Hot Seat
One brave student. Your points on the line. Is that your final answer?
? How to play — 30 seconds
- Build your levels, easiest first. Type the points each level is worth. Add variants (one drawn at random), pick 2–4 options (or True/False), and drop in a picture if you like.
- Set the save lines (second chances), the lifelines, and an optional per-question timer before you begin.
- One student takes the hot seat facing the class; you read each question and click their answer. Lock in → reveal.
- Right = climb. Wrong (out of save lines) = fall to the last ◆ safe haven. A ⚡ double-or-nothing level pays double but has no safety net. Walk away any time.
When to use this, and what to say afterwards
Best moment: A high-drama revision moment. Always a volunteer, never a conscript.
What it looks like in different courses
- CCSTTen questions rising from definitions to applying the concept to a new case.
- CCGLEarly rungs are facts; the top rungs are judgements with a defensible answer.
- CCAIEach rung a harder case of the same principle.
Now ask them — the part that turns the game into learning
- At which level did it stop being obvious? What changed there?
- The class advised on one question. Was the majority right, and what does that tell you?
- Which wrong option was most tempting, and why exactly is it wrong?
Do not use this when: Avoid with an anxious cohort, or where competition in the room is already unhealthy. One student in the chair is real exposure: keep it voluntary and keep it warm.
✨ Make these with AI — no typing, paste them straight in
- Copy the prompt below.
- Open any AI chat you already use, upload your slides / reading / handout, and paste the prompt.
- Copy the AI's whole reply and paste it in the box underneath. Your builder fills itself — then edit anything you like.
You are helping a university tutor turn course material into a classroom game. I am uploading my course material (slides, reading or handout). Use ONLY that material and write 10 multiple-choice questions that get harder as they go, easiest first. Return plain text, ONE ITEM PER LINE, in exactly this format: Question | Option A | Option B | Option C | Option D | Correct letter Two correct example lines: Which body settles trade disputes between states? | The IMF | The WTO | The G20 | The UN Security Council | B What does “offshoring” mean? | Selling shares abroad | Moving production to another country | Taxing imports | Banning exports | B Rules: - Separate the fields with the vertical bar | and nothing else. - One item per line. No numbering, no bullets, no headings, no commentary. - Never use a line break inside an item. - Keep every field short enough to read from the back of a lecture room. - Base every item on my uploaded material, not on general knowledge. - Always give exactly four options, then the correct letter (A, B, C or D) as the last field. - Order the questions easiest first, hardest last — they become the points ladder. - Wrong options must be plausible to someone who half-did the reading, never silly. - Put the whole answer in ONE code block so I can copy it in one click.
⚠ Before you upload anything, stop and decide what is safe to send.Never upload student IDs, student numbers, grades, marks, results, or anything that could identify a student — and never paste them into the boxes below either. Remember that what you upload may not be yours to give away: publishers' readings, textbook chapters, exam papers, colleagues' slides and material you licensed rather than wrote are usually someone else's property. Many free AI tiers keep what you send and may train on it, so read that tool's own terms first. Protect yourself — when in doubt, upload your own summary or notes instead of the original file.
1 · Game settings
2 · The levels — set the points, add variants & pictures