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Type Answer
Participants type a short text answer that is auto-matched to the correct one.
What is Type Answer?
A Type Answer slide asks a question where participants type a short response. The app matches their text against your accepted answers and scores it automatically.
Presenter creates the slide Click Present Share code / QR Audience enters code Respond & submit Real-time results
Create a Type Answer slide
- 1On Home, click + Create new presentation (or add a slide to an existing one).
- 2In Choose Slide Type, pick Type Answer. You can also type it into Search slide types….
- 3The slide is created and the right panel opens on the Content tab.
Set up the content
- 1Enter the question.
- 2Add one or more accepted answers — variations and common spellings.
- 3Decide whether matching should ignore case and minor differences.
Type Answer settings
Accepted answers
List every spelling/variation you want to count as correct.
Points & speed bonus
Correct, fast answers score highest.
Time limit
Give the audience a countdown to respond. Turn on and set the number of seconds.
Hide result
Keep results hidden while people respond, then reveal them when you are ready.
Stop submission
Lock the slide so no more responses are accepted.
Present & share the join code
- 1Click Present in the top bar to put the slide on the big screen.
- 2A join code and a QR code appear (e.g.
36Y56). - 3Participants open the Audience app at join.engageslide.com, type the code and press Enter — or simply scan the QR.
- 4When everyone has joined, the responses start flowing in live.
How the audience responds
Participants type their answer into a text box and submit.
View results
Correct answers are highlighted and scored; you can see every submitted response.
Frequently asked
What if someone misspells the answer?
Add the common misspellings as extra accepted answers so they still count.