Modify Polling @ McGill settings

Slido, McGill’s polling tool, allows you to adjust several settings.

In this article: 

Access the slido event settings

1. Select the event you want to modify and click on the Settings button

   

   in the top-right corner of the window.
   

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General

• Basic information

  • Event name: Name the Slido event.

  • Start and end date: Indicate the range of time when the event will be available.

  • Event code: Use the event code, a series of numbers or a word (e.g., #12345, #BIEN580) that identifies the event, to share the event with students.

  • Event link: Give students access to the event by sharing the event link.

  • Additional settings: Add location, language, and time zone to the poll information. 

• Share access: Grant editing access to other members of the McGill community (i.e., instructors, TAs). 

• Multiple rooms: Create multiple rooms within a single event code.

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Privacy

• Hidden from search: When enabled, this setting prevents users without the event code from entering the event. 

This setting is enabled by default. It is recommended to keep this setting on.

• Participant privacy: Privacy options for students when responding to polls (open questions in particular) and using the Q&A tool include:

  • Anonymous by default; named by default; always stay anonymous; always require name.

    

    • Always require name is enabled by default. This setting ensures all responses can be linked to a student name. However, you can change the settings according to the objectives of the event.
    • To allow your students to answer anonymously for one or multiple polls, select named by default or anonymous by default. Keep in mind that these responses will truly be anonymous and can not be linked to a student in the reports.

• Require authentication:

  • Disabled: The poll event is anonymous.

  • Basic: Students must enter one or several of the following options before entering the event: require name; require passcode; require email address.

  • SAML SSO: Students must enter their McGill credentials before entering the event. No XML file is needed; just select and save.

    

    SAML SSO is enabled by default, but you can change the setting according to the objectives of the event.

• Restrict who can access the event: Restrict specific email addresses or domains from accessing your event.
  

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Features

Features that are enabled will appear in the top menu of the Slido event: 

For settings specific to each feature, enable the feature and click on the

• Audience Q&A: Allow students to ask questions. For more information, check how to run a Q&A event.

• Live polls: Run polls where students answer synchronously or asynchronously. Available settings:

  • Fixed order of poll options: Prevent a random order of options in multiple choice and ranking questions.

  • Vote counter: When enabled, show the number of students who voted in your poll.

  • Poll results: When enabled, show the number of votes instead of percentages.

• Ideas (Beta): Collect ideas from students in brainstorming activities; enable or disable downvotes, replies, anonymous ideas; limit characters per post.

• Agenda: Make a simple schedule for your event visible to students.
  

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Customization

• Branding: Choose a logo for your event. The McGill logo is available by default.

• Present mode: Customize the look and feel of your Slido event during Present mode. 

  • Themes: Change the background color or image of your event.

  • Join event via QR code: Allow students to join the event by scanning a QR code that appears in Present mode (when enabled). This feature is useful when students see your screen during a lecture.

  • Audience Q&A: Define the number of Q&A questions displayed in Present mode if you want to show the most recent question or highlighted questions.

• Participant mode: Customize the look and feel of the Participant mode, which is the interface students will use to interact with your Slido event.

  • Custom theme: Set custom colors for Participant mode.

  • Welcome screen: Display a welcome screen to your students.

  • External links: Insert links to external resources that your students can access from the side menu.
    

Read More:

• TL KB articles:

  • Create an event in Polling @ McGill and add questions

  • Set up Polling @ McGill

  • Share a Polling @ McGill event

• Slido documentation:

  • Add the agenda to your event

  • Use the Ideas (beta) feature in Slido 

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