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# Setting Up a Self-Paced Presentation on AhaSlides

> Let your audience play a quiz or complete a survey in their own time. Self-paced mode lets participants proceed through a presentation without a host.

Find out how your audience can play a quiz/complete a survey in their own time.

Choosing the **self-paced** setting lets your audience proceed through a presentation **without a host**.

This is great for:

* Teachers who want to assign a quiz as homework.
* Quiz masters who want to give their players freedom to complete a quiz at a time that suits them.
* Trainers who want to carry out a survey that participants can complete at their own pace.

## How to turn on self-paced mode

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<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Settings">
    On the presentation edit screen, head to the **Settings** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Who takes the lead">
    Click on **Who takes the lead**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose Audience (self-paced)">
    Choose **Audience (self-paced)**.
  </Step>
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<Tip>
  Remember to set your presentation to **public mode** first before sending your quiz out to participants. You can always set it back to **private mode** whenever you want by pressing the **lock** icon beside your presentation title: [Turning on private mode for your presentation](/presenting/turning-on-private-mode-for-your-presentation).
</Tip>

## On the audience's screen

Once you turn on the **Self-paced** feature, your audience will be able to navigate through the slides at their own pace, without the need for a presenter. The **Back and Next navigation bars** can be used to move to the previous or next slide. This feature makes it easy for your audience to follow along with your presentation and complete it on their own time.


## Related topics

- [How to Make and Run a Quiz in AhaSlides](/using-slide-types/how-to-make-and-run-a-quiz.md)
- [How to Create and Present a Brainstorm Slide in AhaSlides](/using-slide-types/using-the-brainstorm-slide.md)
- [How to Create and Configure a Poll Slide in AhaSlides](/using-slide-types/creating-a-poll-question-on-ahaslides.md)
- [How to Set Up a Correct Order Quiz Slide in AhaSlides](/using-slide-types/using-the-correct-order-slide.md)
- [Refer your friends to AhaSlides](/after-the-presentation/refer-your-friends-to-ahaslides.md)