Split the Points at a glance
Create a Split the Points slide
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Add the slide
In the editor, click New slide, then See all in the Poll section of the slide type picker, and select Split the Points.
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Write your question
Click into the slide’s title field and type the prompt your audience will answer — for example, “How would you split next quarter’s budget?” or “Where should we focus first?”.
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Set the pool and its unit
In the settings panel, the Points section controls the pool everyone divides. Set the Total, the Increment and the unit — %, pts, or Custom (see Split the Points settings).
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Add your options
Under Categories, list the options you want the room to split across. Use Add category to add rows, drag to reorder, and turn on Random order if you’d like each participant to see the options in their own shuffled order.
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Choose how results display
Under Results chart, pick how the room’s split shows on your screen. Every type reads the same answers, so you can switch freely to whichever tells the story best.
Present a Split the Points slide
Click Preview in the top header to rehearse the slide before going live — no participants needed. You’ll see both the presenter results view and the participant allocation view on a phone screen. When you’re ready, click Present. Participants join at the access code shown on screen, and their splits populate your chart live as they submit.On the presenter screen
The room’s answers aggregate live: each option shows the average share everyone gave it, rendered as a pie chart by default so the part-to-whole split reads at a glance. As more people submit, the picture settles toward the group’s consensus.On participants’ phones
Participants see your question, your options, and the pool they have to divide. Each option gets minus and plus buttons with an amount field, and a running counter shows how much of the pool is still left to place. They tap the buttons or type an amount to weight the options, and once the whole pool is placed they’re prompted that everything is in and ready to lock. Give an option more and you’re saying it matters more; a running total keeps everyone honest that the points have to add up. Participants can submit even with some of the pool left unplaced — a quick confirmation checks that’s what they meant before locking it in. After submitting, their split is stored, and the live results build on your presenter screen.Split the Points settings
Once responses are submitted, the total, metric and categories are locked. To change them, reset the slide’s data first.
Ideas for using Split the Points
Split the Points earns its place whenever a limited resource has to be shared out, or when you want relative weight rather than a single pick.Product and Business Teams
Split a fixed budget across competing initiatives and the room’s real priorities surface as proportions, not just a ranked list. It’s the fast way to run a lightweight prioritisation exercise live.
Trainers and Workshops
Hand out 100 points and ask the group to divide them across values, goals, or focus areas. The spread starts the conversation — where people disagree is exactly what’s worth discussing.
Teams and Meetings
Allocate effort, headcount, or time across projects to make trade-offs explicit. Because the pool is fixed, the room can’t say “everything is important” — they have to choose.
Teachers and Lecturers
Have students distribute a set of points to show how they weigh factors in a decision, then compare the class’s averages to spark debate.
Fun and Team Building
Split a made-up budget across office perks, team-trip ideas, or snacks. Watching where the points land — and where they don’t — is half the fun.
Strategy and Planning
Weight risks, opportunities, or criteria against each other so the group sees the whole picture in one chart instead of arguing them one at a time.
Split the Points vs. Poll and Ranking
What Split the Points is not
- Not a scored quiz — there’s no correct split and no points awarded to participants; the “points” are what they distribute, not what they earn.
- Not a single-choice vote — if you just want the room to pick one option, a poll is simpler. Split the Points is for weighting several options at once.
- Not a strict ranking — if you want an ordered list rather than proportional shares, reach for the Ranking slide instead.
When not to use Split the Points
Choose a different slide type when:- You only need one dimension weighed or a single winner — a poll or rating scale is quicker.
- You want the room to weigh options on two scales at once — the 2×2 Matrix plots two dimensions together.
- The answer needs to be open text or a free response rather than a division of a fixed pool.