RENR 201 -- PowerPoint Exercise
Most students have already had some exposure to how to put together a PowerPoint presentation
complete with transitions, animations, music, and digital photographs or animated gifs, If not,
then view the PowerPoint instructions found in the Resources section of the class web site.
In this exercise, you are going to do a PowerPoint “quiz” that will require you to pick a subject,
identify up to 26 questions and answers, and pick digital images to go with each question. Then
begin with the steps outlined below.
Slide 1—Title Slide and Template
Select an appropriate template and make a bombastic title slide which will identify you as the
composer of this production.
Slide 2, 3—Quiz Instructions
(You may use more or fewer slides for instructions, as needed.)
Slide 4
On this slide, you will insert a table that will have 5 columns and 6 rows. Resize it to cover most
of the page. (Your colors may vary depending upon the template used.)
In the top row, identify the five categories you are going to use for questions. Below the table, add
an image for a link to the final question. Next, add the question numbers 1-25 in the cells.
Alternatively, you can assign point values to the questions to indicate
a degree of difficulty.
Center the titles, and the question numbers or the values within the
cells.
You will now add 26 blank slides for the questions and 26 more for
the answers. You will add one more after this quiz so that people can
score their knowledge. This will give you approximately 60 slides in
the show. It is recommended that you do a “Title and Content” slide with the text Question # in the
title block. Outside of the lower “Click to add text” box, pace a green star in the lower left and a red
star in the lower right. (Or choose another symbol and color as desired.)
Slides 5-60
In Slide #5, enter your first question. You may enter a text question and/or a digital image as a clue
if you wish. Slides 6 through 9 will have subsequent questions for your first category. Slides 10-14
will have question for the second category, etc.
In slide 31 you will place the answer for the first question in the first category; 32 will be for the
second question, etc. Be sure to place a red star in the bottom right of the answer slide (this will be a
link back to the category page.) The answer slide should display the answer and may also have a
digital image. Sometimes, explanatory text may be in order. You may or may not wish to place the
question number on the answer slide.
Link to the answer
Link back to the category page
Continue adding additional questions and answers until
you have finished at least the first category.
Linking Questions and Answers
Go to the first question slide and create an internal hyperlink on the green star to connect to the first
answer slide (in this case, slides 5 and 31). Click on the green star, click on Hyperlink in the menu
ribbon. You will create the hyperlink to a “Place in This Document”, specifically to slide #31. After
selecting the link, click on OK.
In a similar fashion, click on the red star and link it back to the Category slide (#4 in this example).
Make certain to link the red stars on the answer slides back to Slide 4 (Categories).
The blue star on Slide 4 will be like the “Final Jeopardy” question and linked to Question 26. That
answer slide will have no linkages so that it will go on click to the penultimate and final slides. Fill
in all Question and Answer slides.
Penultimate Slide (next to last)
On the next-to-last slide, add some scoring categories so the viewer can evaluate their performance
on this quiz. This can a grade based on percentage, or something humorous or insulting.
Final Slide
Most students in this class have not used this technology (internal navigation links). Identify 5
potential real-world applications on one or two final slides.
Other Requirements
Insert music into two or more slides.
Insert a video in one of the question or answer slides.
Insert hyperlinks to outside sites on at least two answer slides.
Insert an animated GIF on at least one slide.
Have at least one slide with two images and an animated transition between them.
Be sure to check out the operation of each part of the program. Proofread for spelling and
grammatical errors as well as the ease of reading the text.
Submit your PowerPoint presentation to eCampus in the proper assignment—do not submit it as an
Adobe PDF or as a set of static images. The name of the file MUST include your last name, your
section, and the subject of the presentation (e.g., Hodges-501-Texas.ppt). Be sure that your music
and video are embedded (not linked), so that they will function when your assignment is checked.
Checklist:
Title slide
1 final answer slide with no hyperlinks
Instructions
Category selection slide
26 question slides with working hyperlinks to appropriate answer slides
25 answer slides with working hyperlinks to the category selection slide
1 slide with scoring results
1 or more slides identifying 5 real-world applications
Music in 2 or more slides
A video in one or more slides
Hyperlinks to outside sites on two or more slides
An animated GIF on one or more slides
One or more slides with two images and an animated transition between them
File name includes your last name and the title or subject matter