Slideshow presentations can be great for addressing a room full of students or participants, but wouldn’t it be great if you could accept questions and comments electronically during the presentation? Well… you can now! Video shows an example (try to view it full screen!). Step by step instructions under video. Accept and present audience questions Presenters can start a live Q&A session with an audience during a presentation with Google Slides. You can present questions at any time, and people can ask questions from any device. Start a Q&A session Open a presentation in Google Slides. At the top, next to “Present,” 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 stop accepting questions, click the on/off switch in the Q&A window. Note: If you use Google through your work, school, or other organizations, you can choose who can submit questions: In “Presenter view” window, click Audience tools and change “Accepting questions from…” Show questions from the audience Presenters can display audience questions during your presentation. Under “Audience Tools,” find a question you’d like to display. Click Present. To change the question, find a different question and click Present. To stop showing the question, click Hide. Review recent sessions Presenters can see questions from recent Q&A sessions. Open a presentation in Slides. At the top, click Tools  Q&A history. Recent sessions will appear on the right. Ask and vote on questions Audience members can ask questions during a presentation: Go to the link at the top of the presentation. Example: goo.gl/slides/a1b. Click Ask a question… and type a question. To ask an anonymous question, check the box by “Ask anonymously.” Click Submit. Vote on questions Audience members can vote on the questions they would like answered. Go to the Q&A link shown on the slide. Below the question you’d like to vote on, click  or .