This explains the process of creating a non-linear PowerPoint presentation. It was originally used with middle school students, but could be adapted to serve other levels.

1. Non-Linear PowerPoint Tutorial Presented By Mike Glennon

2. Non-Linear PowerPoint

3. What is it?

4. A PowerPoint presentation that becomes interactive.

5. First, you have to create your slides.

6. We’ll make a quiz…

7. First, we need to create slides

8. Here’s what we’ll need:

10. I’m going to create a common misconceptions quiz

11. Home Slide

12. Common Misconceptions Quiz Start Here

13. Instructions Slide

14. Instructions To take this quiz, click on an answer to each question. If you’re correct, move on to the next question. If you get it wrong, go back and try again. Next

15. Instructions Slide 2

16. Instructions To get around, use the following buttons Next Back Forward Back to Previous Slide Home

17. Correct Response Slide

18. CORRECT!

19. Incorrect Response Slide

20. Try Again…

21. Question Template Slide You’ll duplicate this slide for each question

22. Question 1 Type Your Question Here. True False

23. Add action buttons to Question 1 Slide You’ll duplicate this slide for each question

24. 1 Being out in the cold gives you a cold. True False

25. 2 Cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis. True False

26. 3 Bats are blind. True False

27. 4 Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time. True False

28. 5 Earth is a perfect sphere. True False

29. 6 When you die, your hair and nails keep growing. True False

30. Putting it all together

31. Arrange slides in order Questions in order

32. Navigation Add links to the Action Buttons on Slide 1 Back Forward Home

33. Navigation Add links to the Action Buttons on Slide 1 Back Forward Home Action: Last Slide Viewed Action: Go To…Slide # Action: Next Slide

34. Navigation Add links to the Action Buttons on Correct Answer Slide Forward Home Action: Next Slide Action: Go To…Slide #

35. Navigation Add links to the Action Buttons on Incorrect Answer Slide Forward Home Action: Go to Last Slide Viewed Action: Next Slide U-Turn Action: Go To…Slide #

36. Navigation Hold ctrl key and select all Slide 1 navigation buttons. Click Edit, Click Copy Back Forward Home

37. Navigation Click on question 2 slide and. Click Edit, Click Paste. Repeat on each question slide. You don’t need to set actions for the buttons again Back Forward Home

38. Navigation Add Links to Answer Choices on slide Repeat on each question slide True False Back Forward Home

39. Navigation Highlight True and click Insert, then click Hyperlink Hyperlink to the correct or incorrect answer slide Back Forward Home

40. Navigation Copy the Correct Answer Slide and Click Edit, then click Copy Back Forward Home

41. Navigation Paste the Correct Answer Slide after each question slide Back Forward Home

42. A preview of the finished product…

43. Common Misconceptions Quiz Start Here

44. Instructions To take this quiz, click on an answer to each question. If you’re correct, move on to the next question. If you get it wrong, go back and try again. Next

45. Instructions To get around, use the following buttons Next Back Forward Back to Previous Slide Home

46. 1 Being out in the cold gives you a cold. True False

47. CORRECT!

48. 2 Cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis. True False

49. CORRECT!

50. 3 Bats are blind. True False

51. CORRECT!

52. 4 Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time. True False

53. CORRECT!

54. 5 Earth is a perfect sphere. True False

55. CORRECT!

56. 6 When you die, your hair and nails keep growing. True False

57. CORRECT!

58. Congratulations! You finished the quiz!