Live interactive sessions

Make sessions interactive with polls, reactions, and more

Run live polls and quizzes, collect reactions, use the whiteboard, and split into breakout groups.

Before you start

  • The room is active.
  • Participants know how to use the session tools.

Steps

  1. 1
    The side panel tabs are Chat, Participants, Engagement, Whiteboard, and — for the host — Recording, Breakout, Audience stream.
  2. 2
    Click the Reactions icon to let participants send emojis live.
  3. 3
    Open Engagement and use Raise Hand so participants can signal they want to speak.
  4. 4
    Click Poll to create a quick question — type the question and answer options, then launch it.
  5. 5
    Click Quiz to run a knowledge check with scored answers.
  6. 6
    Open the Whiteboard tab for a shared drawing canvas.
  7. 7
    Open the Breakout tab — it is called just Breakout, not "Breakout Rooms" — to split participants into smaller groups. Only the host sees it.
  8. 8
    Each tool has a Close or End button — use it when you are done with that activity.

Expected result

Participants can interact in structured ways and the host can keep the session moving productively.

Common problems

Participants do not see the poll.

Make sure you launched the poll — creating it is not the same as publishing it to participants.

Poll results look wrong or incomplete.

Wait until participants have all submitted before closing the poll.

Breakout rooms caused confusion.

Before moving participants, clearly explain what each group should do and how long they have.

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