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Lab 4: Creating a Classroom Game

PowerPoint's ability to hyperlink between slides and hide slides until they are needed makes it a natural choice for creating multiple-choice quizzes and games . You can create a slide with a question on it, and then create hidden slides for each of the possible answers. Then depending on which answer the user clicks, a different hidden slide appears indicating whether the answer was right or wrong.

The Scenario

In this project lab, you learn how to create a simple game to use in a classroom setting that tests students' understanding of the informational presentation you worked with in Lab 3.

Lab 4A: Making the Game Board

In this lab session, you will create the basic game board by drawing a set of shapes and arranging them in relation to one another.

Level of difficulty: Moderate

Time to complete: 15 to 30 minutes

Start a new blank presentation and save it as MyLab04A.pptx .
Change the layout of the slide to Blank .
1. On the Home tab, click Layout.
2. Click Blank.
Draw a rounded rectangle on the slide that is 0.75 high and 2 wide .
1. On the Insert tab (or Home tab), click Shapes, and click the rounded rectangle.
2. Drag on the slide, near the top-left corner, to create the shape.
3. On the Drawing Tools Format tab, click in the Shape Height box and type 0.75 .
4. Click in the Shape Width box and type 2 .
Apply a dark purple Shape Style to the shape . On the Drawing Tools Format tab, open the Shape Styles gallery and click the bottommost dark purple style.
Copy the shape, and paste it three times. Then arrange the copies side-by-side horizontally across the top of the slide and distribute them evenly .
1. Select the purple shape.
2. Hold down Shift+Ctrl and drag it to the right to create a copy. Repeat two more times so that you have a total of four shapes.
3. Select all four shapes by holding down the Shift key and clicking each one.
4. On the Drawing Tools Format tab, click Align.
5. Click Distribute Horizontally.
Copy the four shapes four times, and place the copies under the originals to form columns .
1. Select all four purple shapes if they are not already selected.
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  Hold down Shift+Ctrl and drag downward to create a copy below the originals.
3. Repeat 6B three more times to create three more rows of buttons .
Use Align and Distribute to make sure the grid of buttons is evenly spaced .
1. Select all of the shapes in the first column.
2. On the Drawing Tools Format tab, click Align
3. Click Distribute Vertically.
4. Repeat steps 7a through 7c for each column.
Change the color of all of the rows except the first one to turquoise blue .
1. Select all of the shapes in each row except the first one.
2. On the Drawing Tools Format tab, open the Shape Styles gallery and click the turquoise blue sample in the bottom row.
Type the following text into the top row of shapes .
1. Select the leftmost purple shape and type Safety .
2. Select the second purple shape and type ESD .
3. Select the third purple shape and type EMI .
4. Select the fourth purple shape and type Cleaning .
Type 10, 20, 30, and 40 in each column .
1. In the topmost leftmost turquoise shape, type 10 .
2. Select the 10 you just typed and press Ctrl+C to copy it.
3. Select the next shape in that row and press Ctrl+V. Repeat two more times so that all of the shapes in the first turquoise row have 10 in them.
4. Repeat the process to put 20 in the next row, 30 in the next, and then 40 in the bottom row.
Save your work .