There are no limits to what, where, and when your students can learn when they play Kahoot! as a challenge, our new student-paced game mode! This new way to play encourages accuracy over speed and extends learning beyond live games – now available on computers, too!

Recap: what is a student-paced game

Student-paced games, or challenges, can be played from anywhere, anytime on students’ own devices. Questions and answer alternatives are displayed on each player’s screen. When you play Kahoot! as a challenge, you decide on the deadline for its completion, and students can start playing at any point within that time frame. Playing a kahoot as a challenge is available for free for all teachers and students!

Why play student-paced challenges

While live games are teacher-paced and held in classrooms, a student-paced kahoot is not limited by school walls, hours, or large groups, which opens up many possibilities for using it. With the questions and answers on students’ screens, this new way to play increases focus, promotes accuracy over speed, and decreases guesswork. This is why they’re especially helpful for review and practice of important content.

You can use this way to play to extend learning beyond live games for…

• Review and preparing for tests
• In-class work stations
• Replaying live games to practice and reinforce knowledge
• Homework assignments
• Students work in study groups or challenge each other to study and compete

How to play a kahoot as a challenge

You can create and assign a student-paced kahoot both from a web browser and our mobile app.

1. Log in to your kahoot and open a kahoot you’d like to use.
2. In a web browser, click Challenge. In our app, click Play and choose Challenge on the next step.
3. Follow the instructions and set a deadline when you’d like the game to be completed.
4. Turn off the question timer to make the game all about accuracy and not speed!
5. Copy the link and share with your students – via email, via your LMS, or other messengers. Alternatively, you can share the PIN of the game. For example, just write it on the whiteboard.
6. By joining your game via a link or PIN, students play it at their own pace on a computer or mobile device.

Watch this quick tutorial to see it all step by step:

How to assess results

Access and review student scores at any time to see who has completed the kahoot and how they performed. This will give you valuable insights into what questions or topics might need reteaching. Once you’ve created a student-paced kahoot, you can see the results in your Reports in a browser or our mobile app.