Testing your Slido event

Before your meeting or event starts, we recommend testing Slido.

You can either test Slido directly from your Admin or use a second device (such as a smartphone) to fully simulate the experience of your participants.

In this article:

Test directly from your Admin

The easiest way to test your event is by using the Participant mode widget which you can find on the left-hand side of your Admin. Click on it and the Participant mode on a phone interface will roll out. You can use this when you want to send a testing question, try voting in a poll or if you want to test anything else from your audience’s perspective.

Once done, don’t forget to hit the green Present button (in the upper-right corner). This will give you a good insight into what your participants can see during your event and of how this function works when sharing your screen.

Try sending a question

Try voting in a poll

Please make sure that your poll is active before voting. You can activate a poll by hitting the green play button next to it.

Test using a smartphone

Alternatively, you can also simulate the experience of your participants by joining your Slido event using an actual smartphone (or any other device you have at hand). Simply go to slido.com and type in your event code, or alternatively, scan the QR code.

If you're doing your testing before the set event dates, you'll see your event listed as Upcoming. In that case, select your event from the list below to join it.

Try sending a question

Once you enter the event, you can send testing questions using your smartphone.

If you wish, you can check Slido Admin on your primary device (computer) to see the questions appear, along with the Present mode to simulate showing Slido to your audience.

Try voting in a poll

To test your polls, make sure you activate one first in your Admin by hitting the green play button next to it.

Then, cast a vote to see the results update in real-time and make sure everything runs smoothly. 

Once again, if you wish, you can check Slido Admin on your primary device (computer), along with the Present mode to simulate showing poll results to your audience.
 

Delete testing questions and reset poll results

Once you finish testing, you can delete all submitted testing questions and reset poll results before running your actual meeting. This step will make sure that your test questions and test poll entries are not going to be included in your analytics or exports. This will ensure that your participants submissions aren’t interfered with when it comes to your upcoming meeting or event.