PowerPoint and Google Slides can both host a tier list on a single slide using shapes or a table — perfect when it needs to live inside a deck. Here is the full method, plus a faster route.
Yes. Neither app has a built-in tier list feature, but both make it easy to build one from a table or a stack of coloured shapes on a single slide. This is the right choice when the tier list has to live inside a presentation — a class activity, a team retro, a workshop icebreaker. If the board is the end product, a dedicated maker is faster.
The steps are almost identical in both apps:
The process is the same in both. Google Slides is free and browser-based, so it is handy if you do not have PowerPoint installed — and it makes sharing the editable file with a group easy.
Once your rows look right, duplicate the slide (or save it to your template gallery) so you have a reusable tier list slide template. It is a great format for a presentation tier list: rank priorities in a planning deck, sort options in a meeting, or turn a lecture into a quick ranking exercise the room can vote on.
If you do not need the board inside a deck, a dedicated tier list maker is far faster: paste your whole list at once, drag tiles between tiers, recolour a row in one click, and export a clean PNG that is already cropped. You can then drop that PNG straight onto a slide if you still want it in your presentation.
Prefer other tools? See making a tier list in Canva or in Google Sheets.
Build the board in a dedicated maker, export a clean PNG, and drop it into your deck — free, no login.
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