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As we approach the end of September, it's the perfect time to wrap up and share the latest updates from us at Slido. 🚀


 

🔛 New Slido becoming the default experience


We’re excited to announce that starting November 7, the new Slido interface will be enabled by default for everyone! 

But don’t worry if you prefer the previous version, you’ll still have a few months to switch back if you need more time to adjust.
 


To help with the transition, we’re running regular training sessions, so don’t miss out on this chance to get up to speed!



💬 Have a better overview of your Q&A with two-sided layout


We’ve revamped the Q&A layout to make it easier for hosts to manage questions. With Moderation enabled, you can now see a 50:50 split between incoming (In review) and approved questions, with quick access to options like Archive, Labels, and Q&A sorting. Plus, this compact view displays more questions at once than before. 

But that's not all! You can also expand the Q&A area by collapsing the left side and/or the interaction list, giving you even more room to manage your session seamlessly. Keep reading for more details on the minimized sidebar. 
 

New Q&A layout with options to enlarge the live view

 

⬅️ Minimize the Interactions sidebar


Need more space during Q&A or polls? You can now minimize the interactions sidebar with a simple click. This is especially handy for larger meetings and events. Even in the collapsed view, all your interactions remain visible and easily accessible.

 

Minimized Interactions sidebar

Remember, to activate a poll while the interactions list is collapsed, click the poll icon and start the interaction from the control bar. If another poll is active, make sure to stop it first before activating a new one.


 

📥 Slido for PowerPoint version update 


The latest versions of Slido for PowerPoint on both Windows and macOS bring you a smoother and more reliable experience.

With Slido for PowerPoint on Windows version 1.13, we’ve fixed the issue where PowerPoint would crash when the Slido sidebar opened automatically. We also removed unnecessary warnings and corrected the font size scaling on Slido placeholder slides.

All our macOS users now receive update notifications directly in the Slido sidebar. Slido for PowerPoint on macOS version 1.4 resolves several issues, including problems with downloading Slido placeholder images and crashes when reading poll information from the presentation file or adding a Slido poll to a presentation.

 

Slido for PowerPoint Updates
Slido for PowerPoint

If you use the version 1.2 or older, make sure to update to the latest one.

Stay updated through Slido for PowerPoint change log:

📂 Improvements to Slido sidebar in PowerPoint and Google Slides


Whether you're using Slido in PowerPoint or Google Slides, we hope these updates will make your life a little easier and your presentations with Slido even smoother. Here’s what’s new:

  • We've added a new menu label to help you navigate the sidebar with ease. 
     
  • To make the presentation sidebar more user-friendly, we've reorganized and updated the menu categories, so you can find and access the features you need without any hassle. 
     
  • The "Share with Participants" screen now includes a QR code, making it easier than ever to share your slido with your audience.
     
Improvements in the presentations sidebar menu

 

That's all for our September updates! We hope these enhancements make your Slido experience better than ever. Don't forget to subscribe to our Product News to stay in the loop with all things Slido. 📩



Got feedback? We're all ears! Share your thoughts with us at experience@slido.com. 🌏👋

I think we have run into a bug caused by the new  Poll character limit indicator. We created a poll quizz last week with 14 questions. Most of the questions have over 257 characters. We were able to create the poll quiz with no issues. Today, we wanted to add a new question to the quiz. We would type in the new question, answers and select the correct answer. The little character counter did turn dark red (very hard to notice!) and no error message is displayed to indicate too many characters. Instead we see that the question is not saved. In fact it just disappears. 

In trying to understand what was happening, we found that simply by opening existing questions in the poll that are over the new limit, those questions are deleted, again with inadequate error messages. 

Super frustrating. This functionality obviously needs more testing. Please don’t delete our work!

Hey @FUJITSU IT 0033,

Apologies for the issues and thank you for sharing the details of what happened.

Our team is working on a fix for this.

Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Best,

Hello everyone, 

We just wanted to let you know that we are taking a bit more time to perfect the character limit indicator we recently announced. For those who encountered any issues, you'll continue to enjoy the same experience as before. We’ll re-introduce the functionality in the future, and we truly appreciate your patience and understanding.

Do you plan to make notifications of new messages received in Q&A available directly in the browser (with a beep or pop-up)?

Hey @Eduard Rabelo ,

This is not currently a feature we offer or on our current roadmap.

We will submit this to the team as feedback for future consideration.

Let us know if you have any other questions!

Best,

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