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The Moderator Panel is designed to be used by the moderator or speaker on stage. It is touch-optimised, and the words are enlarged to allow better readability. The Moderator Panel supports both Q&A and Poll sessions.
For Q&A sessions, it serves to let the moderator or speaker see questions that attendees have submitted (and have been approved if question filtering is enabled), then select any one question to address at each time. This question will in turn be reflected on the Projector Panel as an enlarged speech bubble automatically.
For Poll sessions, moderators or speakers will be able to see the results of the poll. If the poll is an open-text poll with answer filtering enabled, only approved answers are shown here.
Because different moderators and speakers have different ways of conducting their sessions, the Moderator Panel has an Advanced Mode that when turned on, provides additional functions/control. There are also other options available, that this article will go through.
Tip
The Moderator Panel is best used on an iPad, with Guided Access enabled. This will prevent the moderator or speaker from accidentally exiting back to the home screen. Read this article for step-by-step guidance on setting this up.
Note that the Moderator Panel is only available in Event Pigeonholes.
Advanced Mode
When you first open the Moderator Panel, it defaults to Advanced Mode:
Q&A sessions
In Advanced Mode, questions can be enlarged on the Projector Panel using the “Active” button for each question. The “Answered” function lets you mark a question as answered once the speaker has addressed it. The "Star" function lets you highlight questions you wish to prioritise during the session. Question comments posted by attendees can also be viewed on the Moderator Panel.
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Tap on any question to make the “Active” and “Answered” buttons appear:
- Bring up a question onto the Projector Panel by tapping on "Active". The question will be blown up on the Projector Panel in a speech bubble. After you are done answering the question, tap on "Answered". This action will mark the questions “Answered” on the Audience Web App and remove it from Projector Panel.
- To highlight questions that you would like to address first, click on the "Star" icon at the top right of the question grid. This action will highlight the grid in orange as shown below.
Note: To allow moderators to star questions, slide in the options panel by clicking on the menu icon at the top right, and turn on Ability to star questions.
- To view comments, tap on "Comments" for each question.
If the Q&A session has nested polls, slide in the options panel by clicking on the menu icon at the top right, then enable "Show nested polls". A drawer will slide down showing the nested polls as well as a sampling of the current vote results. Tap on each Poll to view the Poll session and results.
Poll sessions
The Moderator Panel now supports multiple choice and open text poll sessions. For multiple choice polls, the results are presented live in horizontal bar charts. By default, results are shown in percentages, but in the options panel, disabling "Results in percentage" will switch to showing the number of votes instead. For open text polls, the responses are managed in the similar way questions in Q&A sessions. The same "Active", "Star" and "Comments" functionality are also available.
Turning off Advanced Mode
- To turn off Advanced Mode, tap on the menu button to open the Options pane.
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Next, turn off Advanced Mode by tapping on the switch.
Basic Mode
This is the mode when Advanced mode is turned off:
Turning off Advanced mode basically hides several functionality from the moderator or speaker. This is ideal for moderators and speakers who use the Moderator Panel only to view questions or responses, without using the "Active" button functionality. Comments are also viewable in this mode, as well as showing nested polls for Q&A sessions by enabling "Show nested polls".
In this situation, the moderator or speaker would read the question or response, and a member from the organising team will use the Admin Panel to find the question or response and select the "Active" button to bring it up on the Projector Panel.
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The Moderator Panel is a touch-optimised, high-readability interface designed for moderators or speakers on stage. It supports both Q&A and Poll interactions.
Q&A Interactivities
- View Questions: View submitted questions (and approved questions if filtering is enabled).
- Focus Selection: Select a specific question to address. The chosen question automatically displays as an enlarged speech bubble on the Projector Panel.
Poll Interactivities
- View Results: View live Poll data.
- Open-Text Filtering: For Open-text polls with filtering active, only approved responses will appear.
The Moderator Panel also includes an Advanced Mode that provides additional functions/control.
Tip
For optimal performance, run the Moderator Panel on an iPad with Guided Access enabled to prevent accidental exits to the home screen. Learn how to set up Guided Access.
Open the Moderator Panel
There are a few ways to open the Moderator Panel.
From the Pigeonhole List:
- Next to the Pigeonhole in the Pigeonhole List, select the More options menu (...) > Get shareable links.
A screenshot of the Pigeonhole List. The More Options menu is expanded. The Get shareable links option is highlighted.
- In the window that opens, under the Moderator Panel link, select Open.
A screenshot of the Get Shareable Links window. The link to open the Pigeonhole in the Moderator Panel is highlighted.
There are additional ways to open the Moderator Panel from within an Event:
- Select Run links > Moderator Panel at the top right.
A screenshot of the Run your event page. The Run links menu is expanded and the Moderator Panel option is highlighted.
- Or, on the Run your event page, under Additional Panels, select Open next to Moderator Panel.
A screenshot of the Run your event page. The Open button for the Moderator Panel is highlighted.
Share a Pigeonhole with a Moderator
Sharing a moderator link allows co-hosts, guest speakers, or dedicated coordinators to manage audience interaction in real-time—filtering Q&A, approving comments, and administering live polls.
Share any Pigeonhole with a Moderator
- Next to the Pigeonhole in the list, select the More options menu (...) > Get shareable links.
- Locate the link for the Moderator Panel (this link works for any type of Pigeonhole session you have created) and select Copy.
- Send the copied link to your moderator.
A screenshot of the Get Shareable Links window. The button to copy the link that opens the Pigeonhole in the Moderator Panel is highlighted.
Share a Presentation Pigeonhole with a Moderator
- Select Share at the top right.
- In the window that opens, select the Moderators tab.
- Copy the link or Download the QR code that opens the Presentation in the Moderator Panel.
- Send the copied link or QR code to the moderator.
A screenshot of the Share Presentation window. The Moderators tab is open and highlighted.
Advanced Mode
Clicking on the Controls on the top-right corner of the Moderator Panel opens up the setting for Advanced mode. Enabling this setting will display a further list of options for advanced settings. The exact settings available will differ by poll type.
Advanced Q&A settings
Tap any question to reveal the following management options:
- Active: Displays the question as an enlarged speech bubble on the Projector Panel.
- Answered: Removes the question from the Projector Panel and marks it as answered on the Audience Web App. Use this option when a question has been addressed during a talk.
- Star: Highlights a question in orange for easy prioritisation. This requires enabling Ability to star questions in the top-right menu).
- Comments: Displays comments on a specific question. This option only appears if the question has comments.
- Nested Polls: Displays linked polls and live vote samples in a side drawer when you tap a Poll. This option only appears for events with nested polls and requires enabling Show nested polls in the top-right menu.
Advanced Poll settings
The Moderator Panel supports Multiple choice and Open text Poll Interactivities. For Multiple choice polls, the results are presented live in horizontal bar charts. By default, results are shown in percentages, but in the Options panel, disabling "Results in percentage" will switch to showing the number of votes instead. For Open text polls, the responses are managed in the same way as the questions in a Q&A. The same "Active", "Star" and "Comments" options are also available.
The Moderator Panel supports both Multiple-choice and Open-text Poll formats.
- Multiple-choice polls: Display live results as horizontal bar charts. By default, results are shown in percentages. To display the raw vote count instead, disable Results in percentage in the Options panel.
- Open-text polls: Managed identically to Q&A. Use the Active, Star, and Comments functions to display, prioritise, or review individual responses.
Basic Mode
This is the mode when Advanced mode is turned off:
Turning off Advanced mode hides several functionality from the moderator or speaker. This is ideal for moderators and speakers who use the Moderator Panel only to view questions or responses, without using the "Active" button functionality. Comments are also viewable in this mode, as well as showing nested polls for Q&A sessions by enabling "Show nested polls".
A recommended use case would be for a moderator or speaker who would read the question or response, and a member from the organising team who would use the Admin Panel to find the question or response and select the "Active" button to bring it up on the Projector Panel.