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Turn a PowerPoint deck into a training app
A training deck counts on a trainer in the room to pace it, ask the questions and note who attended. Upload yours, then decide the lessons, the checks between them and what counts as finished.
From a session someone leads to a course people finish alone.
Cut the deck into lessons, write down what the trainer checks in the room, then take the course yourself the way a new hire would.
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Cut the deck into lessons
Attach the deck with the upload button above, then say where each lesson starts and ends. A lesson is a short run of slides with one objective, such as 'spot a damaged pallet'. Name the slides that only work in a classroom: the icebreaker, the break slide and 'discuss with your neighbor'.
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Write down what the trainer checks
In a session, the trainer asks questions, watches faces and repeats the point people missed. For each lesson, give the questions, the correct answer, why it is correct and the score that passes. Say whether a learner may retake a check, and how often.
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Take it as a new hire
Before you share the course, sign in as a test learner. Finish a lesson, fail a check on purpose, close the tab and come back. The course should show where you stopped and what is left. Sign-in and saved progress need a backend.
Where each part of the training deck goes.
The slides quoted here are invented, from the safety orientation of a made-up distribution warehouse in Reno, Nevada. Find the same kind of slide in your own deck, then read across to the check.
| In your training deck | In your training app | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| Sections named 'Module 1: Site rules', 'Module 2: Racking and pallets' and 'Module 3: Forklift basics', or a Summary Zoom slide with a thumbnail for each | Modules in a set order, each listing its lessons and how many of them the learner has finished | A Summary Zoom slide lets the trainer jump between modules in any order. Decide whether learners may do the same or must pass Module 1 before Module 2 opens, and put that rule in the prompt. Then try to open Module 3 as a brand-new learner. |
| A question slide, 'Which pallet is safe to lift?', with three photos, where clicking the right one reveals a green check mark | A knowledge check that records the learner's choice, scores it and explains the answer | The correct answer often exists only as an animation trigger, not as text. Choose Animations, then Animation Pane, to see which click reveals the check mark, and write each correct answer into your prompt. In the preview, pick a wrong photo first and read the explanation you get. |
| A Microsoft Forms quiz inserted on the last slide of each module with the Forms add-in | Questions held in the app itself, with each learner's answers saved as records | The slide shows a quiz that lives in Microsoft Forms, where its responses are collected, so its questions may not travel with the deck. Open the quiz in Forms and copy its questions, choices and correct answers into your prompt. Count them against the preview. |
| Custom shows inside one deck, such as 'All staff' and 'Supervisors', each playing a different set of slides | Learning paths: the shared modules for everyone, plus the supervisor modules for the people you name as supervisors | Choose Slide Show, Custom Slide Show, Custom Shows to list them, and note which slides each one plays. Name every path's slides in the prompt. Sign in as a test supervisor and as a test picker and compare the modules each one sees. |
| Recorded narration, marked by a sound icon in the lower-right corner of each narrated slide | Lesson text that says what the narrator said, with read-aloud from a Voice model where your app has one | The voice often explains what the slide only labels. Play the slide show with Play Narrations on and note each point the recording adds. Put those points in the prompt, then read the lesson with the sound off and confirm none is missing. |
| An embedded clip, 'Pre-shift forklift inspection', on the slide before the Module 3 check | A lesson with a link to the clip where you host it, and the inspection steps written out beside it | Say where each clip is hosted and put its link in the prompt. Open that link from the app on a phone. Then read the written steps alone: someone who can't play sound should still be able to do the inspection. |
| Activity slides: 'Pair up and inspect the pallet in front of you' and 'Role-play: turning down an unsafe instruction' | Kept for a live session, or turned into a scenario question: a photo of a split pallet and 'Would you move this?' | List every slide that needs a partner, a trainer or a real object. Decide for each one whether it stays in a live session or becomes a scenario, so no lesson asks someone working alone to turn to a neighbor. |
| 'Practical assessment: drive the cone course with your trainer', the slide before the lunch break | A sign-off step that a named trainer completes after watching the learner, saved with the date | Who may record a sign-off is part of the access you describe for each collection. Test it from two accounts: a learner must not be able to mark their own cone-course test as passed. |
| A closing declaration, 'I have read and understood the site rules', signed on a paper sheet at the end of the session | An acknowledgment each learner confirms, saved with their name, the date and the course version | You can export your app's data, so run one export early. Confirm each acknowledgment in it carries the learner's name, the date and the course version before an auditor asks for them. |
What the trainer does that no slide records.
In a session, the trainer paces the room, answers the questions every group asks and decides who has understood enough. A self-paced course needs each of those written down before you upload.
Bring the deck and say who takes the course
The current version of the deck, plus a line on the learners: new warehouse staff on day one, supervisors, or customers learning a product. Say whether they'll use a shared computer or their own phones; a published app opens in a browser, including on phones.
The questions every group asks
Ask whoever runs the session for the questions that come up each time, such as 'what if the load blocks my view?', and the answers they give. Add each one to the lesson it belongs to, then look for it in the preview.
Answer slides that come too soon
Training decks often print the answer on the slide right after the question. List those answer slides, so the explanation appears only after a learner responds, and confirm no lesson shows an answer before its question.
A passing score nobody wrote down
A trainer judges on the day who is ready. The app needs that as a rule: the score that passes each check, how many retakes are allowed and what happens after the last one, such as a note to the trainer.
Timings paced for a room
Slides set to advance after 45 seconds were paced for a group watching together. If Use Timings is checked on the Slide Show tab, say whether any lesson truly needs a minimum time rather than copying the timings across.
An illustrative starting point
A course people can finish without the trainer.
Modules from your sections, a knowledge check after each lesson with the answer explained, and a record of who finished what.
Modules and lessons in order
Site rules, Racking and pallets, and Forklift basics can each become a module with its lessons listed. Decide whether modules unlock one after another, then check that a learner can see how much is left.
Checks between lessons
Each lesson can end with the questions the trainer used to ask aloud, an explanation shown once a learner answers, and a retake when the score falls below the passing score you set. Try all three in the preview.
Progress kept for each learner
With sign-in, the app can remember where each person stopped, their best score and the day they finished. Saving that for each person needs a backend. Lessons with checks that save no one's results can be a one-page site, which Free publishes.
Refreshers on a schedule
A scheduled task can email the site manager a monthly list of people whose safety orientation is more than a year old. Send the first one to yourself, and let a person decide who retrains.
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The pieces behind the possibility.
Choose the models and services that support the experience you want to create.
Authentication
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Database
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Email
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Voice models
Speak, listen, and converse live
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Good questions.
Why not export the deck as a video instead?
In PowerPoint, Record, then Export to video turns the deck into a video people watch from start to finish. That suits a one-off briefing. A training app splits the material into lessons, asks questions between them and keeps a record of who finished, which is what you need when completion has to be shown.
Can the app track who completed the training?
Yes, once learners sign in. The app can save each person's lessons, scores and completion date as records, which needs a backend. Test it with two learner accounts: finish a module with one, then check that the other still starts at the beginning.
Can learners get a certificate at the end?
You can ask for a completion page that shows the learner's name, the course and the date, and keep that record in the app. Whether it counts as a certificate depends on whoever requires the training, such as an insurer or licensing body. Ask what evidence they accept before you retire the paper sign-in sheet.
My deck has no quiz. Where do the questions come from?
Write two or three for each lesson yourself, or ask the building assistant in Studio to draft them from the lesson text. Either way, check every answer key against the slides and the policy behind them, and drop any question the lesson doesn't actually teach.
Can lessons be read aloud?
An app can use a Voice model to read lesson text aloud where one is available for your app, so confirm that in Studio before you plan around it. Listen to every lesson, especially product names and numbers, and keep the text on screen. Model usage is metered separately.
We revise the deck every year. What happens to people who finished the old version?
An upload is a snapshot, so the app stays as it is when the deck changes. Edit the lessons that changed, or re-import the new deck deliberately, and raise the course version. Ask for each completion to store the version it was for, so last year's records still say what people learned.
Which plan does a training app need?
A course that only shows lessons and scores each check on the spot, saving nobody's results, is a one-page site, which Free publishes. Sign-in, saved progress, trainer sign-off and reminder emails all need a backend, which makes the course an app with data, and putting it live needs a paid plan. Model and service usage is metered separately.
Can the safety lead and HR both work on the course?
Yes, as editors in the published app: give both a sign-in with access to the modules they own, such as Forklift basics for the safety lead and Site rules for HR, and a draft status so each change is checked before staff see it. Studio itself has one builder per Exepad account. The staff who take the course sign in as learners, with less access.
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