Host & Assign Quizizz Lessons

You’ve always used Quizizz for summative assessments, engaging knowledge checks, and independent learning. However, you can also teach and facilitate classes on Quizizz using Lessons. Lessons offer two main settings, much like an Assessment/Quiz: Live (or instructor-led) and Homework (asynchronous learning). 

Host a Lesson Live

Instructor-led sessions allow you to control the pace of your Lesson. You can decide whether or not to mirror the content displayed on the presenter’s device onto student devices. This setting also ensures that all slides and questions appear on student devices at the same time. You can also control whether to pause, move between slides, or stay on the same slide. 

To start a live session, click on the 'Play live' button. 

How students can join a live Lesson

Once you start a Live Lesson, students can join using their apps or on joinmyquiz.com and enter the code you share. 

Use Power Tools during a live Lesson

During your live lessons, you can access various interactive tools to enhance student engagement. Below is a detailed description of each tool and how to use it effectively.

1. This tool instantly grabs your students' attention by prompting them to focus on your screen. It's perfect for regaining their attention when you need everyone to look at the same thing. To enable 'Eyes up Front', click on the icon, and your class will be asked to look at your screen.
   
   
   
   Click on the same button again to disable the 'Eyes up Front' feature. 
   
   

2. The Interactive Whiteboard tool allows you to draw or write in real time during a lesson. You can write, underline, highlight, draw, work out a math problem, upload an image, and more using this tool. All you need to do is click on the icon, and an interactive whiteboard will open for you.
   
   
   
   You have the option to enable student whiteboards, which allows your students to draw on their individual whiteboards. You can view everyone's whiteboards on the right side of your screen and choose to display them on your screen by clicking on a student's whiteboard. You can opt to show or hide student names, especially if you have the 'Eyes up Front' feature enabled and want to maintain anonymity for your students.
   Finally, click on 'if you want to go back to your whiteboard to continue any demonstration and discussion.
   
   
   
   The whiteboards include tools like a pen, highlighter, and eraser, as well as the ability to add shapes, text, equations, undo, and redo capabilities. To exit the Interactive Whiteboard tool, click on the button from the top right corner of your whiteboard.
   
   

3. Use this tool to randomly select a student from the class. It's great for choosing volunteers or making a cold call to encourage participation. To use this feature, click on the icon from your toolkit section, then click on the 'Spin the wheel' button. This will trigger a virtual wheel that will spin and randomly select a student from your class.
   
   
   
   You can also choose to spin the wheel again by clicking on the 'Spin Again' button from the bottom of your screen. To close this tool, click on the button from the top right corner of your screen.
   
   

4. Annotations can be used on any slide or response screen. This feature lets you bring up annotation tools to discuss questions or concepts with the class or to address incorrect answers and misconceptions.
   
   
   
   Similar to the whiteboard, annotation tools include a pen, highlighter, eraser, shapes, text, equations, etc., with options to undo and redo. Click on the icon to start annotating your screen!
   
   
5. You can incorporate impromptu questions and activities into the lesson at any moment. This is an effective way to assess whether students are keeping up and instantly involve them, and the responses are anonymous to encourage honest feedback.
   By simply clicking on the icon, you will be presented with various suggested questions that you can immediately add to your lesson.
   Students are required to answer the question before the timer expires. You can also pause, stop, or add extra seconds to the timer from the bottom right of your screen.
   
   
   
   Go to the 'Responses' tab to monitor responses in real-time and gain insights into how many students have answered the question.
6. During your lesson, you have the flexibility to switch from teacher-paced to student-paced mode. To do this, simply click on the 'Switch to student-paced mode' icon () Once in this mode, choose the slide at which you want the student-paced mode to end, and then click on 'Start now'.
   
   
   
   In this mode, students are able to progress through the lesson at their own pace. You can monitor their progress data in real-time on your screen as they answer the questions. You can also view the accuracy and completion rates for each question, and even pause student gameplay to discuss a question, which also enables the annotation option for you, and the students will be prompted to look at your screen instantly.
   
   
   
   The student-paced mode will deactivate automatically based on the selected slide number. However, you can manually deactivate it by clicking on the  button from the bottom right corner of your screen.

Gather insights and live data while hosting a Lesson

During your lesson, you can monitor real-time data and insights on student responses and behavior for each question. Go to the responses tab to view accuracy rates and other details for each question. You'll be able to see how many students answered correctly and how many did not, the percentage of correct/incorrect answers, etc., based on the question type.

Using this data, you can choose to pause the gameplay and discuss the question with your class immediately.

When you choose to discuss a question, the 'Eyes up front' and 'Annotate' features will turn on automatically. These will prompt your students to look at your screen and allow you to annotate your screen.

Assign a Lesson asynchronously (as homework)

Students can also use Lessons asynchronously when assigned as homework. They will go through the Lesson on their own time, work through materials, and answer questions to test their knowledge.

To assign a Lesson as homework, click on the 'Assign' button.

Questions in a Lesson

Questions can be added to your Lesson for a knowledge check. They work great live and in an Asynchronous way (as homework). There are 15+ question types, much like those for an Assessment (or Quiz) on Quizizz. To add a question while creating a Lesson, click the 'Add New Slide' button to see the various question types.

You can find out how to create a Lesson here. 

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