🃏 How to create a Random Cards activity

The Random Cards template is a versatile, open-ended tool that mimics a physical deck of cards. It’s perfect for generating random prompts, selecting students, or starting "icebreaker" discussions.

IN THIS ARTICLE:

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

How the activity is played?

The screen displays a face-down deck of cards that you can "deal" one by one.

• The Interaction: The user clicks on the deck, and a randomly chosen card is revealed on the screen.

• The Tools: After a card is dealt, you have a few handy options:

  • Shuffle: Mix the remaining cards back into the deck.

  • Undo: Put the last revealed card back.

  • Deal: Draw the next card.

• Open-Ended: Like the Flip Tiles activity, this is not a scored quiz. It is meant for exploration, prompts, or classroom management.

Creating your activity

1. Click Create Activity and choose Random cards.

2. Add Your Items:

   • Type the text or upload an image for each card.

   • This could be a student's name, a discussion question, a math problem, or a vocabulary word.

3. Click Add an item or press Enter to add the next card. You can add dozens of cards to a single deck!

4. Click Done to save your deck.

   
    

5. Adjust how the cards behave using the Options panel below the activity:

   • Animation: Choose whether the cards deal out quickly or with a slow, dramatic flip.

   • Deal multiple: You can set the game to deal 1, 2, or 3 cards at a time (great for comparing items).

   • Automatic Shuffle: Set the deck to automatically reshuffle once all cards have been dealt.

   

 

Need inspiration?

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