Kahoot! story: How to assign, share and present live

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Learn how to assign, share, and present a Kahoot! story so you can deliver training, updates, and internal communications in a structured, trackable way.

🔗 Want to learn how to create a story first? See Kahoot! story: How to create.

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Kahoot! story: How to assign

Use Assign when you want learners to complete the story on their own, within a specific timeframe.

  1. Go to the Stories section of your Library.
  2. Open the Story details page and select Assign.
  3. In the assignment settings panel, choose the time frame, visibility, and any additional prerequisites (for example, player identifier or login requirements – availability depends on your subscription).
  4. Click Create assignment.
  5. Share the assignment:
    • Copy the link
    • Download or show a QR code
    • Assign directly via groups or emails (where available)

💡 Later you can assign participants from the Story details page.

💡 Use Assign when learners complete the story over time. Use Present when everyone goes through the content together in a meeting or session.
🔗 To track completion and engagement for assigned stories, see Kahoot! story: How to check reports.

Kahoot! story: How to share

Use Share when you simply want to distribute access to the story itself (for example, adding it to an intranet page or sharing with a specific team).

  1. Go to the Stories section of your Library.
  2. Find the story you want to share.
  3. Open the Story details page and select Share.
  4. Choose how you want to share:
    1. Link
    2. QR code
    3. Directly with learners via groups or emails (depending on your plan)
💡 Before sharing, double‑check visibility settings so that only the right audience can view the story and learners outside your organization don’t unintentionally gain access.

Kahoot! story: How to duplicate

Duplicate a story when you want to reuse its structure or content without changing the original (for example, localizing content or tailoring for different departments).

  1. Open your Library and go to Story details page.
  2. Click the three vertical dots (⋮).
  3. Select Duplicate.
☝️ Only the author of a story can duplicate it directly. Within an organization, users with appropriate editing permissions can duplicate team stories, while external members can’t duplicate stories.
🔗  Duplicated team stories will appear in your team workspace, which helps keep shared training content organized by workspace. To understand how private and team workspaces affect where your stories are saved and who can access them, see How to use workspaces. 
🔗  If you need to delete or restore story copies later, see What is Library Trash and how to delete or restore Kahoot! content.

Kahoot! story: How to present live

Use Present when you want to guide participants through the story in a meeting, workshop, or webinar.

  1. Open the Story details page and select Present.
  2. Share your screen (in a meeting room or video call) so participants can follow along.
  3. Scroll through the blocks (text, images, videos, polls, checklists, etc.) and interact with participants as you present.
💡 Live story presentations work especially well as the “explain and contextualize” part of a learning journey, before or after learners complete self‑paced courses, missions, or quizzes.

How stories connect to courses and missions

Kahoot! stories are often used as part of longer learning paths:

  • In courses, you can combine stories with kahoots, documents, and videos to build structured training programs.
  • In missions, stories become one of the activities learners complete as they work together toward a shared team goal.

🔗 To learn how to integrate stories into broader learning experiences, see:

FAQ

  1. What’s the difference between Assign, Share, and Present for a Kahoot! story?
    Use Assign when you want learners to complete the story on their own within a specific timeframe and you need trackable completion data. 
    Use Share when you only need to give people access to the story itself (for example via intranet, link, QR code, or email) without tying it to a specific deadline or assignment report. 
    Use Present when you guide everyone through the story together in a live meeting, workshop, or webinar. 
     
  2. When should I share a story instead of assigning it?
    Use Share when you just want people to access or read the story at their own pace, for example from an intranet article, LMS content page, or internal newsletter, and you don’t need a dedicated assignment and deadline. 
    This is ideal for evergreen resources like policy explainers or product updates that you still want to keep in one place in your Library.
     
  3. How do stories connect to Kahoot! courses?
    In Kahoot! courses, stories are one of the available content types you can add alongside kahoots, documents, and videos to build a structured multi-activity program. 
    To design a full learning path, create the story first, then follow Kahoot! courses: How to create
     
  4. How do workspaces affect who can see, duplicate, or share my stories?
    Each workspace (private or team) has its own Library, Stories, and Reports views, and content access depends on the workspace you’re currently in. 
    In a team workspace, owners and admins can manage shared content and roles, while members and limited members may have restricted abilities to move or duplicate stories between workspaces.

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