Interact
You probably have months of work locked in your materials: a polished PowerPoint deck, a course PDF, a whiteboard scribbled between two sessions. The last thing you want is to rebuild everything in yet another tool. Good news: you have nothing to redo. SnapInteract starts from your existing files, displays them faithfully, and simply lets you add what is missing on top, interaction, pacing and live projection.
The real barrier is not interactivity, it is rebuilding everything
In principle, everyone agrees that a session should be participatory. What stops people is the entry cost: opening a web tool, recreating every screen, copying content over, juggling between the original material and the quiz platform. After two sessions, you give up and go back to the silent slideshow.
SnapInteract flips the problem around. Your material stays the backbone of the session. You import it as is, and interactivity attaches to it wherever you choose. You are not migrating your work: you are augmenting it. That is also what sets an interactive presentation on Mac apart from a plain projected slideshow.
Import a PDF or a PowerPoint in seconds
Drag and drop your file into SnapInteract, or use the menu. A PDF appears page by page, in order, with its original layout. A PowerPoint is converted slide by slide: your titles, images and diagrams stay in place. Export from Keynote to PowerPoint and the principle is the same.
The point is not to turn you into a designer. You have already spent the time needed on the form. SnapInteract respects that work and hands control straight back to what really matters: the flow and the moments of exchange.
- A course PDF, a research article, a handbook: each page becomes a projectable slide.
- A PowerPoint or Keynote deck (exported as .pptx): the formatting is preserved.
- A whiteboard or a screenshot: bring the image in as a full-fledged slide.
- Several sources in a single session: nothing forces you into one file.
Add an activity exactly where the session needs it
Once the material is imported, you pick the spots where an interactive moment belongs. After a dense slide, a quick poll to check everyone is following. Before a new concept, a question to surface prior ideas. At the end of a section, a word cloud to capture live reactions.
SnapInteract offers 14 activities: poll, graded or practice quiz, word cloud, open question, positioning scale, idea wall, group formation, document drop-off, and many more. You do not shape your session around the tool: you pick the activity that serves your teaching intent. The full catalogue is detailed on the activities page.
Your materials do not change nature. They simply become the thread of a session where participants finally have something to do.
Participants join by scanning a QR code, with no app to install and no account to create. They answer from their phone, and their responses appear on the projection in real time. The material you know by heart becomes a space for dialogue.
Add pacing: projected timer and run sheet
A good deck does not make a good session if the timing slips. On each step, you can display a timer visible from anywhere in the room: participants know how much time is left to answer, think or debate. It is a discreet yet remarkably effective framing tool, which we cover in more depth in our article on the projected timer.
Behind the scenes, the run sheet gives you the big picture: the current step, the next one, time spent and time remaining. You move at your own pace, without losing the thread of your original material, and without ever taking your eyes off the room.
Run the session without being glued to your keyboard
Once the session is imported and enriched, you are no longer a prisoner of your screen. Move through the slides, launch an activity, reveal the results from your iPhone or your Apple Watch. You walk around the room, get closer to the participants, and the material follows.
- Move from one slide to the next remotely, controller in your pocket.
- Trigger a poll or reveal answers at the right moment.
- Keep an eye on the timer straight from your wrist.
- Pick up the thread of your material without going back to the Mac.
Your materials, your data, your Mac
The file you import is processed on your Mac. We keep nothing on our servers: your materials, your content and participant responses stay with you. The relay only carries responses to the projection for the duration of the session.
If you collect written feedback during the session, its analysis and summary happen locally, on Apple Silicon Macs. Nothing goes to an external service. This is a requirement we take seriously, especially in professional training and higher education, where confidentiality is not up for negotiation.
What it actually looks like
Take your usual training deck, the one you have been running for two years. Import it. Add a practice quiz after the first section, a word cloud at the break, a positioning scale for the final self-assessment, and a timer on the hands-on exercise. In twenty minutes, your slideshow goes from monologue to a living session.
You have lost none of your work, and gained the essential: the attention and participation of your room. That is exactly the spirit in which SnapInteract was built, and you can try it on your own materials right now from the product page.
Frequently asked questions
Which file formats can I import?
PDF files and PowerPoint presentations (.pptx) are supported. A Keynote file imports once you export it to PowerPoint first. You can also bring in an image, such as a photo of a whiteboard, as a slide.
Is my PowerPoint layout preserved?
Yes. The conversion keeps your titles, text, images and diagrams slide by slide. You find your material exactly as you designed it, with no need to rebuild it.
Do I need to edit my material to add activities?
No. Interactive activities attach between or around your existing slides, without touching the original file. You simply choose where to insert a poll, a quiz or a word cloud.
What happens to my imported files?
They are processed on your Mac. We keep nothing on our servers: your materials and participant responses stay on your machine.
