The Teacher's guide

to Quizlet
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Contents
The Quizlet story
1

What is Quizlet?
2

Create an account
3

Create flashcard sets and scan 4

documents

Find and repurpose a relevant set

5

Create a class
6

Add new sets to a class

7

Invite students to join your class

8

Play Quizlet Live in class

9

Play Checkpoint in class

10

Watch students progress

11

Quizlet Plus for teachers subscription 12

and group order information
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The Quizlet story

It all started with flashcards and a highly motivated student. In Fifteen years later, these are core components of Quizlet’s
2005, Andrew Sutherland was preparing for an exam that company values and remain a strong and consistent guide as
required him to learn the names of more than 100 animals... in the product continues to evolve for teachers and students.
French. To help himself learn, he decided to use his self-taught Today, more than 60 million learners and more than 2 million
coding skills to create a digital version of 3x5 index cards to teachers trust Quizlet each month to help them teach
study with. His digital approach to flashcards helped him ace something new and help others learn. As a teacher using
the test and soon Andrew and his classmates were finding Quizlet, you can engage students and drive outcomes in any
success recalling and practicing conversational French using context with the content you need to make your best days in
these little quizzes, or Quizlets. The creation of Quizlet and its the classroom a reality. It’s easy (and free!) to get started.
earliest days were all about teaching yourself something new Read on to learn more!
and helping others learn.

2005 2010 2016 2018 2022

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What is Quizlet?
Quizlet allows you to create sets of content and
repurpose content other teachers have created.
You can use these sets for engaging in-class
activities and to support students as they become
self-directed learners at home. Cover the right
learning material for your classes on any subject
and topic

Quizlet is an efficient and effective tool for my

students to study Algebra 1 and Geometry
through the study sets I have created for them!
Rory Yakubov, Old Bridge High School
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How do I make an
account?
Creating a teacher account on Quizlet is free and
easy. Use your email address, Google account, or
Facebook account to get started.

How to sign up:

Go to the Quizlet homepage and select Sign up
Enter your birthday
Enter your email address
Enter a username
Enter a secure password
Check: I am a teacher
Select Sign up
Check your email and confirm your account.

Need to create an account? Head over to

quizlet.com or use the Quizlet app to sign up
for FREE!
Rory Yakubov, Old Bridge High School
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Create flashcard sets Home Textbook solutions Your library Create Upgrade
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Quizlet sets help you cover the right learning

content to match your lessons. Repurpose
millions of teacher created sets or make your own.
How to create your own Quizlet set
Log in to your account and select Create on the home page
Select Study set
Enter a title for your set
Add a term in the first column
Add a definition in the second column
Select Choose language under the term and definition, if
needed
Select Create to save and publish your set.

Snap, scan, teach

Create new sets quickly

and easily from a photo
on your phone

Create more detailed

sets

Customize images,
diagrams and audio

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Find a relevant set

1

Home Textbook solutions Your library Create Upgrade

No need to start from scratch! There are millions

of sets created by other teachers and learners,

which makes it easy to find the right learning

content for your classes.

I love that I can search for existing sets, copy

them, and customize them by editing

definitions, adding images, or adding terms.

I don't have to reinvent the wheel!

Dr. Jessica Pilgreen, Wesclin High School

How to find a relevant set

Go to quizlet.com

Select Search

Type in the topic you are teaching

Press Enter.
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Create a class Home Textbook solutions Your library Create Upgrade

1

Give your students access to the best of Quizlet

Your classes

study activities including unlimited use of Learn

Create a new class
and Test modes for all the content in your
Give class members access to the best of Quizlet’s study activities like Learn and Test
Give class members access to the best of Quizlet’s study activities like Learn and
class. It’s free for all teachers to enhance for all content in your class. It’s free!
Test for all content in your class. It’s free!

student study benefits through classes!

Create class Learn more

Class name
How to create a class

Log in to your account and select Create on the home page School name
Recent
Select Class

Enter the name of your class

Description (optional)
Enter the name of your school

Select whether you'd like members to be able to add sets

Allow class members to add and remove sets

and new members

Allow class members to invite new members

Select your school from the menu, or add your school if it's

not on the list

Create class

Select Create class.

It's quick and easy to make a class by sharing a

link with students on Google Classroom or any

other learning platform!

Dr. Jessica Pilgreen, Wesclin High School

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Add new sets to a class

How to add sets to a class

Make sure you're logged in, then select your class on the Home Textbook solutions Your library Create Upgrade

home page

Add a set you've already created or select Browse study

sets to find new sets

Using either method, select sets and add them to your

class to share relevant content with your students.

Quizlet lets me choose from all the sets that

I've built and assign them to classes so that

students have access to top-notch resources

all year long.

Dr. Jessica Pilgreen, Wesclin High School

Learning Experiences on Quizlet

Review (Flashcards and Match)

Improve/Practice (Learn)

Assess (Test)

In-class activities (Classic Live and Checkpoint)

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Invite students to join

your class
After creating a class, you can invite students to join.
Connect your Google Classroom or share your link in Home Textbook solutions Your library Create Upgrade
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any LMS to get students to your content on Quizlet.

Tip:

Sharing your class invitation link is an

easy way to invite students to your class.
You also have the option to link your
Quizlet class within Google Classroom

How to invite students to your class via email

Log in to your account and select your class on the home page
Select Add members
Enter the email addresses or usernames and separate them

with commas
Select Send.
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Play Quizlet Live

in class
Quizlet Live is the fun, fast-paced classroom
learning game that students love. Make lesson
review collaborative, competitive and engaging,
customized with your lesson content.

How to start a game of Quizlet Live

Log in to your account

Go to the set you want to use
Select Live
Select Get Started
Select Random Teams or Individual
Project your screen for your class to view
Ask players to go to quizlet.live, enter the join code, and
enter their names. Players can also scan the QR code to
join if they're using the Quizlet mobile app Quizlet Live
Select Create game
Select Start game.
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Play Checkpoint

in class
Keep tabs on your students and keep them
engaged with the exciting formative assessment
activity, Checkpoint.

How to start a round of Checkpoint

Log in to your account
Go to the set
Select Checkpoint
Select at least six term and definition pairs
Select Create
Ask players to go to quizlet.live, enter the join code, and
enter their names
Players can also scan the QR code to join if they're using a
mobile device
Select Create activity
Select Continue after each question to move to the next one.

Quizlet Live is a great way to start off class and

review what you did the previous class. Playing
Checkpoint at the end of class lets the teacher
know what knowledge students acquired and
what they still need to work on.
Maureen Lamb, Kingswood Oxford School
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Watch students

progress

With a Quizlet Plus for teachers subscription,

gain powerful insights to meet students where

they are with Class Progress. Your class

Sets
Sets Members Progress

To view your students' study activity

Log in to your account

LEARN F L AS H C A R D S SPELL T E ST M ATC H
Go to the set you want to view progress on

Select Class Progress

LEARN F L AS H C A R D S SPELL T E ST M ATC H

Encourage students to engage in a wide variety

of activities when using Quizlet to review

independently. Class Progress will show you the

different activities students have tried, which

LEARN F L AS H C A R D S SPELL T E ST M ATC H
will allow them to give feedback about what

tools are most effective for them!

Maureen Lamb, Kingswood Oxford School

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Quizlet Plus for

teachers subscription

Promote engagement and gain powerful insights Go in as a group

with Quizlet Plus for teachers.

You can also get your whole department or class up and

running with Quizlet Plus for teachers by purchasing a group

subscription at discounted prices. Each subscription in a

Quizlet Plus for teachers subscription
group purchase is good for one year and is not automatically

As a teacher subscriber, you can support students as they renewed.

become self-directed learners with reports and insights on

activities in your Quizlet classes.

Find out more about group subscription discounts here.

Drive high engagement and increase motivation by

customizing Quizlet Live.

Personalize learning material with Quizlet’s advanced

creation toolkit when you add audio, images, photos,

diagrams and so much more to your sets.

Focus students and assist with recall by removing ads

on sets you create and add to your class.

Your subscription is good for one year and will be renewed

automatically.

Find out more about Quizlet Plus for teachers pricing and

features here.

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