PowerCom software is
a powerful add-in for a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.
Although some Audience Response Systems are standalone
systems, PowerCom was created to enhance Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation
software, by adding polling and data capture capabilities..
With PowerCom, within minutes PowerPoint users can create
an engaging and interactive PowerPoint presentation and transform a
drab presentation into a fun and memorable collaboration.
Microsoft's reputation for creating quality products and
state-of-the-art techonology allows PowerCom to remain in the forefront
of the ARS industry. Microsoft PowerPoint is a feature rich presentation
software used widely around the world, which adapts well to an Audience
Response System.
PowerCom software was developed to work with Reply Keypads
- manufactured by Fleetwood Group's Electronics Division. Fleetwood
is an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of data and audio
communication products, especially products that require low power,
low interference potential radio frequency (RF) operation. To learn
more about Fleetwood Reply wireless keypad and other hardware requirements,
please click
here to link to our hardware page.
PowerCom software is easy to use. After you install your
PowerCom software, a separate PowerCom pulldown menu and a set of PowerCom
Toolbars are added to the PowerPoint menu bar.
With PowerCom, Microsoft PowerPoint users can create question
slides (while in slide design mode) and their audience can use keypads
to answer those questions. Then PowerCom will immediately capture and
tabulate the results, inserting them into the running presentation (during
slide show mode).
Follow 4 Simple Steps
To CreateDynamic, Interactive and Engaging Presentations
Connect the keypads and test the system
We recommend that users design and create their polling
slides in demo mode.
When using the demo mode, users can run a PowerCom slide
show without connecting to a physical base station and keypads. When
in demo mode you can conduct pre-meeting rehearsals and see a preview
of your presentation and the polling graph setup.
To use the demo mode from the PowerCom menu select - system.
Within the General tab you can choose to operate in demo mode. Once
your demo presentation is completed, you must connect the keypads and
test the system before going live. To do this you click the “Start
a base station” menu under PowerCom menu to connect and test your
keypads.
Design your questions using PowerPoint slide design mode.
When using PowerCom you would create a question slide exactly
the same way as you'd insert all other slides into your PowerPoint presentation.
PowerCom will automatically capture the number of choices for your answer
if you set up the question using title text, and a text for answer choices.
Then select the Insert Poller menu of the PowerCom toolbar. This will
launch the 4 step polling wizard.
The polling wizard will ask you a series of questions relating
to your poll. You set up the the number of available answers, tell the
system whether or not to collect demographic information, and if any
points are going to be awarded to those that answer correctly.
Next step is to customize your graph. You have the ability
to select the type of graph, bar colors, and the background. You can
also play music while polling, or set a countdown timer to show your
audience how much time they have to answer.
And once you have finished the polling wizard set up, your
customized graph will be inserted onto your slide, where it can be sized
and positioned like any other PowerPoint graphic.
Run slide PowerPoint show with Interactive Audience Polling
Slides
When you're ready to run your slide show, simply connect
your base station to your computer and test your keypads to make sure
everything is ready for your presentation. Going live is simple and
can be set up in minutes. Within the PowerCom pulldown menu just click
the “Start a base station” to connect and test your keypads.
During your PowerPoint presentation, when your question
slides appears, your audience members can key in their answers using
their remote control keypads. They are generally given a set amount
of time to answer each question, and once the time has expired the tabulated
results will appear on screen.
With PowerCom, during a slide show presenters will see
a small poller box on the lower right of their screen. This poller box
gives users the ability to:
Add impromptu slides on the fly
Stop, pause or reset the timer
See the number of keypads are absent or did not log
in a response
View the fastest fingers and team winners
View the tabulated results in graph format
Views the demographics results
By right clicking on the box for available options, or
depressing the corresponding shortcut key you can initiate the desired
action.
This gives users a great deal of flexibility. They
can run the poll again, assign points to those that answer correctly,
and identify and reward the person who answered the question first.
All the points and polling results can be immediately displayed on your
presentation screen.
Capture and Display Polling Result
Powercom incorporates a powerful data analysis reporting
known as On Line Analytical Processing (OLAP). OLAP reports can be run
during or after your slide show. The typical applications of OLAP are
in business reporting for sales, marketing, management reporting, business
performance management (BPM), budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting
and similar areas.
The system has the ability to produce summaries and/or
detailed reports in a Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word or HTML format
The
following 17 reports are available:
A copy of your PowerPoint presentation with Microsoft
graphs for easy emailing.
A copy of your PowerPoint with only polling slides
included.
An Excel document that shows the slide text, choices,
number of votes and the voting percentages.
An Excel document that shows the slide text, choices,
number of votes and the voting percentages - with graphs included.
A Word document showing a standard table and a thumbnail
view of each slide.
A Word document containing the slide text, choices,
number of votes and the voting percentages.
A report that shows the keypad numbers for each response
given.
A standard HTML document with the slide text, choices,
number of votes and the voting percentages.
An Excel document that shows how each person answered
every question.
An Excel document that shows how teams have answered.
An Excel document containing team results, including
graphs.
An Excel document with individual and team results,
responses to each question, the percentage of correct answers, and
the points scored.
An Excel document for instructors that displays a
summary view of each students performance.
An Excel document for instructors that displays a
detailed view of each students performance.
An Excel document that identifies the first person
to answer the question, team scores, the percentage of correct answers,
and the points scored.
Creates an Excel document showing demographic analysis
by counts and percentages.
Creates an Excel document showing demographic analysis
by counts and percentages with demographic cut graph.
The best way to explore PowerCom's functionality is to
review the PowerCom sample.ppt demo file. Then follow the step by step
demo of inserting a Poller to sample questions and run slide show in
the demo mode to experience the benefits of PowerCom.
The applications for PowerCom are
only limited by your imagination!
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