![]() ![]() Once they have reached the end, you can give them some kind of victory image that lets them know that they have successfully “escaped” or “unlocked” all of the puzzles. Essentially, you will go back-and-forth between puzzle clues/ codes and images- each one has to be a new REQUIRED section so that students will be cued to move through the escape room in sequence. Then, you will input a new section with another photo. If you have a matching exercise as one of the puzzles, you can instruct students to take the first letter of each matched word to create the code like I did here: These codes can include anything you want- numbers, letters, words, symbols, etc. Step Four: Passwords & Locksīefore we get to the technicalities of creating the Google Form, you first need to come up with special codes for each puzzle that will unlock each lock. I would recommend that you start out simple and then can work on sophistication and creativity as you gain more experience with the process. Or you can keep it simple like I did and give bonus points or candy to the winning group. For example, if you do a treasure map story, you can give the winning group a bundle of golden chocolate coins as a prize. At the end of the escape room, you can decide if you’d like to give a prize to students (or not) and if you would like for that prize to somehow thematically relate to the story you’ve created. Be creative and enjoy the process of creating a story that fits your personality and students’ interests. Or, you can make them more literal escape rooms and put the “groups” into a haunted mansion or haunted hotel, and they need to escape the zombies without being bitten. You can make up all kinds of storylines just like video games… something like a story about a treasure that needs to be found, or something like a group of people who are stranded on a deserted island and need to be rescued. For example, I turned my escape room into a Super Mario Brothers’ theme in which students have to defeat five villains (including Wario, of course!) in order to help Princess Peach, the princess of alliteration (of course), escape the evil clutches of Bowser. ![]() This is where you get to be CREATIVE! Come up with a story that grants a purpose to the challenge of the escape room activity. Be sure to vary the types of activities so that students are challenged in different ways as they move through the escape room. Just simply create tasks that will target the skills you would like to target. At this phase in the process, do not worry so much about the keys to open the locks. These included cloze passages, matching, and close reading. For my escape room, I created five exercises that targeted literary devices in different ways. Step Two: Create the TasksĪgain, begin with the end in mind and create the four or five tasks that you will have students complete. ![]() I would recommend having students complete the escape room in class as collaborative groups to add in the element of class competition however, you can also have students complete the escape room as a homework assignment if needed. Keep in mind that these activities need to be short enough that students can complete them in a timely manner. Once you’ve selected your targeted skill(s), then you will need to create 4-5 challenges. Think about using quizzes you’ve already created and bundling them together to create the various tasks of the escape room. This will help focus the tasks you create to open each lock. Just like with every assignment you create, the first step is to begin with the end in mind and decide which skills you would like to assess using the escape room. Here’s how you can create your very own digital escape rooms using Google Forms! Step One: Select a Skills Focus I turned it into a Super Mario Brothers’ themed game where each lock represented defeating a villain from the old original Super Mario Brothers game (because I’m a child of the 80s, and this is my only video game reference- lol!). For this digital escape room, I created five separate tasks that target literary devices and close reading skills in order to derive the passwords needed to unlock each digital lock. So, I got to work and created my very first digital escape room, which you can find for sale here. Escape rooms are all the rage among students today! I will admit that I was slow to jump on the bandwagon due to the time constraints I have as a teacher to commit to building one of these, but then I learned about digital escape rooms using Google Forms and decided to give it a try! I found that these were fairly easy to create and didn’t require many supplies such as locks, boxes, maps, etc. ![]()
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