{"id":10200,"date":"2026-04-09T16:14:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/?p=10200"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:15:44","slug":"vevox-update-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/2026\/04\/09\/vevox-update-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Vevox\u00a0update: April 2026\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vevox, our polling tool, has had its latest feature release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see below for new and enhanced features that are now available in&nbsp;Vevox.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help using&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;can be found on our webpages.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact the Digital Education Team (<a href=\"mailto:elearning@aber.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elearning@aber.ac.uk<\/a>).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New question type: Matching question&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a new question type available in&nbsp;Vevox: matching question.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allows for your participants to match ideas together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;guidance for further information:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.vevox.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/34611816926493-Matching-polls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matching polls \u2013&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;helpsite<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"296\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2026\/04\/Vevox-update-Apr-2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10213\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New feature: Create quick polls from present view&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is now the capability to insert quick polls during your present view. To do this, click on the question in the present view and select create quick poll:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"143\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2026\/04\/Vevox-update-Apr-2026-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10214\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;guidance for further information:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.vevox.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/34243712861981-Use-Quick-Polls-adhoc-polls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Use Quick Polls (adhoc&nbsp;polls) \u2013&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;helpsite<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presentation content: Timer display&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The timer display gives you the functionality to present a countdown timer in presenter view.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is great to help with the pacing of your session.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"313\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2026\/04\/Vevox-update-Apr-2026-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10215\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;guidance for how to add a timer to your session:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.vevox.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/34273447573277-Timer-display\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Timer display \u2013&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;helpsite<\/a>]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI Quiz question improvements&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AI quiz question generator has the following improvements in this release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this update,&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;has:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Added subtopics for more focused and relevant quizzes&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Allow multiple file uploads for question sources&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use a website URL as a source for question generation&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Target specific audiences&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information, see:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.vevox.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/10106838292765-Use-the-Vevox-AI-Quiz-feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Use the&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;AI Quiz feature \u2013&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;helpsite<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Embed PowerPoint presentations into&nbsp;Vevox&nbsp;Present View&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now embed a presentation in the presenter view of&nbsp;Vevox, meaning that you&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;need to switch tabs \u2013 the PowerPoint is completely embedded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2026\/04\/Vevox-update-Apr-2026-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10216\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Adjust&nbsp;number&nbsp;of decimal places&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of decimal places can be amended in your poll settings. 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