USING ESCAPE ROOMS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AND ENHANCE LEARNING!
KAREN SCHREDER, CSU CHICO SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
I am providing you with some links to help you get started:
How to use Google forms:
How to create a google form: Video link 3 min
Another how to on google forms: Link to 5 min video
Creating an escape room using forms:
Video link-15 min video (this is the video that helped me)
Insert a timer into slides-Link to 3 min video
STEP ONE:
STEP TWO:
STEP THREE:
To choose a background in google:
To choose an image, select choose image. Then select, Google Image Search. There are thousands to choose from!
STEP THREE CONTINUED:
I chose mountain, and it provided me with a huge selection! Select the one that suits your theme best.
STEP FOUR:
Develop your puzzle/story! Make it fun, and not too complicated. Choose images that fit your story.
Write your story on a google doc. Make the doc shareable through the orange share link--choose anyone with the link can view.
Copy the link!
*This process will be the same for each clue or image.
STEP FIVE:
Add the link to the image that you want the students to click. I usually add the story doc link to the CLICK HERE image, so that students know where to start.
To add the link to the image, click on the image, and then click on the link button in the toolbar. Paste the link from your doc to that link.
Your doc is now connected to that button!
STEP SIX:
Create clues! I use google forms. Watch one of the videos in slide 2 of this presentation if you are unfamiliar with setting these up. I add the clue, and some info--a link to a video, a weblink to an article, or some text for them to read. Then I add questions in the google form.
I do not create puzzle locks--but the videos in slide 2 can help with this.
STEP SIX CONTINUED
Add the next clue so the students can access it after they submit their form.
Use the Settings Wheel (looks like a cog beside the SEND button.) Select presentation, then edit the Confirmation message to give the clue.
STEP SEVEN
Use the SEND button in forms to create a link. Copy the link, and paste it into the next object in the escape room, as before with the CLICK HERE button.
All Done!
Add as many Forms as you would like-I usually have done 3.
Have fun!
Please contact me if you have any questions, and use the videos in slide 2--they really helped me.
MORE RESOURCES:
RESOURCE AND IDEAS:
HOW TO DESIGN AN ESCAPE ROOM (STANFORD DEVELOPED)
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY MELBOURNE, PRESENTATION: