NewPowerPoint add-in

Live quizzes, right on your slides.

Put a quiz or a quick poll on any slide. Students answer on their phones, and you run everything from the slideshow.

Download the add-in How to install it
Works with your teacher account Windows, Mac and PowerPoint on the web
1

Download the add-in file

One small file. You only need it once.

powerpoint-addin.xml

It tells PowerPoint where to find the platform. It isn't a program, and it updates by itself when the platform improves.

Download
2

Add it to PowerPoint

Once per computer. Choose the PowerPoint you use.

  1. Make a folder, for example C:\Add-ins, and move the downloaded file into it.
  2. Share the folder: right-click it, then Properties›Sharing›Share…›Share›Done. The Sharing tab now shows the folder's Network Path, like \\MY-PC\Add-ins. Copy it.
  3. In PowerPoint, open File›Options›Trust Center›Trust Center Settings…›Trusted Add-in Catalogs.
  4. Paste the network path into Catalog Url, press Add catalog, tick Show in Menu, then press OK twice.
  5. Close PowerPoint and open it again. Go to Home›Add-ins›More Add-ins›Shared Folder, choose The Platform live quiz and press Add.
Does Windows ask for an administrator when you share the folder? Ask your school's IT to share it once, or use PowerPoint on the web: it needs no sharing.
3

Use it in class

Prepare the slide once, then present as usual.

  1. 1Prepare

    Add it to a slide

    Home›Add-ins›The Platform live quiz

    Drag the box to fill the slide. The first time, sign in with your teacher account.

  2. 2Prepare

    Choose a quiz or a poll

    Pick one of your saved quizzes, press Build a new quiz, or ask a Quick poll.

  3. 3In class

    Present and press Start

    Students scan the QR code, or open the join address and type the PIN. No accounts needed.

  4. 4In class

    Use your clicker

    Click once inside the box. Then the clicker (or →) moves the game on: answer, leaderboard, next question.

After class: press Results on the slide to put a picture of the results in your presentation, or open the full report. Every game is also saved in your Dashboard.
More you can do

Good to know

Quick polls

Ask anything: choices, a rating from 1 to 5, or a few words that become a word cloud. Not scored.

One PIN for the whole lesson

Students join once. Every quiz slide in the presentation adds to the same game, and the scores add up.

Check it before class

While editing, the box shows Questions (with the answers), Settings for this slide, and Theme.

Questions

If something doesn't work

I can't find Add-ins on the Home tab.

In older PowerPoint it is on the Insert tab: Insert›My Add-ins.

The clicker doesn't move the game on.

Click once inside the quiz box during the slideshow. PowerPoint keeps the keys for itself until you do.

The box stays on "Loading…".

Check the internet connection. After 20 seconds the box offers Reload. If it still doesn't open, delete the box and add the add-in again.

How do I sign out, or use another account?

While editing the slides, press Account at the top right of the quiz box, then Sign out or Use another account. Signing out on one slide signs out every quiz slide in PowerPoint on this computer. The quizzes stay on the slides. To sign in again, press Sign in in the box.

A colleague opens my presentation.

They sign in on the slide with their own account and choose one of their own quizzes with Change. Without the add-in, the slide shows a picture of the quiz title.

Which PowerPoint can I use?

PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 on Windows or Mac, PowerPoint 2021 or later, and PowerPoint on the web. PowerPoint 2016 and 2019 may not run it.

Ready for your next lesson?

Download the add-in once, then any slide can become a live quiz or a quick poll.

Download the add-in How to use the platform

Stuck? Email us and we'll help.