Adding a question or check-in in the middle of an active session

Something comes up mid-lesson and you want to check whether the class has actually got it.

When to use it: When a question occurs to you during a session that you did not plan for.

You don’t have to write everything before the lesson. Questions can be added while a session is running — but the two session types do it differently, so check which one you are in.

In an Engage session

1. Choose Add content in the bottom right.

2. Choose Quiz question from the check-in types.

This is the same drawer you post comments and reflections from — the question is one of the types in it.

3. Write your question and post it.

In a live quiz

Choose Add question, which appears after the final question in your question list.

This is not the Add content button. On a live quiz the two are separate: Add question puts a new question to the class, Add content posts a comment or a reflection. In an Engage session both live in the same drawer, which is why the two session types feel different here.

When this is the right move

• A student asks something that makes you suspect a wider misconception.
• The class answered your planned question far better or worse than you expected, and you want to probe a level up or down.
• You’re starting a session with two or three questions and building from there rather than planning a full set.

Worth knowing

You can start a session with a small number of questions and add as you go. Building a fifteen-question set in advance is optional, not the expected workflow.