Using the Spinner Wheel

What is the Spinner Wheel?

The spinner wheel is a slide type that a presenter can use to pick any entry at random. The presenter simply fills the wheel with entries and then presses the 'play' button. The wheel will spin and will slow down to the point where it stops on one entry.

Check out this video for a 1-minute explainer on how to make a spinner wheel 👇

Adding Entries to the Wheel

There are 2 ways you can fill up your wheel with entries of your choice...

#1 - Add Entries

You can add entries to the spinner wheel by writing directly on the slide in the centre column of the editor.

Click the box under 'Entries' to add any entry under 25 characters. You can type in an entry and hit ⏎ Enter on your keyboard to type in another, or paste a list that you have copied to your clipboard. Then click 'Save' button.

 

Protip 💡 You can also add entries to your spinner wheel this way while presenting in presentation mode. There's no need to return to the editor.

#2 - Autofill Entries with Participants' Names

You may want to use the spinner wheel to select your presentation's participants at random. If that's the case, you can autofill these entries to the wheel by getting each participant to enter their own name.

To do this, check the box labeled 'Participant name autofill' on the right-panel of the editor

You can also turn on this option while on presenting mode

With this box checked, when participants reach this slide, they will be prompted for their names and an avatar, the same way they are when they are joining a quiz.

If you had any quiz slide before your spinner wheel slide, then checking the 'Participant name autofill' box will automatically fill in the names of your quiz players - they won't need to write them again.

 

Protip
With a quick workaround, participants can put entries into the wheel themselves.

To set this up, create a word cloud slide and get your participants to submit their wheel entries into the cloud. Next, change the slide type from word cloud to spinner wheel; every submission from the word cloud will be automatically uploaded as entries in the wheel.

How to manually Remove Entries

To remove a manual entry from the wheel, hover over the entry in the entry list and press the bin icon labelled 'Delete this entry'.

 

Or you can remove any entry on the right side editor column:

Settings

On the right-panel of the editor, there are several settings for your spinner wheel.

1. Spin time - The length of time the wheel will spin for before arriving on a winning entry.
   
2. Duplicate entries - Multiply the entires already in your wheel by up to 10 times. Uncheck the box to clear.
   
3. Filter profanity - Hide inapproriate words submitted by the audience on all slides
4. Hide entry board - Removes the list of entries from the wheel when the presenter is presenting.

Spinning the Wheel

With all your desired entries in the wheel, simply press the button at the centre of the wheel to spin it. The chosen entry will be displayed on presenter and audience devices.

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