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A Poll slide lets your audience vote on a question with preset answer choices. Results update live on the presenter’s screen as votes come in, displayed as a bar, donut, or pie chart.

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Creating a Poll Slide

1

Add a new slide

In the slide editor, click the + button to add a new slide to your presentation.
2

Select Poll

Choose Poll from the list of slide types.
3

Type your question

Enter your question in the question field at the top of the slide.
4

Add answer options

Type each answer choice into the option fields. You can add up to 30 answer options per poll.
5

Upload images to options (optional)

Click the image icon next to any option to upload a photo. This is useful when comparing visual choices such as product designs or locations.
6

Save

Your poll is ready. Click Save or continue configuring settings before presenting.

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Poll Settings

Choose how your results are displayed to the audience. Select from Bar Chart, Donut Chart, or Pie Chart. Bar charts work well for many options; donut and pie charts are cleaner for three to five options.
Enable Multi-Select to allow participants to choose more than one answer. When active, participants can pick as many options as you specify. Useful for “select all that apply” questions.
Mark one or more options as correct. The correct answer is not shown to participants until you choose to reveal it — useful for knowledge-check polls or trivia moments during a session.
Display the percentage breakdown alongside raw vote counts. Helps audiences quickly interpret results, especially on polls with many options or large participant counts.
Show live results on participants’ devices as votes come in, in addition to the presenter screen. Disable this if you want to reveal results dramatically at the end.
Set a countdown timer in seconds. When the timer reaches zero, submissions close automatically and the results lock. Leave this off for open-ended group discussions.
Manually stop accepting responses at any point during presenting by toggling Close Submissions. Use this when you’re ready to move on regardless of the timer.
Keep results hidden from the audience until you decide to reveal them. The presenter screen continues to show incoming results, but the audience sees only the question and options.

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Tips for Effective Polls

A well-designed poll gets higher response rates and more useful data. Keep these points in mind:
  • Keep options distinct — overlapping answer choices cause confusion and split votes in ways that are hard to interpret.
  • Use images when comparing visual options — attaching images to options (e.g. logo variants, design mockups, photo choices) makes the comparison immediate and clear.
  • Enable percentages for clarity — raw vote numbers can be misleading in large or small groups; percentages let everyone understand the spread at a glance.
  • Use self-paced mode for async surveys — if you’re sharing your presentation as a self-paced link rather than hosting live, polls still collect responses and aggregate results the same way.
  • Limit to 5–7 options for live sessions — fewer choices reduce cognitive load and speed up voting, keeping the energy of your session high.
Polls are included in the free plan. However, the free plan allows up to 3 Poll-type slides per presentation at full participant capacity. If you exceed this limit, participant capacity for additional Poll slides drops to 3 participants. Word Cloud and Open Ended slides also count toward this limit.