Joining classes is even easier

Hey everyone!

As the school year started, we heard from many of you that the class joining process was far too confusing and difficult.

So, we got to work and made several improvements that make using classes easier for you and your students. We're happy to say that using classes is easier than ever!

As always, you don't need to use classes. It's an optional feature. You can still use Gimkit without using classes to host live games and share assignments with your students.

If you're not familiar with classes, check out our helpdesk article explaining classes here.

In short, classes is the best investment you can make while using Gimkit. Takes a little time in the beginning, but it unlocks all sorts of awesome things. With that, let's see what's new.

One click to join

When a student visits the link to join your class, there's no longer a registration process. Instead, students join classes with Google or by entering their email address. If they join with Google, they'll be in with one click.

Get in with an assignment link

As always, you can create assignments with or without classes. However, if you connect classes to an assignment, your students can now join the class by clicking the assignment link.

We made this change to help with the confusion of multiple links and join options. Some of your students may miss a step here or there. Skipping the class join link isn't a problem anymore - students can now click the assignment link for the class you want them in and join the class that way.

Unsticking live games

If your students enter a live game code at gimkit.com/play while you're hosting a game connected to a class, they'll see an option to join the class.

As soon as they join the class, students are brought right back to the live game. Fast and easy

We all make mistakes

Some of your students may have created Educator accounts instead of joining your class as a student. We've got them (and you) covered!

Students with Educator accounts can now click the class join link, assignment link, or enter the code for a live game with a class to switch over to a student. Once they switch to a student, they'll be added to your class automatically.

Hope this helps!

That's it for the major updates to classes!

We've also added in lots of other help and bumpers to make sure you and your students spend less time on setting up classes. You can find details, instructions, and helper videos on our helpdesk in the classes section: https://help.gimkit.com/en/category/classes-1uby5ef/

Have fun and thank you for reading!