Share a Polling @ McGill event

Owned by Joana Kort Mascort
Mar 08, 2024
2 min read

Slido is McGill’s polling tool. You can share a Polling @ McGill (i.e., Slido) event with collaborators or with students.

In this article: 

1 Share an event with collaborators in the McGill community | 2 Share an event with students | 3 Share or embed a specific poll or survey

Share an event with collaborators in the McGill community

You can add collaborators, such as co-instructors and TAs, to modify the event or help you administer it in real time by inviting them via email. 

  1. Select the event you want to share and hover over the Share button located in the top-right section of the window. Select Invite collaborators.

  2. Under Share access, type the email of the person you would like to add as a collaborator of the event.

Collaborator permissions

Collaborators can do all the actions related to running Q&A, Polls, and Ideas. They cannot access and change event settings.

Collaborators can:

Collaborators cannot:

Collaborators can:

Collaborators cannot:

  • Access event Analytics

  • Activate, edit, or create new ideas

  • Activate, edit, or create new polls

  • Download exports

  • Moderate, archive, answer, label, highlight, or delete questions

  • Add event branding

  • Access event Settings

  • Change privacy Settings

  • Change the event code or event dates

  • Create, turn on, and turn off multiple rooms

 

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Share an event with students

You can invite students to respond to polls in your event in advance.

  1. Log into Slido. Click on the Log in button in the top-right section of the window; select Log in with Webex, and enter your McGill credentials.

  2. Select the event you would like to share and hover over the Share button located in the top-right section of the window. You can choose to:

    1. Share the link with participants: A unique event link will be copied to your clipboard.

    2. Download a QR code: An image file with a QR code will be downloaded. Students can scan this QR code with their mobile devices to join the event.



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Share or embed a specific poll or survey

  1. Log into Slido. Click on the Log in button in the top-right section of the window; select Log in with Webex, and enter your McGill credentials.

  2. Select the event that has the poll or survey you would like to share. 

  3. Click on the (three-dot) button and select Share.
    A pop-up with a sharing link and the HTML code for embedding will appear.

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