Group Play — one room, one question, everyone at once
Group Play is the classroom mode. One person hosts, everybody else joins with a code, and the room answers the same question at the same time with the results on the board in front of them.
How a game runs
The host starts a game and shares the join code. Players join on their own devices at join.knovli.com — there is a dedicated join page precisely so a student can get in without hunting through the app.
Questions are pushed to everyone together and the board updates as answers land. The host controls the pace, which matters in a room where somebody always needs another ten seconds.
Made for a class, usable by anyone
A teacher can host a game over any deck, including a deck they have assigned or one from Curated Content, and use it as a review session that the whole class is actually paying attention to.
It is not teacher-only. Any group can run one — a study group, a family, a club.
What you get from a game
Every signed-in player earns XP from a Group Play game: more for accuracy, and a bonus for finishing first or in the top three. The game score that decides who wins is kept separate from that XP, so each game can score however suits it.
At the end you see where you finished, how many you got right and what you earned, and in a team game how your team placed. Your Progress page keeps your Group Play record: games, Group XP, accuracy, top finishes and team wins. Group Play never changes a 1v1 or 1vWorld rating.
A teacher hosting for a class picks that class when setting the game up. If the teacher switches it on for the class, a class Group Play leaderboard ranks its students by Group XP this week, this month and all time, with accuracy and games played. It is off unless the teacher turns it on.
The hosting off-switch
A teacher or district can turn hosting off for their students. This does not hide the mode: a student can still join a game their teacher is running. It stops students starting their own during a lesson, which is the actual problem it was built to solve.
Common questions
How do students join a Group Play game?
With the code the host shares, at join.knovli.com or from inside the Knovli app.
Do players need Knovli accounts?
Joining a hosted game is designed to be quick. A free account is what links a student’s results to their own progress and their class leaderboard.
Can students host their own games?
By default yes, and a teacher or district can switch student hosting off while leaving joining intact.
How big can a game be?
A normal class fits comfortably. The mode was built for rooms, not for pairs.