Playing Jeopardy-style review games is a strategy that most teachers have in their playbooks. It’s a simple game and, when played in short spurts, kids get excited about it. The following three online services make it easy for teachers to create Jeopardy-style review games.
eQuizShow is a service that was built by a high school student in New York. Unlike similar tools you do not have to download or upload any PowerPoint files to use eQuizShow. On eQuizShow you can build and display your quiz completely online. To build your quiz just enter a title, an administrative password, and your question categories. eQuizShow will then generate a grid on which you can enter questions and answers. If you don’t have time to build a quiz or you just need some inspiration, browse the eQuizShow gallery. When you play the games you have the option to assign points to up to six teams playing the game. You can also play without awarding points.
Jeopardy Rocks is a newer (released in September) tool for creating Jeopardy-style review games. To create your game click “build now” on the Jeopardy Rocks homepage, choose a URL for your game board, and enter your email address. To create your questions just click on a square and enter your questions and answers. You can go back and edit your game board whenever you like by entering your board’s URL and entering your email address again. When it is time to play your game in your classroom you can have up to six teams represented on the game board.
FlipQuiz is a another site designed to make it easy for teachers to create and display Jeopardy-style review games. To create a game just register for a free account then select “new board.” Your new board will have six columns and five rows, but you do not have to use all of the columns and rows and you can add or subtract questions at any time. To create your questions simply type in the question and answer boxes. When you’re ready to use your game click the “presentation view” to display it through a projector. Try a demo quiz on the FlipQuiz homepage to see how the presentation view works. FlipQuiz is free to use for text-based questions. A premium plan is available if you want to use images in your questions or answers. FlipQuizzes that you create in the free plan are automatically shared into the public gallery of quizzes.
