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Newcomer
August 31, 2023
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First poll worked, the rest didn't

  • August 31, 2023
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I was running a teaching session for a dozen or so students. I had five polls set up in advance. I ran the first one, and all went well. Poll closed, looked at results, and I downloaded the results later, after it was all over.

However, when I tried to run the second poll (and the third, and the fourth) the "launch" button was greyed out and couldn't be pressed. 

Today, I've restarted the meeting, and those polls were accessible, but of course it's a bit late now.
Any ideas what I could have done wrong? I'm assuming this is a "user pressed wrong button" moment rather than a bug.

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Newcomer
August 31, 2023

l don't have an answer but ran into your post when I was seeking a similar functionality, namely live voting during a zoom meeting.

Newcomer
September 6, 2023

Pools are probably what you want, if they're enabled. Warning, if you want to download the results (so you can see who voted which way!) you have to do that before closing the meeting.

If they're not enabled, the "reactions" may be of use, for small numbers.

Newcomer
September 7, 2023

Thanks for your insights based on your experience.  I am doing a test of the polling functionality later today.

Newcomer
February 16, 2024

I have the same problem - it works for some meetings and then it is greyed out again for other meetings - its so random - di you ever get this resolved?

 

 

Newcomer
February 16, 2024

I'm afraid not. Zoom has had a few updates since then, and the problem has never repeated itself, but I have no idea what went wrong.