How do I create a competition within my school?

You can set a competition between individual students or teams within your school

In a competition, students will play games just as they would in training or challenges, but the questions they answer will count towards the competition. Each participant will be able to see their ranking or their team's ranking on a competition leaderboard on their Student Dashboard

How to create a competition between individual students

1. Go into Set Work
2. Click 'set a task'
   
   
   
   
3. Click the box that says 'competition', then click 'next'
   
   
   
   
4. Select 'Fluency' and click 'next'
   
   
5. Select 'Individuals' and click 'next'
   
   
   
   
6. First you'll select the students you want to include in the competition. Click on the arrow next to a class to show all the students in that class. 
   
   Click on the box next to a student to select that student. Alternatively, you can click on the box next to a class to select all the students within that class.
   
   Once you've selected all the students you'd like to include, click 'next'
   
   
   
   TIP: By default, your own classes will be displayed. To view other classes in your school, click on the 'My groups' tab.
   
   
7. Create the settings for your competition:
   1. Task Title – Give your task a title. Your students will see this title on their account and it will help them identify the activity in their Tasks list.
      
      
      
      
   2. Leaderboard size – Choose how many students you'd like to appear on the leaderboard (for example, if you select 10, only the 10 students with the highest score will appear on the leaderboard). 
      
      
      
      
   3. Available from...until... – This will be the period during which the task will be visible on the student's account.
      
      
8. Click 'create task'
   
   

How to create a competition between teams

1. Go into Set Work
2. Click 'set a task'
   
   
   
   
3. Click the box that says 'competition', then click 'next'
   
   
   
   
4. Select 'number' and click 'next'
   
   
5. Select 'Class vs class' or 'Group vs group' and click 'next'
   
   
6. Select the classes or groups you want to include in the competition. You'll need to select at least 2 classes/groups, as the classes/groups you select will be competing against each other.
   
   Click on the box to the right of a class/group to select it.
   
   Click 'next'
   
   
   
   TIP: By default, your own classes will be displayed. To view other classes in your school, click on the 'My groups' tab.
   
   
7. Create the settings for your competition:
   1. Task Title – Give your task a title. Your students will see this title on their account and it will help them identify the activity in their Tasks list.
      
      
      
      
   2. Leaderboard size – Choose how many students you'd like to appear on the leaderboard (for example, if you select 10, only the 10 students with the highest score will appear on the leaderboard). 
      
      
      
      
   3. Available from...until... – This will be the period during which the task will be visible on the student's account.
      
      
8. Click 'create task'