When you add or edit any question that awards points, look for the Points dropdown field:
By default the standard option is set:
- Single-select questions offer up to 1000 points when a player responds correctly.
- Multi-select questions offer up to 500 points per correct answer.
You can toggle this to no points or double points.
How points work
The below formula is not applied when a player responds correctly in less than 0.5 seconds. In this case, the player always receives the maximum number of points.
Points are awarded based on the speed of the answer. This is how points are calculated:
- Divide response time by the question timer. For example, a player responded 2 seconds after a 30-second question timer started. 2 divided by 30 is 0.0667.
- Divide that value by 2. For example, 0.0667 divided by 2 is 0.0333.
- Subtract that value from 1. For example, 1 minus 0.0333 is 0.9667.
- Multiply points possible by that value. For example, 1000 points possible multiplied by 0.9667 is 966.7.
- Round to the nearest whole number. For example, 966.7 is 967 points.
For math wizards, this can be expressed as:
⌊ ( 1 - (( {response time} / {question timer} ) / 2 )) {points possible} ⌉
In the team mode (team vs. team) the score of the team is the average of the individual scores of the team members (calculated according to the formula above).
Can I disable the speed of answer point reduction?
While you can't disable the speed of answer point reduction for live games, you can disable the question timer when assigning kahoots. Disabling this timer will remove the point reduction.