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How to Make an Interactive PowerPoint Presentation: An Expert Guide (Free Downloadable Playbook)

Zhun Yee Chew

Are your PowerPoint presentations lacking impact and failing to engage your audience? You’re not alone. I experienced that before. I used to spend hours carefully crafting the perfect PowerPoint presentations only to be met with disinterested faces.

In a world where attention spans are getting shorter, traditional PowerPoint presentations often struggle to hold the interest of the audience. So here’s the hard truth: unless you adapt and embrace interactivity in your PowerPoint presentations, your valuable hard work and content run the risk of getting lost in presentations.

Fret not, as in this comprehensive guide, we will share with you expert tips on how to make an interactive PowerPoint presentation through interactive animations, transitions, hyperlinks, quizzes, games, and many more.

And perhaps the sweetest part of the deal is that you will also have access to a downloadable playbook of 60+ pages with a wealth of tutorials, templates, cheat sheets, resources and tools to elevate your PowerPoint skills from average to extraordinary through interactive PowerPoint presentations.

Are you prepared to impress those who once found your presentation dull? If your answer is a resounding ‘yes,’ then let’s begin.

What is an Interactive Presentation?

What is an interactive powerpoint presentation.

Interactive PowerPoint presentations are simply PowerPoint presentations that are made interactive to convey information in a more dynamic and engaging manner.

Creating an interactive PowerPoint presentation involves deciding if you want to make your slide content interactive or if you want your audience to interact with your slides. 

Interactive PowerPoint presentations can generally be divided into two main dimensions: interaction with slide content through interactive elements and fostering interaction with the audience.

Interaction with Slide Content:

In the first dimension, PowerPoint presentations are made interactive through enhancing the slides content with interactive elements, usually native to PowerPoint. 

We will cover interactive elements including:

• Transitions
• Interactive data visualization
• Annotations. 

They function to enhance slide interactivity through adding movement to static objects, enabling non-linear slides navigation, as well as adding a dynamic touch to data and information presentation. 

Audience Interaction:

In the second dimension, PowerPoint presentations are made interactive through interaction between the presenter and the audience, usually with the help of PowerPoint add-in tools. We will cover: 

• Assessments
• Brainstorming
• Collaborative multimedia uploading

Once you have decided which strategy you would like to use, you can then follow  these step-by-step guide  and the following expert tips to turn your PowerPoint slides into an interactive experience!

Benefits of an Interactive Presentation

The fact that you are still reading this suggests that you don’t need further convincing on the benefits of interactive PowerPoint presentations. 

However, if you do, here are some quick statistics:

68% of individuals hold the belief that interactive presentations have a greater potential for being remembered. Webinar Care

This means that a simple action of making your PowerPoint slides interactive has a profound impact on how your presentation is received by the audience. From our years of experience creating interactive PowerPoint presentations, they generally: 

• Increases  engagement , motivation and knowledge  retention . 
• Result in better  impression  and more impactful messaging being conveyed.
• Allow presenters to better tailor their content or offerings to the audience or clients because they can gather  real-time feedback .
• Open up room for  creative   storytelling  and showcases.

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Expert Tips on How to Make an Interactive PowerPoint Presentation – Before Presenting

1. add animations, but use them judiciously.

The first and most straightforward way of making your PowerPoint presentations interactive is through adding animations to your slides. However, so many people use PowerPoint animations the wrong way. PowerPoint animations are more than just making bullet points or images appear or fly in during your presentation.

Remember, using animations excessively in your PowerPoint presentation will only reduce the appeal and professionalism of your slides. The key is to use them judiciously and purposefully. Before you hit the “Animations” tab, ask yourself, “Does this animation enhance the message I want to convey to my audience?”  

2. Add 3D PowerPoint Animations Using PowerPoint Native 3D Stock Elements

Did you know that PowerPoint has free animated 3D elements you can use? We recommend you to try them up to instantly upgrade your presentation from ordinary to extraordinary. 

❓ How?  Simply go to Insert > 3D models > stock 3D models > animated models. And you will find a wide range of free 3D models ranging from food and animals to plants and characters, and many more. You can also select different animation scenes by heading to the Animations tab.

3. Add Animations With Triggers for Visual Excitement

You can take your PowerPoint animations up a notch by incorporating combining animations with triggers to create interactive pop-ups with extra information . These on-click pop-ups are valuable when presenting a map or when you want to explore specific aspects of an object or topic in more detail. You can also use these pop-ups as markers to alert the audience to exciting elements within different parts of the slide, as such: 

❓How? To create on-click pop-ups in your PowerPoint slides, first add shapes that will become clickable buttons, one to “open” the pop-up and the other to “close” the pop-up. Then, add text boxes with extra information you want to show, as well as entrance and exit animations. Combine the animations with “triggers” to activate the animations when the open or close buttons are clicked on. 

For a more detailed tutorial on this pop-up animation, download our Interactive PowerPoint Playbook  below. 👇

4. add non-linear slide transition.

A quick way to add interactivity to your PowerPoint slides is by using PowerPoint transitions. The first we want to discuss is PowerPoint Zoom. PowerPoint Zoom enables you to zoom in and out of and navigate to specific sections or slides on click, anytime during your presentation.

To  access the PowerPoint Zoom feature : click on Insert in the  PowerPoint ribbon  >  Zoom  > then choose  Slide ,  Section , or  Summary   Zoom . Each of these PowerPoint Zoom option serves slightly different functions:

• Slide Zoom: zooms into specific slides
• Section zoom: zooms into specific sections
• Summary Zoom: creates a summary slide for the different slides or sections in your PowerPoint presentation for easy navigation.

❓ How? To  set up PowerPoint slide zoom , select the starting slide where you wish to implement the Zoom effect. Next, click  Insert  >  Zoom  >  Slide Zoom . Here, you can pick the specific slide or slides you want to zoom in on. Click the Insert button, and thumbnails of the chosen slides will be added to your current slide.

Alternatively, for a more manual setup process, you can also set up a navigation menu at the beginning of your presentation that allows the audience to jump to different sections or slides using hyperlinks.  Read more in the Hyperlinks section below. 

5. Add PowerPoint Morph

Like PowerPoint Zoom, PowerPoint Morph empowers presenters to create dynamic transitions that elevate the visual storytelling in their presentations. But PowerPoint Morph brings storytelling to a whole new level and adds a layer of intrigue to your slides by simulating object transitions or evolution across slides. It functions similarly to animations but offers a smoother and more organic visual experience, without the need for complex setup steps. 

Personally, we think the outcomes generated by PowerPoint Morph are more professional and polished-looking as compared to traditional animations. And if you are looking for a more advanced-looking presentation, try this 3D morph animation In PowerPoint .

We’d also like to share with you the numerous applications of PowerPoint Morph contributed by our colleagues and PowerPoint professionals at ClassPoint:

• Moving background
• Rotating wheel
• Rotating cogs
• Photo gallery
• Slide Zoom with Morph
• Creative reveal
• Parallax effect
• Continuous slide transition
• Phone frame
• Movie frame

Gain access to free templates for all these PowerPoint Morph applications and effects by downloading our Interactive PowerPoint Playbook. 👇

6. add hyperlinks – they can link to so many more places than just websites.

Much like PowerPoint Zoom, hyperlinks enable presenters to create interactive menus and navigation structures, allowing audiences to jump to specific slides or sections effortlessly. However, while PowerPoint Zoom primarily focuses on creating a visual and interactive overview of content within a single presentation, hyperlinks extend this capability to connect with external resources, web content, or even additional PowerPoint files. 

There are a few ways you could add hyperlinks to your PowerPoint presentation to transform  it into an interactive experience effortlessly: 

4 Ways You Can Add Hyperlinks to PowerPoint: 

• Slide Transition : You can navigate to specific slides in a non-linear manner by simply inserting a hyperlink into your current slide. Head over to Insert > Link > This Document and select the slide you want to link to. You can apply hyperlinks to text, shapes, or pictures. 

• Interactive Navigation Menu : Adding an interactive navigation menu at the beginning of your presentation allows clear navigation between different slides and sections in your presentation. Head over to Insert > Link > This Document and select the slides you want to link to.

• Action Buttons : With hyperlinks, you can also create Action Buttons in your PowerPoint presentations to make your PowerPoint slides behave like interactive web pages, allowing users to navigate, explore, and engage with the content in a dynamic and user-friendly manner. Head over to Insert > Action Buttons and choose from the selection.

• Embedded Content : You can also hyperlink your PowerPoint slides to embedded content like PDFs, spreadsheets, and even web pages. Simply click Insert > Object and select the file you would like to embed in your PowerPoint slides. This way, you can remove the hassle of toggling between various files or windows during your presentation.

Expert Tips on How to Make an Interactive PowerPoint Presentation – When Presenting

1. turn your powerpoint slides into interactive quizzes.

The traditional way to add interactive quizzes to PowerPoint is through an unfavorable process of combining complex animations with triggers and hyperlinks. Let’s be honest, it takes an eternity! Even though PowerPoint offers an extensive range of presentation tools, it does not have audience interactivity built at its core. 

The good news is, audience interactivity can actually be effortlessly achieved with the various PowerPoint add-ins as listed below: 

We will get to polls and games in a bit. For now, let’s show you how you can turn your PowerPoint slides into an interactive quiz in a just a few clicks with PowerPoint add-ins like  ClassPoint , which offers a wide range of interactive quizzes from  Short Answer  and  Word Cloud , to Multiple Choice questions.

How to Create An Interactive Quiz in PowerPoint In A Few Clicks

Once you have downloaded ClassPoint, you will have a suite of additional interactive quiz features added to your PowerPoint ribbon. 

To turn  your PowerPoint slide  content into interactive  quizzes, simply  click on any of the interactive quiz features and add them to your slide. Enter PowerPoint Slideshow mode and you can start the quiz immediately. 

2. Run Gradable Assessments inside PowerPoint

With the versatile PowerPoint add-in,  ClassPoint , you can also create assessments and collect real-time responses right inside PowerPoint. This is wonderful news for teachers! All you have to do is set up  interactive Multiple Choice questions  and enable  Quiz Mode . 

ClassPoint’s Quiz Mode introduces an  automatic grading  feature to your Multiple Choice questions within PowerPoint presentations created with ClassPoint. This feature not only automates the grading process but also includes automatic star ratings, the option to select difficulty levels, and provides a quiz summary along with an exportable quiz report, making it the perfect tool for classroom formative assessments in PowerPoint!

3. Incorporate Annotations During Slideshow

Another unique way to interact with your PowerPoint slides is through the use of annotations. With annotations, you as the presenter can interact with your slides to draw your audience’s attention to specific details, highlight key points, and tell a more coherent story. 

There are 3 ways you could use annotations in PowerPoint: 

• PowerPoint Draw Tab:  To utilize the PowerPoint Draw Tab, click on the “Draw” tab in your PowerPoint ribbon and begin annotating anywhere on your slides using built-in features like the pen, highlighter, and Ink to Shape. However, please note that PowerPoint Draw only allows annotation in Edit mode.

• PowerPoint Pen Tools:  Another option for native PowerPoint annotation tools that permit annotation during slideshow mode can be found by clicking the pencil icon located in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen during a presentation. You can use the pen, highlighter, or laser tools to annotate any part of your slides during the presentation.

• ClassPoint  Toolbar:  The ClassPoint toolbar serves as an enhanced, free alternative to PowerPoint’s existing pen tools. It offers a broader range of additional annotation features, including text boxes, shapes, spotlight effects, fully customizable pens and highlighters, and more. This enables you to transform your PowerPoint slides into a creative canvas that will captivate your audience throughout your presentation.

4. Run Ice Breakers and Brainstorming Sessions in PowerPoint

The uses of interactive PowerPoint add-ins like  ClassPoint  are not only limited to teaching and learning. Give your PowerPoint meetings and presentations a strong start with a collaborative and dynamic brainstorming experience.

You can enhance your PowerPoint presentations and turn them into an interactive brainstorming experience by incorporating  Word Cloud  in PowerPoint, inviting participants to instantly contribute ideas, keywords, or concepts. This allows everyone to dynamically visualize emerging trends and interesting ideas.

❓ How? To start a brainstorming session in PowerPoint, click on the “Word Cloud”  button in your PowerPoint ribbon once you have downloaded ClassPoint to add the “Word Cloud” feature in your PowerPoint slides. Then enter PowerPoint slideshow mode to start brainstorming! 

5. Add Draggable Slide Objects (And Why It’s Better than Animations!)

Similar to animations, draggable objects allow you to interact with your slide objects freely during slideshow mode, except than you can do so with full control of where you want the slide elements to go!

This dynamic presentation feature adds an element of visual interest that captures your audience’s attention and can be a valuable tool for explaining complex ideas. Moreover, it has the potential to serve various purposes, such as revealing hidden information or acting as a movable marker to indicate your position on the slide content. You can also use it for group drag-and-drop activities, such as matching, categorizing, sorting, and more. You can either perform these actions yourself to provide a visual explanation or engage your audience by letting them instruct the movement of images and text on the slide.

❓ How? Draggable objects is a unique tool that is possible inside PowerPoint with the use of the add-in ClassPoint. Download ClassPoint, free PowerPoint add-in, the select any shape, image, illustration, or text on your slide to become draggable by clicking on “Draggable Objects” in your PowerPoint ribbon, and toggling “Drag enabled” on the side panel.

In slideshow mode, click on the draggable objects hand from the ClassPoint toolbar at the bottom of your screen to start dragging your slide objects around!

6. Create Playable Games In PowerPoint (Without Animations or Hyperlinks)

Much like interactive quizzes, PowerPoint games add a layer of interactivity and fun to PowerPoint presentations. However, what sets PowerPoint games apart is their ability to introduce competition through gamification. 

Here are  3 ways  you can instantly gamify your PowerPoint slides with  gamification elements :

• Set Up a Point and Reward System : Define how your participants can earn stars and points, and  award stars  to them when they have accomplished a goal during your presentation. 
• Add  Levels and Badges  to PowerPoint : Every game benefits from having levels and badges, and your PowerPoint game is no exception. You can create a simple game within PowerPoint by incorporating  questions  into your slides and defining the points and scores needed to progress to higher levels. When it comes to badges, you have the creative freedom to tailor them to your audience. For example, in an educational setting, badges can be skill-focused, while in a social gathering, they can take the form of fantasy characters that participants aspire to collect
• Add a  Leaderboard  to PowerPoint : Leaderboards are essential to keep track of scores or points during a PowerPoint game. You can of course create a manual leaderboard using PowerPoint’s tables and hyperlinks, but an easier and more straightforward way of implementing a leaderboard in your PowerPoint is using add-ins like  ClassPoint  and  Vevox .

With these fundamentals of gamification in place, you are now ready to create fun and exhilarating games in PowerPoint. 

Here is a full walk-through on  how you can create a PowerPoint game  in a few simple steps. 

If you are an educator, this  free trivia PowerPoint template and these 5 interactive PowerPoint game templates tailored for the classroom will be useful for you.

Expert Tips on How to Make an Interactive PowerPoint Presentation – After Presenting

1. run real-time polls in powerpoint.

Think of a memorable presentation you have attended? Did it use live polls? We bet it did! Live polling are especially helpful after a PowerPoint presentation to gather feedback for future improvement.

Traditional poll tools require presenters to switch between tabs during presentation. Thanks to PowerPoint add-ins such as  ClassPoint ,  Mentimeter  and  Poll Everywhere , this is no longer the case. And by eliminating the need to switch between different applications or tabs, the presentation experience becomes more fluid and engaging.

2. From Static to Interactive Data Visualisation

Incorporating interactivity through data visualization after a presentation concludes is a potent strategy for enhancing audience engagement and comprehension. Once the primary content delivery is complete, you can transition into a dynamic display of data or feedback you have gathered from your audience using interactive charts, graphs, or infographics.

This approach empowers your audience to explore the information at their own pace, dig deeper into specific data points, and ensure a two-way communication between the presenter and the audience. Whether it’s zooming in on specific trends, toggling between different data sets, or going through feedback, interactive data visualization encourages active participation and a deeper connection with the presented information. 

We recommend the following 2 ways to display data into your presentation:

• Insert tables, charts and graphs, and add a touch of interactivity through animations.

Below is a list of 10 PowerPoint animations most suitable for different kinds of graphs and charts: 

• Embed a website with data you want to go over. I’m not talking about a link that leaves PowerPoint for your default browser, but an actual embedded browser that loads your websites without leaving PowerPoint! Plus you can insert the page as a picture into your slide and start annotating on it!

Now that you have a collection of strategies and tips at your disposal, you are better prepared to leave your old and dusty PowerPoint toolkit behind and embrace these refreshing ideas. Whether your ultimate aim is to create a captivating classroom experience, deliver a memorable business pitch, or simply wow your friends and peers during  PowerPoint nights , don’t forget to: 

• Add animations, but use them sparingly.
• Make use of non-linear transitions and storytelling. 
• Turn simple transitions into stunning visual experience with PowerPoint Morph.
• Make creative use of polls, quizzes and games. 
• Make your presentation human with Bitmoji.
• Build anticipation with interactive presentation tools like annotations and drag and drop.
• Try out these 160 fun PowerPoint ideas for your next presentation!

To read more about Interactive PowerPoint Presentations, you can download our Interactive PowerPoint Playbook, which includes comprehensive guides, tutorials on various interactive PowerPoint presentation methods, cheat sheets, and a wide range of resources for mastering the art of creating interactive PowerPoint presentations.

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How to Create an Interactive Quiz in Google Slides

Want to create engaging quizzes for your students or audience? Learn how to do it in Google Slides with this step-by-step guide.

Remote learning's evolution has made it crucial for educators to adapt and find engaging teaching methods. One excellent method to engage your audience and test their knowledge in a fun way is through an interactive quiz.

Google Slides is one of the primary platforms used for remote learning resources. You can combine the best of both worlds by adding quizzes directly to your Google Slides presentations to seamlessly educate and assess.

Google Slides doesn't have a dedicated quiz feature. Despite this, once you break down the elements of a quiz, you can easily make it in Google Slides.

A quiz typically comprises a question, multiple choices, landing pages for correct and incorrect answers, and a detailed explanation of the correct answer. Once you create these using basic tools in Google Slides, you can link them together to create a fully interactive quiz.

1. Come Up With an Outline

Before diving into creating the quiz, take a moment to outline it. Decide on the number of questions, their formats, the number of choices, and each choice's reaction. Another integral part of the outline is the link roadmap. For example, what links should be available if the student chooses the wrong answer? Should the quiz instantly display the correct answer?

A proper outline is all the more critical if your quiz is going to have many questions. This way, you can create the first question, duplicate it, and then edit the duplicates.

You can take a look at our sample Google Slides Quiz to get an idea of what an interactive quiz can look like. Open the link and start the slideshow. Note that the choice landing slides and the answer slides are only available through the links in the slideshow.

2. Create the Question Slides

Once you have an outline in mind, you can start creating your quiz. The first step is to create the question slides. Open Google Slides, create a new presentation , and let's get started.

This slide will have two elements: the question and the choices. The best way to do this is to use the Title and body slide layout. Navigate to the Slide tab and select Apply layout . From there, select Title and body .

Type the question in the title, then add the choices in the body. Number the question by adding something like Q1 . It's a good idea to do this for every slide, so you can quickly identify them in the future.

You can put the choices in separate text boxes if you want to have the choices as distinct objects. Go to the Insert menu, select Text box , and then draw a text box over the slide. This allows you to freely position each choice and add different animations to them.

3. Create the Correct and False Answer Landing Slides

For each question, you'll need to create landing slides for both correct and incorrect choices. Since the question has one correct answer and the other choices are incorrect, you need only two slides.

You could go beyond this and create individual incorrect answer slides for each choice and offer unique feedback on each. However, we will stick with generic landing pages for this example.

Now it's time to add navigational buttons. You can add a button to take the viewer back to the question and another to the slide containing the complete answer. You can add these elements as text boxes like before or use shapes to mimic buttons.

• Go to the Insert menu.
• Click on Shape .
• Select a shape from the list.
• Draw the shape on your slide.
• Type the text over the shape.

In this example, we've used two rounded rectangles. One is to return to the question, and the other is to reveal the full answer. Alternatively, you can also draw your own shapes in Google Slides .

4. Create the Answers Slides

Regardless of the answer the viewer chooses, the learning process is not complete until you provide them with the full answer to the question. Create a slide and type in the full answer or a walkthrough on how to solve the problem.

A return-to-question shape would make the slide a button; the viewer won't have to go through the slides to get back to the questions. Insert the shape, or copy the one from the previous slides.

5. Arrange and Populate the Slides

Now that you've got one instance of each slide type, you can duplicate them for each question.

• Hold Shift on your keyboard and click on the slide thumbnails to select them.
• Right-click on a slide thumbnail.
• Select Duplicate slides .
• Edit the duplicated slides for the new question.

A coherent slide arrangement contributes to a seamless learning journey and prevents confusion. It's best that you arrange all the questions back to back and skip the rest of the slides.

This way, clicking on the presentation will take the viewer to the next question. The rest of the slides will only be accessible through the links.

You can rearrange the slides by grabbing their thumbnails and dropping them in the new position. To skip a slide, right-click on its thumbnail and select Skip slide .

6. Link The Slides Together

It's time to turn your presentation into an interactive quiz! For each button and choice you've added, create a link that directs you to the corresponding slide.

• Select a shape or text. For text boxes, you have to highlight the text in the text box.
• Right-click on the selected element.
• Select the Link option from the right-click menu. You can also use the Ctrl + K keyboard combination.
• In the link window, select Slides in this presentation .
• Select the slide that you want to link to.

Repeat this for the various clickable elements. On the question slide, the correct choice should link to the correct answer landing slide, and the incorrect choices should lead to the incorrect answer landing slide.

The landing slides should have two links themselves: one to reveal the full answer and another to return to the question slide.

Finally, the full answer slide will only have one link, which will take the viewer back to the question.

7. Try Out Your Quiz

Congratulations! Your Google Slides quiz is now ready! Before sharing the quiz with your audience, it's crucial to test it out yourself. Go through each question, try out the different choices, and use the navigation buttons to ensure everything works smoothly.

Once you're sure everything is as it should be, you can go ahead and share your presentation.

Empower Learning With Interactive Quizzes

Creating and including interactive quizzes in your Google Slides presentations empowers you to better engage and educate your students in remote learning scenarios. You don't need to pay for a third-party extension to make a quiz in Google Slides. Everything you need is already there.

Following the step-by-step guide outlined here, you can design quizzes that capture the viewers' attention and allow them to self-assess their comprehension for a better learning experience. Whether you are an educator, trainer, or content creator, now you can take your Google Slides presentations to the next level with interactive quizzes.

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An impactful speech or lecture requires more than being an articulate speaker . If you want the information to stick, your audience should engage with you and the material you’re presenting.

And that audience is changing. Among people with teleworkable jobs, 76% worked remotely some, most, or all of the time . Presentations are tricky when you’re catering to a virtual audience and don’t have the benefit of a physical space. And they’re even trickier when the people you’re speaking to are a mix of in-office and remote workers.

Creating a good presentation that incorporates the needs of both in-person and online audiences can feel like a tall order. But there’s a way to transform your spectators from passive listeners to active participants, giving them a memorable experience no matter the platform. And that solution is interaction.

Learning how to make a presentation interactive can grab and keep your audience's attention so they remember your session and its key takeaways. Here’s how to use interactive elements like Q&As, live demonstrations, and fun quizzes to make your presentations more exciting.

An interactive presentation has elements that involve the audience. The presenter engages with the group in real-time, asking and answering questions or encouraging participants to voice their opinions. Interactive presentations can also include online polls, quizzes, and face-to-face activities between audience members.

You’ve probably experienced a standard presentation where the speaker stands at the front of a projected PowerPoint slideshow, talking at you. Your only chance to engage comes when they open the floor to audience questions, and that’s only if there’s enough time. 

The presenter will still get the point across, but this approach can get boring, and it might be hard to pay attention if you’re not engaged. Around 90% of people admit to daydreaming during meetings and presentations , which can impact comprehension. An interactive presenter transforms the audience from viewers into active contributors and collaborators, making it easier to pay attention and gain from the meeting. 

A captivating presentation does more than just get the audience involved. It improves comprehension, helps you connect, and personalizes the experience. Here are more benefits to including interactive elements in presentations: 

• Connection: Human connection benefits everyone involved . An interactive presentation offers more back-and-forth between yourself and your audience, creating a sense of familiarity and an outlet for connection.
• Comprehension: Studies show that during conversations, the speaker’s brain activity and the listener’s brain activity mimic each other, which improves understanding . Interactivity helps the audience better absorb the information you’re presenting. 
• Engagement: Employee engagement leads to a happier workforce and improved company culture . Making the audience part of every meeting can contribute to their experience at work overall, and it’ll hold their interest in the moment. 
• Cooperation: Soliciting contributions or setting up participation activities means you won’t be talking for the whole presentation, which can help you feel less tired. You’re letting the audience do some of the work for you.
• Personalization: When you draw on your audience’s input, you’re creating a customized experience that is more meaningful and memorable. And interactivity means you’ll never give the same presentation twice, so your material will stay fresh.

Choose one (or a few) interactive elements to add interest to your presentation and improve comprehension. Experiment with different options and find the activities that stick. If you aren’t sure how it went, ask for presentation feedback to learn what the group enjoyed most and what you could improve. 

Here are a few interactive methods to try:

1. Icebreaker questions

Using a fun icebreaker to kick off your presentation creates a connection between yourself and members of the audience. You can keep it simple by asking a straightforward question or separating participants into small groups for an activity like charades. Whatever method you choose, you’ll help everyone relax, set the tone, and encourage participation for what’s to come. 

2. Storytelling

Listening to a good story makes your brain more engaged and helps you relate to the storyteller . Introduce your talk with a personal anecdote and use it to create a framework for your presentation. Try using music clips, video clips, or sound effects to add an extra level of interest.

As your speech progresses, you can refer back to your narrative and connect your ideas, creating a clearer line of thought. Telling a good story can also create a rapport with your audience, helping them relate to you through empathy or shared experience.  

Using interactive polls for presentations demonstrates that you care about your audience’s opinion. You can use a poll to gauge interest in a specific topic, learn how the group is feeling in the moment, or segue into a new section of the presentation. A live poll will also provide immediate feedback, helping you gauge whether your content has the effect you want it to.

Adding an interactive quiz for a presentation can help you read the room and assess your audience’s comprehension. Giving a quick quiz at the end of every section also lets you know if you need to follow up and explain your point further or open the floor to questions. Apps like Kahoot work well because everyone can pull out their smartphones and join in. The friendly competition of a quiz can also be a good motivator.

5. Question and answer

If you hold a Q&A session at the end of your presentation, the group might be too tired or rushed to find it meaningful. Instead, invite participants to ask their questions at key points throughout your talk. The information will be fresher in their minds, and a moment of conversation breaks up the lecture.

6. Demonstrations

If your presentation is about a product or concept, try showing it instead of telling it. Talking about the new app you’re launching isn’t as exciting as showing how it works. Demonstrating a concept, product, or service offers hands-on interaction and can make a more significant impact than words alone could.

7. Movement

Spending the whole presentation at the front of the room might bore both you and your audience. And it can be hard to create a personal connection when there’s a separation between you.

When you’re speaking, close the gap by moving through the venue space, pacing around, or speaking directly to different sections of the audience. Proximity and body language can help reinforce the connection you’ve built throughout your presentation.

Using props might sound gimmicky, but they can be powerful tools to help audiences engage with your material. Allowing your audience to interact with an item related to your speech can help break the third wall and add an element of fun.

Find an object that represents what you’re talking about, either literally or symbolically. For example, in Jill Bolte Taylor’s TED talk about her stroke, she shows the audience a real human brain to explain what happened .

You may have many methods for gauging your presentation’s success. Did the audience laugh at the jokes? Did you receive thank-you emails after ? This kind of indirect feedback can be telling, but it doesn’t provide you with actionable data.

Instead, incorporating a post-event survey gives your audience one last chance to share their thoughts and opinions with you. It gives the group a moment for self-reflection on what they’ve learned, and the feedback can help you improve your presentation skills before your next talk.

To apply interactive techniques that work the way you want them to, you need to be clear on the type of presentation you’re giving. Presenting the past quarter’s sales numbers has vastly different requirements than a lecture inspiring high school students to start volunteering. Understanding your audience and having clear goals will inform the format of your presentation and what kind of interaction suits it best. You have some freedom to mix and match elements of one format into another as long as they're complimentary, like adding persuasive characteristics to an inspirational speech. Here are five types of interactive presentations, with examples.

1. Informative

The goal of an informative presentation is to educate your audience. The structure shares factual information in a direct, unadorned fashion. For this kind of presentation, quizzes and polls work best because they test the audience’s knowledge. You can also use props to help them better understand complex information.

EXAMPLE: You present a workshop about your company’s style guide to new members of the marketing team and use a quiz to gauge their understanding.

2. Persuasive

You use a persuasive format when making a sales pitch or convincing an audience to take specific actions. Props, movement, and Q&As all work well for this format because they keep your audience engaged and give them the chance to learn more about the topic.

EXAMPLE: You’re leading a public meeting to encourage citizens to begin recycling and composting, and you bring a full garbage bag to represent the amount of waste each person produces in a day.

3. Inspirational

If you’re familiar with TED talks, you’ve likely experienced an inspirational presentation format. These speeches use storytelling to boost morale or inspire audience members to change their behavior or perspective. Try moving around the space or asking the group an icebreaker question to get them involved with the story.

EXAMPLE: You give a speech about how you moved up the ladder at your company, and you move around the room to better connect with the audience and tell them they could do the same.

4. Outcome-related

This collaborative presentation structure generates the most interaction between yourself and the participants because its goal is to work together. Use it to brainstorm solutions to a problem or determine the process you need to reach a desired outcome. Polls, quizzes, and surveys all work well for outcome-related presentations. EXAMPLE: You hold a meeting to develop a social media strategy for a new client and give an anonymous survey where team members can submit ideas.

5. Instructive 

An instructive presentation takes a deep dive into a topic. By the end, audiences expect to better understand an idea, concept, or possibly a product. Using storytelling and props can help demonstrate difficult concepts and give an audience more ways to connect with the topic.

EXAMPLE: You give a lecture on the benefits of solar panels on domestic buildings, and you bring in a solar panel with a lightbulb to show how it works.

Speaking in front of a group can be a little intimidating. But learning how to make a presentation interactive can elevate the event and relieve some of the nervousness associated with public speaking .

Whether you’re reviewing the results of a marketing campaign or speaking about an issue near and dear to your heart, interactivity helps transform a one-sided lecture into a participatory event. Meaningful audience interactions help your audience remember what you’re talking about and connect with the story you’re telling.

So next time you develop a virtual team-building exercise or present last month’s sales report, you’ll have the interactive presentation ideas you need to create an engaging experience, no matter your audience.

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PowerPoint Quiz Templates - 10 free Quiz Designs

08.20.20   •  #powerpoint #interaction #game.

If you want to boost your audience engagement, lighten the mood, or test how attentive your listeners are, quizzes are a great way to do so! Making a quick question layout is very easy (as you'll see in this blogpost), however it can be tedious to get the design to look good. So if you a) don't have time b) don't feel like doing a template yourself or c) just want to impress the audience with some nice looking quiz designs that you might not have thought of creating yourself, we got you covered.

We created 10 exclusive designs that you can download and use - 100% free - both for commercial use e.g. your next presentation and for private use (how about a trivia night?!) Just look through our list and get the one you like most - we got something for every taste! And by the way, if you need inspiration for quiz question ideas, be sure to check out our article on 50 Quiz Ideas for your Presentation !

• Galaxy Quiz
• Basic Black and White Quiz
• Kahoot Quiz
• Summer Beach Style Quiz
• Keyboard Style Yes-No-Quiz
• Personality Quiz
• Picture Quiz
• Minimalist Quiz
• Vocabulary Quiz
• Who wants to be a Millionaire Quiz

#1 - Galaxy Quiz

Have you ever had a question that only the stars could possibly answer? Now you can ask it with our beautiful galaxy / universe quiz design. This quiz template is the perfect way to go for all the people who adore some extravagant designs - you'll definitely wow your audience! The only downside is that your quiz participants might be so mesmerized by the galactic infinity that they may actually forget to vote for the right answer.

#2 - Basic True and False Quiz (Black & White Style)

This template is pretty plain and basic, yet far from boring! The contrast between black and white and the diagonal text elements make it the perfect elegant choice for anyone who's looking for an interesting and timeless classic design. It even comes in three different options. You can either decide for one or use all three in one quiz-session. We got you covered with one simple white, one black, and one half black- half white design for anybody who can't decide which one they like better. You can use this template for all kinds of questions that have two possible answers (so it is perfect for Yes/No or True/False quizzes!)

#3 - Kahoot PowerPoint Template

Unfortunately, there is no way to conduct a Kahoot quiz via PowerPoint. Until now! We built this wonderful template that looks exactly like the design of our favorite online- quiz- game. But now you can easily play it in your presentation without having to open the browser. And don't worry, participating via smartphone is still absolutely possible and easier than ever by using the SlideLizard Quiz Creator Plugin . Similar to Kahoot it lets you conduct fun audience quizzes, but embedded directly within your PowerPoint presentation!

#4 - Summer Beach Style Quiz

Get some instant holiday vibes without leaving the country, or even the house! Inspired by our tropical island PowerPoint template (which you can get right here !), we designed a wonderful new quiz template that will give you and your audience the feeling of being on vacation while you're actually in a meeting, lecture, or elsewhere. So it is basically everything you could ever want in a quiz. There are even two background styles that you can choose between!

#5 - Keyboard Style Yes/No Quiz

Without a doubt, our keyboard style Yes/No Quiz is one of the most creative ones! It is really fun and an amazing option for anyone who's looking to switch things up a little. The best thing? It comes with an esc- option! So if your quiz participants really, really don't know the answer, they can just - well - escape instead! The slides with the Escape- options are optional however, so if you'd rather want your audience to vote either Yes or No, you can leave out the esc- key. It doesn't matter, weather you're only asking if the audience needs a bathroom break or hard- to- answer trivia questions, with this template you're always in style!

#6 - Personality Quiz

Until now you probably thought more about doing trivia questions in your presentations, but did you know that personality quiz questions can also be an amazing engagement- enhancing element during any presentation? They are especially great as ice breaker questions , but could also be used as mood- lightener at any point. And the best thing: If you get SlideLizard, you can even see the audience results, so you have a statistic overview of e.g. people's favorite ice cream flavors (or whatever else you've always wanted to ask!) P.S: You could also use all the other templates in this post as personality quizzes, but this one is specifically designed as such.

#7 - Picture Quiz

If pictures speak to you more than words do, our picture quiz template might be the one for you! It comes with a fun, modern and playful design, and the pictures can of course be changed to whatever you want them to be (you can also add or remove new images, so there is a selection of 2, 3 or 6 pictures). The picture quiz can be used for testing vocabulary (although #9 covers that already), or to spice up your trivia questions. You could even use it as a fun way to introduce yourself to the audience (e.g. "Which of these baby photos is me?") in order to break the ice. Tip: If you want to know more about ice breaker questions, check out our blog post here .

#8 - Minimalist Quiz

Minimalism is extremely popular right now, and we totally get why! This is the simplest out of all the templates, but isn't it beautiful? With this quiz template, you get slides for Multiple Choice AND True/False questions! We are in love with this template in all its simplicity, but if you want, you could definitely use this as a blank canvas and upgrade it by adding pictures, backgrounds, new fonts or your favourite colors. The sky is the limit!

#9 - Vocabulary Quiz

This one is different from all the other quizzes, since it is neither multiple nor single choice, but instead somewhat of a memory game. We recommend this animated PowerPoint quiz template for testing new vocabulary or difficult terminology, but you could also adapt it and make it a regular open question format by writing questions instead of words on the cards and the right answers on the green cards below (it sounds more difficult than it actually is, and when you download the template, you'll get a detailed guide on how to use it.) In this format, there are some boxes with words in English (which you can exchange with your own words, obviously). By clicking on those boxes in presentation mode, they disappear and leave a green answer card. You can easily play this with your audience/students by letting them shout out the translation of a certain word and then clicking on the matching box to see if the translation is correct.

#10 - Exclusive Who Wants to be a Millionaire Quiz Template

Last but certainly not least, is our "Who wants to be a Millionaire" Template, which we created exclusively for you to feel like a real game show contestant! The whole template is pretty extensive, which is why we put it in a blog article on its own. Be sure to check it out right here in order to learn how to get the best experience possible out of the game - you'll also find the Download link there. The template comes with everything you could wish for - sound effects, a design that is stunningly similar to the real one, and even the possibility to participate via smartphone! The video below gives you a short demonstration of how the game looks.

Let your audience participate with their smartphone

Once you have chosen a quiz, you have to ask yourself: How do I conduct it during my presentation? Of course, you could just let your audience raise their hands for the answers of their choice - but that seems outdated and overly complicated (counting the amount of votes for each answers,...). The way more convenient option is to use an application like SlideLizard, which allows your audience to vote for the answer of their choice via their mobile devices, making the experience a whole lot better - quiz competitions have never been better!

The process is easy:

• Get SlideLizard for free by clicking here .
• Connect your presentation with SlideLizard. If you need more details on how to do that, please watch this short video tutorial .
• The Slides are already programmed to fill in your questions and Answers into the slots. We recommend to start by creating all the quiz questions you want to ask your audience.
• Then, duplicate the question slide as often as you need (= same number of questions you created). It is also a good idea to insert an answer slide after every question.
• You only need to assign the questions to the slides , and you're good to go!

Watch our video to get detailed instructions on how to connect your quiz with SlideLizard:

Adapt the templates

If you'd like to use one of our templates, but feel like making some adjustments, you can easily do that yourself. All of the given templates can be modified, you can make a two- answer quiz in a multiple choice one and vice versa, you can change colors, fonts and shapes to fit your personal taste or company branding. In the following quick guide, you will be shown how certain elements can be transformed. We're using our galaxy template as an example, but all the templates are transformable in the same or very similar ways.

So here's our downloaded template:

Now, let's start by changing the background first. Click anywhere on a slide and select "Format Background"...

Then go to "Picture or texture fill" (or Solid Fill if you want the background to be a plain color).

After clicking "Insert" your file explorer will open. Select the picture of your choice and click "Insert" once again. Your backround is now changed.

The existing boxes should be rectangular, don't you think? Let's do that by deleting the existing boxes and exchanging them with new ones. To do so, click on a box, then right click > "Cut" (or hit the backspace key). Then go to the insert tab and click "Shapes", where you can choose the shape of your choice and draw it on the slide. Place it where you want.

If the object you just drew hides the text, just go to the "Shape Format" Tab and then click "Send backward" until the text shows again.

And while we're at it, maybe just remove two answer options and make it a True/False quiz? If you want to, you can also change the font, and we're good to go! You just modified our quiz and made a whole new one that has your own personal handwriting!

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How to Make a Quiz in PowerPoint

Are you looking for an engaging and interactive way to test your audience’s knowledge or assess their understanding on a given topic? Making a quiz in PowerPoint could be the answer! This article will guide you through all the steps necessary to create a professional and effective quiz using Microsoft PowerPoint.

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The Benefits of Making a Quiz in PowerPoint

Quizzes are a great way to engage and entertain your audience while also providing valuable insights into their comprehension of a topic. By using PowerPoint to create your quiz, you can take advantage of the software’s robust features and design capabilities, all while keeping your audience focused and entertained.

One of the biggest benefits of creating a quiz in PowerPoint is the ability to easily customize the design and layout. With a variety of templates and themes available, you can create a visually appealing quiz that matches your brand or topic. Additionally, PowerPoint allows you to add multimedia elements such as images, videos, and audio to enhance the quiz experience for your audience.

Another advantage of using PowerPoint for quizzes is the ability to track and analyze results. PowerPoint offers built-in tools for tracking quiz scores and analyzing responses, allowing you to gain valuable insights into your audience’s understanding of the topic. This information can be used to improve future presentations and quizzes, ensuring that your audience is getting the most out of your content.

Understanding the Different Types of Quizzes

Before diving into the steps of creating a quiz in PowerPoint, it’s essential to understand the different types of quizzes you can make. Some popular styles include:

• Multiple-choice quizzes
• True/False quizzes
• Fill-in-the-blank quizzes
• Matching quizzes
• Short answer quizzes

Each type has its own advantages and disadvantages, and you should choose the one that best fits your goal and audience’s interests.

It’s important to note that some types of quizzes may be more suitable for certain subjects or topics. For example, multiple-choice quizzes may work well for testing knowledge of facts and definitions, while short answer quizzes may be better for assessing critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Additionally, the length and complexity of the quiz should also be considered, as some types may be more time-consuming to create and grade than others.

Steps to Create a Quiz in PowerPoint

Let’s walk through the steps to create a quiz in PowerPoint:

• Launch PowerPoint and open a new presentation.
• Click on “Insert” in the menu bar and select “New Slide.”
• Choose the type of slide layout you need for the quiz question (e.g., multiple-choice).
• Add the quiz question and answer choices to the slide.
• Repeat steps 2-4 for all the questions in the quiz.
• Customize the design of the quiz using PowerPoint’s formatting features.
• Add interactive elements such as audio and video to make the quiz more engaging.
• Save and distribute the quiz to your audience.

With these simple steps, you can create a professional and effective quiz that’ll engage and entertain your audience while also providing valuable insights into their comprehension of a topic.

It’s important to keep in mind that when creating a quiz in PowerPoint, you should aim to make it challenging but not too difficult. You want your audience to feel challenged and engaged, but not frustrated or discouraged. Additionally, it’s a good idea to include feedback for each question, so your audience can learn from their mistakes and improve their understanding of the topic.

Another tip is to use images and graphics to enhance the visual appeal of your quiz. This can help to break up the text and make the quiz more visually interesting. You can also use animations and transitions to add some fun and excitement to the quiz, but be careful not to overdo it and distract from the content.

How to Add Questions and Answers to Your Quiz

The most critical component of any quiz is the questions and answers. Here is how to add them to your PowerPoint quiz:

• Open a new slide in your PowerPoint presentation.
• Choose the type of question you want to ask and select an appropriate layout.
• Add the question to the slide.
• Select “Insert” from the PowerPoint menu bar.
• Click “Shapes” and select the shape that suits the type of answer you want, e.g. for multiple choice quiz you can choose a circle or square shape.
• Type each answer choice in the textbox(s) inside the shape(s).
• Add a hyperlink to each shape to hyperlink it with the respective question when clicked.

It is important to note that when creating quiz questions, you should ensure that they are clear and concise. Avoid using complex language or asking multiple questions in one. Additionally, when adding answer choices, make sure they are all plausible options and avoid using answers that are obviously incorrect. This will ensure that your quiz is effective in testing the knowledge of your audience.

Creating Interactive Elements for Your Quiz

Adding interactive elements to your quiz can enhance its excitement and entertainment value. Think about how you could incorporate audio, video, animations, and other interactive elements to your PowerPoint quiz. Here are some ways to create interactive elements:

• Add animations to emphasize correct answers.
• Incorporate sound effects for right and wrong answers.
• Embed videos to help illustrate a point or expand on a question.
• Use transitions to create an interesting or dramatic effect leading to the correct answer.

Another way to create interactive elements for your quiz is to include interactive images. You can use images that require the user to click on certain areas to reveal the answer or provide additional information. This can add an extra layer of engagement to your quiz and make it more visually appealing. Additionally, you can also include interactive charts or graphs that allow users to manipulate the data and see the results in real-time. This can be a great way to test their knowledge and understanding of the material.

Customizing the Design of Your Quiz

PowerPoint offers a wide variety of formatting tools to help create a quiz that’s visually exciting and engaging. Here are some design hacks to customize your visuals:

• Use the right color palette to grab attention and enhance memory recall.
• Apply different themes and fonts for your quiz slides to match the branding of the subject matter.
• Use images strategically to convey your message more effectively.

Another way to customize the design of your quiz is to use animations and transitions. Adding animations to your quiz can make it more interactive and engaging for your audience. You can use animations to highlight important information, create visual interest, and keep your audience focused on the content. Additionally, using transitions between slides can help create a seamless flow and make your quiz feel more polished and professional.

Adding Audio and Video to Your Quiz

To add audio or video to your PowerPoint quiz, follow these simple steps:

• Select the slide where you want to add the multimedia file.
• Click on “Insert” on the PowerPoint menu bar and select “Audio” or “Video.”
• Select the file from your computer and click “Insert.”
• Resize and reposition the file as needed to match your desired layout.
• Adjust the multimedia settings to customize its playback settings.

Tips for Creating Engaging Quiz Content

Here are some tips to make your quiz content engaging:

• Keep the questions short and simple.
• Choose a topic that resonates with your audience.
• Have a mix of easy and difficult questions to keep your audience interested.
• Use humor or pop culture references to lighten the mood and make the quiz more relatable.

Sharing and Distributing Your PowerPoint Quiz

Here are some tips to help you share and distribute your quiz:

• Save your PowerPoint presentation as a PDF or PowerPoint Show for easy distribution.
• Share the quiz on your website, social media platforms, or via email.
• Consider making a separate results slide so that your audience can see their score and review the correct answers.

Testing, Tracking, and Analyzing Results of Your Quiz

Tracking and analyzing the results of your PowerPoint quiz is essential to assessing the effectiveness of your content and improving future quizzes. Here are some ways to keep track of your audience’s engagement and performance:

• Use PowerPoint’s built-in presentation mode and take notes to write down what works in real-time.
• Include a form at the end of the quiz asking for feedback to help you improve your future quizzes.
• Record screen-caps of participant’s results to analyze usage growth.

Troubleshooting Common Issues When Making a PowerPoint Quiz

Creating quizzes in PowerPoint can be fun, but it can also present some challenges. Here are some common issues to look out for when making your quiz and how to solve them:

• Ensure all hyperlinks are working correctly.
• Test your multimedia files before sharing the quiz to ensure their proper integration.
• Ensure consistency in the presentation design and formatting.
• Proofread the quiz two or more times for typos, grammatical inaccuracies, and misspellings.

Alternatives to Using PowerPoint for Creating Quizzes

While PowerPoint is a great tool for designing quizzes, there are plenty of other options available, including:

• Online quiz makers like Kahoot, Quizlet, and Google Forms.
• Specialized quiz-making software like Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate.
• Manually coding an HTML quiz from scratch.

Examples of Effective Quizzes Made in PowerPoint

There are plenty of successful and innovative PowerPoint quizzes available online, here are three examples:

• Trivia Quiz Template by SlideTeam: This quiz offers a range of trivia questions with a unique and colorful layout.
• Corporate Meeting Quiz by Hubspot: This quiz uses humor and pop culture references to keep its audience engaged.
• Interactive Quiz Game by Ahmad Saleh: This quiz includes a high degree of interactivity, using animations and multimedia files to create a more immersive experience.

Creating a PowerPoint quiz is an exciting and engaging way to test your audience’s knowledge and comprehension of a given topic. By utilizing PowerPoint’s features, design tools, and multimedia capabilities, you can create a professional and effective quiz that will keep your audience entertained and engaged while providing valuable insights into their comprehension of a given subject.

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How to Make a Quiz in PowerPoint | PowerPoint Tutorial

Did you know you could make a Quiz in PowerPoint? To make your presentations all the more intriguing and intuitive, you can add an interactive PowerPoint quiz to your presentation in a few simple steps.

But Why To Create A Quiz in PowerPoint?

Many times, product or process-related presentations are boring for the audience. It becomes difficult for the presenter to understand whether the audience has understood the information presented. In such a situation, a simple way to keep your audience engaged would be to add a simple and engaging quiz in PPT.

This step by step PowerPoint tutorial will teach you how to make an interactive quiz within PowerPoint.

All you need to make a PowerPoint quiz is to design three slides and Hyperlink them with the related slides.

Designing the slides is an easy task. The essential and tricky part is hyperlinking. Hyperlink in PowerPoint is a widely used feature. Hyperlinks can help you create links to the web pages or any file on the PC, and even slides within your PowerPoint presentation.

Designing a PowerPoint quiz has no limits; one can customize and make it as creative as possible. This tutorial explains how to create a PowerPoint multiple choice quiz with one right answer slide.

This Flow chart will assist you with understanding it without any problem.

How to make a quiz in PowerPoint –

Step 1 – Create the Slides.

• Question slide (slide 1) – This slide will contain the question with four options.
• Right Answer Slide (slide 2) – This slide will contain the text for choosing the correct option and a “Next question” button.
• Wrong Answer Slide (slide 3) – This slide will contain the text for choosing the wrong option and two buttons – “Try again” and “Next Question.”

Step 2 – Hyperlinking the slides

• Select the box of the correct answer and Go to the   Insert  tab.
• Select  Action.  An  Action Setting  dialogue box will appear. 
• Select  Hyperlink to  and in the dropdown menu, choose  slide. 
• Choose  Slide 2  and press,  OK . 
• Save the setting by clicking  OK.
• Link the remaining three options (incorrect answers) with the  Wrong Answer Slide  i.e.,  Slide 3  using the same steps.

Step 3 – Hyperlinking the buttons

• Buttons on the right answer slide – “Next Question” Link this button to the next quiz question slides in your presentation.
• Link the  Next Question  button to the next quiz question slide in the presentation. 
• Link the  Try Again  button to Slide 1 i.e., the  Question Slide,  which will allow the user to re-attempt the question. 

Watch this video PowerPoint tutorial on how to create a quiz in PowerPoint for a detailed understanding of each step –

Here are a few PowerPoint Quiz templates that you can use in your presentation.

Animated Quiz Template

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PowerPoint Quiz Template

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How to Make a “Good” Presentation “Great”

• Guy Kawasaki

Remember: Less is more.

A strong presentation is so much more than information pasted onto a series of slides with fancy backgrounds. Whether you’re pitching an idea, reporting market research, or sharing something else, a great presentation can give you a competitive advantage, and be a powerful tool when aiming to persuade, educate, or inspire others. Here are some unique elements that make a presentation stand out.

• Fonts: Sans Serif fonts such as Helvetica or Arial are preferred for their clean lines, which make them easy to digest at various sizes and distances. Limit the number of font styles to two: one for headings and another for body text, to avoid visual confusion or distractions.
• Colors: Colors can evoke emotions and highlight critical points, but their overuse can lead to a cluttered and confusing presentation. A limited palette of two to three main colors, complemented by a simple background, can help you draw attention to key elements without overwhelming the audience.
• Pictures: Pictures can communicate complex ideas quickly and memorably but choosing the right images is key. Images or pictures should be big (perhaps 20-25% of the page), bold, and have a clear purpose that complements the slide’s text.
• Layout: Don’t overcrowd your slides with too much information. When in doubt, adhere to the principle of simplicity, and aim for a clean and uncluttered layout with plenty of white space around text and images. Think phrases and bullets, not sentences.

As an intern or early career professional, chances are that you’ll be tasked with making or giving a presentation in the near future. Whether you’re pitching an idea, reporting market research, or sharing something else, a great presentation can give you a competitive advantage, and be a powerful tool when aiming to persuade, educate, or inspire others.

• Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist at Canva and was the former chief evangelist at Apple. Guy is the author of 16 books including Think Remarkable : 9 Paths to Transform Your Life and Make a Difference.

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How to Create an Exciting Presentation Quiz

• Create a quiz
• Copy the quiz link
• Add it to your presentation

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Level up your presentation with a fun quiz. Choose from our wide selection of quizzes, add your own touch, and share it with your audience.

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Live quiz experience, knowledge assessment quiz, knowledge test – math, buzzfeed style trivia, matching quiz, trivia quiz, quiz competition, skill assessment quiz, make an engaging quiz from scratch.

Are you leading a corporate training session, speaking at an event, or teaching a lesson in class? Add a quiz to your presentation to give your crowd a fun and interactive experience.

Improve audience engagement in three quick and simple steps:

1. Create a quiz

Click here to start creating a knowledge quiz or here to build a personality quiz . When you’re done, click on ‘Publish’ or ‘Save’ to save your work.

2. Copy the quiz link

Once the quiz is set up, save it and click on “Embed & Share”. You can also access it from your items dashboard .

Select “Share Link” in the pop-up window, and copy the link.

3. Add it to your presentation

Add the link to your presentation notes and message it to your audience during the meeting or convert it to a QR code and add it to the relevant slide so that people can scan it.

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Enhance Any Presentation With a Quiz

Whether you’re a teacher, team lead, corporate trainer, or public speaker, you probably know that a successful presentation can make or break your audience’s focus and concentration.

Adding a game element, like a live quiz to your presentation can help you enhance your presentation and captivate their attention. Whether you use it for a PowerPoint presentation at work or an in-class quiz for your students, it could be greatly beneficial. Read on for some fun audience quiz ideas for you to work with.

Gauge Your Audience’s Knowledge With a True/False Quiz

A  true/false question  is essentially a trivia question with two answer options to choose from – true or false. This quiz type is perfect for live presentations because it’s fast and dynamic.

Use it as an icebreaker at the beginning of your presentation to engage your audience while getting to know them. It will help you understand how familiar they are with your topic and give you a chance to adapt your talk to their knowledge if needed.

You could also use a  true/false quiz  at the end of your presentation to discover how much information the audience retained.

Excite Your Audience With a Trivia Competition

A trivia quiz tests people’s grasp of a subject in a gamified way by asking knowledge questions and measuring how many correct answers they get.   Use a trivia quiz  to create a competition that engages that competitive spirit in your quiz participants.

Here are a few tips to consider when making your presentation quiz competition:

• If you want to grab your audience’s attention or boost engagement in training sessions, let them know that you’ll be ending the lesson with a challenging trivia contest.
• You could also start off the session with a trivia competition and spend the rest of the time going through the answers, keeping the suspense alive while sharing information and knowledge.
• Introduce a time element by defining the winner as the person who gets the most correct answers in the shortest amount of time to make the contest more exciting and make sure it doesn’t take too long. You could add a quiz timer or bring a stopwatch for extra pressure.
• Add a prize to the mix to give people an extra incentive to take part. It doesn’t have to be big, it could be a voucher, a free event ticket, or even a silly sticker set. As long as it gives the winner recognition and puts a smile on their face, it will do the job. Using an online stopwatch during the quiz for each question will also add a bit of suspense.

While people are answering the questions you can look at the results dashboard to see submissions and results. Here you can view the ratio between correct and incorrect answers as well as the timestamp. If you want, you can use this information for live commentary during the contest.

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Use a picture quiz to end your lesson with a bang.

Adding visually stimulating content to your presentation can grab people’s attention and leave a lasting impression. A  picture quiz  uses engaging images to draw people in and illustrate the questions, answer options, and results. Conclude any topic of discussion with an image quiz to sum things up in a way that your quiz participants will enjoy and remember.

Spark Conversation With a Resonating Quiz

Sometimes it can be challenging to get an audience to shift from the comfortable position of being a passive listener to being an active participant. A good quiz can be a big step in the right direction.

All you need to do is ask 2-3 surprising trivia questions or challenging personality questions. After people answer them privately they will be more inclined to discuss the question topics in the group because they are already invested and involved.

Encourage Introspection With a Personality Quiz

While trivia is the classic choice for a quiz night or live presentations, a personality quiz can also enrich any class or lecture, and add depth as well as fun to your audience’s experience.

Unlike trivia quizzes, personality quizzes are less about knowledge and more about self-discovery. They don’t have incorrect or correct answers, they ask for your opinions or preferences and use them to tell you something about yourself.

Use a personality quiz  in your presentation to connect with your audience. Let’s say you’re giving a lecture about learning styles, you could start it off with a “What type of learner are you?” quiz to put them in touch with themselves in the context of your topic.

You could also invite them to share their results and talk about the experience to encourage them to empathize and connect with each other. It’s a memorable and experiential way to introduce a topic that could otherwise seem distant or theoretical.

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Make each member of your audience feel like a game show contestant. Create any  type of quiz  quickly and easily. Boost engagement, get to know your audience, and inspire them to learn.

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You don’t have to spend hours trying to create a quiz inside a PowerPoint presentation. Our quiz maker is easy-to-use and ideal for making entertaining quizzes quickly.

Start from scratch with our intuitive  quiz builder  or use one of our pre-design templates. No coding, no learning curve, and no prior skills required. Simply sign in and start creating. Your quiz can be up and running in minutes.

Colorful & Engaging

The average person prefers to interact with colorful visuals and easy-to-understand text. Create a quiz that pops with a range of color styles, images, and even videos.

• Get people curious and excited with a bright cover image.
• Keep them entertained by adding pictures to your questions and answer options.
• End off with a visual results page that they will remember.

You can also choose the color theme and design of your quiz to fit the style of your presentation.

Make Any Type of Quiz

Whether you want to assess or share knowledge, encourage self-discovery, or simply have some fun we have the quiz format for you.

There are so many types of quizzes you can choose from. Make a personality test or a trivia, a multiple choice quiz or a yes/no quiz, a skill assessment or a diagnostic quiz, the possibilities are endless. All you need to do is choose the most convenient option for your needs, and start creating.

Make any type of quiz from scratch or from a template. Use different kinds of questions and layouts to keep things interesting.

Strong & Reliable

Whether you’re doing an in-class quiz or working remotely you need a quiz maker you can trust. You don’t need any glitches or surprises during your presentation.

Our quiz maker is built to handle high-volume participation and perform smoothly even if your wifi or network connection is weak.

Responsive & Mobile Friendly

We make sure that your quiz will look great on any screen or device. Run it on the big screen or send it to your audience to answer on their phones, tablets, or laptops. The questions and images will automatically adjust to their screen size to give them the optimal display.

FAQs About Presentation Quizzes

How to create your own quiz.

Creating your own quiz starts with selecting a goal and a topic. Based on that you can figure out which types of quizzes to create.

If, for example, you want to find out how much your audience knows about the French Revolution, make a knowledge quiz. If, on the other hand, you wish to help your audience discover what type of travelers they are, make a personality quiz.

Next, it’s time to write the result cards. Think about what message you want to give your audience based on their quiz answers. It’s usually best to keep these positive and encouraging.

Now move on to your questions. Make sure that they are clear and easy to understand, and don’t forget to include a number of answer options for people to choose from. If you’re making a personality quiz you should also associate each answer option with the relevant result.

Quiz-making is simplest when you have a user-friendly tool to work with. Ours lets you use a template or start from scratch. Adding visual elements to your quiz is also a good idea since it contributes significantly to engagement and completion levels.

Go to the top of this page for detailed guidelines, or simply get started right now .

What makes a quiz good?

A good quiz is one that gets people involved and gives them value. So, to make a good quiz you need to focus on your audience and figure out what would interest and challenge them.

On a more practical level, a good quiz usually uses friendly and humorous language, has 5-10 questions, fun images, and feel-good result cards.

For an extra boost, make your quiz more exciting by adding a quiz timer, or hiding results till the very end, personalizing it with skip logic, and increasing interactivity with CTA buttons, and answer explanations. Click here for more tips and best practices.

How to create a quiz competition?

To create a quiz competition you first need to make a trivia quiz. Then decide on the rules of the game. Something like the winner will be the first person to get all the questions right.

Introduce the competition dramatically to create a gameshow-like atmosphere. Of course, you could include a prize for the winner and runners-up to seal the deal.

How to integrate a quiz into your presentation?

You can integrate a quiz in your presentation in three ways:

• Copy the title and cover image of your quiz into your presentation and configure them as a hyperlink to your quiz. This option is good if you’re solving the quiz with your audience in person, or if your audience members each have individual access to the presentation.
• Create a slide to introduce the quiz and send the quiz link to your audience members via chat or messaging app. This option is good for remote presentations, where each participant is supposed to take the quiz separately.
• Turn your quiz link into a QR code and add it to your quiz slide for your audience to scan. This one is best for in-person presentations or remote presentations that are screen shared.

How do I host an interactive quiz?

Hosting an interactive quiz is easy, all you need is a bit of gusto and enthusiasm. The rest will take care of itself.

Write an exciting introduction that you can easily relay to your audience. Use it to prepare them for the experience without divulging too much information. After all, you want to keep them curious.

Depending on the quiz goals, you could also include a timer for each question. Add commentary during the quiz based on what you see on your dashboard. Things like “responses are starting to come in”, “I’m seeing some interesting results”, etc.

At the end of the quiz, you can share your dashboard showing the results on the presentation screen. Use the data as a conversation starter for the next section of your presentation, or as a way to announce the winner with flair. Just remember to make it fun, and interesting, and speak to your audience to keep them engaged.

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