Interactive Features

In some live and on-demand presentations you will have the opportunity to participate in audience polls, ask questions, or view supplementary materials by clicking links within the presentation.

View and answer polls

View Polls

When polls have been added to a presentation, you can answer polls and view poll results in Mediasite Player.

  1. Click View Polls to see a presentation's polls.
  2. Click Take Poll on the same row as a poll to answer it.
  3. Answer the poll and click Submit to post your answer.
  4. Click View Results to see how others answered the poll. Click Back to Polls to answer more polls.

Ask questions

Ask a
question

If the forum feature is enabled for a presentation, you can ask questions using Mediasite Player.

  1. Click Ask a question.
  2. Enter your name, email address (optional), the subject your question is addressing, and your question.
  3. If you do not want to include the time in the presentation where you had a question, clear the Time check box.
  4. Click Ask Question. Click Close to exit the window.

Note: In an on-demand presentation, if the presenter has not provided an e-mail address this feature is disabled. Also, if you do not want to include the time in the presentation where you had a question, clear the Time check box.

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E-mail presentations

Share
presentation

You can share presentations with other authorized viewers by sending an e-mail invitation from the Player.

  1. Click Share Presentation. An email form opens with the invitation text.The presentation's details are listed in the invitation along with its URL.
  2. If you want your invitees to begin watching the presentation at specific time, check the Start Time check box and enter the time in the presentation. For example, to have them begin viewing five minutes into the presentation, enter 5:00 as the start time. The presentation URL in the invitation updates accordingly.

    By default, the value is the time in the presentation when you clicked Share Presentation.
  3. Enter the destination e-mail addresses and update the invitation text as needed.
  4. Click Send Invite.

Note: If you want to use the e-mail client on your machine to send out an invitation, click Use email client on the email form.

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