Hosting Games
How to play a game mode with your students
Join your hosted Packslet game from the lobby, play alongside your students, and earn coins with your teacher account.
- Host a game and wait for the lobby to open.
- Click Play in this game in the lobby. Packslet opens the join screen for your game in a new tab, so you do not need to enter the join code. Keep the host tab open for the game controls.
- Your account name appears in Your Name. Choose an avatar under Choose Your Avatar, then click Play!. You will wait with your students until the game starts.
- Return to the host tab. Once everyone appears in the lobby, click Start Game. Switch to your player tab to play and answer questions alongside your students.
- Use the host tab whenever you need Add more time or End game. As a signed-in teacher playing in the game, you earn 50 coins when the game ends.
Note: Join before clicking Start Game. You can also use Play in this game after the game starts if Allow players to join late was enabled in the game settings.
Tip: If you project the host screen for your class, keep your player tab in a separate browser window or on another device so students can see the leaderboard.