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Kahoot!: Teacher Login

Step one: Click any Kahoot link on mathmathmath.com.

Step two: You will need to login to Kahoot.

Step three: Keep clicking to login. If you don't have Kahoot account already, you must establish one. Please note: Kahoot.com will constantly ask you to upgrade to a paying membership, but it is not necessary. All Kahoots created and posted on MathMathMath.com are free.

Click two

If you previously linked your Kahoot account with google, you can login with two more clicks.

Click one

Step four: Now that you are logged in, you can click "Host Live".

Step five: Click Start.

Kahoot!: Student Login

Step one: Present the teacher presentation screen.

Step two: Have students log into Kahoot.it and enter in the game pin

Having the students bookmark the site (or putting the link in Classlink) helps with login times.

Step three: Have students enter in their name. Some teachers do use the random name generator option (available in settings), but there are loads of benefits from having students use their real names. You can track how they do in the Kahoots report section, and give them accolades when they do well.

Kahoot!: Classroom Management Tips

Always skip the scoresheet! And never take them to the podium!

Unfortunately, Kahoots is currently set up like a gameshow and they give out points for speed. There is currently there is no way to turn off this feature, and giving students an incentive to rush through math problems last thing an educator wants to encourage. Fortunately there are workarounds.

Work out the problems, and don't just guess.

Encourage students to use the time they have, and not rush. For example: If they students just completed a quick 20 second problem, and the new problem is more complex, announce the new time limit verbally. "You have 90 seconds for this problem. Please take the time to work out the answer."

How to skip the scoresheet!

There is a ranking based on the point system Kahoots has set up that is showcased after every question. But there is a way that you can skip this nonsensical "scoresheet" status ranking, and go straight to the answer slide.

Just know that after each math problem, you will need to click "next" next two times in rapid succession. The first time takes you to the score board, the second time skips the score board.

Take advantage of teachable moments

You don't have to do the whole Kahoot at once. You can stop for teachable moments. If you have a large portion of the class miss a problem, simply stop doing the Kahoot and call everyone up to the whiteboard and work out some similar problems.

Don't Go to the podium! The workaround is a bit of work, but it is worth it.

Step 1: While your students are logging on to the Kahoot, open a second window on your teacher monitor (the one not projected) and log into Kahoot.

Step 2: Click Reports. You won't be able to see your session until your session has started and the first question has been completed, and you have reloaded (refreshed) your page.

You might want to just wait until the very end of their Kahoot to do this, as if you want to see how they did on each question, you must hit refresh a ton.

Step 3: Make sure you are on the "Players" tab.

Then take a moment to realize again how ridiculous it is that students get extra points for entering in answers the fastest. In this below example, there were 4 students who go all the questions correct, yet they were ranked below the students that rushed and made mistakes.

Step 4: Click "Correct answers" twice sort by the students who scored the most correct answers.

Now you can see your true class ranking.

Kahoot!: Tech Tips

Kahoot Security: When logging in using the "2-step join", students will be prompted to enter a pattern. It changes every 25 seconds, but students who are logged in are eager to help their classmates with the code. This extra step does take a few more minutes, but it does insure that the only ones in your live game are your students.

Kahoot Security: For a higher level of security, you can go to settings, and click on "2 step join.

Nickname is Taken: If for some reason they get the error message, "Sorry that nickname is taken", simply have them add a period to the end of their name.

Kicked out, arrived late, super off task: There are many reasons that a student may need to log in after you have started the Kahoot.

The student had a tech issue. Maybe they accidently closed a tab, or they unexpectedly lost connection.
The student arrived to class in the middle of a Kahoot.
The student was super off task, and you don't want to continue to lose anymore class time waiting for them.

If any of the above apply, just let the student know that the login code (and pattern) is presented at the bottom of the Kahoot. They may need to wait a few seconds for the slide to load, but it is always presented on the bottom. The font size is a bit small, so they might need to get close to the smartboard to read it.

Please note: if they had a tech issue and are needing to login, they will most likely get the "Nickname is taken" error described above.

Kahoot!: Teaching Virtually

Teachers: If you are teaching virtually (not in person) the students will need to be in a meet (google meet, teams meet, zoom meet, etc). You will need to share your presentation tab within the meeting.

Students: During the meet, the students will log into both the meet, and have a second tab open to Kahoot.it

They need to toggle between your presentation tab (presented via the teacher's shared "presentation" in the meet), and the Kahoot tab. If they do not have an extended monitor set up, you will need to frequently remind them what tab to be on. If they do have an extended monitor set up, life will be easier for everyone.

I have found that many students on a single monitor will not toggle between the tabs (even when directed to), which causes them to miss out on part of the lesson. My work-around was to tell them switch tabs and then to imitate what I am doing. And then I would do something random such as: holding 3 fingers up, making the heart symbol, doing the itsy-bitsy spider motion, making my hands moose antlers, etc. It was clear within seconds as to who was not not on the right tab. Side note: This work-around won't work if your students are in a virtual class without their camera on.

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