Google offers an interactive Question & Answer (Q&A) feature that allows you to accept and present audience questions in Slides to improve engagement during presentations.

To get the most out of your presentation, you can easily start a Q&A session in Google Slides. Let’s take a look at how to do it!

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How to Start a Q&A Session in Google Slides

During your presentation, you can start a live Q&A session in Google Slides and display the questions at any time. You can alsohold a Q&A session in Google Meet.

To start a Q&A session during a presentation, follow the steps below:

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How to Accept Audience Questions in a Presentation

Here’s how you can accept audience questions during your presentation:

To end the Q&A session, toggle the on/off switch in the presenter view window.

However, if you don’t turn off the Q&A session, the access to submit questions ends right after your Google Slides presentation concludes.

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How to Display Audience Questions in Presentation

When your audience submits questions, here’s how you can display them in a presentation:

How to Ask a Question During a Presentation

Follow these steps to ask questions during a presentation using the Q&A feature:

How to Vote on a Question to Be Answered During the Presentation

You can also cast votes on questions that are to be addressed during the presentation. Here’s how:

you may only cast one vote per question, eitherUp voteorDown vote.

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If you are wondering can you add a live poll to a Q&A session? Unfortunately, there is no built-in feature in Google Slides for adding a live poll to your presentation. However, you may use an add-on such asSlido to integrate live pollsinto your presentation.

How to View Previous Q&A Sessions in Google Slides

you may also access all prior Q&A sessions for the presentations on Google Slides. Follow the steps below to view:

Make Your Presentation More Engaging With a Q&A Session

The Google Slides Live Q&A feature is a useful tool for interacting with your audience during presentations. This feature allows for improved remote participation and collaboration, as well as the potential for the audience to vote on important questions that need to be addressed.

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