Adobe Presenter provides the option of inserting quizzes into your PowerPoint file. The quizzes will only be functional once the presentation has been published. Additionally, the quizzes are only for practice as they do not have a mechanism for delivering the results to outside sources.

To add a quiz to a presentation, open up the PowerPoint file you wish to use. Next, select the slide before the position you wish to place your quiz. For example if you would like to place your presentation after the first slide, choose the first slide in the window in the menu on the left side of the PowerPoint window. If you would prefer that the quiz be shown at the end of the presentation, choose the last slide.

Once you have selected the position of your quiz, choose Quiz Manager from the Adobe Presenter menu. This will begin the Quiz Manager by opening a window within PowerPoint.

Adobe Presenter Quiz Manager

The Quiz Manager will take you through the setup for your quiz. There are a large variety of ways that your quiz can be created. Be sure that you use the same settings for all your quizzes in a given course. This will make student interaction understandable and help to keep student focus on the content. Select Edit Quiz Settings to proceed to Step 1.

Step 1 will prompt you to enter a name for your quiz. The quiz name is a required field and must be completed before continuing. Select a name that will be descriptive as well as unique. Additionally there is an option to select the format of the quiz requirement. Choose the appropriate requirement for your quiz by selecting an option from the drop down menu in the Required field.

Step 2 allows you to set rules related to movement and advancement of the learner through the quiz. Select the settings that best match the desired level learner control of the quiz. In this case only forward movement is allowed, although you may allow backward movement if you so desire. Also the learner must answer the question, though the answer need not be correct. Once you have made your selections, click Question Review Messages to proceed to step 3.

Step 3 sets the preferences for learner feedback. You can either choose not to provide feedback or display responses for correct or incorrect answers (default), or both. If you choose to display a message, the default options of "Correct!" or "Incorrect" can be changed to any message you wish to appear. Once you have chosen your options for feedback, click OK to proceed to step 4.

Step 4 provides options for displaying results at the end of the quiz. You can choose whether or not to show scores at all as well as pick the method, or methods of display. In this example the quiz will be presented as the percent of the questions that are correctly answered. After Choosing the format for the results, click OK to proceed to step 5.

Step 5 allows you to select the options for a Pass/Fail quiz. Here the default setting is at 80%, but you may choose whatever threshold you desire to allow a passing grade. Also, you must decide the action taken if the learner passes or fails the quiz. The defaults are shown here as “Go to next slide”. You may also decide how many attempts to allow the learner to correctly attempt the quiz. Once finished, click OK to complete the quiz setup and proceed to Add New Question.

Adding questions

Now that the Quiz Settings are complete, you may now begin adding questions by clicking Add New Question in the Quiz Manager window.

There are many options for creating questions. The format of the question can be varied between True/False, Multiple Choice, Fill-in-the-blank, Short Answer or Matching. The score can be varied to reflect any value you wish to assign to the question. Select your question format and choose either Create Graded Question or Create Survey Question to proceed.

As an example, a Multiple Choice Question has been selected. Here you will need to enter the question into the Question field. You may also select the number of points that this question will be worth. To begin adding answers, click Add and input as many possible answers as you like. Once complete, click the radio button next to the correct answer and click OK.

You may add additional question by the same process. When your Quiz is complete, select OK from the properties window to return to PowerPoint. You will see new slides appear in your presentation to reflect each question created in the quiz.