In the post-pandemic era, distant learning and virtual meeting through digital technology have gained popularity. Google, recognizing this shift, continues to enhance its video conferencing application, Google Meet. One such feature is Polls. If you are hosting and presenting in the meeting, join the call a few minutes early and set up poll questions to gather reactions and engage the group throughout the meeting. The host can set up multiple questions, viewable to only them, and launch the poll when it’s timely during the call.
For the moderators:
In Google Meet, if you are the meeting moderator, you have the option to create polls for participants to vote on. Once the meeting concludes, the moderator will receive an automated email containing a detailed report of the poll results. The report includes the names of the participants and their respective answers. However, in the case of anonymous polls, participant names are not disclosed in the report to maintain confidentiality.
Here's how you can conduct a poll:
Step 1: In a meeting, go to the bottom right part and click on Activities> Polls
Step 2: Now click to start a poll
Step 3: After this enter a question and add options for the poll
(Note: Tip: You can let users respond anonymously to Polls. Before you save or launch your poll, turn on Responses appear without names)
Step 4: Choose one:
• To post your poll, click Launch.
• To save your poll so you can launch it later, click Save.
Polls you save remain listed under Polls for the duration of the meeting. After the call ends, all polls are permanently deleted. Meeting moderators are emailed a polling report at the end of the meeting. (With inputs from Agencies)
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