Vevox session settings
Vevox polls are anonymous by default. Once an anonymous poll has been conducted, it cannot be de-anonymised. Users should consider the use of free text answers carefully, particularly if there are concerns about the behaviour of the target audience. In such cases, users may want to consider using identified sessions or pre populated option choice question. For information on how to create an identified session, please refer to the guide: Create a student authenticated poll on Vevox
You can access the session settings by going to the options menu (three dots) next to the session name, you can also access the session settings from within the session on the left hand side of the screen.
Session Settings
Your session settings are the settings that are applied to all of your polls, surveys and Q&As within a session. We recommend that you familiarise yourself with the settings before you launch a session.
Session setup tab
Within the Setup tab, you can set the general information for your session including:
- Session Name
- Session Date
- Profanity filter can be turned off for Polls and Q&A. It is enabled by default.
NB: Your session will not automatically start on the session date that is added.
Polls tab
Here, you can choose if you want to display real-time results or for results to automatically show when the poll is closed. You can also choose how you want voting results to show and set an automatic countdown timer.
You can also switch on Speed scoring. This is where participants will be ranked according to how quickly they give correct answers.
Q&A tab
Here, you can select to turn the Q&A message board off or place it on hold. It will be switched on by default. You can also switch Moderation and Downvotes on for your Q&A. For more information about Q&A on Vevox, see Vevox's Help Guide What is Q&A?
Participant identification tab
Here, you can select if you want your participants to stay anonymous or have them identified during a session. By default, the session will be set to anonymous. There are two ways in which you can ask your participants to identify themselves, you can either set them as identified where they can choose their own name to identify themselves, or you can also select SAML SSO authentication which will force participants to log into their university accounts to identify themselves.
For more information on different participation options see Vevox's Help Guide Identifying participants.
For more information on asking participants to respond using their university accounts see, Create a Student Authenticated poll help guide.
You can also set a passcode here if you need extra security.
App customization tab
Here, you have space to add a title and description (or agenda) of what you are going to share with your participants during the session. (The title, subtitle and description sections will appear on your participant app, once participants have joined your session).
Present view tab
Here, you can select to show join instructions, the QR code to your poll and the response count on the present view page.
You can also customise the theme of your session by changing the logo and background templates for Present view as well as the participant app. The default is a University of Leeds theme.
Sharing tab
Here, you can share your session with co-hosts, giving them complete access to the content. For more information on how to share your Vevox session with a Co-Host see, Collaborate on a Vevox Poll guide.
Integrations tab
Here, you can find information on the different integrations for Vevox polls. This setting is not required for the workflows we use at University of Leeds and for the type of Vevox account we hold. The integrations have already been switched on at University level.
For more information on integrations, please follow our guides linked below.