Spinning Wheel
Give it a whirl — the wheel decides who speaks next.
? How to play — 30 seconds
- Pick “How many students?” — or the Student names tab and type your group once.
- Click the wheel (or press space) to spin. It’s provably fair.
- The wheel lands — that student speaks. Give them the clock if you like.
- More ▾ hides the extras: pick 2–3 together, winner leaves the wheel, a second “task” wheel.
When to use this, and what to say afterwards
Best moment: Any moment you need a name and would rather not choose one yourself. Under a minute, and no preparation beyond your class list.
What it looks like in different courses
- CCGLWho summarises the reading in three sentences.
- CCHUWho argues the opposite of what was just said.
- CCSTWho explains the last step to the room.
Now ask them — the part that turns the game into learning
- Before you answer, take ten seconds. Nobody speaks until then.
- Who agrees with that, and who would put it differently?
Do not use this when: Avoid cold-calling an anxious cohort without warning. Tell them in week one that the wheel decides, so it is a known rule rather than an ambush. Giving thinking time before the answer is the difference between pressure and panic.
✨ 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 12 speaking tasks for whoever the wheel lands on — each one a short instruction tied to today's material that a student can carry out on the spot. Return plain text, ONE ITEM PER LINE, in exactly this format: One task per line. Two correct example lines: Summarise the main argument of today’s reading in three sentences. Play devil’s advocate against the point we just agreed on. 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. - Do NOT use the | separator for this game — just one task per line. - Write each task as an instruction to one student, starting with a verb. - Keep every task doable in under a minute, with no preparation. - 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.
Speaking chances
Give quieter students a better chance of being picked, or frequent talkers a smaller one. The wheel looks exactly the same — students can’t tell.
Task wheel
One task per line. A second wheel will spin to decide what the winner does.
Picks history
Add your students’ names above — or use “How many students?” for an instant numbered wheel.
✦ Up next ✦
Click the wheel, press space — or let a student do the honours