Conferences i/o lets you add real‑time audience engagement—live polls, Social Q&A, and the Team Battle quiz game—directly inside a Google Slides deck. You can present and moderate interactions from your browser once you’ve set up the Google Slides add‑on and the Chrome extension.
Install Once: Add‑on + Chrome Extension
Install Once: Add‑on + Chrome Extension
1) Install the Slide Creator add‑on (Google Slides)
- Open Google Slides → Add‑ons → Get add‑ons → search for Conferences i/o → Install and accept permissions.
- Alternatively, install from Marketplace: https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/conferences_io/806315220763
2) Install the Conferences i/o Chrome Extension
The extension in Chrome is what detects and renders live content when you present from Google Slides.
- Add the Conferences i/o extension to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store.
Important: Both the Slide Creator add‑on and the Chrome extension are required for end‑to‑end authoring and presenting from Google Slides.
Two Ways to Build Your Deck
You can either import prebuilt live slides from your session (fastest) or insert slides by code using the Slide Creator tool (more granular control).
Option A — Import All Live Content Slides (Fastest)
- In your Conferences i/o session (as a Moderator), go to Session Settings → Add Live Content to Presentation Slides → Download All Live Content Slides.
- In Google Slides: File → Import slides → Upload the downloaded file → pick the slides you want → Import slides.
- Reorder the imported live slides anywhere in your deck.
When to use: You already created polls, Q&A, or Team Battle in the session and want a ready‑to‑present set of live slides in one go.
Option B — Insert Live Slides by Slide Code (Granular)
- In your Conferences i/o session (as a Moderator), go to Session Settings → Add Live Content to Presentations and copy the slide code for a poll, Q&A, or Team Battle item.
- In Google Slides: Add‑ons → Conferences i/o → Open (opens the Slide Creator).
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Paste the slide code in the add‑on and click Insert Slide. Repeat for each live item you want.
When to use: You want to cherry‑pick specific polls or content, or add them as you build your deck.
Presenting: Make It Live
- In Google Slides, click the dropdown arrow next to Present and choose Presenter view (this is essential for the Chrome extension to activate and display the live content to your audience).
- During your talk, you can launch polls, moderate Social Q&A, or run Team Battle straight from the browser as you advance through the live slides.
Troubleshooting & Tips
- Live content isn’t appearing? Confirm you’re using Presenter view (not plain Present) and that the Chrome extension is installed and enabled.
- Can’t find the add‑on? Open Add‑ons → Get add‑ons in Google Slides and search for Conferences i/o to install; or use the direct Marketplace link above.
- Building new polls/Q&A/Team Battle? Author those items in your Conferences i/o session first; then import or insert by code into Slides.
- What features are supported? Polls, Social Q&A moderation, and the Team Battle game can all be launched from Google Slides once your live slides are in the deck.
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Known limitation: multiple Google accounts
If a user is logged into multiple Google accounts in the same browser, the add-on may fail with a "PERMISSION_DENIED" error. This is a known Google Apps Script limitation - Google officially states that multi-login is not supported for Apps Script, add-ons, or web apps. The issue occurs because the browser can route the add-on's requests through the wrong account context, causing a permissions mismatch.
This is a long-standing bug tracked by Google with no fix available.
Workarounds: Open the presentation in an incognito/private window and log into a single Google account. Alternatively, log out of all Google accounts and log back in with only the account that uses the add-on.
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