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Voting and Polls

To create and start a voting, select Votings (1) in the left menu and then click on the button Create Voting (2) (Figure 1).

voting Figure 1: Polls lets you create different types of polls and polls.

Specify the details of the vote​

In the following window you can set the general conditions for your voting. Parameters that can be changed are the voting time (3), the possibility of allowing abstentions (4) and activating an automatic termination (5) after all votes have been cast. The mode can be selected under (6): open, open live or secret voting. You also assign the title (7) and an optional subtitle (8) here and you can enter further details in the text field Topic (9) if required. Also, you can either Save (10) voting for later use, or Continue setting up (11) (Figure 2).

Vote Figure 2: In this window, the duration, abstentions, as well as the title and topic of the vote can be determined.

Select participants​

Continuing with the setup, the next menu allows you to select participants to vote on. Here you can easily Select all (11) or Mark certain people (12) with one click. With Start vote (13) you can start it. (Figure 3).

Voting Figure 3: Select participants for voting.

Surveys with OpenTalk​

To create and start a survey, select Surveys (17) in the left menu and then click on the Create Survey button (18) (Figure 4).

Surveys Figure 4: Here you can create a new poll.

Details of polls​

In the next step, set the parameters for your survey (Figure 5):

• Enter the desired duration (19) of the survey.

• Specify whether you want to allow attendees to watch a poll Live (20).

• Define the subject (21) of the voting.

• Provide at least two possible Answers (22) to choose from.

You can now either Save (23) the survey for a later time or start it immediately with Start survey(24) (Figure 5).

Survey Details Figure 5: Here you can set the parameters of the survey.

The ongoing survey​

Respondents now have access to the poll and can select an answer. Once participation has taken place, it is no longer possible to cast another vote. After the specified time has elapsed (or if live display is activated), the percentage distribution of the votes (25) is displayed. As the creator, you can also see how long there is until voting ends (26) (Figure 6).

Ongoing survey Figure 6: The details of a survey after it has been completed.