Giving attendees a forum to ask questions in your Event App and during live sessions creates a more interactive experience and improves session engagement. We love Slido's awesome, intuitive Q&A, polling, word clouds, and more, and it integrates seamlessly with Webex Events.
If you only need a simple solution for live streams or live sessions, then the Webex Events Q&A feature may be the best fit. There's no need to pay for an extra tool or learn a different interface — everything you need to launch and moderate Q&A is manageable from the Webex Events platform. Activate Q&A individually for certain Sessions or the Live Stream feature, or have a dedicated Q&A feature.
💡 Keep in mind, before you can set up Q&A, you must publish your Event App.
Add Q&A for a Session or Live Stream feature
First, make sure you've added the Live Stream feature or Session you'll create the Q&A for. When you're done, you can create a new Q&A and add it to the Live Stream feature or Session.
In your Event navigation bar, click Event App.
Click Q&A and Polling.
On the Q&A and Polling page, click the New Q&A button.
In the 'New Q&A' modal, enter the following information:
Use the Link to field to search for the Session or Live Stream you want to link this Q&A to.
If you want to keep the Q&A hidden until a speaker is ready to start fielding questions, deactivate the Enable Q&A toggle and come back to activate it later.
Moderation lets your staff review questions before attendees read them, mark questions as answered, or hide questions. Read our Moderating a Webex Event App or Community article for complete details
Activate the Allow Anonymous Questions toggle to let attendees choose to submit questions anonymously.
Click Activate.
💡 Keep in mind, you can also import Q&A using the instructions in our import guide.
The Q&A feature
We provide Q&A as a feature you can add to your Event App's feature list. However, because you can't respond to questions within the feature, we recommend using Slido or the Wall feature for general event Q&A. These both support message replies, likes, upvotes, and moderation.
Manage Q&A
After you've added Q&A to Sessions or the Live Stream feature, or added a Q&A feature, click Q&A and Polling in your Event navigation bar to start managing and moderating them.
Click a Q&A to access its moderation interface.
Click the Settings (⋯) icon next to one of the Q&A items to export, edit, disable, or delete it.
Check the Linked to box to select every Q&A item in the list, or check the boxes next to the individual Q&A items you want to modify, then click the three-dot icon next to the search field to export, disable, or delete them.
Q&A in practice
When attendees on the Event App's web version open a Session or Live Stream, they can access the Q&A tab in the engagement panel on the right.
Mobile users can access Q&A using the 'Q&A' button below the live stream video feed.
If you activated anonymous questions, attendees can check the 'Ask anonymously' box to hide their information.
Moderating questions
If moderation is active for a Q&A, moderators must use the Q&A and Polling page in the Webex Events platform to approve, dismiss, or archive questions. For a complete guide to Q&A moderation, read our moderation guide.
Answering questions
💡 Keep in mind, because Webex Events Q&A doesn't include typed responses to questions, it's best suited for live sessions, either in-person or in a live stream.
For in-person sessions, have a moderator or your emcee open the Q&A in the Web App or Mobile App and read questions aloud to speakers.
For virtual events, hosts and speakers in the Webex Events Production Studio can click the Audience tab, then the Q&A sub-tab to access and verbally respond to questions.
Metrics
When you export Q&A as mentioned earlier, a notification appears letting you know that the system is preparing your file. When the export is ready, a new notification appears. Click the Click here to download link to download the spreadsheet file.
If you missed the notification, don't worry! Simply click the notification bell icon next to the Help button at the top right corner of the screen to access all your past notifications.
The file contains a separate sheet for every feature or session with an associated Q&A. The feature sheets show the following data:
First Name
Last Name
Email
Title
Company
Status
Date/Time
Question
💡 Keep in mind, the Instructions, Q&A, and Reference Sheet tabs are related to Q&A import and don't include any results data.
The Event App Metrics page has a little more general click information. However, the export described above has the most complete data.
Now that you know all about adding Q&A for your Event, read about our Polling feature for another great way to engage attendees!
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