Participants in a Webex meeting can launch Slido without being a host. Anyone can open an existing slido, or create one from scratch during a meeting. This is especially useful for when your facilitator is not the meeting host.
However, the host can remove or override a participant’s slido anytime by stopping it or launching their own. They can also disable this option completely by turning off the Anyone can share functionality in their Webex settings.
If a host opens Slido first during the meeting, participants cannot launch their own.
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| Current Limitations of the Webex and Slido integration |
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Check the following article to understand different Slido and Webex roles.
How it works: Meeting participant perspective
Once the host starts the meeting, any participant including facilitators, cohosts, speakers, or attendees can launch Slido.
To launch Slido:
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Go to Apps and click Slido
Or click the three horizontal dots next to chat and select Slido (polling and Q&A) -
Select an existing slido or create a new one
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Launch your prepared poll or create a new one right away. You can also enable Q&A if preferred.
Participant perspective: Launching a poll as a participant
Learn more about how to use Slido in Webex Meetings.
To prevent someone making Slido live for everyone accidentally, any non-host will need to confirm launching a poll or enabling Q&A a second time.
Once a poll is launched or Q&A enabled, Slido will be visible for everyone in the meeting. Other participants will be able to ask questions (if Q&A was enabled) and vote in polls.
How it works: Meeting host perspective
As a meeting host, you can:
- Stop a participant’s slido
- Override it completely by launching your own slido, or
- Disable Slido for participants by turning off the ‘Anyone can share’ option in Webex Meetings.
Stop a participant’s slido
Once a participant launches a poll or enables Q&A, you as a host will see the option to Stop Slido in the sidebar.
Unless you select Stop Slido, the participant’s slido will remain active in the Webex meeting. But if they launch another poll, you’ll once again have the opportunity to stop it.
If you wish to collaborate on their slido, you can request access to it. Or you can always choose to use your own slido which will override the current participant’s slido.
You can request access to Slido only if the participant who launched it is from the same Webex organization.
Override a participants’s slido
To override a participant’s slido:
- Go to Apps or three horizontal dots
- Select Slido
- Choose an existing slido or create a new one
Overriding participant’s slido
If you initiate Slido before any participant, or if you override a slido launched by a participant, no one else in the meeting will have the option to add Slido. They will see “Only a host can see this panel” message when clicking Apps > Slido or three dots > Slido (polling and Q&A).
Disable the Anyone can share option
You can disable Slido for participants completely by turning off the ‘Anyone can share’ option in your Webex Meetings Settings. Please note, that this will also disable the ability for participants to share their screen.
How it works: Meeting cohost perspective
During a Webex meeting, cohosts can vote in polls or ask questions in an active slido. As a cohost you’ll have the option to request access to the slido, no matter if it was launched by a participant or the host.
Once you go to Apps > Slido and click request access, you will see the ‘pending’ message until the request is approved.
After your access is granted, you’ll be able to activate/deactivate polls or moderate Q&A in the active slido. You won’t be able to vote in polls or ask questions because you’re no longer a standard participant.
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