Web App
In this paragraph we will discuss everything
about the word cloud question type that involves the use of the web app.
How to create a Word Cloud in the Web App
You can add a word cloud by clicking on the +Add
slide button in the left corner of your screen, this button is purple. After
this there will pop-up a window with 8 question options. Select the word cloud
icon to add a word cloud. The icon is a cloud and can be found on the first
row, the second from left.
What are the different settings for Word Cloud?
What is ''review the responses'' ?
This option enables you to select the answer that is shown on the screen. If activated, it will show a URL where you can go to moderate the response (only possible when Sendsteps presentation is started).
What is “participants can vote on responses of others” setting?
This option enables people to vote on an answer of other participants. This is enabled by default in Q&A.
What is ''maximum responses per participant'' ?
This setting gives you the option to select how many answers people can send in. The default setting is unlimited for this question. Do you really wish to know what people think or want a general knowledge of what your coworkers think of a certain subject, then we recommend to put it on 1.
PowerPoint Add-in
In this paragraph we're going to discuss everything about the word cloud question type that involves the use of the Sendsteps PowerPoint add-in.
How to create a Word Cloud in PowerPoint
You can add a word cloud question by clicking on the icon ‘’Add question’’ in the left corner. After clicking on this icon please select the word cloud icon. This icon is a cloud that can be found in the second row. The icon is placed second from left.
What are the audience settings in PowerPoint for Word Cloud?
Control the amount of messages someone can send
The first option in a word cloud is immediately shown when you select the question. This option enables you to select the amount of messages someone can send. The standard is unlimited but you can choose between 1-100 messages for that slide.
If you want to control other possible options go to the option menu of the word cloud.
Click here if you don’t know how to find the option menu.
Enables you to show how many messages are sent in a slide. This can be turned on & off. It is on by default.
Display participants counter on the slide
Show how many people are participating in the slideshow. It is on by default.
The audience is able to respond
The image above shows the options you can select when your audience is able to respond. It’s on by default ‘’Only while this message slide is shown’’.
What is a Word Cloud question type?
The word cloud is a collection of tags that is displayed on the screen. The most used words (tags) are the biggest and the least used words are the smallest. The word cloud gives you a visual display of what the people are thinking or what they say. You can use the question the best with an answer that can be filled in with one word. We at Sendsteps also support the sentence version of the Word cloud. Want to know how this work please read
Other question types