Start or Assign a Passage Session

The Passage feature on Quizizz helps you turn rich content like reading excerpts, articles, websites, etc., into engaging, multi-question learning experiences. Instead of posing one complex question, you can break down the material into several bite-sized questions to build comprehension, reinforce key ideas, and spark critical thinking.

This article explains how to assign a Passage to your students as an asynchronous session or start a live session with it. It also demonstrates how students experience this feature and how you can collect insights and data on student performance.

👉 To learn how to create a Passage, refer to this article: Create a Passage

Start a live Passage session

Prerequisite:

Create a Passage by:

• Exploring curated Passages in the Quizizz Library, or
• Using Quizizz AI to generate a Passage and its questions, or
• Bringing your content from a document, website, etc., or
• Creating one from scratch

Once you have selected the desired Passage you want to start a live session for,

1. Click on the 'Start now' button
2. Select the desired session mode for your live session
   
   • You can choose Classic Mode or Test Mode
     
     
     
     
3. After selecting the desired session mode, customize the session settings
4. Once you have customized settings for the session, click on 'Start'
   
   
   
   
5. To join a session, students
   • can click on quizizz.com/join/ and enter the code you have shared, along with their names
   • can use the join code you share via an LMS (Learning Management System) like Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, etc.
     
   • can scan the QR code shared by you from their devices
   • can join via the link shared by you
6. Once all your students arrive at the session lobby,
   1. Click on 'Start' to start the Passage session, or
   2. You can choose to auto-start your session, and it will start automatically as per the timer set by you 
7. If a student cannot join due to technical difficulties, they can access the live session whenever they can until the code is still active. Students cannot join a live session once it has ended

Assign a Passage asynchronously (as homework)

Prerequisite:

Create a Passage by:

• Exploring curated Passages in the Quizizz Library, or
• Using Quizizz AI to generate a Passage and its questions, or
• Bringing your content from a document, website, etc., or
• Creating one from scratch

Once you have selected the desired Passage you want to assign to your students as homework,

1. Click on the Passage that you want to assign as homework 
2. Click on the 'Assign' button
   
   
   
   
3. Now, customize the session settings
4. Click on the 'Assign' button

Now, you can share the session link or the join code with your students, and they can participate in the session as homework!

Once your students have completed the session, you can use the 'Share report' option to share reports with either parent/guardian or other teachers.

Student experience

When students attempt a Passage, they will be able to view the material on the left and a list of all the questions they need to answer on the right. 

• The questions do not have to be answered in the order in which they appear. Students can click on any of the questions to answer them. 
  
  
  
  
• They can click the left and right arrow icons to switch between questions. They can also click on the 'Go back' button to see a complete list of the questions to be answered as well as view the Passage for reference.
• In the case of Passages created using a PDF file, students can use the PDF editor to highlight, annotate, or make notes for themselves while answering questions. But, these annotations will not be saved for teachers to refer to.
  
  
  
  
• After answering each question, students can click on the 'Submit' button. Once all the questions for the Passage have been answered and submitted, students can click on 'Proceed' to submit all their answers. 
  
  
  
  
• With text-based Passages (i.e., Passages that do not have embedded content like PDF or a web URL), students can also: 
  • Switch to dark or light modes by clicking on the 'Display' button 
    
    
    
    
  • Annotate parts of the Passage by clicking on the 'Annotations' button and colour-code the annotations with comments. As a teacher, you can view these in the reports section of the Passage
    
    

Reports & data

• Within a report, you can see responses for each question separately within the Passage. Click on the 'Questions' tab or the 'Overview' tab to see how students have responded to each question
  
  
  
  
• With text-based Passages (i.e., Passages that do not have embedded content like PDF or a web URL), you can also view any annotations that students made during the session, which will allow you to gain insights and comments on the reading text.
  Go to the Participants tab of the report and click on a student's name. Then, click on the 'Annotations' tab, and you will be able to view all the annotations and highlights they created.
  
  
  
  
• If you have assigned any Accommodations to your students, you can view the results for each Accommodation profile. Click on the Accommodations tab and view the accuracy percentage and completion rate per each Accommodation profile.
• You can even let Quizizz AI analyze the report for you and recommend practice assignments for your students. Read more about this here: Analyze Reports with Quizizz AI
• Additionally, you can make this report standards-aligned even after students have completed the Passage. Simply go to the Standards tab of the report to get started. Learn more here: Create Standards-Aligned Reports

Try it out now!

Note: A Power-up, when applied, will affect only one question within the Passage activity 

👉 To learn how to create a Passage, refer to this article: Create a Passage