Managing, Assigning, and Launching Activities

In this module, you'll gain the essential skills needed to deploy your Wayground content effectively, moving beyond creation to successful delivery. This module will cover:

How to edit and manage your existing activities in order to ensure your content is always up-to-date and ready for use.
Different methods for assigning an activity to learners, whether for individual, self-paced work or for live game play in class.
Other activity sharing options for broader distribution.
A visual demonstration of both an assignment and a live game

Objective 4.1 Edit & Manage Activities

To edit and manage your resources/activities, use the left navigation menu to go to the My library section and click on the activity you'd like to adjust or manage.

Click 'Edit' to make edits & modifications

Click the menu to find the options to copy, delete, or change the activity settings (name, grade, visibility)

Click 'Save' to save it to a collection

Click the 'Preview' button to see how students will experience this resource as a session

Objective 4.2 Launch Methods

To have students use a resource you created, you will go to My library and click on the activity you would like to share with students. There are 2 main ways you will share activities with students: the Assign button or the Start now button. The next two videos will explain each option and how to use it.

Assigning an Activity

The assign option is best for asynchronous sessions. You would use this option for HW assignments, self-directed in-class learning activities or evaluations.

Lauching a Live Activity

The Play option is best for synchronous activities where students in your class will access the session at the same time. When you click Play and select custom settings you will have your choice of modes, student paced or teacher led. Once you choose your mode, you can customize the session settings, start your activity and share the access information with students.

For specific instructions on starting a live session or assigning a session as homework for each activity type, use the links below:

Assessment, Presentation, Video, Passage, Flashcards

Objective 4.3 Other Sharing Methods

Click Share to provide a link to

A) Students - Get a link to a live game activity that can be shared with students. This option is best for on the fly activities or when you don't need students to be logged in. If you want to track students progress, completion and grades, use the Assign option.

B) Teachers - for collaboration purposes. You can allow teachers to view your resource or edit.

In the options menu, click Embed to copy the embed link and the embed code and paste them into any webpage where you wish to display the resource.

In the options menu, click Print to download or print your activity as a worksheet.

Please note the following:

For some accounts there may be a separate Worksheet button next to the options menu.
Interactive videos cannot be downloaded as worksheets.

Objective 4.4 Teaching with Wayground

These videos are optional but will give you a sense of what an activity looks like from the both the teacher and student point of view.

Presentation Demo

In this video you will see a demo of a Presentation activity launched live in class. You'll see:

How teachers launch the activity
How students join
How teachers can annotate or use the name picker
How students answer questions
How teachers can see instantly how students are doing and track participation

Assignment Demo

View what a Wayground activity launched as an assignment looks like from the student point of view. You'll see:

How a teacher launches an assignment
How a student accesses the assignment
How a student would experience the gamification options and use accommodations
How a teacher would be able to monitor student progress if the assignment was done during class

Live Play Demo

See a teacher and student screen side-by-side during a Live Game. As a teacher you can:

Keep all students on the same question at once
Monitor student participation
View student response data and display it to the class
Add additional time or pause the game

Module Quiz

To take the quiz, click the Google Forms icon.

Please note: Quizzes are only accessible to those registered in the current session of the course using the password provided in the Welcome Email.

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