Inserting a Polling Slide
NOTE
You must have a PowerPoint presentation open to create PointSolutions slides.
- Click New on the PointSolutions ribbon.
- Select a slide type.
- Enter question text in field provided.
- Click outside of the text box.
- Repeat steps 1 through 4 as many times as needed to create your presentation.
- When finished, save the presentation by selecting File Save/Save As.
Slide Types and Slide Preferences
There are several slide types available for PowerPoint Polling.
Multiple Choice
Question Options
The Question Options pane enables you to customize scores, charts, and results per question. You can open or close the pane by selecting Question Options in the PointSolutions ribbon.
| Anonymous | Mark question as anonymous |
| Point Value | Enter point value for question |
| Allow multiple responses | Check to allow participants to responded multiple times |
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Select Correct Answer |
Check the correct answer choice(s) |
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Indicate Correct Answer |
Check to display the correct answer indicator after polling |
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Chart Type |
Select to view a Vertical, Doughnut or Pie chart, or Responses only |
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Chart Labels |
Select Bullets or Answer Text to be used as chart labels |
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Chart Value |
Select response count or percentage to be shown on the chart. |
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Show Results |
Select when you want to show results |
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Countdown Timer |
Check to add countdown timer |
Short Answer
Question Options
The Question Options pane enables you to customize scores, charts, and results per question. You can open or close the pane by selecting Question Options in the PointSolutions ribbon.
| Anonymous | Mark question as anonymous |
| Point Value | Enter point value for question |
| Correct Keyword(s) | Enter the correct keyword(s) or phrase(s) |
| Case Sensitive | Check to make correct keyword(s) or phrase(s) case sensitive |
| Chart Value | Select response count or percentage to be shown on the chart. |
| Show Results | Select when you want to show results |
| Countdown Timer | Check to add countdown timer |
WordCloud
Question Options
The Question Options pane enables you to customize scores, charts, and results per question. You can open or close the pane by selecting Question Options in the PointSolutions ribbon.
| Anonymous | Mark question as anonymous |
| Point Value | Enter point value for question |
| Correct Keyword(s) | Enter the correct keyword(s) or phrase(s) |
| Case Sensitive | Check to make correct keyword(s) or phrase(s) case sensitive |
| Show Results | Select when you want to show results |
| Countdown Timer | Check to add countdown timer |
Numeric Response
The Question Options pane enables you to customize scores, charts, and results per question. You can open or close the pane by selecting Question Options in the PointSolutions ribbon.
| Assign Point Value | Enter the point value |
| Select Scoring Method | Select to score based on exact value or range |
| Chart Value | Select response count or percentage to be shown on the chart. |
| Show Results | Select when you want to show results |
| Countdown Timer | Check to add countdown timer |
Hotspot
NOTE
PointSolutions app ONLY
Question Options
The Question Options pane enables you to customize scores, charts, and results per question. You can open or close the pane by selecting Question Options in the PointSolutions ribbon.
| Anonymous | Mark question as anonymous |
| Point Value | Enter point value for question |
| Correct Keyword(s) | Enter the correct keyword(s) or phrase(s) |
| Case Sensitive | Check to make correct keyword(s) or phrase(s) case sensitive |
| Show Results | Select when you want to show results |
| Countdown Timer | Check to add countdown timer |