Using the Moderator Panel

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. 

Open the Moderator Panel

There are a few ways to open the Moderator Panel.

From the Pigeonhole List: 

1. 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.
    
2. 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 an Event Pigeonhole with a Moderator

1. Next to the Pigeonhole in the list, select the More options menu (...) > Get shareable links.
2. Locate the link for the Moderator Panel (this link works for any type of Pigeonhole session you have created) and select Copy.
3. 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

1. Select Share at the top right.
2. In the window that opens, select the Moderators tab.
3. Copy the link or Download the QR code that opens the Presentation in the Moderator Panel. 
4. 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.