Kahoot: Get Started

Teacher Starter Guide to Kahoot!

New to Kahoot!? You’ll be creating and playing awesome learning games in no time, in class, virtually and in a hybrid format - just follow the step-by-step instructions in this guide. You’ll learn how to find ready-to-use kahoots, host a kahoot in class or virtually, assign student-paced challenges, and even create your own kahoots. Let’s get started!

Index

How to find a high quality kahoot?

How to assess learning results with Kahoot! reports

What is Kahoot!?

How to create your first Kahoot!?

How to play your first Kahoot!?

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First, what is Kahoot!?

Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform used by millions of people around the world every day to discover, create, play and share learning games. It makes learning fun and engaging for students and teachers, businesses, families and friends. At school, Kahoot! can be used for any subject, any age, and with any device - students don’t even need to register for an account. You can use Kahoot! both when teaching in class, for distance learning and in a blended learning format. Millions of teachers use Kahoot! to… ▶ Introduce new topics ▶ Review content at class and home ▶ Engage students via distance learning ▶ Run formative assessment ▶ Teach interactive lessons ▶ Break the ice and reward the class ▶ Collect student opinions ▶ Foster creativity and teamwork ▶ Engage colleagues with professional development

How to create a Kahoot! account To get started with Kahoot! as a teacher, you need to register for an account. Note that students don’t need accounts in order to play kahoots.

Go to kahoot.com and click Sign up. Choose Teacher as your account type. Specify whether you work in a school, a higher education institution, or in school administration. If you’d like to sign up with an email, type your email address and a secure password you’d like to use. Alternatively, you can sign up with your existing Google, Microsoft or Apple accounts and use those credentials to log in to Kahoot! later. Choose a plan: you can use Kahoot! for free, or upgrade to one of our premium plans to unlock additional features. You can decide to upgrade at any time! Fill out some additional information in the welcome screen so we can better customize the Kahoot! experience for you. Voila, you’re a registered Kahoot! user! Shortly, you’ll receive a welcome email with some tips to get started.

How to play your first kahoot

3. By default, questions are displayed on a shared screen, while students tap answer tiles on their devices. If you’d

1. Open a kahoot you’d like to host for your students, click Play and choose Teach.

like students to see questions and answer alternatives on their devices (for example, if you have a large classroom

2. Adjust game options - for example, randomize the order of questions, or enable our friendly nickname generator to avoid inappropriate nicknames. Choose whether students play individually (Classic mode) or in Team mode.

or students are joining remotely), toggle this setting on: Show question and answers on players’ devices.

How to play your first kahoot

4. A unique Game PIN will be displayed at the top of the screen. Students enter this PIN to join the live kahoot in the Kahoot! app or at kahoot.it in their browser.

5. Click Start once you can see all the players’ nicknames in the “lobby”. During playing you can use the spacebar or your mouse to go to the next question.

6. After the kahoot, you can always find and assess results in the Reports section.

How to host a kahoot via video for distance learning When hosting a kahoot for distance learning, you’ll need to use a video conferencing tool and share your screen.

How to assign a student-paced challenge

In this mode, students will play asynchronously at their own pace while questions and answers will be displayed on their own screen, which means they can play anywhere, anytime! Open a kahoot you’d like to host for your students, click Play and choose Assign. Follow the instructions and set a deadline when you’d like the kahoot challenge to be completed. Adjust additional options: ▶ Turn off the question timer to make the challenge all about accuracy ▶ Randomize answer order to prevent guessing ▶ Enable our friendly nickname generator to avoid inappropriate nicknamest

How to find a high quality kahoot

How to find a high quality kahoot Log in to your Kahoot! account and navigate to Discover from the top bar. Have a look at our featured collections, for example: ▶ Collections by Kahoot! Academy Verified educators ▶ Collections by Kahoot! Academy Premium partners ▶ Top picks - featured kahoots curated weekly by our editorial team If you’re looking for something specific, get started by typing a keyword or phrase into the search bar at the top of the Discover section. We’ll autosuggest popular kahoots that fit your search terms, but if you want to dig deeper, you can filter by Subject, Grade Level, and other filters. When you find a kahoot you like, you can play it right away, star it to add to your Favorites, or duplicate it to be able to customize it later.

How to create your first Kahoot!

Creating your very first kahoot is really exciting! Once you’ve done your research and established your learning objectives, you can jump right in:

• How to create a kahoot
• Log in to your Kahoot! account.
• Click Create and choose New kahoot.
• Start typing your first quiz question.
• Add answer alternatives and mark the correct answer(s).
• Tune the timer and points depending on the complexity of the question.
• Add an image by uploading it from your computer or choosing one from our image library. You can also embed a YouTube link or add audio to the question (requires an upgrade).

Question Types

Click Add question on the left-hand side. With a free Kahoot! account, you can add multiple-choice quiz, true or false questions, and classic slides. With an optional upgrade to one of our paid plans, you can add these advanced question types:

▶ Puzzle: students need to arrange answers in the correct order ▶ Poll: gather feedback or do a quick pulse-check during a lesson ▶ Advanced slide layouts: teach a topic or provide more context ▶ Type answer: students need to type a short text answer ▶ Open-ended question (available in Kahoot! EDU): gather student opinions as text answers up to 250 characters ▶ Word cloud (available in Kahoot EDU): collect short free-form poll responses that will be visualized as a word cloud. ▶ Brainstorm (available in Kahoot! EDU): gather, discuss and vote on ideas.

How to assess learning results with Kahoot! reports

How to find reports After you’ve hosted a game live or assigned a student-paced challenge, go to the Reports section in the top navigation bar and find the report you need.

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