using textbox control in quizzes

[Candace]

Is there a way to create a fill-in-the-blank question/quiz in Powerpoint 2003
or 2007 using the textbox tool?

 

[Brian Reilly, MVP]

Candace,
Yes, but not from the textbox tool on the Drawing toolbar. You must
use the one from the View + Toolbars + Control Toolbox. This will
allow editing of text during a slideshow. But then you are going to
have to figure out returning the value of that textbox and saving it
somehow so you can use it in a report or whatever.

This will require VBA which any of the VBA-knowledgeable folks here
can help you with.

But you should help us out with a more specific description of what
you want to do. Please be as specific as you can from the perspective
of the end result you want. We can help with how to get there, and I
guarantee there will be several different approaches.

Brian Reilly, MVP

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

What Brian said, and ...

You might look at some of the quizzes on my site:

http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

There are some examples of multiple-choice and short answer quizzes in
Examples by Chapter in Chapter 7.

--David

 

[Candace]

I have a slide that explains a topic. On the following slide, I will ask a
question and have a place (textbox) for the student to enter a one word
answer to that question. If the student does not answer correctly, the
presentation would advance to a slide that says "Sorry, wrong answer."

 

[Candace]

David, I went to check out your website. I downloaded an example on Chapter
7, but nothing happening when I clicked the "buttons" while running the
presentation. Am I missing a component or something?

 

[John Wilson]

You may have macro security set too high or maybe you didn't enable macros if
you were asked to?

You can have a quiz where the student types in the answer but it is much
more difficult to assess whether it's correct then in a multiple choice quiz.
You will need to allow for capitalization, spelling, alternative correct
answers ...
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[David M. Marcovitz]

Yes, these examples use VBA (which is the only way you can get
PowerPoint to respond to whether or not the student has typed the right
answer). There are two things you need to do:

(1) Make sure you unZip the PowerPoint file. The files on my site are
stored as zipped files, and they will not run properly until unZipped
(in Windows XP, you can just drag them out of the zipped folder).

(2) In PowerPoint, make sure that you macro security is set to Medium
(Tools > Options > Security > Macro Security). Then close any files you
have open and reopen them. When it asks if you want to enable macros,
say yes.

--David