Office Mix

Do you or your students use Microsoft PowerPoint to deliver information?  Are you interested in making your PowerPoint Presentations more interactive for students? 

If so, there is now an easy way to take any PowerPoint and turn it into an interactive lesson with detailed analytics to follow after student completion.  Microsoft has released Office Mix, which allows for the transformation of a typical PowerPoint Presentation into an interactive experience with the ability to: record audio / video, create and add quizzes, add exercises / tutorials from outside apps such as CK-12, Khan Academy, and GeoGebra, and record a screen capture. 

Experience a PowerPoint that has been "mixed" by Meredith Ringel Morris, a Senior Researcher for Microsoft. 

To get started, Office Mix is a quick download; go to Office Mix and follow the steps below:

Once downloaded, Office Mix will appear as an add-on in your PowerPoint ribbon bar titled Mix. You can then start "mixing" your PowerPoints by clicking on the Mix icon pictured above. After a mix is created, you have the option to upload the mix to the Microsoft Office Mix Gallery. Microsoft will store your uploaded mix for free and also let you browse / use any mixes made public.

By uploading your Mix to the gallery you can:

1. Share your mix with others using a link:

2. Check the analytics when given to students. After a student has viewed and taken quizzes in your mix, you can see a detailed report by user indicating the time spent on each slide, choices selected on quizzes, and number correct:

Office Mix is a new tool, but through the comfort of PowerPoint it can easily be utilized to transform any lesson. In your upcoming Office Mix adventures, take advantage of the Office Mix Gallery of tutorials that highlight various features in the Mix PowerPoint Ribbon.