Enabling polling for webinars


To use the polling feature for webinars, it must be enabled at either the account, group, or user level. The polling feature allows you to create polling questions for your webinars. You can also create quizzes, which allow you to set correct answers. You will be able to launch the poll during your webinar, and gather the responses from your participants. You can download a report of polling after the session concluded. Polls can be conducted anonymously, if you do not wish to collect participant information with the poll results.

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Prerequisites for enabling polling for webinars

How to enable polling for webinars

Account

To enable or disable meeting polling for all members of your organization:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. Click Account Management then Account Settings.
  3. Click the Meeting tab.
  4. Under In Meeting (Basic), click the Webinar Polls/Quizzes toggle to enable or disable it.
  5. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
  6. (Optional) Select the check boxes to enable the follow features:
    • Allow images uploaded in polls/quizzes to be displayed: Choose if you want to allow hosts to upload images in polls/quizzes they create. Changing this setting will impact new and existing polls/quizzes.
    • Allow alternative host to add or edit polls and quizzes: When a host schedules a meeting with alternative hosts, they can allow the alternative hosts to add, edit, and download polls in a meeting.

    • Require answers to be anonymous: Allows account owners or admins to enforce participant answers to always be anonymous.

  7. (Optional) To prevent all users in your account from changing this setting, click the lock icon , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

Group

To enable or disable meeting polling for all members of a specific group:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. Click User Management then Groups.
  3. Click the applicable group name from the list.
  4. Click the Meeting tab.
  5. Under In Meeting (Basic), click the Webinar Polls/Quizzes toggle to enable or disable it.
  6. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
  7. (Optional) Select the check boxes to enable the follow features:
    • Allow images uploaded in polls/quizzes to be displayed: Choose if you want to allow hosts to upload images in polls/quizzes they create. Changing this setting will impact new and existing polls/quizzes.
    • Allow alternative host to add or edit polls and quizzes: When a host schedules a meeting with alternative hosts, they can allow the alternative hosts to add, edit, and download polls in a meeting.

    • Require answers to be anonymous: Allows account owners or admins to enforce participant answers to always be anonymous.

  8. (Optional) To prevent all users in the group from changing this setting, click the lock icon , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

User

To enable or disable meeting polling for your own use:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Settings.
  3. Click the Meeting tab.
  4. Under In Meeting (Basic), click the Webinar Polls/Quizzes toggle to enable or disable it.
  5. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
    Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at either the group or account level, and you will need to contact your Zoom administrator.
  6. (Optional) Select the check boxes to enable the follow features:
    • Allow images uploaded in polls/quizzes to be displayed: Choose if you want to allow hosts to upload images in polls/quizzes they create. Changing this setting will impact new and existing polls/quizzes.
    • Allow alternative host to add or edit polls and quizzes: When a host schedules a meeting with alternative hosts, they can allow the alternative hosts to add, edit, and download polls in a meeting.

    • Require answers to be anonymous: Allows account owners or admins to enforce participant answers to always be anonymous.

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How to use webinar polls

After enabling webinar polls, you can do the following: