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How to create and teach an interactive lesson

A lesson is a set of slides with questions in between. Build it yourself or let AI draft it, then teach it live: you move the slides, students follow on their phones, tablets or laptops and answer the questions while you watch the answers come in.

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How to create and teach an interactive lesson

Create a lesson

  1. Step 1: Press “New lesson”

    Choose “Lessons” in the menu, or “Make a lesson” on the dashboard. Press “New lesson” and type the “Lesson name”.

  2. Step 2: Choose “Create with AI” or “Start empty”

    With “Create with AI”, describe the “Topic or material”, choose how many “Slides” and “Questions” and the “Kinds of questions”, then press “Create”. It takes about a minute. “Start empty” opens an empty lesson.

Add slides and questions

  1. Step 1: Open the “Add” menu

    Choose “Add slide” for text, a picture or a video, “Add question” for a quiz question, poll, word cloud and more, “Create with AI” for more slides and questions, or “Questions I already made” to copy questions from your tests, worksheets, lessons and videos.

    The lesson editor with the “Add” menu open

  2. Step 2: Fill in the slide

    Pick a “Layout”, such as “Title”, “Text”, “Text + picture” or “Picture or video”, and type the “Title” and “Text”. Add a picture with “Upload picture” or “Use a link”, or paste a “YouTube or Vimeo link” on a “Picture or video” slide. “Your notes” are only for you while teaching. For math, click in the title or text and press “Formula” to build a fraction, power or root; it shows typeset on the slide.

  3. Step 3: Write a question

    Pick the question type, write the question and answers and press “Save question”. The “Explanation” is shown to students when you reveal the answer.

  4. Step 4: Arrange the lesson and pick a design

    Use the “…” menu next to a slide or question to move, duplicate or delete it. Choose a look under “Design”, such as “Classic”, “Chalkboard” or “Minimal”. Slides save by themselves.

Teach the lesson live

  1. Step 1: Press “Teach”

    “Teach this lesson” shows the ways to use it. Choose “Live, on students' devices”.

  2. Step 2: Choose who can join and press “Start”

    Under “Who can join?”, choose “Anyone” (no accounts needed), “Signed in” or “One class”. With “Anyone”, turn off “Ask students for their name” for anonymous answers.

  3. Step 3: Show the code and start

    Students go to the join page and type the code shown on your screen, or scan the QR code. When they have joined, press “Start the lesson”.

    The live lesson screen with the join code, the QR code and the students who joined

  4. Step 4: Move through the slides and questions

    Press “Next” to move on. On a question you see how many students answered; press “Show answers” and “Reveal correct answer”, or “Ask again”. “Pause screens” gets everyone's eyes back on you, and “Notes” and “Tools” (timer and name picker) are always at hand.

    A lesson slide on the board while students follow on their devices

  5. Step 5: End the lesson

    Press “End lesson”. “How did it go?” shows every student's answers, and you can give the lesson as homework from there.

Other ways to use a lesson

  1. Step 1: Show it on the board

    “Show on the board” presents the slides and questions full screen without student devices, and you reveal the answers yourself.

  2. Step 2: Give it as homework

    “Homework, at their own pace” lets students go through the slides and questions with a code or link. You set the deadline and see the results.

  3. Step 3: Print it

    “Print” puts the slides and questions on paper. Choose “Add my notes”, “Add the answers” and how many slides per page.

Questions

Can I turn a test into a lesson?

Yes. Open the test, press “Use with class” and choose “Make it a lesson”. Its questions are copied into a new lesson where you add slides between them.

Do students need accounts for a live lesson?

No. With “Anyone”, students only type the code on the join page. Choose “Signed in” or “One class” if you want answers saved to their accounts.

Can I stop new students from joining?

Yes. While teaching, use “Close the lesson to new students”. You can also remove a student from the lesson.

Can I play a lesson's questions as a game?

Yes. Under “Play the questions as a game” on the “Teach this lesson” page, its questions work in every game, just like a test.

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