When we are working online with students in a digital or hybrid setting, we want to make sure that lessons are as engaging as possible to ensure that students are paying attention and learning. A great way to do this is by creating interactive slide decks for students to work with. We can make these kinds of presentations by linking different slides together so that students can interact with the presentation while they work through it. If you want to know more about linking images, slides, and other media in a slide deck, check out the post Two Ways to Have Interactive Images in Your Lessons . 1. Formative Assessments and Practice Problems Using the branching method, we can create slides that link to each other based on a student's response to a question. If we provide students with a multiple choice answer, we can set up a link that takes them to a new slide for their specific answer. This is great for practice and formative assessments because we can give students immedi