Raise Hand

Attendees can use the Raise Hand feature as a signal to get the attention of the organizer, or to answer impromptu polls during a webinar. It can be used in multiple ways according to the discretion of the webinar organizer. Some use cases are listed below.

Possible use cases

1. The organizer can ask attendees to 'raise hands' if:
   
2. The presenter's voice is audible enough.
   
3. They agree with something that the organizer states.
   
4. Their question has not been answered in Q&A.
   
5. They need to speak in the webinar.
   

Recommended Best Practice

 

The organizer can clearly state the use case before prompting the attendees to use Raise Hand to avoid confusion.

How it works

Attendees can click Raise Hand on the left pane of their webinar window to use this feature. When an attendee raises their hand, the organizer sees a hand icon next to the name of the hand raiser in the attendees list (see image above). The organizer can reply to their questions in Q&A or let them speak using Allow to talk.

Allow to talk
  

To let an attendee speak:

1. Click Attendees on the left pane of the webinar window.
   
2. Click three dots (action button) next to the name of the attendee who needs to speak.
   
3. Click Allow to talk to let attendees talk during the webinar. 
   
4. Click Allow to talk with video to let attendees share their video during the webinar. 
   

Note :

1. Attendees will not be able to share their screen. To let attendees share their screen, please use the Make presenter feature.
   
2. A webinar organizer can allow multiple attendees to talk at the same time using Allow to talk.
   
3. Webinar recordings will contain talks by attendees.
   

Polls
  

To create a poll:

1. Click Webinars on the left pane.
   

2. Click the webinar for which you wish to create polls.
   

3. Scroll and Click Add poll in the Engagement section
   

4. Enter the poll question and select the type of poll you want to create:

1. Single choice
   

2. Multiple choice
   

3. Star Rating
   

5. Add your questions, answers, or ratings:

1. Multiple choice: Use a multiple choice poll to let your audience choose from a set of answers. You can add a maximum of five multiple choice answers and let your audience choose multiple answers in the poll.
   

2. Star rating: Use a star rating poll to let your audience indicate how much they like a feature, product, session and more. You choose to let the audience rate out of three, five, or ten stars. You can also define the star rating scales by entering the scale labels (optional).
   

6. Click Add. Repeat this for every other question you want to ask your audience.

To edit a poll:

1. Click Webinars on the left pane.
   

2. Click the webinar that contains the poll you need to edit.
   

3. Click the Edit icon next to the poll question to make any changes.
   

4. Once the changes are complete, click Update. 

To conduct a poll during your webinar:

1. Click Polls on the left pane.
   

2. Click Start next to the question you want to ask. You can view the results as the audience responds and also publish results to audience.
   

Q&A

Webinar attendees can ask questions and receive answers through the Q&A tab. Organizers and co-organizers can view attendees' questions and answer privately to the attendee who asked the question, or make it public and share the information with all attendees. They can also add more information to an answer that's already given by clicking Answer button again.

Note: 

Only the organizer and co-organizers can see all the questions and answers in a webinar. Other attendees or attendees who have been made presenters (using the Make Presenter feature) can see only the questions they ask and the questions that are made public.

To ask a question:

1. Click Q&A on the left pane.
   
2. Type your question and click Ask Question.
   

Answer, Set Priority, Assign Staff, Decline Questions:

1. Click Q&A on the left pane to view questions.
   

2. Hover over the question and click Answer to type your answer.
   

3. Choose Public to let all attendees view your answer, or choose Private to answer privately only to the attendee who raised the question. To add more information to your answer, click the Answer button again.
   

4. Click Set Priority, to select a different priority (high, medium, low) to the question.
   

5. Click Assign Staff, to assign questions to you or co-organizers.
   

6. To decline, hover over the question and click on the three dots and click Decline.
   

Broadcast messages
  

How-to

1. Launch your webinar.

2. Select Q&A on the left pane.

3. You can type your message into the window at the bottom and click Send everyone.

Note : 

Attendees will not be able to reply to the messages you send using this feature. However, they can use the Q&A option to ask questions or send messages.