The Activity Maker is the part of IW Classroom you fill in yourself. Type a vocabulary list or a set of questions once, and use it on the board, on paper, and as an assignment that scores itself.
Your word list. Five ways to teach it.
Type your terms and definitions once. Play them on the board as a matching game, flashcards or a team quiz, print practice sheets with answer keys, and assign the same set for automatic scoring.
Yours
Your own content
No accounts
For board activities
Answer keys
On every sheet
Auto-scored
When you assign it
One list. Everything you can do with it.
Save a set once and every way of using it opens up on the same page — and each one tells you plainly whether this set is ready for it.
Type it once, or paste a list you already have
Enter terms and definitions, or questions and answers. If the list is already in a document or a spreadsheet column, paste the whole thing and it splits into rows for you. Name the set, tag it with a subject and a folder, and it is saved to your account.
How it works
Four steps, and nothing to install.
Type it, or paste it
Enter terms and definitions, or questions and answers. If your list is already in a document or a spreadsheet, paste the whole thing at once and it splits into rows for you.
Play it on the board
Open a matching game, flashcards or a team quiz on the classroom display. Nothing is recorded and students do not need accounts, so you can use it with any class.
Print it
Print a matching worksheet, cut-out flashcards, a quiz sheet, or a study list. The answer key is always on its own page, so you can hand out the practice without it.
Assign it
Send the same set to a class as a graded assignment. Answers are scored for you, and you see who finished and which questions the class found hardest.
Three ways to play it in class
All three run on the board and need no student sign-ins. These are the real screens, not mock-ups.
Matching
Match the terms to their meanings
Terms on one side, definitions on the other, played in short rounds so a long list stays manageable. Keyboard friendly, with no dragging.
Flashcards
Flip through the list as a class
Show the term, take answers, then reveal the definition. Sort the cards into what the class knows and what it is still learning, then run the second pile again.
Team quiz
Split the class and keep score
Name your teams, put a question up in large type, reveal the answer, and award the points. There is a scoreboard, an undo, and an optional timer.
The same list, on paper
Print a matching worksheet, cut-out flashcards, a quiz sheet or a study list from the set you already made. Name and date lines are on the sheet, and the answer key is always on its own page, so you can hand out the practice without handing out the answers.
Everything you have made, in one place
Search your sets, filter them by subject or by a folder you name yourself, and duplicate one to make next week’s version. Sets you are finished with can be archived instead of deleted.
Made for the way a class actually runs
It tells you what fits
No format fails silently
Every set says which activities it can run and which it cannot — and when one cannot, it names the items to fix rather than hiding the option.
Start from an example
Ready-made sets across subjects
Math, reading and language, science and social studies sets are built in. Use one as it is, or copy it and make it yours.
Private by default
Your sets are yours
Saved sets belong to your account. No other teacher can see them, and students only ever see a set you assign.
Editing is safe
Changes never disturb graded work
An assignment keeps its own copy of the questions, so you can rewrite or delete a set afterwards and every score you have already collected still makes sense.
No student email addresses
Class code, username and PIN
When you assign a set, students sign in at the student sign-in page with credentials you issue. No email address, no ads, and no tracking. Read the privacy notice.
Works on what you have
Board, laptop or phone
The activities run in a browser, so a projector, an interactive display or a student laptop all work. The printables need nothing but a printer.
Frequently asked questions
What can I make a set out of?
Vocabulary — a term and what it means — or questions and their answers. Anything with two halves works: a word and its definition, a country and its capital, a question and its answer.
Do my students need accounts?
Not for the board activities. Matching, flashcards and the team quiz are teacher-led, record nothing, and need no student sign-ins at all. Accounts are only needed to assign a set for scoring, and those sign-ins use a class code, a username and a PIN — never an email address.
How are assignments scored?
The server checks the answers against the key, so nothing depends on the student’s own device. Capitalization and punctuation are ignored. You get the score, a question-by-question view of what the class missed, and a spreadsheet export.
Can I change a set after I have used it?
Yes. Edit it, duplicate it, or archive it. Assignments you have already sent keep their own copy of the questions, so past scores stay accurate no matter what you change.
Is this the same as the worksheet generators?
No, and they answer different needs. The worksheet generators build practice for you from a topic you pick. The Activity Maker takes content you supply — this week’s spelling words, the terms in the chapter you are teaching — and turns that into activities.
What do I need to use it?
An InstructorWeb Full Membership and a browser. There is nothing to install, and no separate classroom account to create — you sign in with the account you already have.
Included with Full Membership
The Activity Maker is part of IW Classroom, included with InstructorWeb Full Membership alongside the complete library of printable worksheets, answer keys and lesson plans. Already a member? Sign in to IW Classroom.