🎡 How to Create a Spin the Wheel Activity

Spin the Wheel is one of the most popular "open-ended" templates on Wordwall. It’s perfect for picking students, choosing topics, or gamifying any lesson with a spin of the wheel. Because it is open-ended, it doesn't track scores, making it a stress-free tool for classroom engagement.

IN THIS ARTICLE:

• How is Spin the Wheel played?
• How and what do you type into Edit content for Spin the Wheel?
• Where can I find some more examples?

How the Activity is Played

The screen displays a colorful, spinning wheel divided into segments.

• The Interaction: Spin the wheel by clicking the Spin It button or by "grabbing" the wheel with your mouse/finger and giving it a flick.

• The Result: The wheel spins and gradually slows down. The camera zooms in on the winning segment.

• Post-Spin Actions:

  • Resume: Zoom out to see the whole wheel again.

  • Eliminate: Remove the winning segment so the wheel doesn't land on it again (great for calling on students or covering all topics).

  • Spin Again: Keep the momentum going!

Creating Your Spin the Wheel Activity:

1. Click Create Activity and choose Spin the Wheel.

2. You can type an instruction at the top (e.g., "Who will answer next?" or "Describe this word").

3. Enter Your Items:

   • Type the text for each segment (e.g., student names, vocabulary words, or math problems).

   • Add Images: Click the image icon to add a picture to a segment instead of, or alongside, text.

4. Click Add an item or press Enter to add more segments.

5. Click Done to save.

   
    

6. Fine-tune the wheel's behavior in the Options panel below the game:

   • Spin Duration: Choose how long the wheel spins before landing.

   • Appearance: Change the colors and fonts of the segments.

   • Sound Effects: Enable or disable the "ticking" sound as the wheel spins to build suspense.

   

 

Need Inspiration?

Some examples of Spin the Wheel activities have been created by our users and shared with the Wordwall resource community.