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Quick Start — Presenter

This guide walks you through creating a poll, running a live session, and controlling the audience experience.

Prerequisites​

  • A NextGenPoll account (sign in at nextgenpoll.com)
  • Questions prepared in advance (or you can create them on the fly)

1. Create a Poll​

  1. Sign in and go to the Dashboard.
  2. Click New Poll (or the + button).
  3. Give your poll a name and optionally assign it to a Space.
  4. Click Create — you will be taken to the poll editor.

2. Add Questions​

Inside the poll editor:

  1. Click Add Question.
  2. Choose a question type (see Question Types for all options).
  3. Enter your question text and configure options (e.g., answer choices for Multiple Choice, min/max for Slider).
  4. Optionally attach an image to the question or individual answer choices.
  5. Click Save.

Repeat for each question. Drag and drop questions to reorder them.

Question Bank

Frequently-used questions can be saved to and reused from the Question Bank (/question-bank). Questions in the bank can be tagged and searched.

3. Configure Poll Settings​

In the poll editor, click Settings to configure:

SettingOptions
Anonymous responsesOn (default) / Off
Show results to audienceAlways / After question / After poll / Never
Q&A enabledOn / Off — lets participants submit questions
Time limit modePer-question / Whole-poll
Time limitNumber of seconds (optional)

4. Launch a Live Session​

From the poll editor or poll list:

  1. Click Present (or Activate).
  2. The session opens in Presenter View at /polls/{id}/presenter.
  3. A join code and QR code are displayed — share these with your audience.
Open on a second screen

Open the presenter view on your laptop and share the Participant View (/polls/{id}/participant) or the join page on the projected display, so participants see a clean view without your controls.

5. Control the Session​

From the Presenter View:

Activate a Question​

Click Launch next to any question to make it visible to participants. Only one question is active at a time.

Watch Live Results​

Results update in real time as participants respond. The response count is shown per question.

Change the Visualization​

While a question is active, use the chart selector to switch between available chart types (Bar, Pie, Word Cloud, etc.) — participants see the same chart update live.

Set a Timer​

Click the timer icon on an active question to set or extend a countdown. The question closes automatically when the timer expires.

Close a Question​

Click Close to stop accepting new responses for the active question.

Reset Responses​

Click Reset on a question to clear all submitted responses and re-open it. Use this to re-run a question or correct a mistake.

6. End the Session​

Click End Session to close the poll. Participants will see a "session ended" message.

After the session you can:

  • View Results — detailed breakdown per question at /polls/{id}/results
  • Export results (if export is available)
  • Run again — activate a new session for the same poll at any time

Managing AI Summaries​

If AI features are enabled, after collecting text responses (Short Answer, Long Answer) you can generate an AI summary per question:

  1. Go to the poll results page.
  2. Click Generate Summary next to a text-response question.
  3. A natural-language summary of all responses is generated and saved.

AI settings (model, prompt style) can be configured in your Profile → AI Settings.