If you’re seeing this page, it means you’re about to apply to become Verified or you’ve already been accepted – congratulations!
Here, you’ll find guidelines that will help you create high quality content that will be seen by millions of educators, students, or business users. Dive in for detailed recommendations, or download these PDF checklists:
On your profile page within Kahoot! Academy, you can introduce yourself to the community, feature your original kahoots you’re most proud of, as well as add links to any supporting or complementary content you would like to feature. To make your profile even more relevant and give other users a reason to visit it again, we encourage you to fill out all fields and continue adding more kahoots and links.
Save or print out this short checklist with all steps to optimize your profile page:
We recommend adding a real photo of yourself. Animals are cute and movie stars look stellar but we’d love to see the real you! 😉 If you’d prefer to not use a real photo, an alternative could be to use a Bitmoji avatar.
The banner image, which is displayed in the top part of your profile page, adds a nice visual touch! You can also use this space to illustrate the theme of your kahoots. You can choose from one of our suggested backgrounds, or upload your own high-quality image. The recommended dimensions are [1280x256px, a ratio of 5:1]. This will work for the desktop view [6:1 ratio] and mobile view [3:1 ratio]. When you upload your image, you will be able to crop it so it fits the screen the way you like!
You can use an image you created yourself or a photo you took. If your photo contains people – for example, students or clients – make sure all have given consent to be featured on the web. Alternatively, you can use an image with a Creative Commons license. Please avoid using copyrighted images.
Would you be open to other like-minded educators, business users or parents connecting with you on social media? Feel free to include links to your profiles, for example, on Twitter or Instagram!
When it comes to any external links you add to your Verified profile, please ensure that all content added there is appropriate for your intended audience. So, if you’re an educator, make sure your information is kid-friendly as Kahoot! Academy is a resource for millions of students, too.
Add a short title that will be displayed at the top of your profile. We suggest keeping this title short and simple by using your name. If there is space, you might also include the type of content you feature on your profile, such as Science or Marketing. Some examples: Ms. Amanda, Marketing with Amanda, Math with Amanda.
Add a few sentences to introduce yourself and share a bit more about what kind of content you’re creating. We think the following info can be really helpful for our community:
Do you have your own website? Awesome! If its content is relevant to the topics of your kahoots, please add a link so our community can get to know you better! The first link you add will be located on your profile underneath your Short page title.
If you have any additional resources that can complement your awesome kahoots, we think they’d make your profile page shine even more! These links, which you add below your first link, will be located in the “About” section of your profile page. Here are some examples of great supporting content:
When adding a link, make the text more descriptive so others can easily assess if it’s relevant for them:
That’s the part of your profile page where probably most eyes will be looking! Choose up to 4 kahoots you’re most proud of to pin here. We recommend changing your top kahoots every now and then to keep your profile more dynamic.
Make sure your kahoots have descriptive titles that would make it easier for our community to assess if they’re relevant for their needs. We’ll focus on the best practices for high quality kahoots in the next section.
When you’re getting started as a Verified creator, it’s best if you already have at least 3 kahoots to add to your page. But you can of course (and we’d very much encourage it) add more kahoots in the future!
As mentioned in the section above, try to make the kahoot titles as descriptive as possible and avoid references that might not be universally known to a global audience, for example, chapter names of a textbook:
Adding courses to your profile can help you better organize your kahoots. If you have many kahoots (say, 10 or more) and they cover a broad range of topics, a good practice to make them easier to navigate on your page is by sorting them into different courses, or collections of kahoots on similar topics. These courses will separate your kahoots into categories on your profile page.
If you’d like to make a course public, you can add it to your Verified profile. Do not fear, if you do not have courses yet, follow the steps in the next section.
Creating courses is easy! You can organize your kahoots and resources into courses in a variety of ways, such as by grade, by language, by topic, or by use case (introduction, review, assessment, etc).
To create more courses or edit your existing ones, begin again from step 2 above.
Whether it’s your background image or an image used in any of your kahoots, please avoid using copyrighted images. This is one of the most common reasons for declining Verified creator applications.
If you haven’t read them yet, please have a look to make sure all content you’re adding is aligned with Kahoot!’s Terms and Conditions. Please pay special attention to the section about Acceptable use.
Great work with setting up your page – now share your hard work with other like-minded individuals! Let your networks know you’re now Verified – for example, by posting on social media.
Whether you’re new to Kahoot! or have been creating learning games for a while, we’re pretty sure this section will give you a cool new idea or two!
Looking for a TL; DR version? Save or print this short checklist with all things you need to remember to create an awesome kahoot:
Kahoot! Academy brings together like-minded individuals from around the world, such as educators, consultants and freelancers, and gives them a platform to share their unique learning content. When creating or updating your kahoots, please make sure all your current and future kahoots are original, i.e. made by you and aren’t based on other educators’ kahoots.
We encourage you to have a scan of Kahoot!’s Terms and Conditions to make sure all your content is aligned with them. Please pay special attention to the section about Acceptable use. We know it’s a long read but it addresses some of the most common mistakes that lead to kahoots getting quarantined or Verified creator applications declined – for example, usage of trademarked or copyrighted material, including images.
Speaking of images…
Adding images makes kahoots more engaging and impactful. You can use them to illustrate a question, add a hint, test attention, and more. Here are some recommendations for choosing images:
In addition to multiple-choice quiz, Kahoot! offers a variety of other question types – and we highly encourage you to mix and match them depending on your learning goals! Here’s a refresher:
By using additional options in each question, you can tailor it customize it even better for different learning goals and better dynamics:
A great kahoot title, combined with a catchy cover image, is one of the main ways to entice fellow Kahoot!’ers to click on your kahoot. Imagine that someone comes across it outside of your profile page and they’re not familiar with what topics you specialize in – will they understand what this kahoot is about without opening it?
Try to make the kahoot titles as descriptive as possible. Add some context and avoid references that might not be universally known to a global audience, for example, textbook chapter names and acronyms:
Always add a description to your kahoots! A well-optimized description will improve your content visibility in the Kahoot! search and will help other users define if it’s relevant for them without having to review questions in detail.
To enhance your kahoot’s description, we also recommend adding hashtags. The best approach to defining the right ones is to put yourself in the shoes of the user who would most benefit from discovering your kahoot. What are they likely to be typing into the search box?
For example, math teachers will often type in “math” when they’re first exploring the kahoots available, but then they dig deeper, looking for kahoots tagged with specific grades or math topics, and even specific learning objectives within topics.
Please check the visibility settings for each kahoot you add to your profile page. Click Edit for a specific kahoot and go to Settings in the top bar. Under Visibility, make sure you’ve checked Public which means that this kahoot is visible to everyone.
Kahoot! Academy Connect is Kahoot! Academy’s new community for content sharing and networking. It will allow you and millions of others to connect with their favorite content creators, share unique learning content and participate in discussions providing you with useful feedback.
This is how you can get started with building your community:
Share your Verified profile on social media, and continue to update your community with unique games and other info to grow your community further! More relevant profiles will get more visibility on Kahoot!, so the more updates and content you add, the more you’ll be able to gain new followers.
Looking for more ideas on how to make your content even more awesome? Here are some additional resources you can check out for inspiration!
Have a look at their profiles:
We’re sorry to hear that! All applications are reviewed by our editorial team, and the most common reasons for declined ones are:
We hope that the guidelines above will help you fix whatever hiccups occurred and you can apply again!
Please check the visibility settings for that kahoot. Click Edit and go to Settings in the top bar. Under Visibility, make sure you’ve checked Public which means that this kahoot is visible to everyone.
Ouch! It means another Kahoot! user has reported your kahoot. You can find more details on the possible reasons in this support article.
We don’t have any additional application process to submit your kahoots for featuring. Our editorial team thoroughly selects content based on its quality, trending topics, how original the content is, and more. Please keep up your great work creating new, awesome kahoots, and we’ll follow your page for updates!
Currently, all content within Kahoot! Academy is available to our community for free. We’re planning to launch the Kahoot! Academy marketplace in 2021. We’re currently collecting input from educators to make this offering as relevant as possible. It’ll allow Verified creators to offer their own content in any format they’d like. Stay tuned for more updates!