Google Slide Q&A

When you stream Zoom events to YouTube and have your attendees watch the YouTube stream instead of joining the Zoom meeting, you can use Google Slide Q&A to gather questions. Keep in mind that the YouTube stream is delayed by around 30-45 seconds, so attendees may send in questions later than expected.

1. Start this process about 30 minutes before your event because otherwise the Q&A will time out.

2. Go to Google Drive and log in with your Google account (you can use your UW email to login to YouTube if you have Google Apps enabled on your UW account)

3. Click on New, then on Google Slides.

4. Rename the presentation on the top left of the page. Update "Untitled Presentation" to the title of your event. The name of the presentation will show up on the Q&A page.

5. On the top right of the page, click on the small down arrow to the right of the Present button, then click on Presenter View.

6. A little presenter view window will pop up. Click on Audience Tools, then on Start new button.

7. Change accepting questions from UW to Anyone, and when asked "Are you sure? Allow audience members outside of the organization to view and submit questions?" click on the OK button.

8. Copy the link (it will start with slides.app.goo.gl) and put it in the description of the YouTube stream.

9. IMPORTANT: Keep the Google Slide and presenter view windows open until the event ends so the Q&A session doesn't time out.

If you accidentally closed the above windows and only a few minutes have passed, the Q&A session likely won't have timed out yet so you can reopen it.

1. Return to your Google Slide and open Presenter View again (Step 5 above)

2. A little presenter view window will pop up. Click on Audience Tools, then on Continue recent.

3. Q&A sessions will be listed by date and time. Click on Continue next to the session you want to resume.