A name picker on your class website
Cold calling, choosing who hands out the books, setting the order of presentations: a draw the whole class can see settles these small questions without arguments. This widget puts the name picker on your class website, your teaching blog or your school's Google Site, right next to the day's work and links. Tap Copy code above and paste it into the page.
How it works with a class
- Your class list. Tap “12 Names”, clear the examples and paste your students' first names, one per line (copying a column from a spreadsheet works). The list is kept in the browser of the computer where you typed it and is never sent anywhere.
- Everyone gets a turn. Remove picked names (shown as “No repeats” on a small widget) is on: a picked student leaves the draw. Once everyone has gone, the next round starts again with the whole class.
- Several names at once. Tap “one name” in the sentence at the top to switch to 2, 3, 5 or 10 names: instant pairs, or a whole running order.
- Who has gone already. After the first pick, a line counts how many students have been picked; tap it to see the latest names and Reset if needed.
Where to paste it
In Google Sites: Insert, Embed, Embed code tab. In a WordPress blog: a Custom HTML block. If your learning platform accepts HTML code or an iframe block, the code goes in the same way. If it does not, a plain link to the random student picker does the job: it opens in the browser, with a full screen button for the projector.