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📊Interactive Question Slides 5 min read

Poll

Survey your audience and show results live as a bar or pie chart.

What is a Poll?

A Poll asks a question with a set of options; the audience votes from their own devices and aggregated results appear instantly on the big screen as a bar or pie chart. It is the fastest way to read the room.
Presenter creates the slide Click Present Share code / QR Audience enters code Respond & submit Real-time results

Create a Poll slide

  1. 1
    On Home, click + Create new presentation.
  2. 2
    In Choose Slide Type, under the Interactive Questions group, pick Poll.
  3. 3
    The slide is created and the right panel opens on the Content tab.
Home — “Create new presentation”
Home — “Create new presentation” real screenshot
Choose Slide Type — Poll sits in the Interactive Questions group
Choose Slide Type — Poll sits in the Interactive Questions group real screenshot

Enter the question & options

  1. 1
    Question: type it in the first field. Use Add description for an optional subtitle.
  2. 2
    Question image (optional): click Add Question Image to upload an illustration.
  3. 3
    Options: click + Add option — up to 9 options.
  4. 4
    Each option can change colour, attach an image, be reordered by drag, or deleted.
Editor — slide list (left), live screen + QR (centre), content panel (right), with a phone preview of the audience view
Editor — slide list (left), live screen + QR (centre), content panel (right), with a phone preview of the audience view real screenshot

Poll settings

This slide has a correct answer
Turns the poll into a right/wrong question; each option gets a tick box to mark the correct one.
Allow picking more than one option
Lets the audience multi-select. Auto-enabled if you mark 2+ correct answers.
Hide result
Hides the chart while voting; click Show result to reveal it.
Stop submission
Locks voting — no more responses accepted.
Select chart type
Display results as a Bar chart or a Pie chart.
Time limit
Limit answering time; set Seconds to answer (default 60).
The right panel: options plus the full Settings block
The right panel: options plus the full Settings block real screenshot

Present & share the join code

  1. 1
    Click Present in the top bar to put the slide on the big screen.
  2. 2
    A join code and a QR code appear (e.g. 36Y56).
  3. 3
    Participants open the Audience app at join.engageslide.com, type the code and press Enter — or simply scan the QR.
  4. 4
    When everyone has joined, the responses start flowing in live.
Audience app — enter the Presentation Code
Audience app — enter the Presentation Code real screenshot

How the audience votes

  1. 1
    Participants see the question and options, and pick one (radio by default).
  2. 2
    The selected option shows a green check and border. With multi-select on, several can be checked.
  3. 3
    They press Submit; the button becomes Submitted and the list locks.
1 · Before voting
1 · Before voting
2 · Selected (green check)
2 · Selected (green check)
3 · After submit
3 · After submit
real screenshots

View results

Results update in real time on the presenter screen as a bar or pie chart with the participant count. Turn on Hide result to keep them hidden until you click Show result; if the poll has a correct answer it is highlighted on reveal. Use Report & export data in the top bar to download the detail.
Bar chart result
Bar chart result real screenshot
Pie chart result
Pie chart result real screenshot

Still need a hand?

Our team is happy to help you get set up.