Q & A in Google Slides

Google Slides has just released a neat new feature to help engage your audience. It’s called Q&A, and it allows people in your audience to submit questions during your presentation. They can see all the questions submitted by accessing a unique URL, and then they can vote questions up or down. This screenshot shows a student view with one question submitted.

As a presenter, you can review the questions submitted, and if you want to answer one, you can have it display on your screen. This is a great way to engage your audience in your presentation. Even students who are too shy to raise their hand can submit a question online.

The Basics:

1. Open a Google Slideshow. Click the dropdown arrow next to the “Present” button and choose “Presenter View.”
• Note: If you just click “Present,” you will still have the option of choosing “presenter view” at the bottom of the presentation screen.

2. A presenter view will pop up over your slideshow. Start a new Q&A and click “ON” to activate the Q & A feature.
3. A short URL will appear at the top of your slideshow. Students can open this on their device to ask questions and/or vote up/down other questions.
4. On the presenter view screen, the presenter can see all questions and how many votes it received. Click “Present” to have this question appear as a temporary slide on your slideshow.

To learn more, check out these helpful resources or contact your digital learning specialist for assistance.

• Blog post with a video showing it in action

• Brief how-to video