PointSolutions: Competition Features - Creating Teams

This short article will walk you through two options for creating Teams in your course to utilize the Competition features within PointSolutions. This includes the use of a Team Selection Slide and Assigning Participants to a Team.

Overview

This short article will walk you through two options for creating Teams in your course to utilize the Competition features within PointSolutions.

Resource: PointSolutions Competition Elements

 

Option 1: Team Assignment Slide

Create a Team Assignment Slide.

This option is available within PointSolutions Desktop PowerPoint Polling.

1. Open PointSolutions Desktop.
2. Select your Course.
3. Open PointSolutions PowerPoint Polling.
4. Open your presentation.
5. Select the Compete icon on the PointSolutions Ribbon.
6. Select Team Assignment. This will add the Team Assignment slide to your presentation.

7. Enter a Title.
8. Enter up to 10 Team names.
9. Run your session.

Participants will be assigned to the Team they select.

Learn more about Running a Session with these Teams.

Resource: PointSolutions Desktop: Allowing Participants to Choose a Team

 

Option 2: Manually Add Participants to a Group or Team

Create a Group/Team

1. Select your Course.
2. Select Manage.
3. Select Edit Roster.

4. Select Demographic.

5. Select Add.

6. Enter Demographic Grouping Title.
7. Enter a Group/Team Name.
8. Select Add.
9. Repeat for the desired number of groups/teams.

10. Select the check mark for Competitions if you plan on using it for Team Competitions.
11. Select Ok.

 

Add Students to Teams/Groups

Your Team Assignment column will now display the Demographic Grouping in the right-most column.

1. Select your Course.
2. Select Manage.
3. Select Edit Roster.

For each participant:

4. Select the toggle under the Team Assignment (Demographic Grouping Name).
5. Select the Team or Group to which you’d like them to belong.

6. Repeat this step for each participant.
7. Select Save and Close.

 

Running a Session with Teams

1. Open PointSolutions.

2. Select Polling.
3. Select PowerPoint Polling.
4. Select and open your PowerPoint file.
5. Enable Mobile Devices.
6. Select Compete from the PointSolutions Ribbon.

7. Select the Compete drop-down.
8. Select Team Leader Board. This slide will be added to your presentation.

• The top teams ranked by their total points are displayed on this slide.
• This slide can be added to your presentation as often as you wish.

9. In the slide preferences pane for the Team Leader Board slide, select options for:
   1. The number of Teams to display (up to 20).
   2. Score Calculations preference
      1. Cumulative: SUM of all team members’ current scores divided by the number of individuals on the team
      2. Single: ONLY the team scores of the previously polled question slide are displayed
   3. Selecting the option Include Teams with Points <1 displays teams with zero or negative points.

Optional: Teams MVP Slide

10. Select Team MVP slide (optional):  This slide will be added to your presentation. The Team MVP slide displays the individual participant on each team with the most points.
11. In the slide preferences pane for the Team MVP slide, select options for:
    1. Display Participant – Names, User ID, Device ID
    2. Number to Display – up to 10
    3. Score Calculations preference
       1. Cumulative: SUM of all team members’ current scores divided by the number of individuals on the team
       2. Single: ONLY the team scores of the previously polled question slide are displayed.
    4. Selecting the option Include Teams with Points <1 displays teams with zero or negative points.

12. Run your session.
13. Team totals will update on the Teams Leader Board Slide(s).

Additional slides, including the Participant Leader Board, Fastest Responders, and Wager, are also available.

Resource: Pointsolutions Competitions and Scoring