What types of session can I run in Signal?

There are three, and you choose one when you create a session.

• Engage is a live session for reading the room. Students send engagement check-ins, comments and questions, answer polls and quick questions, and write reflections. Use it to see how the class is feeling and thinking during a lesson.
• Live Quiz is a quiz you run from the front of the room. You open each question when you’re ready, see every answer and reason come in, then reveal the answer and decide whether to move on, recap or reteach. Use it for hinge questions and retrieval checks.
• Assessment is a quiz students work through at their own pace, in class or at home, with an optional due date. Every question is open from the start, you choose when students see feedback, and they finish with a confidence rating and a reflection.

Your school can choose which types are switched on.

More in Running sessions

• What’s the easiest way to start using Signal?
• What question types can I use in Signal?
• Can I add questions during a lesson?
• Can students move on at their own pace in a Live Quiz?
• Do I have to schedule a session in advance?
• Can AI write questions for me?
• Can I create questions from my lesson materials?
• Can I reuse sessions and share them with colleagues?
• How do I keep my classes separate?
• Can I mute or remove one student without stopping the session?
• Can I set a minimum length for written answers?
• Can questions include images, video or links?
• Can students write fractions, indices and maths working?
• Can I switch off the suggested responses students see?
• Can I shuffle the answer options?
• Can I put a timer on a question?
• Can I show the class the correct answer?
• I ended a session by mistake. Can I reopen it?
• I set the wrong correct answer. Can I fix it after students have answered?