Accept and present audience questions

You can start a live Q&A session in your Google Slides presentation and present questions at any time. Viewers can ask questions from any device.

Start a Q&A session

Open a Google Slides presentation.
At the top, next to Slideshow , click the Down arrow .
Click Presenter View.
In the new window, click Audience tools.
- To start a new session, click Start new.
- To resume a recent session, click Continue recent.
- To end Q&A, click the on/off switch in the Q&A window.
  - Tip: Even if you don't turn off Q&A, the Q&A view closes shortly after you end your Google Slide presentation.

Tip: If you use Google through your work, school, or other organizations, you can choose who can submit questions:

In the "Presenter view" window, click Audience tools and change "Accepting questions from…"

Presenters can display audience questions in a presentation:

Under "Audience Tools," find a question to display.
Click Present.
- To change the question, find a different question and click Present.
- To hide the question, click Hide.

Presenters can see questions from recent Q&A sessions:

Audience members can ask questions in a presentation:

Go to the link at the top of the presentation.
Click Ask a question… and type a question.
- Audience members can optionally check the box "Ask anonymously."
Click Submit.

Audience members can vote on the questions to be answered: