Back to School PowerPoint Fun! Class-led Power Point games can be terrific for keeping class attention and inspiring educational excitement.
Many class-led games use PowerPoint's interactive settings to replicate a game's more exciting features. Let's take a look at the action settings a creative teacher or training pro might use when designing multiple-choice Power Point games.
Here's a basic, 7 step approach to creating a Multiple Choice PowerPoint Game with 4 answers per question:
1. Create 5 "Q&A" PowerPoint slides + 6 action buttons for each question set:
- Slide 1 - the "Q" Slide. This slide contains your question, 4 possible answers and 4 corresponding action buttons (let's say, "A, B, C, and D".)
- Slides 2-5 - the "A Slides". One "correct answer" slide contains a reinforcement (i.e., Correct!) and one encouragement action button (i.e. Next question>>). The three remaining "incorrect answer" slides each have a "try again" encouragement action button. Put slides 2-5 in any random order after slide one.
2. On the "Q" Slide, select the action button that matches the correct answer. Next, click on Slide Show >Action Settings...and you'll see your action settings menu.
3. In the Hyperlink to... drop down box, click on Slide... Then, select the slide that contains the correct answer and click OK.
4. Next, select the action button on your "Q" slide that matches an incorrect answer. In the action settings menu, select the Hyperlink to... box, and this time, select the slide that contains the matching incorrect answer and click OK. Repeat this process for every incorrect answer on the "Q" slide.
5. On each incorrect "A" slide, select the "Try Again" action button. In the action settings menu, select the Hyperlink to... drop down box, and select the "Q" slide.
6. On the one correct "A" slide, select the "Next Question" action button. In the action settings menu, select the Hyperlink to... drop down box, and select the "Next Question" slide...(or the end slide, if you haven't created any more questions!)
7. Repeat this process, adding as many questions (and answers!) as you like.
Too much design work? Try the -.com trick! Many popular TV quiz shows like Jeopardy, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, or Weakest Link are available as free PowerPoint downloads. The interactive PowerPoint features are already built in -- just waiting for you to add your own material. Try doing an internet search for "PowerPoint Games" -.com .... and you will find a wealth of free PowerPoint game templates designed by teachers, for teachers. Many of these downloads can provide a fast and easy way to build an exciting game-based PowerPoint presentation. (The -.com part of your search will eliminate any sites that end in .com -- these are commercial sites.)
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