When we are creating a Kahoot, it is interesting to vary the type of questions to ask. This allows us to adapt to different types of students. Here you will learn how to ask Kahoot questions.
Here are some ideas so that you can incorporate your Kahoots.
- True option test question: this would be the most traditional option. There is a question where the correct answer is one of four (or less) options.
- An answer to which a question corresponds: the answer is written in the statement and four possible questions, of which only one corresponds to the answer.
- The question to find the false question: there is a question where all the answers except one are correct. You have to answer, which is the false one.
- True or False: A statement is written, and you must answer whether it is true or false.
- Discover an image: we create a gif where an image is discovered about which the question is stated.
- Analyze a video: a question is asked about the content of a video that is projected during the response time.
- Fill in the gap in the sentence: the statement is comprised of an incomplete sentence whose gap is filled with one of the four possible options.
- Analyze the image: a question is asked based on the analysis of an image. It can be a mathematical problem to be completed, an image that is missing an element, analyzing an error found in the image, etc.
- Answer over audio: it would be done the same as in the video option. The difference is that you would have to save audio on YouTube with a black image since Kahoot does not allow you to upload audio files.
How Long Should a Question Last?
Kahoot recommends that a contest lasts around 4 minutes since they have found that this period is where greater motivation towards the game is achieved. At the same time, they recommend that in the most classic mode (Quiz with four-choice test questions), there are between 10-20 questions maximum.
If we do a Quiz of 15 questions with a duration of 20″ (which is the predetermined time), our Kahoot will last 5 minutes, to which we must add the transition time between questions and the explanations we make.
Taking this 4-minute reference into account, the number of questions will vary depending on the time dedicated to each one. We usually use three types of games depending on the time spent on the questions:
- Speed games “Fast and Furious”: they are Kahoots with 40-50 questions whose response time is 5. “The short response time forces us to ask them true or false questions or with two possible answers that can be read quickly.
- Normal Speed Kahoot: Follow the guidelines outlined above, between 10-20 questions from 10 “-20”.
- Reflection Kahoot “Chill out”: questions whose answer implies having to look for information or do some kind of task (solve a mathematical problem, do a syntactic analysis, search on a map …). They can be 5-6 questions between 60 “-120”.
- Mixed Kahoot: we start with a general question of introduction to a topic, and that requires tasks such as reading a text, watching a video, etc. These questions would last around 60″ and are followed by questions about that first normal-length introduction, ending the block with speed questions. The following is a proposal for a mixed Kahoot:
- The topic or content 1.
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- 1 general question of 60″-120″ that is accompanied by a task (watching a video, reading a text, sharing information with others, etc.)
- 2 classic 20″ questions about the above information.
- 2 quick 5″ questions about the explanations of the previous answers.
- The topic or content 2.
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- 1 general question of 60″-120″ that is accompanied by a task (watching a video, reading a text, sharing information with others, etc.)
- 2 classic 20″ questions about the above information.
- 2 quick 5″ questions about the explanations of the previous answers.
- 6 quick 5″ questions on both topics.