Answering Polls

Use ShowTime Polls during a meeting, in a classroom, or anywhere else that you might give a presentation or a session.

Your attendees can reply to your polls using their smartphones during the session. When you ask a question, they will be prompted to answer with a poll pop-up or through a notification on the Polls tab. By clicking the notification, they can view the list of poll questions you have asked. If your attendees choose to submit a submit a reply, ShowTime will send them a pop-up stating "Poll submitted successfully".

Get poll responses

Launch polls during the session and get live poll responses from your audience instantly. Invite your audience to participate in the polls using their smartphone in order to keep the session interactive.

A pop-up will appear. Your attendees can answer them instantly or they can answer later by clicking Participate to attend a particular poll from the Polls tab. All polls answered by attendees will move from the Unanswered tab to the Answered tab.

Multiple choice -

Your attendees can choose an option from a list of answers and click Submit.

Text box -

Your attendees can type an answer within a set number of characters and click Submit.

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Rating -

Your attendees can choose a star rating from the available options and click Submit.

When attendees answer polls, they will move from the Unanswered tab to the Answered tab.

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