Create A 'Wheel of Fortune' Spinning Name Selector in PowerPoint
In this tutorial I'll show you how to align shapes radially in a circle with exact accuracy so that you can create an animated spinning wheel of names or text that can be used in Microsoft PowerPoint as, for example, a random student name picker.
** Please note that if using an older version of PowerPoint (2006 or earlier) you will need to make the change below **
I have discovered that this can be an issue for older versions of PowerPoint. The solution is to add a slide before the wheel slide, with an automatic transition to the next slide set to as short a time as you can - 0.2 seconds. Then add a button on the wheel slide that says 'Reset' that links back to the first slide. When you play the presentation the first slide won't even be seen because it will transition straight to the wheel slide, and then when you click the reset button you'll find that the wheel resets and the result is always random.
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I have now uploaded a copy of this template to TES Resources for anyone interested to download free.
www.tes.com/teaching-resource...
Timestamps:
01:28 Converting a pie chart to shapes in PowerPoint
09:50 Rotating text boxes around a circle in PowerPoint
13:26 Animating a rotating a wheel in PowerPoint
18:37 Embedding a random name spinner in any PowerPoint presentation
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Absolutely brilliant! This is a fantastic idea with easy to follow, step by step instructions. I've been a trainer/facilitator for over 30 years and I had no idea this tool was so easy to make. It will be extremely helpful in the classroom and avoid the impression of playing favorites or "picking on" certain students. I love it! Thank you so much.
This is probably the easiest to follow tutorial I have ever tried. Thank you very much!
Since last week, I have been looking for a random name generator that I can use for my report this week to keep my classmates' attention during the presentation. This is one is the best, if not the best. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks a lot for putting this here! It’s a big help, and you explained it in a way that a viewer can duplicate what you did or make their own because your instructions were clear and complete.
I am so happy i found this channel last summer. I've learnt so much and created so many new games for my classes this year. Thank you so much for sharing all those wonderful ideas. Keep them coming. Especially during this long summer holiday when we have so much time on our hands to try new things. 🍹🌻😂
@TheTechTrain
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! I am really glad you're finding this channel useful, and I certainly have many more ideas planned to be sharing on here very soon!
@akash723
5 жыл бұрын
Can u please share those games
@akash723
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheTechTrain the name of the student is repeating. I linked a 1st slide to the reset option. Still I am getting the same
First tutorial I went through step-by-step and everything worked just as you said (and I love the accent). Thank you.
I really appreciate your help with creating the wheel! 🙏🙏🙏 The instructions are the easiest to follow, and I very much admire how you use the tools in Excel. Brilliant!!! 👍👍👍👏👏👏 Many thanks indeed!!!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you! Excellent tutorail - I created my spinner as I was watching you and it worked perfectly. Thanks so much!
This is such a great video - your explanation was clear and easy to follow, you have the perfect voice and speed for instructional videos. Thank you! You also didn't take hours to do it, just the amount of time it actually takes. Looking forward to seeing more from you.
Thank you so much for sharing your great content. You have no idea how much I needed this and how excited I am to start using it. The way you explain on the video is so clear and easy to follow I created my wheel at the first try along with your video. I really appreaciate your work.
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, I'm very glad you liked it
Thank you so much. So easy to follow along and make it with you! Probably one of the fastest and easiest tutorials I have found. Will check out your others!
Excellent. Thank you. Now that I am teaching in Zoom, my students are silent. This is absolutely perfect and easy to follow.
AMAZING! Clear and concise instructions that only a complete dunce would not be able to follow! Thank you
Just brilliant! So clearly explained so that non-tech people can easily follow. Many thanks!
Fantastic tutorial! I needed a wheel with numbers, so I went ahead and put them in as my category names on the pie chart so that I didn't have to mess with inserting them later. Thank you!
clearly presented and well thought out to ensure there is almost no wasted steps!! can't thank you enough !! i watched all the ads hahaha
OMG I really enjoyed watching you do this!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been looking for something like this and I'm so happy I found this video! You are awesome!
Thank you soooo much! This video was so helpful. The instructions were clear and very easy to follow!! Fantastic!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been searching for a way to create a spinning wheel for quizzes for quite a while!!
Such a clear and extremely helpful tutorial - thank you!
This is a great and easy to create wheel. Thank you for sharing. I've had to watch a few times but I think I have it down now, after making several different wheels for different contests. They are always fun and engaging.
@TheTechTrain
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you found it helpful Nancy Tropea
Thank you for the very easy-to-follow directions! This worked great!
Thank you so much for this very elaborative tutorial, the best I've seen. I'm currently studying teaching and this will definitely help me in the present and in the future. You earned another subscriber. Kudos.
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your comment, and I'm so glad you found the video helpful. Good luck with your teacher training. If you ever need any advice, help, tutorials or resource ideas, do let me know. Oh, and if you like this name spinner, wait until you see the awesome 3D version coming very soon! Thanks for the subscribe! 👍
Very well presented, clear and easy to understand. Well done!
Thank you so much for creating this tutorial! I really enjoyed and benefitted from it 🤩
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, I'm very glad you liked it
Just what I was looking for. Thank you for this! It was so easy to follow. Thank you.
Love it - thanks very much! Very easy to follow instructions, now have my own wheel of fortune! :-)
I created this wheel and it was fun even my MC said she was impressed..thank you so much for this!
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Laurie Fuller, I'm so glad you liked it.
This is a shame that this is how the quality of the channel with quality contents has a bit of subsribera and views. Way to go, and thank you for making me a lot of things learned!!!
@TheTechTrain
6 жыл бұрын
I'm very glad you found it useful! Subscribers and views are steadily growing - feel free to share and spread the word!
Thank you so much for the help! This video was sooo helpful. I created a spinning wheel for our office and everyone loved it. Appreciate the guidance and support.
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad, and thank you for your support.
Thanks so much! Your video is helpful and plain, fantastic job you've done there! Cheers!
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, I'm very glad you liked it
This is so AWESOME! How fun! Thank you!
Instructions were clear and easy to follow, thank you!!
Excellent, thank you for the simple, clear explanation. I am going to try that creating multiple layers for cascade choices
Thank you so much! That is truly a fantastic video; great explanation and pacing. You are clearly an effective educator. Cheers sir!
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind comment. I'm very glad you like it
Thank you for that tutorial! It's very well explained!
@TheTechTrain
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Thank you so so much! Your tutorial is just perfect.
@TheTechTrain
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
This was by far the best technology how-to video I've ever watched. It was so easy to follow. Thank you!
@TheTechTrain
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, that's very kind of you to say. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you! Just what I needed. I've learnt a lot.
@TheTechTrain
6 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome, and I'm so glad you found it useful
THIS IS SO AMAZING !!! THANK YOU !!! Your explanation is superb! 😀
Awesome tutorial! Helped me put together a wheel of fortune game for my class ‼️
@TheTechTrain
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you liked it Lissa
That was really useful and well explained. Thank you.
Thank you for the clear instructions!!
This is excellent, thank you! Helping a lot with these quiet, awkward silences on Zoom!
Thanks for this great quick and easy tutorial!
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
That was indeed useful. Thank you so much! 💓
Thank you so much! This was so easy to follow. You are an awesome teacher. :)
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful.
So easily explained! Thank you!
You just got me out of a jam..our spin the wheel model broke and this was the next best option...THANK YOU!
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you found it useful!
OMG... This video was so easy to follow. Thank you for taking your time to create this. Subscribed
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it. I'm actually working on a video at the moment that takes this idea much further - including 3D - so make sure you look out for that!
This was so helpful! I actually made 3 different spinners on one slide for a math lesson on shape attributes. Thank you!!
@TheTechTrain
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@manuelarayacuervo5985
2 жыл бұрын
Oh!!!
That was amazing! Thank you. I tried it first on my Mac and realized that the 2019 version of pp doesn’t allow developer tab so luckily I have a windows computer lying around. Thanks again!
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you liked it, and I hope you find it useful.
@KittyBeeViolinT
3 жыл бұрын
I am so upset they took the developer tab from Mac. :( I can't do this
This is brilliant! THANK YOU!
A big thank you for this really useful walkthrough...I've been trying to do this for years. A*
Thank you so much for taking the time!!
thank you soooo much, as an english teacher (i'm mexican btw) it would help me a lot in my future classes.
Wonderful! Thank you so much for the clear and informative tutorial.
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I am so glad you liked it!
Thank you for your easy to follow directions to make the wheel. I had so much fun customizing it. CK
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
This video was awesome! Thank you!
Thank you uploader. You helped me a lot!
Great video and thank you for sharing this with us. I create a wheel while listening, pausing, listening and it was difficult. Thanks again for the step-by-step tutorial.
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
I'm very glad you found it useful
Very good, and excellent explanation/narrative - thank you
@TheTechTrain
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I'm very glad you liked it.
Thank you very much for making this video, it was extremely helpful
Thank you sooo much for this tutorial!
@TheTechTrain
3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
This is great and brilliant tutorial. Thank you. very useful.
thank you so much! easy to follow and the way you teach is awesome! I use this for review the lesson in wheel game.
@TheTechTrain
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Hi. Thank you so much. By following your instructions I was able to create the wheel successfully. I'm really glad. 😍
This is the most helpful classroom video I've ever seen. Liked and subscribed!
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it. Plenty more similar ideas planned!
Thank you! I will definitely use this in my class!
Very clever idea and great, straightforward presentation. Liked, subscribed and thank you
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! That's very much appreciated, and I'm really glad you like the idea. I hope you find it useful.
Excellent tutorial! Well done.
@TheTechTrain
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
OMG! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I'VE BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME DOWNLOADING A WHEEL OF FORTUNE TEMPLATE AND I LOBE WHAT I CREATED BY THE HELP OF YOUR GUIDE! THANK YOU AGAIN SIR!
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you liked it! Thank you!
Very clear explanation. Many thanks,
Brilliant and so easy to follow! Thanks
Briliant! I have created a 32 piece wheel & shared with colleagues! Thank you
@TheTechTrain
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you found it useful, and I hope you and your colleagues enjoy using it.
Thank you so much
thank you so much. i created my own wheel. that was awesome.
Very Helpful. Thanks for sharing your craft
Thank you. Great help.
Best explanation I found
Beautifully done and very useful. Thank you!
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome, thank you!
I loved the way u explained. U explain really well. I made the wheel in the first try. Thank u so much for sharing this. I subscribed and liked ur channel.
That's an excellent resource! thank you so very much!
@harshpriyakalra3144
6 жыл бұрын
How can I add any sound effects while my wheel rotates and stops ?
Very useful indeed and easy to understand as it is explain in a step by step manner. Thank you very much.
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I'm so glad you found it useful.
Thank you very much for this amazing video. It's perfect, real game changer.
THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! This was awesome!
Great video! Thanks a lot!
wow this is amazing liked and subscribed you. Thank you for setting my life.
such a wonderful and amazing video, thank you so much
Wow! This is awesome! Thanks!
Thank you very much!And greetings from Croatia!
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! And greetings to Croatia from the UK!
Fabulous . Thank you so much . Clear explanations and very easy to follow. Loved it :)
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you liked it! I'm actually working on a video at the moment that takes this idea much further, including 3D, so look out for that!
@kimgriffiths280
4 жыл бұрын
The Tech Train I will look forward to that very much. It’s been a game changer for me :):)
0:48 Subbed so quick. I'm nearly 70 but love learning new stuff. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this!!!! Very interesting and informative
@TheTechTrain
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. Just made this for a class of 46 students in Vietnam. Should make choosing someone to answer speaking questions a little more exciting, Thanks!
@TheTechTrain
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you liked it! A class of 46 students - that's quite a large group! Greetings to Vietnam from the UK.
very simple to follow instructions, i think i am using a different version of power point, but it still worked great!
@TheTechTrain
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you liked it!
Thank you very much ! It is really useful :)
Thank you so much......it is a big help!
Really useful! Thank you so much 😊