The innovative concept of a high school student has evolved into one of the most dynamic platforms in the field of education. The hosts of Gimkit can turn normal lessons into fun game shows. Real-time quizzes and interactive games on the app have changed how students participate in class.
Online tests can be made by teachers, and students can take them alone or with a team. When students get a question right, they get money in the game. There are different game types on the platform. Each lesson is fun in its own way thanks to Classic mode, Team mode, and Trust No One.
This article will teach you how to be a good Gimkit host in the year 2025. You’ll learn how to run different game modes and set up your first school. We’ll talk about tried-and-true ways to teach that work well with the program.
How to Begin with Gimkit Host in 2025
Becoming a Gimkit host is the first step on your way to making fun games for kids. Everything is easy on the platform, so you can focus on what’s important: having fun while learning.
Making an account as a teacher
Gemkit is easy to use and doesn’t cost anything to get started. To sign up, go to gimkit.com/signup and choose between Google or email. Pick “Educator” as the type of account you want to create and finish the setup process. To find your school, you’ll need to enter your area code and choose your country.
The best part? Gimkit Pro can be used for free for 14 days with every new instructor account. This lets you try out paid benefits before you decide to subscribe.
How to use the new screen interface
The homepage is where you can control everything that Gimkit does. There are four key parts to the 2025 interface:
- My Kits lets you make and organise question sets
- Live Games: Start and keep an eye on live games
- Assignments: Let students participate at any time
Classes: Put students into groups.
You can look at game reports on the website to see how your students are doing over time. The clean design makes it simple to use, even for first-timers.
Looking into the different subscription choices
After your 14-day sample is over, Gimkit Basic will always be free. With the free version, you can make as many kits as you want and host as many games as you want.
Want to add more? You can get Gimkit Pro for $14.99 a month, or you can save money by paying $59.88 for a year. Pro lets you play all game modes, do assignments, answer audio questions, and share pictures.
There are two group plans that schools can pick from:
- Plan from the department: $650 a year for 20 teachers
- Plan for the school: give each teacher $1,000 a year
Setting up your first school
Setting up a classroom helps you keep track of what students are doing better. It’s easy. Just go to your dashboard, find Classes, and click “New Class.” Choose a colour and a name for your class. Then, you’ll get a unique link to send to your students.
When the kids click the link, they can log in with their Google IDs. It makes sure they are who they say they are and writes down their full names. It also stops people from using bad nicknames and makes sure that only your students join your games.
When you use a Google account, the system works great. When putting up games, you can choose your class, and students can quickly get to them by going to gimkit.com/play. The ability to import rosters makes managing classes easy, especially for schools that use Google accounts.
Making content that is interesting for your students
What you make with Gimkit is what makes it really cool. As a Gimkit host, you can make simple review meetings into great learning opportunities by coming up with great questions.
Make your own kits from scratch
A quick click on the “New Kit” button in your dashboard will let you start making your own kit. Give your kit a name, choose a language and topic, and then pick a cover picture from Unsplash or any other website. Adding questions is the next thing to do. Type in your question, the right answer(s), and the wrong answer(s). Then click “Add a Question.” By clicking the tick mark next to each right answer, you can choose more than one. When you’re done, click “Add,” and keep building until your kit is full.
Bringing in questions from other sites
The fastest way to spend less time making content gives you more time to teach. You can bring in flashcard sets that you already have. To do this, just copy and paste terms and meanings with tabs between them into the import text box. You can also export material from flashcard sites that let you do that. For teachers who have Word files with questions, there are services that can take those questions and turn them into Gimkit-compatible worksheets.
Integrating multimedia parts
If you click “Add Photo” in the question maker, you can add pictures to your questions to make them better. You have to pay to be able to post pictures, but they help get more students involved. When you click on the “Open Book” icon in a text box, the app gives you a string and accent keyboard. With the equation editor, math teachers can add equations to questions and replies.
Creating questions with the help of AI
In 2025, AI speeds up the process of making material a lot. The Question Bank in Gimkit has questions that have already been made, and you can use tools like ChatGPT to make your own questions that you can then send directly to Gimkit. You can make this method work by telling ChatGPT to make questions in CSV format with columns for the question, the right answer, and the wrong answer. When you talk to the AI about your subject first, the results are better.
You can also use KitCollab, which lets students send you questions that you can accept and add right away to your kit. Because this function can be used right away or later, making content is a way for students to learn.
Learning how to use Gimkit’s game modes and settings
The right game mode can turn your time as a Gimkit host from a dull quiz into an exciting journey where you learn new things. This list shows some choices that can help your kids be more involved in 2025.
Strategies for the classic mode
Classic mode is the base for individual competition, and students earn in-game money by answering questions. In this mode, you can quickly present new information or see how much you know. Based on how fast you teach, game goals like time limits, cash goals, or question numbers can get students more involved. As an example, look at how 5-minute rounds keep the energy high and longer classes let students really dig into the material.
Students need to look for power-ups, streak prizes, and multipliers on their own. This natural finding keeps them interested as they learn how the game works and what you’re saying at the same time.
Team-based ways to work together
Team mode helps people teach each other and share tools, which makes shared learning better. The balanced team function helps spread out students with different levels of skill, making the game fair for everyone.
Having rounds where people compete and rounds where people work together will make your team games better. You can change the number of players on each team and add features like team points to make the game fit the needs of your classroom.
Do not trust anyone: learning social reasoning
In this one-of-a-kind mode, which was inspired by games like Among Us, students are split into two groups: Crewmates and Impostors. Their roles are kept secret. The mode changes everything about standard cash systems and leaderboards.
Students answer questions to get “power,” which they then use in smart ways. The real crew members have to use investigations to find the impostors, who are trying to fit in and mess up operations. Meeting discussions where students show proof and think critically are natural ways to learn.
For investigations and voting talks to go well, clear time limits must be set. While learning material, students improve their communication skills.
How to play the new 2025 game modes
Gimkit keeps getting better with these cool new features:
- Apocalypse: This tower defense-themed game from October 2024 asks students to use questions to stay alive.
- Mystery Trail is a great game for history and science lessons because it lets students move through digital spaces and solve puzzles in a certain order.
- Knowledge Kingdom is a place of work where students can get along and work together to solve problems and reach their learning goals.
In the Mode Picker, each mode has its own set of menus. To get to it, click “Learn More” when choosing a game. With these new choices, you can keep your kids interested all year long.
Having Live Gimkit Sessions That Go Well
The live session is where all of your work comes together to make your material into an interesting classroom experience. When teachers learn how to run smooth game nights, their students learn more and have more fun.
Checklist for getting ready for the game
You need to have ready your tech:
- Accessing *.gimkit.com domains will let you see how secure your internet connection is.
- Close any extra computer tabs to speed things up.
- For 2D games, make sure your computer works with WebGL.
- If you want to connect, Ethernet is better than Wi-Fi.
To set up your game, use the style Picker to choose your kit and game style. You can choose whether to use the Nickname Generator, set an end time for the game, and allow students to join after the game has begun.
Keeping track of student activity
Your game code is shown on the new Lobby tab. Here are some ways for students to join:
- Go to gimkit.com/join and type in the code.
- To see the QR code, move your mouse over the game code.
- Click on the straight link you sent.
Class students can start right away without having to use codes. Look through the list of student names in the hallway and get rid of any that don’t belong. In 2D games, the lower corner button lets you switch between being a player and a spectator.
Methods for live monitoring
In the top right corner is a control panel that will help you play the game. This dashboard lets you change the volume of the music, see the leaderboards, see how each person is doing, and end the game if you need to.
For non-2D modes, put the score screen on the screen in your classroom. Students like how open and fair the game is. When problems happen, clear the browser’s files or close any open tabs to help students fix them.
Analysis and feedback after the game
When your session is over, click “View Report.” You can look at the data in these three ways:
- Student Overview: See how each student did
- Overall, look at the scores for the whole class.
- Breakdown of the Question: Look at the exact question answers
The papers are a great way to find out what students don’t know and plan what they will learn in the future. To make the next lesson better, ask the students what they thought about it. Save all of your reports as PDFs. You can then find them in the Reports area of your dashboard, which is under the kit.
In conclusion
When you learn how to use the host features of Gimkit, even simple lessons can become fun ways to learn. When students can learn while having fun, they are more likely to participate. Students can learn by doing and work together in the Classic, Team, and Trust No One game types.
Gimkit hosting works when it is well planned and carried out. In my experience, it’s best to start with simple functions and work your way up to more complex ones. Students love to find power-ups and learn how games work while they are studying.
Live monitoring tools make it easy to keep track of progress, and thorough reports after games help teachers plan lessons for the future. These tools are great for getting information that can help you change the level of challenge or find areas that need more attention.
If a teacher is new to Gimkit, they don’t have to be great their first day. Each class gives students more confidence and new ideas for how to get them more involved. When you see kids learn and have fun at the same time, it makes everything worth it.