Kahoot! questions: How to brainstorm with Kahoot!

You can use Kahoot! to organize an interactive brainstorming session to encourage creative thinking and boost collaborative learning. 
Whether you are working with a team or teaching a classroom, unlock the potential of brainstorming by letting participants easily submit, group, and vote on their favorite ideas.

 
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Specifications

☝️ The availability of the brainstorm question type depends on your specific subscription plan. Please check the relevant pricing page to see if your plan offers this feature.

Before setting up your brainstorming session, it is helpful to know the technical limits and default settings for this question type.

• Time limit: The question timer can range from 30 seconds to 4 minutes, with the default set to 120 seconds. 
• Submissions: Participants can submit up to 5 ideas. The exact number is set by the creator in the kahoot creator. 
• Character limit: Each submitted idea can contain up to 75 characters. 
• Voting time: Players will have up to 180 seconds to vote on their favorite ideas, with the exact duration scaling based on the total number of submitted ideas. 
• Voting limits: There is no limit to how many ideas each player can vote on. 
• Scoring: The top 3 most popular ideas earn 1000 points per vote. Note that voting on your own idea will not award you any points. 

💡 Teaching K-12 students?
The Brainstorm feature is available for K-12 teachers on Kahoot!+ plans who teach students over 16 years old. 

To unlock this feature, you will be asked to confirm that you teach older students via a quick pop-up window directly on the platform when adding this question type to your kahoot.

How to create Kahoot! brainstorm question

Adding a brainstorm question to your game is quick and easy. Follow these steps:

1. Start creating a kahoot.
2. Click the Add question button on the left-side panel and select the Brainstorm option from the list.
   
3. Type your question at the top of the creator.
   
4. Select the time limit, points, and number of ideas per player on the right-side panel.
   • Time limit: You can choose from 30 seconds to 4 minutes.
   • Points: You can choose to give standard points, double points, or no points at all. Read more about how points work.
   • Number of ideas per player: Choose how many ideas each player can submit.
5. Save your kahoot.

How to host a brainstorming session

1. Launch your session by hosting live games with the your participants.
2. Once the question is presented, your players will begin submitting their answers.
   
3. When the time is up, the host’s screen will display all the ideas. This is a great moment to pause, discuss, and reflect as a group.
   
4. The submitted ideas are automatically grouped using AI. If the automatic grouping is incorrect, the presenter can click the top right corner of the idea and select the Ungroup option. 
   Alternatively, you can group the ideas manually by dragging and dropping them on the screen.
   
5. Click Start voting in the top right corner when you are ready to see which ideas are the most popular. 
    
6. When the time is up – or when the presenter clicks Stop voting – the host’s screen will display the final results and showcase the winning ideas.
   

FAQ

Q: Can I review the submitted ideas after the brainstorming session ends? Yes! You can review all answers via the post-game report. The report retains a record of all submitted ideas and the final voting tallies.

Q: Can players vote for their own ideas to gain points? While players can vote on any idea, voting for their own idea will not award them any points.

Q: How does the AI grouping feature work? Once the submission phase ends, our AI automatically scans the text of the ideas and clusters similar concepts together to streamline the review process. 
You can always manually adjust these groups if needed.