UpVoter allows you to create different types of questions within the same session. Each type gathers information from participants in a different way and projects it differently on the big screen. You can freely mix any combination of types in a single session.
The participant chooses exactly one option from the list. It is the most common type: perfect for closed questions with a single desired answer.
How the participant votes
They tap the option they prefer (which becomes visually highlighted) and confirm by pressing the submit button. Once submitted, they cannot change their vote.
How it is projected
A horizontal bar per option, featuring the percentage of received votes. The bars update in real time as votes arrive.
Configuration options
When to use it
Questions with a single possible answer, choices between candidates or mutually exclusive proposals, knowledge quizzes with a correct answer, quick polls with few options.
The participant can select multiple options at once. Useful when there might be more than one valid answer or the participant holds several preferences simultaneously.
How the participant votes
Options are displayed with checkboxes. The participant ticks the ones they want and confirms.
Selection limit
The organizer can configure a maximum number of selectable options. If the limit is reached, the rest are temporarily disabled until the participant unchecks one. If the field is left blank, no limit applies.
How it is projected
Horizontal bars with percentages, exactly like Single choice. The percentages won't add up to 100% because each participant might have voted for multiple options simultaneously.
When to use it
"Select the three initiatives you find most important", diagnostic questions pointing to several possible simultaneous issues, preference surveys featuring multiple valid choices.
The participant orders all options from highest to lowest preference. The system assigns points inversely to the ranking: the first position receives the most points, the last receives the fewest.
How the participant votes
Options appear in a list that can be reordered by dragging. When they are satisfied with their order, they confirm.
How points are calculated
With N options, position 1 receives N points, position 2 receives N-1 points, and so forth. The final position invariably receives 1 point.
How it is projected
The total points sum of each option is displayed, ordered from highest to lowest.
When to use it
"Order these proposals from highest to lowest impact", prioritizing group initiatives or tasks, voting where the entire tier of preferences matters instead of just the top choice.
The Ranking is not a votable question. It is a slide that displays the accumulated leaderboard of all participants based on the points they've earned voting on previous Single or Multiple choice questions configured with points.
How it works
The system computes the accumulated points of each participant in real time and displays them ranked from highest to lowest. In the event of a tie, the winner is whoever voted first on the last question providing points.
Configuration options
When to use it
Gamification of training setups with knowledge questions, contests where global ranking matters, assemblies accumulating points across different voting polls.
> If no previous question has points assigned, all participants will appear with 0 points.
The participant writes free text (up to 40 characters) and their input is projected as a word cloud. The most repeated words appear larger.
How the participant votes
They type their answer in a text field and click submit. They can only submit one answer per question.
Optional moderation
If you enable moderation on the question, no answer appears in the cloud until you approve it from the moderation queue. Without moderation, answers populate the cloud in seconds.
When to use it
"A single word that defines this event for you", rapid brainstorming to see which themes emerge, open opinion polls where the chief goal is to visualize the diversity of answers.
A variant of the Wordcloud where the participant submits between 1 and 4 words, and each carries a different weight. The first word is worth more than the second, which is worth more than the third, and so on.
How the participant votes
They are presented with between 1 and 4 text fields (depending on configuration). Only the first is mandatory. Upon confirmation, each non-empty field is saved attached to its corresponding weight.
Words weight
With N configured words: the first is worth N points, the second N-1, all the way down to 1 point for the final one. With 3 words: 3, 2, 1. With 4 words: 4, 3, 2, 1.
When to use it
When you want to give more relevance to each participant's top choice. "Write the three words you associate with this process (the most important first)".
The Text type is not a votable question. It is a free-content slide formatted in Markdown. It is helpful to insert informative screens sitting between votable questions.
Supported Markdown
Headings (#, ##), bold (text), italics (text) and unordered lists (-).
When to use it
Welcome screen at the beginning, instructions right before a complex section, thank you message at the end, dividers between thematic block chapters.
A special slide purely designed to display the session login QR code prominently on the big screen. Its function is to make it easy for late-arriving attendees to join via scanning without interrupting the organizer.
> This only makes sense in open access sessions (no mandatory invitation). If the session strictly requires an invitation, this slide is automatically skipped.
When to use it
Serving as the very first slide while participants trickle into the event, or interwoven to help late attendees jump on board.
| Element | Limit |
|---|---|
| Question text | 500 characters |
| Option text | 200 characters |
| Options per question | 30 maximum |
| Response in Wordcloud / Storm | 40 characters per field |
| Q&A Question (participant) | 280 characters |
| Scenario | Recommended Type |
|---|---|
| Choosing between candidates | Single choice |
| Knowledge quiz with correct answer | Single choice with correct answer |
| Several valid simultaneous answers | Multiple choice |
| Prioritize a list of initiatives | Prioritize |
| Accumulated ranking at the end | Ranking |
| Word that defines the event | Wordcloud |
| Three ideas sorted by importance | Word storm |
| Instructions or welcome | Text |
| Enabling latecomers to access | QR |
