Present Mode for Live Polling and Quizzes

Capture the attention of your class and audience with Present Mode in Microsoft Forms. These new live presentation capabilities offer a new way to share your forms or quizzes in any online or in-person event.  Audiences can participate in live surveys and view real-time responses with a QR scan or short URL.

• Permission Control
• Enter Present Mode
• Share QR Code and URL
• View Real-Time Results
  • Auto-generated Wordclouds
• Download Results as an Excel Spreadsheet

Permission Control

Present mode follows your configured permission settings. We recommend selecting "Anyone can respond" to skip the sign-in requirement, making it faster and easier for users to respond, and avoiding potential login issues.

1. Click on the Settings [1] at the top of the Microsoft Forms page to access the Settings menu [2].
   
    
2. We recommend the following Settings:
   • In the Option for quiz section [1], toggle the Show results automatically switch [2] to off if you are presenting a Forms quiz. 
   • In the Who can fill out this form section [3], make sure the Anyone can respond radio button [4] is selected. 
   • In the Options for responses section [5], check off Accept responses [6], Hide Submit another response, and Allow respondents to save their responses [8].
     

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Enter Present Mode

1. Click on the Present icon in the top right corner of the Forms page to enter the interactive presentation.
   

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Share QR Code and URL

1. Once in Present mode, a QR code and a shorter URL linked to the survey will be displayed on the left side of your form/quiz [1].
   
    
   • Click on the QR code [2] to make it fullscreen [3] for attendees to scan and join from their seats.
     
   • Click the Close button [4] to exit the fullscreen QR code. 
2. Students and/or meeting attendees can scan the QR code with their phone's camera or a QR code scanning app, and they will be instantly directed to the form.
3. Once they complete and Submit the Microsoft Form, the results of each individual submission are displayed on the screen. 

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View Real-Time Results

As new responses come in, the results will dynamically update to reflect the latest information. 

1. To make your results page full screen, click the Enter full screen button. 
   
    
2. Press the Esc button on your keyboard, or move your mouse to the top of the screen and click the X circle icon [1] or the Exit full screen button [2] to return to standard view. 
   
    
3. Use the Next question [3] and Previous question [4] buttons to navigate your Form question results.
   

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Auto-generated Wordclouds

Questions that are short answer Text entries automatically generate a Wordcloud in the results.

1. Click on the Wordcloud/All responses toggle [1]  to switch views. 
    
   1. Wordcloud view:
      
       
   2. All responses view:
      
       
2. Click on the Show correct answer button [2]  to toggle the correct answers if you created a Quiz. 
3. The correct answers will be displayed for all questions [3]. Click on the Hide correct answer button [4] to toggle the correct answers off. 
   

All responses are saved in the Collect responses tab once you exit the present mode and enter editing mode.

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Download Results as an Excel Spreadsheet

You can easily view all of the response data for your form in Microsoft Excel.

1. In your from, click the View Responses button
2. Click Open results in Excel.
3. The Excel file will download to your browser's default download location.

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