Space Races are a fun way to engage students by allowing them to work together on a quiz you have created.
Start a Space Race
Go to the Launch tab.
Click on Space Race.
Select the quiz you want to deliver as a Space Race (be sure the quiz you select has questions with correct answers selected. (The rockets won’t move unless there is a correct answer specified).
4. Choose your settings to determine how you'd like to launch the Space Race. Click Start.
Space Race Settings
Choose the number of teams.
Students can:
Play by themselves on their own computer or mobile device
Play together by sharing a single computer or mobile device
Play together on the same team, but answering on separate computers or mobile devices
You can select students to choose their own teams or be randomly assigned to a team. If you choose auto-assign and there are more students than the number of teams, Socrative will attempt to split them evenly between teams.
You can also change the race icon or choose to have a time limit (the time limit can be up to 45 minutes).
Inviting Students
Once the Space Race has been launched, students can be invited to join the Race by clicking Invite Students. A QR code will be displayed on the screen, which students can scan and be immediately connected to the Race.
Similarly to the steps taken to join a quiz, students can enter the room name the Space Race has been launched in, after opening their Student app, and be immediately joined.
Space Race Results
Once you begin a race, you'll be able to see the team's progress in your Results tab. You can project your screen so students can watch their progress too.
When you're done, click Finish to gather reports or go back to the Launch page.
If you have a time limit running, the time remaining will be shown in a green header. You can click on the X on the right side to remove the time limit. Once the time runs out or is removed, the Space Race will be finished.
Once finished, you can gather reports for the space race.