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How to display a lot of content for an open text poll

  • March 25, 2025
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Hello!

I am a law professor and have thoroughly enjoyed using Slido in my class this year.  It think it has elevated engagement and participation.  Routinely, I have given students a portion of a court case and then asked them to summarize it in an open text poll.  

Because I cannot insert a lot of information into the poll itself, I have had to manage some work arounds.  For example, I have simply printed off the case and given the instruction “Please summarize X.” on the poll.  I have also put the text on the preceding PowerPoint slide and then activated the poll on my phone.  I was wondering if there were a simpler way to do this that I was ignorant of.  

In my preferred world, I would like to have an informational slide that activates the poll (without using my phone).  Then, I could click to the next slide for results.

Thank you in advance for any thoughts or tips!

 

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Hi ​@wiltayfarr.

The simplest option to display the extra content, while making the poll active, would be to save it as an image to display with the poll.  You can View as participant or join the slido with your phone to see that the image can be magnified.

I’d imagine this would still be quite limiting with law cases.  More than likely, the workaround you’ve found would be your best solution.  That would be to display the larger content (or make it available) while you activate the poll.  That’s where we would suggest introducing Slido at the start of the presentation, so participants are already prepared to interact.

 


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