - apply the same settings to all events all annual plans Security options - pass code, require name and email, restricted domain, SSO varies per plan - check Pricing Export data - export yo

Joel from Slido

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Prevent poisonous or inappropriate questions

If you want to make sure that your Q&A will be free of irrelevant questions which miss the topic of your session or spread unreasonable negativity, there are several ways to go about it: Questions moderation Profanity filter Deleting questions Questions moderationModeration allows you to review questions before they appear live for everybody to see. If you receive an inappropriate or poisonous question, you can simply dismiss it. Available in our Professional plan and higher.Learn more about the Q&A moderation in this article. Profanity filterThis feature filters out all submissions which include inappropriate words. Everything happens automatically in the background so there is no action required from the presenter. The profanity filter currently supports only English and is enabled for your events by default (even with disabled moderation). Deleting questionsIf needed, you can simply also delete a submitted question.Hover over the question you wish to delete Click the 3

Joel from Slido

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Display audience questions while a poll is activated

Activating a poll question automatically displays it on the screen. For situations when you want to let the poll run in the background, you can switch back to questions using Present mode.To keep questions in Present mode after activating a poll:Activate your poll Click Show Q&A on Present mode Let the poll run in the background Curious about more?

Joel from Slido

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Display only 1 highlighted question on the screen

In the event, go to Settings Go to Customization and then Present mode (you can also type "highlight" in search) Scroll down to Questions section and check the option Show highlighted question in full-screen Here's how it appears in the Present mode.

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Display more questions in Present mode

You can increase the number of questions displayed on the screen for your participants. This will make the font smaller and the text more compact.Go to Settings Select Customize Click Present mode Pick the number Similarly, you can now avoid scrolling as a presenter and show one more option when displaying poll results to your participants with our new Zoom In/Out feature in Present mode.Good for you, and your participants! Zoom In/Out in present mode Curious about more?

Joel from Slido

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Working with questions in bulk

You can mark as answered, delete, archive or label multiple questions at once.Go to Audience Q&A Hover over the avatar of the question you wish to select Check the box to select the question Repeat the action for other questions you wish to select. You can also Select all by changing the state of the checkbox above the list of questions You can select or deselect all questions by opening the Select dropdown menu Curious to learn more?

Joel from Slido

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Use Labels to organize your Q&A

Labels offer an easy solution to categorize and filter questions, making your meetings or Q&A sessions more structured and efficient. Available in our Professional plan and higher.In this article:Prepare the labels before the event Add label to a question Filter your questions by label Change labels on questions Edit or delete labels Labels for participants Labels in Exports Prepare the labels before the eventIf you wish to have your labels ready to use before the event begins, go to the Settings → Features → Audience Q&A. Add label to a questionTo add the first label to a question, click the 3-dots next to the question and select Add label. You can add multiple labels. Filter your questions by labelTo have a better overview of questions, you can filter them by label.Click the Filter icon above Live Questions Choose which label you wish to filter Once you want to see all your questions, simply switch back to Filter all If needed, you can also display the filtered questions i

Joel from Slido

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Edit incoming questions

It's common that people mistype words when sending questions. You as admin can easily fix that by editing those questions. This can be done with live questions as well as questions waiting for review.Click the menu icon next to the question you wish to edit Select Edit Click Save Curious about more?

Joel from Slido

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Share announcements with your audience

If you want to share some important information with your audience during a Q&A session, you can use moderator’s announcements. Available in our Professional plan and higher. This feature allows you to push a notification at the top of the Participant mode with a message for everyone to see. We also support links as part of announcements, so feel free to use this feature to share various URLs with your audience. Create and publish an announcementYou can create an announcement by clicking the megaphone button in your Audience Q&A tab. You can choose whether you want to announce it immediately or save it and have it ready for later. If you saved the announcement and wish to activate it, click the megaphone button again and click Announce now. If you don't want to display the message anymore, click the megaphone button and click Stop announcement. Your audience can acknowledge the message by hitting OK. Doing so will dismiss the announcement for them. How it looks in the Partici

Joel from Slido

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Reply as admin to submitted questions

As an admin, you can reply to any question your participants submit via Slido. This way you can answer question in a written form or leave a message to a question that is not relevant for the Q&A. Available in all our plans.In this article:Reply to live questions Reply to questions for review Reply to unanswered questions Reply to live questions In the Admin mode, click the 3 dots next to the question Click Reply Type your reply and Send it Replies to live questions are visible to everyone in the Participant mode. When a question gets archived and contains a reply, it will remain visible to the author of the question. Reply to questions for reviewWith the moderation on, you can reply to questions waiting for review. Such a reply will be private, so only the person who submitted the question can see the response.In the Admin mode, click the 3 dots next to the question Click Private reply Type your reply and Send it When you reply to someone's question, the person will see a n

Joel from Slido

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Enable participant replies

With the Replies feature enabled, your participants can respond to other submitted questions during the Q&A session. Available in our Professional plan and higher. Go to Settings Select Features Click Audience Q&A Enable Replies Replies are not displayed in the Present mode, only in the Participant mode What does it look like for participants?Replies will be visible in a conversation thread under each question in the Participant mode, accessible to all other attendees. Replies can have the same length that is set up for Questions. Curious about more?

Joel from Slido

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Hide the latest question

The latest question feature allows you to see the most recently submitted question in the Present mode. You can hide it to display 1 more popular question instead. Available in our Professional plan and higher. Go to Settings Go to Customization Go to Present mode and scroll to Audience Q&A Disable the option Latest question This is how it looks in the Present mode:

Joel from Slido

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Enable downvotes for your Q&A

Attendees can downvote questions of other participants to express their preference. The downvote will decrease the total score of the question. In this article:Enable downvotes How are the downvotes displayed Enable downvotes To enable downvotes:Go to Settings Go to Features Select Audience Q&A Enable Downvotes The questions will be ordered by popularity, based on the cumulative score of upvotes and downvotes How are the downvotes displayed The Admin mode displays the counts for upvotes and downvotes separately. In the Participant mode and Present mode, the attendees will only see the cumulative difference between upvotes and downvotes. To show upvote and downvote counts separately in the Participant mode, go to Settings, then Slido Labs and enable the option Separate score for Q&A downvotes.

Joel from Slido

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Change the order of Audience Q&A

You can sort audience questions according to their popularity, chronological order, or the importance you give them. The options vary depending on where the Q&A is displayed. In this article:Change the order of audience questions in Present mode Change the order of audience questions in Admin mode Change the order of audience questions in Participant mode Change the order of audience questions in Present mode In Present mode, you can sort audience questions by popular, recent, oldest, or starred questions.To change the order of questions in Present mode:Open Present mode Click on Popular in the top right corner Select one of the options Changing the order of questions in Present mode Change the order of audience questions in Admin mode In Admin mode, you can sort questions by popular, recent, oldest, starred, or labelled questions. To change the order of questions in Admin mode:Go to Audience Q&A Click on the Filter button Select how you want questions to be orderedChanging

Joel from Slido

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Change the maximum length of questions

In settings, you can set the maximum character length of questions submitted by your participants. Available in our Professional plan and higher. Go to Settings Select Features Click Questions Choose the character limit

Joel from Slido

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What are starred questions?

Starring certain questions can help you manage your Q&A more effectively. You can star questions and group them by its similarity or simply mark those that you plan to ask regardless of their upvote count. You can display only starred questions live in Present mode.Go to For review or Live questions Hover over the question Click the star iconFilter the starred questions Use the Filter to display a list of starred questions. Curious about more?

Joel from Slido

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The difference between "For review" and "Live" questions explained

For review questionsIf moderation is enabled, new questions are displayed on the left side of the Admin view in the section called For review.Otherwise, new questions appear directly as live and visible to the audience. Incoming questions in "For review" can be approved or dismissed. Live questions Live questions are displayed on the right side of the Admin view. They are visible to the audience on the projection wall and on their smart devices.Live questions can be starred, highlighted, archived, edited, deleted or marked as answered.

Joel from Slido

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Delete a poll

It might sometimes happen that you don't need a poll you've created. If that's your case, you can simply go and delete it.Go to Polls Hover over the poll question Click the Options icon Select Delete Deleting a poll Once you hit delete, it is gone forever Curious to learn more?

Joel from Slido

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Hide the vote count during live polls

You can hide the vote count that appears during live polls on the Present mode. Participants won't be able to follow the number of submitted responses in real-time. Available in our Engage plan and higher. To hide the vote count:Go to Settings Select Features Click Polls Toggle off the vote count option and click Save Hiding vote counts from live pollsThis is what it looks like on the Present mode. Curious to learn more?

Joel from Slido

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Display poll results in number of votes

You can change the display of multiple choice poll results from percentage to the number of responses in Event Settings.To see how many people voted for each option:Click the gear icon or the event name to open Event Settings Select Features and expand Live Polls Toggle on the Poll results option Hit Save Please note that the results will appear as numbers after you deactivate and re-activate the poll again or refresh the page. Curious about learning more?

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Let your participants comment or add 'other' option in multiple choice or rating poll

When you want to give your participants the option to add their own response to a poll, you can combine a Multiple choice or a Rating poll and Open text poll using our Survey function. Available in our Engage plan and higher. To add "other" option to Multiple choice or Rating poll. Here’s an example for multiple choice:Create a multiple-choice poll Name the last option e.g. as Other Click Create survey Create Open text poll - name it as Other (Please specify) Activate the survey Adding “other” option via survey This is how it looks for your participants: Participant viewCurious about learning more?

Joel from Slido

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Organize polls into sessions

If you're running multiple polls at your event or a meeting, there's a simple way to organize them into sessions and assign time and date. It will help you organize your agenda and stay on track. In this article:Assign a poll into a session Move polls between sessions Assign a poll into a session To create poll sessions:Go to Live Polls Click the options icon on the right Select Assign session Type in the name of the session and select time Assigning polls into sessions This does not automatically activate the poll and it doesn’t affect Participant mode - it is simply for your convenience as adminMove polls between sessions You can drag and drop a poll to put it to a different session. Dragging polls into another session

Joel from Slido

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Lock voting in live polls

When you want to end the poll but still display its results, you can simply lock the voting. Attendees can still see the poll live on the Present screen, but cannot send votes.Go to Live Polls Hover over the poll question Click the lock icon Locking vote submission from Admin mode Results can be shown on the screen even with the locked vote.You can also lock voting from present mode. Locking vote submissions from the present modeCurious about more?

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