Instant polling app integrated into PowerPoint for Mac?
April 16, 2023 8:15 PM Subscribe
I'm looking for an instant polling app that can be used with PowerPoint for Mac on a MacBook using Catalina (10.15.7). It needs to be fully integrated with PowerPoint, so that I can embed the poll into PowerPoint and don't have to leave PP to run the poll.
The reason for this is that I want to be able to run polls during lectures in a university classroom which has ancient equipment for screen projection which causes all kinds of issues: a) it won't let me switch between two screens during a presentation, which rules out using the instant polling app in a web browser on one screen, and PowerPoint on another screen, and b) if I try to toggle between PowerPoint and the browser on the same screen during the presentation, the system suddenly projects "Presenter View" onto the main screen, so students can see all my presenter notes (which I want to avoid).
The simplest thing would be to update my OS so I can use Poll Everywhere (which seems to fulfill my needs but won't run on Catalina), but I don't have time for that right now, so was hoping someone would have a quick solution. I've googled for other apps but can't seem to find anything suitable.
The reason for this is that I want to be able to run polls during lectures in a university classroom which has ancient equipment for screen projection which causes all kinds of issues: a) it won't let me switch between two screens during a presentation, which rules out using the instant polling app in a web browser on one screen, and PowerPoint on another screen, and b) if I try to toggle between PowerPoint and the browser on the same screen during the presentation, the system suddenly projects "Presenter View" onto the main screen, so students can see all my presenter notes (which I want to avoid).
The simplest thing would be to update my OS so I can use Poll Everywhere (which seems to fulfill my needs but won't run on Catalina), but I don't have time for that right now, so was hoping someone would have a quick solution. I've googled for other apps but can't seem to find anything suitable.
Response by poster: Thanks for the reply. I looked into slido but apparently its PowerPoint integration doesn’t currently work on Macs.
posted by mydonkeybenjamin at 9:28 PM on April 16, 2023
posted by mydonkeybenjamin at 9:28 PM on April 16, 2023
We have access to PollEverywhere, possibly through an institutional subscription. I haven't tried it yet.
posted by lulu68 at 12:08 AM on April 17, 2023
posted by lulu68 at 12:08 AM on April 17, 2023
Response by poster: Thanks for responding. Just to clarify, I have already looked in to PollEverywhere and unfortunately I can't use it unless I update my OS (which I don't have time to do right now).
posted by mydonkeybenjamin at 2:08 AM on April 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by mydonkeybenjamin at 2:08 AM on April 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
Recent versions of Keynote allow you to show your presentation in a window, rather than full screen. That makes it easy to switch between a web browser and your slides.
I’m not a PowerPoint user, but perhaps PowerPoint has a similar feature now?
Keynote is also pretty good about opening PowerPoint presentations so perhaps you could just use Keynote to play your PowerPoint slides for this one lecture?
posted by soylent00FF00 at 6:46 AM on April 17, 2023
I’m not a PowerPoint user, but perhaps PowerPoint has a similar feature now?
Keynote is also pretty good about opening PowerPoint presentations so perhaps you could just use Keynote to play your PowerPoint slides for this one lecture?
posted by soylent00FF00 at 6:46 AM on April 17, 2023
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posted by dg at 8:52 PM on April 16, 2023