How to Embed a Quiz in PowerPoint

TL;DR. There are four practical ways to put a quiz in PowerPoint: build it from hyperlinked slides, insert a Microsoft Forms quiz if your Microsoft 365 version offers it, use a live-polling add-in, or put a link and QR code to an online quiz on a slide so the audience answers on their phones. Pick based on whether you need scores collected.

First decide what "embed" needs to do

People mean different things by a quiz in PowerPoint:

The first and third can live entirely inside PowerPoint. The second needs something online to collect answers.

Option 1: A hyperlinked-slide quiz (works in any version)

This is the classic approach and needs nothing but PowerPoint.

Pros: works offline, in any version, and looks exactly how you design it. Cons: it is slow to build for more than a handful of questions, and nothing records who answered what. Our step-by-step guide to making a quiz in PowerPoint covers this in detail, including triggers and animations.

Option 2: Microsoft Forms inside PowerPoint

Microsoft Forms can create quizzes with automatic marking, and Microsoft 365 versions of PowerPoint offer a way to add a form to a slide so the audience can respond. Availability depends on your Microsoft 365 plan, your app version and whether you are on the web or desktop app, and it typically requires being signed in with a work or school account. Check Microsoft's own support pages for your setup before you plan a lesson around it.

When it is available, the benefit is clear: answers are collected and scored in Forms, and you can show results afterwards. When it is not, you can still create the quiz in Forms and use Option 4 below.

Option 3: Live polling and quiz add-ins

Several third-party add-ins for PowerPoint let the audience answer on their phones while results appear on the slide. They differ in price, audience limits and whether they need an account for every participant, so read the current terms of any add-in before using it with students, and check whether your school or company allows installing add-ins at all.

Option 4: Link to an online quiz with a QR code

The most flexible option is to make the quiz anywhere you like and put its link on a slide:

This is how SimpleQuizMaker fits in. It does not offer an embed code, and our quiz pages cannot be shown inside another site or app through a frame. Instead, every quiz has a share link and a QR code in its share options, so you can put either on a slide. Learners open the quiz on their own devices, and you see the submissions afterwards. See quiz sharing for how sharing works.

You can generate the questions themselves from a topic or pasted text, including the text of your slides. We do not import PowerPoint files directly; copy the slide text out first, as described in making a quiz from PowerPoint content. The free plan covers 5 quiz generations a month with up to 10 questions each.

Which option should you choose?

Tips for any quiz in a presentation

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you embed an interactive quiz in PowerPoint?

Yes, in a few ways: hyperlinked slides that react to clicks, a Microsoft Forms quiz in supported Microsoft 365 versions, or an add-in. For any online quiz tool, putting a link and QR code on a slide is the most reliable option.

Does SimpleQuizMaker have an embed code for PowerPoint?

No. SimpleQuizMaker shares quizzes by link and QR code, which you can place on a slide. Quizzes cannot be embedded in a frame on other sites or apps.

Can I make a self-marking quiz in PowerPoint alone?

Only in a limited way. Hyperlinked slides can show "correct" or "try again", but PowerPoint does not record scores. For scoring you need Forms, an add-in, or an online quiz.

Can I turn my PowerPoint slides into a quiz?

Yes. Copy the text from your slides into an AI quiz maker and it drafts questions from that content. Review the questions before using them.

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