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Vevox’s Q and A function allows students to ask questions, comment or make suggestions during lectures, in addition participants can like others’ contributions.

Vevox Q and A board

You can add questions or announcements to the message board to stimulate input from students, anonymously, throughout a lesson.

An Q & A board automatically comes with a session. If you already have a session running for a class e.g. a quiz you can use the included Q & A board to post questions or announcements during the class.

\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions

  1. Q & A dashboard

After you create a session, you are automatically taken into Polls dashboard. If you are returning to Vevox, click on your session name. Click on Q&A in the left-hand side menu.

Q and A highlighted in the Vevox dashboard

This takes you into the Q & A Board. Select Create an Announcement.

Vevox Q and A board with Create an annoucement button highlighted

This will open up the Manage and Publish Announcements dialogue box. Add a new announcement in the text box provided and click the plus + to add to the Q & A board.

Vevox Manage and publish announcements dialogue box

You can use the three dots beside the question to edit or delete

Editing announcements in Vevox

When you are happy with your text, press the loud hailer symbol beside you question to publish your question/ announcement.

Publishing an announcement in Vevox

This publishes your announcement, you can now present the announcement fullscreen.

Vevox Q and A dashboard present fullscreen button highlighted

Students can scan their QR code or enter the Session ID through Vevox.app website on their phones.

Vevox published announcement in the Q and A board

This takes the student into the session, they need to click on the tab with the speech bubbles icon to access the Q & A board.

Student phone view of Vevox session with Q and A button highlighted

Students can ask questions anonymously throughout the session.

Student phone view of Q and A board

The questions automatically appear on the screen.

Vevox Q and A board with student question

NB If the student’s question is inappropriate, you can quickly hide and archive the question by hovering over the right bottom corner and clicking on the hide icon.

Hide question button highlighted on Q and A board

Your Q& A dashboard allows you to reply to questions:

Vevox Q and A dashboard edit question context menu

And to pause or turn off discussions:

Vevox Q and A dashboard, announcement context menu

If your Q and A board is part of a larger session, you can use the session controller at the bottom of the screen to open the next activity.

Q and A board presented with session controller highlighted

Vevox help on Q& A

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