Poll / Quick vote

As moderator or administrator, you can create three different queries via the Toolbox:

• Poll
  A poll contains a question with up to ten answer options. You can decide whether the participants in your alfaview room can vote for one or multiple answers.
• Quick vote
  If you want to get a quick insight into what the participants in your alfaview room think, the quick vote is most suitable. The answers Yes, No and Abstain are already set. You can add further answer options.
• Star rating
  The star rating allows participants to rate a question, item or suggestion by awarding between one and five stars. The result shows the average of the stars given.

• Open the Tool manager
• Create a Poll
• Create a Quick vote
• Create a Star rating
• Status and actions
• Functions in the context menu

Open the Tool manager

You can either open the Tool manager via the alfaview app or the room management.

In the alfaview app:

In the room management:

• Log in to the Administration interface.
• In the menu on the left, click on Rooms.
• Open the room settings for the room in which you want to create the query. To do this, click on the Settings icon .
• Click the Toolbox button.
• Click the Poll / Vote button. You will now be redirected to the Tool manager in your web browser. If polls, quick votes or star ratings have already be created for this room, they will be displayed in the list.

Create a Poll

• Click the Create button at the top right corner of the Tool manager website.
• Select the Poll template from the drop-down menu.
• Fill in the following fields:
  • Title: Enter a title or a description to be voted on.
  • Options: You can add up to ten answer options. To do this, enter an option and confirm by either clicking on the plus icon or by pressing the Enter key.
    You can change the order of the answer options by clicking on the arrow icons.
    Delete an answer you have entered by clicking on the Delete icon.
  • Click the drop-down menu under Number of selectable options. Now, select whether the participants in your alfaview room can vote for one or more answers.
• Publish and start: The Publish and start function allows you to open the poll for voting directly.

• Click the Create poll button. This will create the poll and take you back to the list with all queries. Your poll will have the status Draft.

You can find a detailed explanation on each status and the corresponding action in the section Status and actions.

Create a Quick vote

• Click the Create button at the top right corner of the Tool manager website.
• Select the Quick vote template from the drop-down menu.
• Fill in the following fields:
  • Title: Enter a title or a description to be voted on.
  • Options: The options Yes, No, and Abstain are already set. You can add up to seven more answer options. To do this, enter an option and confirm by either clicking on the plus icon or by pressing the Enter key.
    You can change the order of the answer options by clicking on the arrow icons.
    Delete an answer by clicking on the Delete icon.
  • Click the drop-down menu under Number of selectable options. Now, select whether the participants in your alfaview room can vote for one or more answers.
• Publish and start: The Publish and start function allows you to open the quick vote for voting directly.

• Click the Create vote button. This will create the poll and take you back to the list with all queries. Your quick vote will have the status Draft.

You can find a detailed explanation on each status and the corresponding action in the section Status and actions.

Create a Star rating

• Click the Create button at the top right corner of the Tool manager website.
• Select the Star rating template from the drop-down menu.
• Title: Enter a question, statement or description that the participants should evaluate.
• Publish and start: The Publish and start function allows you to open the Star rating for evaluation directly.

• Click the Create star rating button. This will create the star rating and take you back to the list with all queries. Your star rating will have the status Draft.

You can find a detailed explanation on each status and the corresponding action in the section Status and actions.

Status and actions

Polls, quick votings and star ratings always have a status after they have been created. You can use actions to switch from one status to another.

In every status, different functions are available in the context menu.

Status	Action
Draft	You can edit polls, quick votes and star ratings via the context menu while they have the Draft status. You can also preview each query. Click the Publish action button to display the query in the alfaview room. Confirm the publication in the new window by clicking the Yes button.
Published	The poll, quick vote or star rating is now visible in the alfaview room’s Toolbox. Participants can view the query, but cannot vote yet. Click the Start action button to enable voting.
Voting started	Participants can now take part in the poll, quick vote or star rating and cast their vote. Click the End action button to close the query.
Voting ended	The poll, quick vote or star rating will no longer appear in the Toolbox. As an administrator or moderator, you can view the results in the Toolbox. Click on the desired query in the list or on the small arrow to the left of the query’s title. Click the Publish results action button to make the result available in the alfaview room.
Results visible	Participants in the alfaview room can view the result via the Toolbox. Click on the Hide results action button so that the result is no longer accessible in the alfaview room.

Functions in the context menu

In addition to changing the status via the Actions button, you can also access various functions via the context menu . These are used to manage polls, quick votes and star ratings.