> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ahaslides.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Use the 2×2 Matrix Slide in AhaSlides > The 2×2 Matrix slide lets your audience rate a handful of items on two axes at once, then plots where the whole room landed as a live grid of coloured dots across four quadrants. Some choices need two things weighed at the same time — not just "is this a good idea?" but "is it a good idea *and* is it worth the effort?" The 2×2 Matrix slide lets your whole audience rate a handful of items against two scales at once, then plots where everyone landed on a live grid. Fuzzy group opinion becomes one clear picture. ## How the 2×2 Matrix Slide Works You name two axes — an **up axis** (bottom to top) and an **across axis** (left to right) — and list the items you want the room to place, up to 8 of them. On their phones, each participant taps once to drop every item into one of the four quadrants. There are no sliders to drag and no numeric scale to read; a single tap says where they think each item belongs. On your presenter screen, the placements aggregate live: every item appears as a coloured dot inside whichever quadrant the room is putting it in, with a colour-keyed legend, quadrant labels built from your axis names, and a running response count. It is an **unscored Opinion slide** — there is no right answer and no leaderboard, just a crowd-sourced consensus map that updates as answers come in. ## Setting Up Your 2×2 Matrix Slide In the editor, click **New slide** (top-left) and select **2×2 Matrix** from the Opinion section of the slide type picker. Click into the slide's title field and type the prompt your audience will answer — for example, "Where does each idea land?" or "Rate these brands." Keep it clear, since it frames how people read the grid. In the settings panel, fill in the two axis labels: **Up axis** (runs from bottom to top of the grid) and **Across axis** (runs from left to right). Leave them blank and they default to **Impact** (up) and **Effort** (across), the classic prioritization pairing. The quadrant labels on the results screen are composed automatically from these names, so a clear pair of axes makes the outcome easy to read. List the items you want the room to rate — a minimum of **1** and up to **8**. Each item is automatically assigned its own colour from the brand palette so it stands out on the grid, and you can reorder or remove items as needed. An empty row shows a suggested placeholder to hint at the format. Two toggles control how people can answer: **Items can be skipped** (default on) lets a participant skip an item that doesn't apply to them — skipped items are greyed out and left out of the tally. **Multiple submissions** (default off) locks in a participant's first placement; turn it on to let people come back and move an item after submitting, replacing their earlier placement rather than counting it twice. ## Previewing and Presenting Click **Preview** in the top header to rehearse the slide before going live — no participants needed. You'll see both the presenter view (the four-quadrant grid) and the participant view (the tap-to-place grid on a phone screen). When you're ready, click **Present**. Participants join at the access code shown on screen, and their placements populate your grid live as coloured dots. ## Audience Experience On their phones, participants work through your items one at a time. Each item gets its own mini 2×2 grid, and a single tap drops it into a quadrant — no dragging, no sliders, no numbers to set. If **Items can be skipped** is on, anything that doesn't apply can be passed over. Each person submits once; with **Multiple submissions** on, they can re-tap and resend to update where an item sits. ## Common Use Cases The 2×2 Matrix earns its place the moment a *second* dimension matters. If you only care about one scale, a [poll](/using-slide-types/creating-a-poll-question-on-ahaslides) or a [rating scale](/using-slide-types/how-to-use-rating-scale-slides-on-ahaslides) will do — but when two things have to be weighed together, the grid is what turns a fuzzy debate into a picture everyone can see. Plot ideas on **Impact × Effort** and the quick wins surface on their own: high impact, low effort, one corner, done. High-effort, low-impact items sink to the opposite corner where they belong. This is the classic prioritization use, and usually the first one teams reach for. Run the famous Eisenhower matrix live with **Urgency × Importance** and a list of real tasks. Instead of just hearing about the framework, the room applies it to their own work — which is what makes it stick. Ask students to place items on axes like **Size × Speed** (cheetah, elephant, snail, falcon) and the comparison turns visual. When the class disagrees about where something goes, that disagreement is the discussion starting. Build a perceptual map with **Price × Quality** and have the room rate a set of brands. You see how your audience really pictures each one against the others — and the result sometimes surprises you. Assess choices on **Risk × Reward** to put two dimensions people usually judge separately side by side. It suits finance, planning, and strategy calls where the safe-but-boring option needs a fair face-off against the risky-but-shiny one. Two scales at once is exactly what makes these playful, because the gaps between where people land become the joke. Try **Rate the boss** (Easy-going × Generous), **Rate the snacks** (Healthy × Tasty), **Rate the team trip ideas** (Relaxing × Adventurous), **Rate our meetings** (Useful × Long), or **Rate remote-work habits** (Camera on × On time). Everyone spots themselves in one corner — no comment. By putting two questions on screen at once, the 2×2 Matrix turns scattered opinions into a shared map — showing not just what the room thinks, but exactly where it agrees and where it splits. ## Related topics - [How to Use the Draw Answer Slide in AhaSlides](/using-slide-types/using-the-draw-answer-slide.md) - [How to Create a Pin on Image Slide in AhaSlides](/using-slide-types/using-the-pin-on-image-slide.md) - [How to Create and Run Surveys on AhaSlides](/using-slide-types/using-the-surveys-tool.md) - [How to Use the Embed Slide in AhaSlides](/using-slide-types/using-the-embed-slide.md) - [How to Use and Create a Presentation Theme in AhaSlides](/branding/design-your-theme-on-ahaslides.md)