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Simulated Q&A

Use simulated Q&A to give your automated and on demand webinars an even more interactive feel.

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Automated and on demand webinars offer you the option to configure “simulated Q&A”, which are questions and answers you set up prior to the webinar. In the case of automated webinars, this can be used to give the viewer the idea that they’re watching a live webinar.

Webinar team members can tell simulated questions apart from real questions with the robot icon that displays next to the sender’s name.

Please note! The Q&A mode must be configured for simulated Q&A to work.

For automated webinars, the Q&A mode has to be set to ‘Restricted’ or ‘Public’.

For on demand webinars, the Q&A mode has to be set to ‘Enabled’.

Adding a simulated question

Follow these steps to add a simulated question to your webinar:

  1. Click on your webinar to select it.

  2. Click on 'Edit webinar'.

  3. Navigate to the 'Webinar' section.

  4. Choose 'Q&A' or the ‘?’ icon within the 'Webinar' section.

  5. Click ‘Add question’.

  6. A new window will open.

  7. Enter the required information. The ‘Time’ determines when the question is submitted to the Q&A.

  8. Don’t forget to click ‘Save’.

Creating a simulated question

The simulated question has now been added to your webinar.

How the newly created simulated question appears in your list

Editing a simulated question

Did you make a mistake while creating your simulated question? Don’t worry! Editing the simulated question is simple. Follow these steps:

  1. Click on your webinar to select it.

  2. Click on 'Edit webinar'.

  3. Navigate to the 'Webinar' section.

  4. Choose 'Q&A' or the ‘?’ icon within the 'Webinar' section.

  5. Find the question you want to edit.

  6. Click ‘Options’ next to the question and pick ‘Edit question’.

  7. Make the changes you need and don’t forget to click ‘Save’.

Editing a simulated question

Removing a simulated question

Change your mind about a simulated question? Don’t worry, it’s easy to delete them. Follow the steps below:

  1. Click on your webinar to select it.

  2. Click on 'Edit webinar'.

  3. Navigate to the 'Webinar' section.

  4. Choose 'Q&A' or the ‘?’ icon within the 'Webinar' section.

  5. Find the question you want to delete.

  6. Click ‘Options’ next to the question and pick ‘Remove question’.

  7. Click ‘OK’ in the confirmation prompt.

Removing a simulated question

Adding a simulated live answer

Your simulated questions can have live answers. This means that you configure a timeframe for the question to be answered “live” during your webinar’s recording. These live answers show up like this during your webinar:

How a live answer appears to viewers

Follow these steps to add a live answer to your simulated question:

  1. Click on your webinar to select it.

  2. Click on 'Edit webinar'.

  3. Navigate to the 'Webinar' section.

  4. Choose 'Q&A' or the ‘?’ icon within the 'Webinar' section.

  5. Find the question you want to add a live answer for.

  6. Click ‘Options’ next to the question and pick ‘Add live answer’.

    Adding a live answer to a simulated question

  7. Enter the required information. The ‘Time’ determines when the answer appears during the webinar, while the ‘Duration’ determines how long the answer is.

  8. Don’t forget to click ‘Save’.

Configuring a live answer for a simulated question

Adding a simulated text answer

Your simulated questions can have text answers. This means that, at a certain time during the webinar, the simulated question will automatically be answered with text. These text answers show up like this during your webinar:

How a text answer appears to viewers

Follow these steps to add a text answer to your simulated question:

  1. Click on your webinar to select it.

  2. Click on 'Edit webinar'.

  3. Navigate to the 'Webinar' section.

  4. Choose 'Q&A' or the ‘?’ icon within the 'Webinar' section.

  5. Find the question you want to add a text answer for.

  6. Click ‘Options’ next to the question and pick ‘Add text answer’.

    Adding a text answer to a simulated question

  7. Enter the required information. The ‘Time’ determines when the answer appears during the webinar.

  8. Don’t forget to click ‘Save’.

Configuring a text answer for a simulated question

Editing answers

Did you make a mistake while creating your simulated answers? Don’t worry! Editing a simulated answer is simple. Follow these steps:

  1. Click on your webinar to select it.

  2. Click on 'Edit webinar'.

  3. Navigate to the 'Webinar' section.

  4. Choose 'Q&A' or the ‘?’ icon within the 'Webinar' section.

  5. Find the question you want to edit an answer for.

  6. Click ‘Options’ next to the question and pick ‘Edit live answer’ or ‘Edit text answer’.

  7. Make the changes you need and don’t forget to click ‘Save’.

Editing live or text answers for your simulated question

Deleting answers

Change your mind about a simulated answer? Don’t worry, it’s easy to delete them. Follow the steps below:

  1. Click on your webinar to select it.

  2. Click on 'Edit webinar'.

  3. Navigate to the 'Webinar' section.

  4. Choose 'Q&A' or the ‘?’ icon within the 'Webinar' section.

  5. Find the question you want to edit an answer for.

  6. Click ‘Options’ next to the question and pick ‘Remove live answer’ or ‘Remove text answer’.

  7. Click ‘OK’ in the confirmation prompt.

Deleting text or live answers from your simulated question
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