In addition to directly presenting questions in Wooclap, you have the option to use Wooclap together with Google Slides, the online presentation platform for creating, editing, and displaying slideshows. Google Slides is included in the Google Workplace provided by Duke. If you already have access to Duke Google Workplace, you can use your Duke’s account to create Google Slides. 

Here are two options for you to display questions with Google Slides:

Option 1: Install the Wooclap add-on or extension to your browser, allowing you to insert interactions directly into the presentation. Make sure your Wooclap event is prepared before integrating with Google Slides.

Option 2: Open Wooclap in a separate browser tab and switch between Google Slides and Wooclap. This serves as an alternative solution if option 1 doesn’t work out for you.

Option 1: Wooclap for Google Slides Extension/Add-on

Step 1: Install Browser Add-on/Extension

Wooclap extension is available in Chrome and Firefox. 

Step 2: Add Interactions

After installing the Wooclap Add-on/Extension, a new button named Add Wooclap poll will appear in your toolbar at the top of your Google Slides interface. Click that button to add a new Wooclap interaction to your presentation.

In the Google Slides slide deck, the "Add Wooclap Poll" option in the top menu bar is highlighted with a red box.

A Wooclap frame will appear to ask you to log in; please use the option of “log in with your institution”, select Duke, and log in via Shibboleth.

A pop-up window asking the user to choose a method to log in. In the bottom section under "Log in with your institution", a drop-down box is highlighted with a red box, and "Duke University" is selected.

Then select the event from which you would like to insert a question (1). Then select the question itself (2), and click on Insert question (3).

A pop-up window asking the user to insert a question. Step 1 asks to choose your event in a drop-down list, and Step 2 asks to choose your question in another drop-down list. Step 3, highlighted by a yellow box, is a button with the text "Insert question".

A new slide containing your real-time interaction will be created underneath the current slide. You can drag and drop these slides to a new position in the presentation in the column on the left side of the screen. Repeat the process until you’ve added all the questions you intended.

Google Slides slide deck interface, the current slide showing "Your wooclap poll will be displayed here".

Step 3: Start presentation

Start your presentation using the Present button in the top right corner in Google Slides. Once you reach a question, it will be displayed on-screen and the real-time voting will automatically be opened so the audience can participate.

Collaboration: Add collaborators to both Google Slides and the Wooclap event

If you are collaborating with others in Google Slides, the collaborators must have access to both the Google slide deck and the Wooclap event to successfully display the interaction.

  • Add Collaborators to a Wooclap Event

On the Wooclap event page, click the Share button on the upper right.

A Wooclap event page, a red box highlighted a "share" button in the upper right.

In the pop-up window, enter the Duke email address of the people you want to invite. Then they will receive an email invitation to this event. 

Currently, the Duke NetID email address and the full name (firstname.lastname@duke.edu) email address are registered as two separate accounts in Wooclap. That means when a user is invited via their full name email address, they won’t have access to the event if logging in with their NetID address, and vice versa. Please be consistent with the email address you use in Wooclap. If you fail to access a shared event, try to use another Duke email address to log-in to Wooclap.

A pop-up window to share an event. Under "Add collaborators", an input box of "email address" is highlighted by a red box.

  • Add Collaborators in Google Slides

In the slide deck, locate the “Share” button in the top right.

The Google Slides slidedeck interface, a red box highlights the "Share" button on the top right.

In the pop-up window, you can either type the email addresses of the people you’d like to share with (1), or set general access (2).

A pop-up window for sharing the slidedeck. A red box hightlights the input field "Add people and groups" as step 1, and another red box highlights the "General access" area as step 2.

Option 2: Use a Separate Wooclap Page

If you have trouble with the browser add-on/extension as introduced in option 1, you can also open Wooclap in a separate browser tab, and switch between the Google Slides and Wooclap tabs during the presentation.

To display a question on the Wooclap page, simply go into the event, and click the DISPLAY button next to the question. Then the audience can participate in the event and submit their responses. 

A Wooclap event page. A DISPLAY button on the right of a question is highlighted by a red box.

When the Wooclap interaction is finished, simply switch back to the Google Slides tab to continue the presentation.