Run Your Class

Run discussions, track participation, award behavior points and set assignments — all in one place.

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Run Your Class is a set of tools for running a classroom day to day. Track participation in live discussions, award and review behavior points, set and monitor assignments, time activities, and pick students at random — with the data from each session feeding back into your class roster.

What it does

Discussions
Track who speaks, how often, and what kind of contribution they make.
Behavior points
Award and subtract points against a baseline, under whatever name your school uses.
Assignments
Set written work, share a link with students, and optionally monitor activity while they write.
Teams
Group students and roll their contributions into cumulative team scores.
Timer and randomizer
Keep segments to time, and call on students without picking favourites.

Getting started

  1. Create your account

    Sign up with your email address. It's free and takes under a minute.

  2. Set up a class

    Add your students, and decide whether you want to use teams.

  3. Run a session

    Open the class and track contributions as they happen.

  4. Review

    Check the dashboard afterwards to see participation patterns across the class.

How to use it

  1. Open Classes from the navigation.
  2. Give the class a name and create it.
  3. Add your students to the roster.
  4. Turn on teams if you want group-based scoring.

You can add or remove students at any time, so the list doesn't need to be perfect up front.

  1. Open the class and choose Run class or Track discussion.
  2. Set a timer for the segment if you want one.
  3. Click a student's circle each time they contribute.
  4. Use the contribution icons to record what kind of contribution it was.
  5. Counts update as you go; the fill darkens as a student contributes more.

Quotation
Referencing specific text or sources
Analysis
Breaking down ideas or concepts
Building
Expanding on someone else's idea
Connecting
Linking concepts together
Asking
Posing a thoughtful question

  1. Open a class and choose the behavior points page.
  2. Pick how many points a click is worth, and the baseline everyone starts from.
  3. Click a student to add points, or use the arrows to add and subtract.
  4. Fills run green above the baseline and amber below it, so the room reads at a glance.

You can rename the whole system from the class's edit dialog — "Knight Score", "Star Points", whatever fits.

  1. Create an assignment with a description, an optional due date and an optional time limit.
  2. Share the assignment URL with your students — they enter their name to begin.
  3. If monitoring is on, you can watch activity and review it afterwards.
  4. Archive assignments you've finished with; archiving keeps all the data.

  • Organise students into discussion groups.
  • Award team points for collaborative work.
  • See how different teams participate.

Teams are optional — individual tracking works without them.

  • Which students contribute most, and least.
  • Which kinds of contribution are most common.
  • Totals across all your classes.
  • Recent contributions, and your most active students.

Each class also keeps a discussion archive of past sessions.

Good practice

Worth doing

  • Set clear ground rules before you start tracking.
  • Keep your attention on the discussion, not the tally.
  • Use the data to draw quieter students in.
  • Review afterwards to spot patterns.
  • Recognise different kinds of contribution, not just volume.

Worth avoiding

  • Letting the tally matter more than the conversation.
  • Making students feel constantly watched.
  • Using the data to punish low participation.
  • Comparing students publicly on numbers alone.
  • Recording every single comment rather than the meaningful ones.