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Ask Away helps you easily gather questions for a Q & A event from within a Teams channel or chat. |
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As organizations rely more on Teams to collaborate and do work, there is a need to connect organization leaders and SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) with their team members to share organizational updates and knowledge. With the onset of COVID-19, even more teams are conducting Q&A (Question and Answer) sessions remotely using Teams. Orchestrating one of these sessions directly in a Teams channel or chat is messy because hosts do not have a way to track questions and attendees do not have a way to upvote questions. Making it easier to conduct one of these sessions will add value to Teams and make it easier for users to collaborate and share knowledge.
The Ask Away app helps Q & A hosts easily gather questions for a Q & A event from within a Teams channel or chat. Team members can submit questions and upvote others shared by colleagues, resulting in a list of top-of-mind questions to give to the Q & A host. Because the bot runs in Teams, organizations can use it to conduct real-time sessions.
Key features:
With the Ask Away app in Microsoft Teams, attendees can:
- Submit questions.
- Upvote questions shared by colleagues.
- View a summary of top questions and general session updates on the main card.
- View all questions and associated upvote counts, with personally asked and top questions organized in the leaderboard.
Hosts can use the Ask Away app to:
- Start, manage, and end Q & A events.
- View a summary of top questions and general session updates on the main card.
- View all questions and associated upvote counts, with personally asked and top questions organized in the leaderboard
Here is an example screenshot of the main card:
Screenshot of the leaderboard pop up box to vote on questions:
The app workflow is described below:
- The host initiates a new Q & A event in a Teams channel or chat along with a live Teams call.
- Attendees in the channel or chat submit questions during the duration of the event.
- Everyone can view the leaderboard which organizes all the questions asked along with associated upvote counts.
- Hosts will answer the questions submitted throughout the event through the Teams call.
- Everyone can upvote questions in the leaderboard.
- Everyone can view the top questions and general session updates on the main card.
- Hosts will end the Q & A session once the event is complete.
This app template is provided under the MIT License terms. In addition to these terms, by using this app template you agree to the following:
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You, not Microsoft, will license the use of your app to users or organizations.
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You understand this app template is not intended to substitute your own regulatory due diligence or make you or your app compliant with applicable regulations including but not limited to privacy, healthcare, employment, and financial regulations.
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Use of this template does not guarantee acceptance of your app to the Teams app store. To make this app available in the Teams app store, you will have to comply with the submission and validation process, and all associated requirements such as including your own privacy statement and terms of use for your app.
Begin with the Solution overview to read about what the app does and how it works.
When you're ready to try out Ask Away, or to use it in your own organization, follow the steps in the Deployment guide.
This project was possible with the contributions of Microsoft Interns Lily Du, Shayan Khalili Moghaddam and Kavin Singh. Thank you to them and their mentors who helped convert a side project to a full Teams app template!
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