How can Quizlet be used in the classroom?

Quizlet is a global learning platform that provides engaging study tools to help people practice and master whatever they're learning. Teachers can sign up for a free account or subscribe to Quizlet Plus for teachers to enhance study materials and use formative assessment capabilities to track student progress .

What are the benefits of Quizlet Plus for teachers?

A Quizlet Plus for teachers subscription offers enhanced content creation features, formative assessment capabilities to track student progress, Q-Chat, Study Guides, Learn mode, Test mode and Expert Solutions . Each subscription is good for one year and renews automatically.

Is Quizlet a learning tool?

Quizlet is a cloud-based study/learning tool . Quizlet is a free website providing learning tools for students, including flashcards, study and game modes.

What type of learning resources can be created using Quizlet?

Quizlet is a web-based tool that allows users to create study tools such as interactive flashcards, tests, and study games . With Quizlet, students can choose their own “Study Mode.” This allows activity content to be migrated from flashcards to matching games to other types of study games easily and responsively.

Why is Quizlet so helpful?

Quizlet is a study aid in app form. In essence, it's a flashcard app with smart features and it can handle images, diagrams, various languages, and even audio uploads, so it's ideal for self-paced learning and studying .

Why do students use Quizlet?

Quizlet is an interactive educational tool that stimulates student cognition and encourages both collaborative and individualized knowledge acquisition for learners of any age .

Can Quizlet be used for assessment?

Quizlet can help learners assess their own and each other's knowledge and skills by using various modes and features . For example, learners can use the Learn mode to test themselves on the study sets they create or find, and adjust the difficulty level and question types according to their preferences.

Can I use Quizlet for school?

Quizlet for Schools is a school-wide subscription to Quizlet that allows administrators to empower their teachers and students to practice and master whatever they're learning.

How is Quizlet used in the classroom?

In Quizlet, information is organized into “study sets” that users like teachers or students add to their accounts. When using Quizlet, students log in and choose the appropriate study set for the concepts they need to review . These can be created by a teacher or generated by other users.

What are the benefits of Quizlet for teachers?

Help your students memorize vocabulary and more Quizlet helps teachers engage students of all levels through curriculum-based materials, interactive study methods and games. 90% of students who use Quizlet report higher grades.

What is one of the greatest benefits of studying with flashcards Quizlet?

What is one of the greatest benefits of studying with flashcards? a good reminder that it is the student's responsibility to learn the material .

What can students do on Quizlet?

Write – A fill-in-the-blank style study tool . Spell – A study mode that dictates a term or definition that you must correctly type. Test – An easy way to quiz yourself on how well you know information in a study set. Match – A time-based game where the student must match terms and definitions.

How “Quizlet Learning Tools and Flashcards” can be used in a course – Technology Tools for Teaching in Higher Education, The Practical Handbook Series (2024)

Amanda Cappon

Quizlet is a fantastic tool for all courses but is especially useful if you have a course that is heavy with terms and definitions and/or a course with no textbook. Textbooks often include an online site where students can access practice quizzes and flashcards among other tools to help self-assess their knowledge and to study for upcoming tests/exams. Quizlet provides these same practice-type tools and can be customized by the course instructor. As an added feature, Quizlet can also be used “live” in a classroom setting for active engagement with course material and for reviewing concepts.

You can create multiple, custom question sets
Question sets will help students prepare for tests and exams
Students can have fun with studying by using the game formats that Quizlet has to offer
Great for online and hybrid courses to make the material more engaging
For face-to-face classes, the live version allows students to collaborate and compete
Students can download the Quizlet app to study on the go

Resources

Laptop or computer with internet access
An account with Quizlet (free)
A question set
If using “live”, students also require their own electronic device (phone, laptop or computer)

Step 1: Create a Quizlet account.

You can create an account here at https://quizlet.com/

Step 2: Create a set of questions.

You can either create a single question set each time by clicking “create” at the top of the Quizlet screen. You may also want to create a folder (if planning to make multiple sets for a certain class) by clicking on “create folder” to the left-hand side of theQuizlet home page.

How “Quizlet Learning Tools and Flashcards” can be used in a course – Technology Tools for Teaching in Higher Education, The Practical Handbook Series (1)

Step 3 Share the quiz URL

Once you are done your question set, share the quiz URL for students to use as independent study/review.If sharing the URL, simply click the “share” arrow beneath your set and hit “copy link” to paste to a learning management system or alternative method of sharing.

Step 4 Play “live” with your face-to-face class

On your laptop or computer, log-in and load your question set. Select “live” and then “create game.” Make sure your display is viewable to students. Students then use their own electronic device (laptop or phone) and they go to the URL quizlet.com/live to enter the room number. Quizlet will automatically divide your class into groups. It is recommended that students get up and move to gather with their groups. When students are in and you are ready, click “start game.”

During the game, each student in a given group will see the same question, but they will each have a different display of answers. So, they must work as a team to choose which member has the correct answer on his/her device. When a team gets a question wrong, they go back to “0” and so, this tool encourages accuracy as opposed to just speed.

NOTE: there is a youtube video in the resources section to further expand on how to use the live option.

Student tries to use your question set for independent study in a format that does not translate well and leads to student frustration. –Depending on how you have created your set(s), some of the practice options may not bode well (ie., “gravity game”). So, you will want to try out the various options yourself, once you have created your set, to see which formats work best. Then, when you share the link online with students, you can simply add some text to tell them which formats will work best when they are practising at home (ie., “I recommend using this set in flashcard, learn, or matching game format”).

A student adds their name to your “live” Quizlet game, but then leaves the class or decides not to play. – A recommended preventative measure for this is to verbally ask students only to add their names if they are intending to stay as otherwise, it will lead to peers being unable to partake, or having to reshuffle teams.If a student does leave or choose not to play after adding their name to your game, then Quizlet will prompt you with the option to proceed, or to delete names of those who have “left the room.” It is best to choose the option of removing the names. Please be prepared that the game will subsequently reshuffle the remaining students who will then have to re-gather into their groups.

Internet goes down when using “live” quiz in class – If this happens, you can reassure your students that you can resume the quiz, or reset and start again once the internet is back. If the internet is down for so long that your class ends before you can complete the live quiz, you can always give students the URL to quiz themselves outside of class.

Lander, B. (2016). Quizlet: What the students think–A qualitative data analysis.CALLcommunities and culture short papers from EUROCALL, 254259. –https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=TN6_DQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA254&dq=quizlet&ots=IOQhkQD5Ho&sig=LKe4k5qIaQNoxb-ju38JglLTui8&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=quizlet&f=false

Quizlet. (2018, May 2). How to play Quizlet Live [Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64qTBfK0iE

Wolff, G. (2016). Quizlet Live: The classroom game now taking the world by storm. TheLanguage Teacher, 40 (6), 25-27. Retrieved from http://jaltpublications.org/files/pdf/the_language_teacher/40.6tlt.pdf#page=27NOTE: See pages 25 – 27

Amanda is a Professor in the Social Service Work Program at Durham College. Amanda has her Masters of Education in Counselling and Psychotherapy as well as a Graduate Certificate specializing in Addictions and Mental Health Counseling. In the Social Service Work Program, Amanda teaches a number of hybrid courses and so she is constantly striving to create a dynamic learning environment with technology tools that can be utilized both in class and for online learning formats.