- Adobe Connect User Guide
- Introduction
- Adobe Connect Meeting
- Start, attend, and manage Adobe Connect meetings and sessions
- Host and Presenter Area in Adobe Connect
- Adobe Connect application for desktop
- Adobe Connect pre-meeting diagnostic test
- Adobe Connect Central home page
- Share content during a session
- Update and manage Adobe Connect meetings
- View meeting reports and analytics data
- Work with Pods
- Reactions in Adobe Connect room
- Accessibility features in Adobe Connect
- Create virtual meeting rooms and arrange layouts
- Breakout rooms in Adobe Connect meetings
- Manage meeting attendees in Adobe Connect
- Start, attend, and manage Adobe Connect meetings and sessions
- Adobe Connect administration and maintenance
- Enabling Adobe Connect HTML client
- Enabling single sign-on in Adobe Connect
- Change the timeout period
- Configure audio providers for Universal Voice
- Create and import users and groups in Adobe Connect
- Enhance Adobe Connect account security
- Generate usage reports in Adobe Connect Central
- Administer and manage Adobe Connect accounts
- Manage users and groups
- Set permissions for library files and folders
- Back up user data, database, and settings of Adobe Connect server
- Build custom reports from the Adobe Connect database
- Maintain disk space and clean cache on an Adobe Connect server
- Manage and monitor Adobe Connect server logs
- Start and stop Adobe Connect services
- Adobe Connect Events
- Adobe Connect Training and Seminars
- About Adobe Connect courses and curriculum for training
- Conduct trainings with Adobe Connect
- Create and manage seminars
- Create training courses in Adobe Connect
- Create and manage training curriculum in Adobe Connect
- About Virtual Classrooms in Adobe Connect
- Adobe Connect reports to monitor training features
- Participate in Adobe Connect training sessions and meetings
- Session dashboard
- Closed captioning in Adobe Connect
- Audio and video conferencing in Adobe Connect
- Manage user content in Adobe Connect
Learn how to use the Poll pod during Adobe Connect to collaborate more effectively in sessions.
Only hosts and presenters can use the poll pod to create questions or polls for participants and view the results. They can also cast votes and control poll management and how polls appear to meeting participants.
Use polls at the end of a meeting to gauge participants' opinions on the meeting's effectiveness, content, and presenters.
The following topics are covered in this article:
Follow the steps to add a poll pod.
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From the pods menu , select Poll > Add new poll.
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If necessary, rename, move, and resize the poll pod.
- Rename: Double-click on the name and edit. Click anywhere on the screen to save the name.
- Move: Click and hold the title bar and drag it to the desired location.
- Resize: Click and drag the edge or corner to resize the pod.
Follow the steps to add questions to the poll pod.
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From the drop-down menu, choose one of the following:
- Multiple choice
- Multiple answers
- Short answer
Choose a question type for poll pod Choose a question type for poll pod -
Add your question in the Question field.
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Add the answer in the Answer field. For different types of questions, add answers in the following manner:
- For multiple choice questions, add one answer per line.
- For multiple answers questions, add one answer per line.
- For short answer questions, the host doesn't provide any answers.
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Select Open poll.
Follow the steps to end a poll.
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Select End poll in the Poll pod to end the poll for everyone.
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Select Reopen poll. to restart the poll.
If you edit an open poll, the current results are lost.
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Select Edit in the Poll pod.
Edit Poll text Edit Poll text -
Edit the text.
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Select Open poll to publish the edited version.
Hosts can either hide or delete a poll for a meeting instance. The polls you create in a meeting room are available across all session instances. To reuse a poll in future sessions, hide the pod and reset the results beforehand.
Follow the steps to delete a poll:
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Select Manage pods from the pod menu at the top of the title bar.
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Do one of the following:
- Select the pod from the list and then select Edit
to edit the pod's name.
- Select the pods from the list and select Delete
to delete the pods. - Check the option for Select unused to locate all unused pods. The list on the left highlights unused pods. Select Delete to remove unused pods.
- Select the pod from the list and then select Edit
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Select Done.
As a host or presenter, you can view poll results. These results are updated in real time as participants continue to cast or change their votes.
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Select View votes in the Poll pod. Alternatively, select options and then select View votes.
View Poll votes View Poll votes -
Select the Poll pod options and then select Result format. Choose one of the following options to view display results.
- Show as %: The result will be displayed in percentage.
- Show as Number: The result will be displayed in number.
- Show as Both: The result will be displayed in both percentage and number.
The responses appear in the Poll pod. To view responses from the individual participants, select View votes.
Only hosts and presenters can view poll results by default, but you can show them to all participants by selecting Broadcast results from the Poll pod.
You can create multiple polls and view them quickly and easily.
Select the poll pod options and then go to Select poll. Choose the poll you want to view.
Remove poll answers
You can remove the answers and reuse the poll. Select the poll pod options to clear the poll answers, then choose Clear all answers.