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A quiz on AhaSlides has two layers of settings: the ones on each individual quiz slide, and the general ones that apply to the whole quiz. This article covers both, plus how to run a quiz without a host. New to quizzes? Start with How to Make and Run a Quiz, then come back here to fine-tune it.

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Slide Settings

Each quiz slide in your quiz has its own settings. Scroll down in the right-hand column of the editor to find them.
The maximum and minimum number of points it is possible to get on that question. If Faster answers get more points is unchecked, any correct answer receives the maximum number of points.
Enable this option to encourage players to answer quicker. For example, if the time to answer is 100 seconds and the reward points are set to 100 maximum and 0 minimum, a player submitting their answer with 80 seconds left receives 80 points.
The amount of seconds each player has to answer the question.
If enabled, a leaderboard slide is added right after this slide.

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Partial Scoring

When setting up a Pick Answer slide, you can mark multiple answers as correct. If you do, participants can pick more than one answer, and the Partial scoring option appears — toggle it on or off:
  • On — Players score points for each correct answer, but any incorrect answer results in 0 points.
  • Off — Players must select all correct answers to score points.
Partial scoring can also be toggled on the Match Pairs and Categorise slide types. Click here to read how it works.

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Adding Hints

You can add hints to your quiz questions to help out players. Only the presenter can choose to reveal a hint during a question.
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Click Add hint

Click the Add hint button above your question.
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Write your hints

Write up to 3 hints in the boxes.
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Reveal hints while presenting

Your first hint appears in a yellow box below your question. While presenting, press the arrow to reveal the next hint.
Hints appear on both the presenter’s screen and the audience’s screens.
Hints are currently only available on the Pick Answer slide.

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Adding Audio

If you’re on the Pro or Enterprise plan, you can also add accompanying audio to your quiz questions. See Slide and Presentation Audio for more.

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Other Settings for Quizzes

Aside from the settings on each slide, you can also enable/disable general settings for the whole quiz. Find these under Settings in the right side menu bar, then General quiz settings.
When turned on, the presenter and participants can exchange messages, inspire friendly competition, and have lively discussions on the quiz lobby screen. This cultivates a thriving atmosphere, transforming the quiz into an exciting and bonding experience.
Turn on music and sound effects that automatically play during the quiz lobby screen, quiz slides, and each leaderboard screen. You can also toggle this off and on directly on screen in the top-left corner. The music and sound effects are selected by AhaSlides and are not customisable. Sound effects accompany the countdown on quiz slides, signalling both the beginning of the quiz and the impending conclusion as the timer winds down; music plays throughout the quiz. On a leaderboard slide, a short jingle plays while the leaderboard rearranges to show new standings, and a different, more triumphant jingle announces the winner on the final leaderboard slide.
When on, each question is preceded by a 5-second countdown timer, giving players time to read the question before they answer.
Available on Edu Medium, Edu Large, Pro, and Enterprise plans. Players play the quiz in teams rather than individually. See Running a Team Quiz to set this up.
Available on Edu Medium, Edu Large, Pro, and Enterprise plans. Answer options for players on all Pick Answer, Match Pairs, and Correct Order slides are shuffled randomly, making it harder for players to swap answers by showing each other their screens.
Available on all paid plans. Does not work in Self-paced mode. When toggled on, the presenter sees an option at the end of each quiz question to explain it in greater detail before revealing how everyone voted.
Enabled — participants select an avatar when they join the quiz at the Lobby screen. Disabled — participants can join the quiz without avatars.

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Audience-Paced/Self-Paced Quizzes

You can also let your players play a quiz without a host. This is great for teachers who want to assign a quiz as homework, or quiz masters who want to give players freedom to complete a quiz at a time that suits them. To set this up, see Setting up a Self-Paced Presentation on AhaSlides.

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Where to Go Next

How to Make and Run a Quiz

The full walkthrough — choosing a quiz slide, editing it, getting players in, and presenting.

Quiz troubleshooting and FAQs

Auto-end quiz timers, character limits, hiding results, and what you can restyle on a quiz slide.

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Have a question?

Contact our support team — if you’re logged in, use the chat bubble in the bottom-right of your dashboard; otherwise contact us here or email hi@ahaslides.com.

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How to Make and Run a Quiz in AhaSlidesRunning a Team QuizSetting Up a Self-Paced Presentation on AhaSlidesHow to Set Up a Match Pairs Quiz Slide in AhaSlidesHow to Set Up a Categorise Quiz Slide in AhaSlides