1. ivote A system for polling students in the class
Chapter 2: ivote and PowerPoint integration
Julien T. Groulx et Denis Cousineau

2. Overview
ivote is a system to get votes from student in a classroom setting
To learn more:
Read T. Groulx, J. & Cousineau, D. (in press) ivote: A simple system to conduct polls and quiz in class settings, The Quantitative Methods for Psychology, vol 12(3).
See for a general introduction
See for using ivote within SPSS.

3. How does ivote work to see the vote results in PowerPoint
You can add a button in PowerPoint
the button, when clicked, will add a picture to the slide show on the current slide with the vote results
(the plot takes about 4-8 seconds to show)

4. How to add a button in PowerPoint?

5. How to add a button in PowerPoint? (0) Prerequisite to be done once
You need the « Developer » tab. If not visible, use
go to “File” tab in the top ribbon
go to Options > Customize Ribbon
on the left, under “Main Tabs”, check “Developer”

6. How to add a button in PowerPoint? (1) Draw a button
In the Developper tab, under « Controls » section
click on the button image
on the slide, click and expand the button to the size of your choice

7. How to add a button in PowerPoint? (2) Rename the button (optional)
To rename the button from the default «CommandButton1»,
Click on it, then right click
Get to Button Object, then Edit
Enter the name of your choice.

8. How to add a button in PowerPoint? (3) Enter code to fetch vote results
Double-click on the button; this will open the Visual Basic for Application editor.
Cut and paste the instructions given by ivote when you created your question
Close Visual Basic for Application
Save your slides under a format with macros, .pptm

9. How to add a button in PowerPoint? (4) Details of the code
The access code
Slide number
Minimal instructions are:
Possible actions includes
PlotOnly
NOnly
StatsOnly
URLOnly
QRCodeOnly
Reset
EraseAll
Dim oPic As Shape
Set oPic = ActivePresentation.Slides(10).Shapes.AddPicture( _
" _
False, True, Left:=380, Top:=310, Width:=120, Height:=120 _ )
CommandButton1.Visible = False
CommandButton1.Visible = True
Question identifier
Position relative to left and top (in pixels)
Size of image (in pixel) or
-1 to indicate original size

10. Examples

11. A minimal example 1- Create a question named x1 on www.tqmp.org/ivote
(Use access code « tt » so that you can erase it as someone else –me– created this question)
2- Show a question to the students,
See next slide
3- Invite them to go to or
4- When the students are done, presse the button:
(in edit view, you can double-clic this button to see the program)

12. Who is the coolest? Brad Denis Vincent Alexandra Marc-André To vote:
or:
Brad
Denis
Vincent
Alexandra
Marc-André
I found that the two-column layout is convenient for the purpose of polling the student: one column for the question, the other for the URL and the QR code

13. An example with three buttons Who is the coolest?
1- Create a question named x1 on
2- Show a question to the students, e. g.:
Brad
Denis
Vincent
Alexandra
Marc-André
 this button shows the URL and the QRcode
 this button shows the number of votes so far
 this button shows the plot

14. Things to remember

15. Things to remember A question is erased seven days after its creation
the votes recorded are also erased at that time
No more than 500 votes can be recorded for one question
You cannot create a question if it already exists unless the access code matches the one given at creation
i.e., you can overwrite your own questions but not a question created by someone else