Viewing and Sharing Poll Responses
Participants' responses to poll questions are tallied in the Moderator's Poll Tab. The Moderator has access to two types of poll responses:
- Tallied Responses: View the tallied responses if you want to see a breakdown of the poll results. For example, you might view the tallied responses to see that 85% of the participants chose answer B. The Moderator can keep these responses private or share them with other meeting participants.
- Individual Responses: View individual responses if you want to see how a particular participant answered a poll question. The Moderator cannot share the individual responses with other meeting participants.
Viewing and Sharing Tallied Poll Responses
- Viewing: Select a question from the "Questions asked" drop-down list on the Poll Tab. The tallied responses automatically appear. If the Moderator specified correct answers, they are indicated by check marks.
- Sharing: Select a question in the "Questions asked" drop-down list on the New Poll Tab, and then click "Show Responses to Everyone" in the Poll Tab (or choose Tools - Show Responses to Everyone). Meeting participants see the responses in the Poll Tab. During broadcast meetings, only presenters can view the shared poll responses.
Once you share the responses, they are visible to everyone for the rest of the meeting. You cannot stop sharing the responses.
Viewing Individual Poll Responses
The Moderator can see individual participants' responses but cannot use the polling feature to share these responses with other meeting participants.
Note It is possible to show the individual responses to other participants by sharing your screen. However, you should not attempt to share the individual responses in most cases. Participants expect their individual responses to remain private.
To view individual responses:
- Select a question from the "Questions asked" drop-down list on the Poll tab.
- Click View Individual Responses or choose Tools - View Individual Responses. The View Individual Responses dialog box appears. Each participant's name and answer appears. If the Moderator specified correct answers, they are indicated by check marks.
Note If the Moderator selected "Responses are anonymous" when creating the question, the names of the respondents are not available, but you can still view the answers.
- (Short answer questions only) Select a name from the list. The participant's response appears below the list. (If the responses are anonymous, select an answer from the list. The complete text of the answer appears below the list, but no name is visible.)
- When you are finished viewing the individual responses, click Close.