Useful free tool for simple audience polling: https://www.directpoll.com

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Useful free tool for simple audience polling: https://www.directpoll.com #34

Closed adswa closed 4 years ago

adswa commented 4 years ago

This tool is very useful:

create questions in advance (expires after 30 days unless you "save" it again)
embed the live results into the presentation (using an <iframe></iframe> tag):

    <iframe src="https://directpoll.com/r?XDbzPBdJ2bAX0ZEC2YlWLumm6WtYBkChGSFh5Vwe4W"
    title="This is my poll", width="900", height="900"></iframe>

adswa commented 4 years ago

From a brief usage exploration: I'd recommend embeding the "Results" link, not any of the "Advanced" links. This way, the poll can be started, stopped, and progressed using controls inside of the slide

adswa commented 4 years ago

Having used this tool in two large virtual talks now, I can confirm it works fantastic and gives an interactive touch to the overall experience. Feedback from attendees is very positive, its easy to configure, adjust, and control as a speaker. Result stats can be exported from the cockpit afterwards. Will close this FYI issue but add a note to the README.