# 100 Points

> Distribute 100 points across options to show priorities.

Source: https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/interactive-questions/100-points · EngageSlide Help Center · Interactive Question Slides

## What is 100 Points?

A **100 Points** slide gives every participant 100 points to spread across a list of options however they like — all 100 on one favourite, or a few points on everything. Because the budget is limited, people have to make real trade-offs, so you learn not just _what_ they like but _how much_ more they care about one thing than another. The big screen shows the average number of points each option received. It is the classic “100 dollar test” used for feature and roadmap prioritisation, budget discussions, choosing training topics, or deciding as a class which project or trip to do next.

Video tutorial: [100 Points — video tutorial](https://youtu.be/6PCWYUViks8)

Presenter creates the slide → Click Present → Share code / QR → Audience enters code → Respond & submit → Real-time results

## Create a 100 Points slide

1. On **Home**, click + Create new presentation (or add a slide to an existing one).
2. In **Choose Slide Type**, pick **100 Points**. You can also type it into Search slide types….
3. The slide is created and the right panel opens on the **Content** tab.

## Set up the content

1. Type your question in Enter your question or title, for example How would you spend our budget next quarter?. The toolbar above the field sets alignment, bold, italic, font size and colour.
2. Optionally click **Add description** to explain what the points stand for, e.g. _You have 100 points. Give more points to what matters most to you._
3. Optionally click **Add Question Image**. It appears on every phone above the options, and on the big screen a **Show image** / **Hide image** button switches between the image and the results.
4. Under **Options**, click + Add option for each choice — for example Faster checkout, Dark mode, Offline support, Better search. You can add up to 9. Press **Enter** or **Tab** to add the next option, drag the handle to reorder, and click the colour square to pick each option’s bar colour.
5. Choose the settings below: whether results are hidden at first and whether submissions are open.

![The 100 Points editor — slide list, live screen with join code & QR, and the content panel](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/100-points-editor.webp)

## 100 Points settings

- **Hide result** — Off by default. When on, all bars stay at zero while people answer; click **Show result** on the big screen to reveal the averages.
- **Stop Submission** — Off by default. When on, phones show **Submission stopped**. Click **Enable Submission** on the big screen to reopen.
- **Clear result this slide** — Under **Actions**: deletes all answers on this slide so you can run it again.

## Present & share the join code

1. Click **Present** in the top bar to put the slide on the big screen.
2. A **join code** and a **QR code** appear (e.g. `36Y56`).
3. Participants open the **Audience** app at **join.engageslide.com**, type the code and press **Enter** — or simply scan the QR.
4. When everyone has joined, the responses start flowing in live.

## How the audience responds

Participants see the question (and the image, if any) and a sticky **Points left** counter that starts at **100**. Each option has its own card with a **−** / **+** stepper, a number field they can type into, and a slider from 0 to 100. As they give points to one option, **Points left** goes down; the app never lets the total go above 100 — a value that would push it over is trimmed to what is left. They do not have to spend all 100 points. When they are done they press **Submit**; the button changes to **Submitted** and the points lock.

## View results

The big screen shows one horizontal bar per option, in the colours you chose and in the order of your option list. Each bar shows the **average points** that option received, for example **32.5 pts**, and its length is that average out of 100. Bars grow and the numbers count up as each new answer arrives, and the response counter shows how many people have submitted. Use **Show result** if results are hidden, **Show image** to switch to the question image, and **Enable Submission** to reopen the slide. In the presentation report each option is listed with its average (**Avg: … pts**) and every participant’s split — see [Results & export](https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/presenting/results-and-export).

> **Tip** — Use 4–7 options that compete for the same resource (time, money, people). After the reveal, look at the gap between the top options as well as the order: an option averaging 40 points next to one with 10 is a much clearer signal than 26 versus 24.

## Ideas for 100 Points

- **Product & roadmap:** Which features should we build next? Spread 100 points.
- **Budget:** How would you split the team-event budget — food, venue, activities, transport?
- **Training:** Which topics do you want more time on in tomorrow’s session?
- **Meetings & retros:** Which problems should we fix first?
- **Classroom:** Which book, project or field trip should the class choose? · How much did each cause contribute to the event we studied?

## Frequently asked questions

### What does the number on each bar mean?

It is the average number of points that option received from everyone who submitted. People who gave an option 0 points count too, so the averages together add up to at most 100.

### Do participants have to use all 100 points?

No. They can submit with points left over. They cannot go over 100 — the counter and the inputs stop them.

### How many options can I add?

Up to 9. With more than 7 options the points get spread thinly, so a shorter list usually gives clearer results.

### Can participants change their split after submitting?

No. After **Submit** the inputs are locked. To start a new round, use **Clear result this slide**.

### Why are all the bars at zero?

Either nobody has submitted yet, or **Hide result** is on — click **Show result** under the chart to reveal the averages.