# Q&A > Let the audience ask questions, upvote the ones they care about and see the most popular rise to the top. Source: https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/interactive-questions/qa · EngageSlide Help Center · Interactive Question Slides ## What is Q&A? A **Q&A** slide gives your audience a place to ask questions from their phones. Everyone can see the questions and give a thumbs-up to the ones they want answered, and the list on the big screen sorts itself by votes — so you always answer what matters most to the room. Questions can be anonymous, and with moderation switched on nothing appears until you or a moderator approve it. Use it for town halls and all-hands meetings, “ask me anything” sessions, the end of a lesson or training, panels and webinars. Questions belong to the whole presentation, so you can also let people ask from any slide. Video tutorial: [Q&A — video tutorial](https://youtu.be/t97o-AHSoTA) Presenter creates the slide → Click Present → Share code / QR → Audience enters code → Respond & submit → Real-time results ## Create a Q&A slide 1. On **Home**, click + Create new presentation (or add a slide to an existing one). 2. In **Choose Slide Type**, pick **Q&A**. You can also type it into Search slide types…. 3. The slide is created and the right panel opens on the **Content** tab. ## Set up the content 1. Type a title in the title field (_Enter your question or title_), for example Ask me anything about the roadmap. The buttons above it set the alignment, bold, italic, font size (in px) and colour. If you leave it empty, phones show **Q&A**. 2. Optional: click **Add description** for a short note, such as _Questions are anonymous unless you add your name_. Phones show it under the title; on the big screen it appears when you hover over the title. 3. Open **Settings** (the gear in the right toolbar) → **General Settings** to choose how Q&A works for the whole presentation: moderation, asking from every slide and live chat (see below). ![The Q&A editor — slide list, live screen with join code & QR, and the content panel](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/qa-editor.webp) ## Q&A settings - **Moderation Q&A** — Off by default. When on, new questions stay hidden until they are approved. A link appears underneath (_Share this link with your moderators._) — copy it and send it to a colleague, who can approve questions without an EngageSlide account. You can also approve from the remote control. - **Questions are visible to everyone** — Off by default. When on, participants get an **Ask** button on every other slide (except quiz slides), so they can send a question at any moment, not only while the Q&A slide is up. - **Enable Live Chat** — On by default. A separate chat for participants; it is not part of the Q&A list. - **Enable Profanity Filter** — Off by default. When on, offensive words in questions are replaced with **\*\*\*\*** on the big screen. The original text is kept. - **Enable Video Call** — When video calls are enabled, each question on the big screen has a **Call** button so you can invite the person who asked to speak. ## Present & share the join code 1. Click **Present** in the top bar to put the slide on the big screen. 2. A **join code** and a **QR code** appear (e.g. `36Y56`). 3. Participants open the **Audience** app at **join.engageslide.com**, type the code and press **Enter** — or simply scan the QR. 4. When everyone has joined, the responses start flowing in live. ## How the audience responds Participants see the title and a box with the placeholder _Your question…_, a _Your name_ field and a **Send** button. The name is optional — leave it empty to ask as **Anonymous**. After sending they see _Sent question._ Below the form is the list of open questions, most votes first, each with its author, how long ago it was asked and a 👍 button with the vote count. Tapping 👍 adds a vote; tapping it again takes the vote back. Their own questions are marked **(you)**, and with moderation on they see a **Pending approval** badge until the question is approved. ## View results The big screen shows **{count} Questions** and a list sorted by votes (oldest first when votes are tied). Each question shows the author (or **Anonymous**), the time and its 👍 count, and new questions and votes appear live. Click a question to show it large on the screen while you answer it. Click ✓ to mark it answered: it leaves the list and disappears from phones. Use the drop-down to switch between **New Questions** and **Answered Questions**. With moderation on, only approved questions are shown. In the [remote control](https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/presenting/remote-control), and on the moderator page, the Q&A panel has **All** and **Answered** tabs (**Pending**, **Showing** and **Answered** with moderation on) and buttons to **Approve and show on Canvas**, **Mark as Answered** and **Delete Question**. After the session, the Excel export has a **Q&A** sheet with every question, its votes and whether it was answered. > **Tip** — Open the Q&A early and leave it running: turn on **Questions are visible to everyone** so people can ask while you present, then switch to the Q&A slide at the end and work down the list from the top. For large or sensitive sessions, turn on **Moderation Q&A** and give the moderator link to a colleague. ## Ways to use Q&A - **Town halls and all-hands:** collect anonymous questions for leadership and answer the most upvoted first. - **Classroom:** let students ask what they did not understand without raising their hand. - **Training:** gather questions during the session and answer them in a block at the end. - **Events and webinars:** run a panel Q&A with a moderator approving questions in the background. ## Frequently asked questions ### Can people ask anonymously? Yes. The name field is optional, and questions without a name are shown as **Anonymous**. ### Can someone upvote the same question many times? No. Each phone gives one vote per question; tapping 👍 again removes the vote. ### How do I hide an inappropriate question? Turn on **Moderation Q&A** so questions only appear after approval, or delete a question from the Q&A panel in the remote control. **Enable Profanity Filter** masks offensive words on the big screen. ### Do moderators need an account? No. Anyone with the moderation link (shown under **Moderation Q&A** once it is on) can approve questions. ### Does “Clear result this slide” delete the questions? No. Questions belong to the whole presentation, not to one slide. Use **Clear all results** in the top bar to remove them, together with all other results. ### Can I have more than one Q&A slide? Yes, but they share the same list of questions, because questions belong to the presentation.