Thank you for this clear and detailed video. I used it to create a virtual escape room for a holiday party. It was a tremendous success! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and creativity!
Thank you SO MUCH! I watched, paused, replayed, pulled in my principal to help, watched again. And I think I am ready for my first trial run with this today.
I'm so glad! (If you still have questions or challenges, let me know - I'll be rolling out an online digital escape room workshop that goes into far more depth than this video SOON!)
I've been making real escape rooms in my middle school library for years based on my teachers' curricula. What to do during Covid? You Nailed It! Many Mahalos from Maui
I've looked through so many instructions and this one is the easiest I've found by far. And I need it easy because I want my students to create escape rooms for each other. Thank you so much!
This was one of the most informative videos I have seen. I really have learned so much from you!!!!! Learning to change the link from edit to preview has probably just changed my life!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge about this. I can't wait to start creating some escape rooms!
I'm so glad! A recent tip I've learned is if you add "?rm=minimal" (no quotes) after the word preview in the link, it also removes the black navigation bar at the bottom of the screen as well!
THANK YOU!!! This is a fantastic way to combine all of the tech skills and tools we use everyday!!! I can't wait to use this in my classroom! THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you for sharing. I think this will be fun. I am a high school Driver Ed teacher and i am excited to create an escape room for them. I'll check back after I have had a chance to create and try this with my students.
Thank you so much for going through this! You're so brilliant! We've been looking for a free version of an escape room for our Youth Activity in the church but we have found none, so this is very helpful for us. Thank you again! :)
You made this so easy to understand and follow! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm going to begin creating an escape room for our Hamlet unit. My students will love this!
Thank you so much! This video was INCREDIBLY helpful! I wasn't sure where to start with making one of my own, and you made it so much less confusing. Love it!
Thanks for this video! Can anyone answer this question-- I included an automatic UA-cam timer in my Escape Room Google slide, but when I click on links and it takes me to forms to answer questions, the timer in the slides stops until I return to the slide. Is there a way around this?
Thank you so much for sharing how to create an escape room. Should we create two forms, one for the code to escape and one for where the actual answers for the clues go? I ask because I saw a lock on the door with a link, and then I saw the banner which says click HERE.
Hi there! Appreciate your video! I am, however, super confused about how to keep the timer from resetting. Mine resets every time they click out of the link and have to go back to the original room. Can you help?
I believe it! I keep making new bitmoji classrooms! And I've made a real world escape room and it took a long time. This will too but it will be fun!!! 🤩
Thank you so much for this video, it was really helpful. I'm currently doing a senior project in college and we're making virtual escape rooms so I needed this hardcore.
This was a great thing to learn how to do! i saw this being used by a podcast ((And That's Why We Drink)) and did one for my friend's birthday present as well! thanks for suck an indepth video!
I love this tutorial and the concept of the escape room! Thank you so much for the clear instructions. I am having trouble with the timer. When I click on a link and go to an external resource, the timer stops and restarts when I return to the main slide. How can I ensure the timer continues to run as my students work on their clues?
This is awesome!!! I have a question about google forms. I have made an escape room using google form before. I just made another one with 9 'doors.' I see 9 doors but when I send the link out, there is only three doors. WTheck? Any suggestions?
HI thank you for the informative video. Could I check if it is possible for me to do this on mobile devices as well. As when i do it, it prompts me to go back the the gslides app itself, which shows the editable mode instead. Is there anyway for me to play the game on google chrome without being prompt to use an email to enter the app?
I have used your tutorial before, but forgot how to share it with my students. I followed along again, but when I post it in the google classroom the link goes back to "edit" instead of "preview". Any suggestions. Thanks again for a great tutorial.
This is amazing, it’s super clear and I can already make something simple from just one viewing. Thank you. My quick question is: “Is there a way to incorporate the form into the ‘room’ itself. For example, students have to key in the answer code on the blackboard on the wall? Or clicking the lock on the door will open a slide with the lock zoomed in, and then they have to key in the answer on the lock itself?”
when you click to one of the clue and it open a new tab browser, then how you get back to the room ? just switch browser tab ? or you make some button that can go back to the main room ?
LOL, that's a great question! If your teacher has built the escape room the way I do, there's no way to tell if you exceed the timer (but if they have it shared inside something like Canvas or Google Classroom, they could tell through that). For tracking the time, in the rooms I build, the timer video should stay running the whole time, and you can just go back to the main tab to see how much time you have left. Good luck!
Thank you for your wonderful video! I have a question: when you give the students the link to start the escape room, they can move from one slide to another using the arrows at the bottom of the presentation. How can this be avoided? Thanks in advance.
This is a great question, and I have other videos that go into more detailed explanation. The short answer is that I generally recommend using only a 1-slide Slideshow and housing all your clues or information in Google Sites to avoid the problem entirely. But there are also a lot of "hacks" I do within the escape rooms I sell, on Teachers Pay Teachers for example, that mitigate this issue. This video explains some of these hacks: ua-cam.com/video/q_gfVADQusY/v-deo.html. Good luck!
Amanda you are great! This very simple application has a potential to solve many of the online educational problems we face on a daily basis. Thank you!
You set this up in the way that you get the "share" links for the Forms and Docs. For forms, you want to go via the "Send" button (and make sure it's a link, not an invite), and for Docs, you want to make sure to share as a link with "anyone with the link can VIEW" settings. Hope this helps!
YES! There are several ways you can do this, but basically you'll put the link to your next room in the "Thank you for your submission" confirmation screen in your Google Form.
Sort of! I would recommend doing this within your Google Form - perhaps as a final section to the form that can only be accessed once the "lock" is open correctly.
This is amazing! Thank you for the clear explanations. One thing I am struggling with...I want to have them solve multiple other clues in the room that don't necessarily connect with the answer to escape. Is there a way to ensure they have solved all the other clues in the room before they are able to click the lock and escape?
Hi there, Thanks for this info. very easy to understand. I had a question. for the "clues" that you are adding links to. are the links linked from a google slide? or can i put in any old link and have them go there? for example if I created a crossword from a crossword generator, can I pt that direct link in, or do I have to impose the crosswordontow a slide and then use the slide to link?
Great question! You could link to anything you wanted -- I've included websites, games, and even UA-cam videos. (Just make sure that your participants' internet doesn't block any of your links -- I've had that happen with puzzles and school wifi.)
HI Amanda. I am trying to share this link the way you described but when I go to the incognito window it's still asking me to sign in. Would you know what I am doing wrong? Please please help. I think this is such an amazing way to engage the students. I need it for my class.
Hmmm... My best guess would be that you haven't made the presentation viewable to "anyone with the link." You can do this via the "Share" menu. Good luck!
Yes! I should probably make a video on this myself, but here is a great tutorial from another teacher that explains the process: ua-cam.com/video/kofR2_FNaV8/v-deo.html (Basically, you have to “publish the slides to the web” and then add “&rm=minimal” at a specific spot in the embed code before adding it into Google Sites.)
I created a great one based on a field trip we took and the directions were great!! Thank you! I had one problem. I changed the link to preview and then posted it in classroom. They all had to ask for permission and then it still took them to the slides and not straight to the room. Also, our school blocks youtube and you can't insert safe youtube videos as videos just as links. Do you have a suggestion for making my timer play automatically that way?
Hi, Kelly! It sounds like you didn't have sharing turned on for your slideshow - you have to make the slideshow viewable to "anyone with the link" for the sharing to work. As for the video, that's a tough one. You could create a countdown video, find a countdown website, or just forego the timer altogether I guess.
Thank you for posting this. I have been thinking about doing this for some time. Have you ever made one where there are multiple puzzles to complete within one room? I am wondering if I should just have one google form and each puzzle brings them to the same form, or a form for each puzzle? I want to have 6-7 puzzles for them to complete.
Hmm, you could do this a couple of different ways, and it would depend on if you want the students to complete the puzzles in a specific sequence or if they could complete them all in any order. You will definitely need a different Google form question for each "lock," but you could either link to them individually from a single slide (a bunch of one-question forms), or make a longer Google form that they had to complete one question at a time. Stay tuned for a follow up video where I can show some different options in more detail...
@@TechieSpaghetti Thank you! I have been fiddling with it.... finally got my actual "room" done and figured out how many puzzles I wanted in there..... I purchased the Kesler Escape room package off TpT and have used many of them in my room in print. Thinking things may be different next year, so wanted to see if this is something I could get to work. The items in the room would lead them to the puzzle and then they would have to go to the lock to put the answers to the puzzles in the google form. And yes, the order would matter, but I have already figured out a clue so they could determine the order.
@@TechieSpaghetti I was wondering if you could make different forms for each "clue" and when you get it right it takes you to something (slide or another "question" on the Google Form) that will give you a "key" (number, letter, whatever) that would then have to be put into the code on the door to get out? Does this make sense? SO if you have 6 clues each clue would be assigned a number in the code. So the end would be like a combination to get out?
@@kathyregan7094 Absolutely, and there are several ways you could do this -- either with a single Google Form that has all six questions in 6 separate sections or with individual forms for each clue.
I am having a problem with the link clues. When I post them and click on them, the answers show up. Is this just because I created it or can anyone see it. How can I fix it? Thank you.
I loved our video - the directions are wonderful and I can't wait to try it! One question - I noticed that your students have to enter the 4 letter word to unlock the door. Is this your only question on your Google Form? From the various clues they solved, how did they know what the four-letter word was? I thought this would be a great Back To School activity and wanted to use the word, "Welcome." Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi, Marie! In this particular escape room there is only 4-letter word to unlock the door, and the various clues all pointed to the same word. You could use any word you want - maybe in the case of "Welcome" you could have one clue be a sort of "hangman" or "wheel of fortune" board or a perhaps put the message in code. (Just make sure to tell them to put the answer in all caps if that's your clue because the "response validation" feature is case-sensitive.)
This is great! I have been trying to create one myself for my team at work. I'm just not sure how to link the clues so that they can go back to answer the questions. When I press present they can go to the clues but they are unable to get back to the room or back to the room from answering the questions. Would you be able to point me in the right direction?
I'm glad it's been helpful! The way I have it set up, the clues open in a new window, so students just have to close the tab to return to the presentation. (And I try to write that on the documents so they get the idea.) Hope that helps!
Back again having made my room!! Yay!! I tried setting it on google classroom but the timer doesn't reset for each attempt - do you know how to make sure it restarts every time the link is clicked? Thank you again!
this seems to be a bit related to browser settings - however, when you add the UA-cam video to the Google Slides, there is a setting where you can choose to have it auto-play when the slide show is launched, so I would try that first.
That's a great question - the image is just added in as an "image block" on the Google Form - here is a video that shows this in a bit more detail: ua-cam.com/video/MtBTtxnyDI8/v-deo.html
I'm glad you found it helpful! I generally recommend single-slide documents for escape rooms, but if you need to hide the tool bar you can add the text preview?rm=minimal to the url instead of Present. Good luck!
I was wondering could you you have the instruction video on the escape room timer I got it posted on my first page but I was wondering how do I keep it from continuously counting down from the time it starts? i know you may have answered this question before but I was not for sure if i understood correctly.
Hmm.. I'm not sure I understand your question. In most situations, I would think that you would not want the timer to stop, and would it want it to keep counting down (which will happen as long as your clues open in new windows). Can you give me an example of a use case where you would NOT want the timer to keep counting down?
@@TechieSpaghetti sorry for the confusion when they get the answer right and they escape. I am wanting to create something to were the students can record their time left of the timer.
I've made my first escape room and I found your video vey helpful! Especially the "hack" in the end. Although my students say they need to ask for permission or enter their phone number to access the room? How is that?
Sounds like an issue with the sharing settings on your slideshow. Make sure it's visible to "everyone with the link" or your students won't be able to view it. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Will this sharing hack work the same for a computer, cell phone or tablet? We want to share a link to our google slide with clickable links on our social media page for our library’s summer reading program. We want patrons to be able to view it without having editing capabilities. Thank you, we love your video tutorials!
It should, but if your patrons are primarily using phones or tablets, I honestly wouldn't recommend an escape room of this type (without a mouse to scan the room and look for links, they are very hard to complete). You could, however, set up something using just Google Forms that would work great on mobile devices.
Hmm... I'm not familiar with Book Creator at all, but it probably depends on how the slide is shared and embedded there. If nothing else, can you make the slide a link that pops the scene up in its own tab? Sorry, I probably can't be much help with this one.
When I present mij presentation and you click on a link (so I takes you to another tab, say a form), the video of my timer stops. Is that also the case with you?
It seems to depend on the device and browser. Usually when things open in a new window, the youtube timer keeps going but that's not 100% the case. Basically, you treat the timers as a fun addition, rather than a crucial part of the room.
Really good video. Just a question, would I have to share this individually to each student including the attached sheets, or could 30 students all use it at the same time and it's first student to unlock it wins. Thanks, I have just started remote learning so pretty new to it all.
All students can use the activity at the same time, and since the final "lock" is a google form, everyone has the opportunity to complete the puzzle in their own time. (If you want students to "race" you can have them email you a screenshot that they've finished or type something into a chat if you don't have "back end" access to the google form you are using-- which might be the case if you purchase a ready-to-play activity off of Teachers Pay Teachers.
This is great! Thank you for all of your insight. I saw on another site that another hack for the slide is to replace 'present' instead of 'edit' on the slide URL. Any benefit of this over 'preview'?
Great question! If your escape room is only one slide, both will work. "Preview" moves the gray "slide navigation bar" at the bottom of the screen down a bit more than "present" does. (If you want to remove that navigation box altogether, add "preview?rm=minimal")
if i provide the link of preview to a group of people (about 5), will they be able to play together or this escape room is played by one person only? If we wanted it to be by group, there should be a person manipulating the preview. They cannot play simultaneously or else, it means they have to play it alone?
From a tech standpoint, this is definitely possible! You can have up to like 100 people interacting with one of these escape rooms at a time online. Logistically, if you're having a group play via Zoom, for example, there are some logistics you'll want to figure out. Here's a blog post that breaks down some of these logistics: amandadills.com/zoom-escape-room-howto/
Thank you so much for sharing this! I've followed your tutorial to make my first escape room. I would like to link escape rooms so my students escape a house! How do I link the google form to another escape room once the students have unlocked the first room?
You can customize your Google Form "completion" message so that it includes another link to another "room." Just make sure your students know that they need to "Submit" the form to get the next link (they can unlock the room without submitting, so it would be easy for them to miss the next link.)
@@TechieSpaghetti Thank you so much! The kids really loved the escape room. How cool that someone's (your) knowledge from the other side of the world helped my students here in Australia :)
Is there a way to click back to the Google slide once you click o to another link or do you have to just close out the other site? Also is there a way to keep the timer running when you move off to another slide?
Great questions! Any external links will automatically open in a new slide, so I generally just add a note to my clues that they will need to close the tab. The timer *should* keep running when you go to another tab, but I haven't found it to be super reliable unfortunately. (I think it depends on browsers.)
Another question. I'm trying to do the last step that you explain, where it appears as a webpage instead of slides. It's just not working for me. I'm in Victoria, Australia. All of our students and teachers are logged in to google classrooms. Would this have something to do with it? Whenever I send it to one of my colleagues it only shows up for them as the slides in edit view.
Hm... I'm not as familiar with Google Classroom, but you should be able to share it out in the same way that you share other Google Slides with your students. (You'll probably need to check with your school administrator if you're still having issues.)
I love this. I am working on one of my own. When I put in the response validation and try to put in the wrong answer, it then shows them the right answer. How do I get that to stop?
Hi, Meredith! In my experience, this happens when you don't have the Response Validation question in its own Section. If you try to have multiple questions in the same section of the Google Form, then it gives the correct answer when they try to submit. Hope this helps!
by the way, who downvotes this? Mean people I think. Keep making your videos. You are very good at explaining what we needed to know.
Aw, you are too kind! (And I've seen my toddler up or downvote too many videos accidentally to put much stock in those numbers lol!)
True, But it's a dislike button, this is youtube. Not reddit.
Thank you for this clear and detailed video. I used it to create a virtual escape room for a holiday party. It was a tremendous success! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and creativity!
Can you share your template for a holiday escape room?
Thank you SO MUCH! I watched, paused, replayed, pulled in my principal to help, watched again. And I think I am ready for my first trial run with this today.
I'm so glad! (If you still have questions or challenges, let me know - I'll be rolling out an online digital escape room workshop that goes into far more depth than this video SOON!)
I've been making real escape rooms in my middle school library for years based on my teachers' curricula. What to do during Covid? You Nailed It! Many Mahalos from Maui
Aw, yay! So glad it was helpful!
I've looked through so many instructions and this one is the easiest I've found by far. And I need it easy because I want my students to create escape rooms for each other. Thank you so much!
This was one of the most informative videos I have seen. I really have learned so much from you!!!!! Learning to change the link from edit to preview has probably just changed my life!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge about this. I can't wait to start creating some escape rooms!
I'm so glad! A recent tip I've learned is if you add "?rm=minimal" (no quotes) after the word preview in the link, it also removes the black navigation bar at the bottom of the screen as well!
Thank you so much!
I just set up an escape room for back to school!
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!
THANK YOU!!! This is a fantastic way to combine all of the tech skills and tools we use everyday!!! I can't wait to use this in my classroom! THANK YOU!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for sharing. I think this will be fun. I am a high school Driver Ed teacher and i am excited to create an escape room for them. I'll check back after I have had a chance to create and try this with my students.
Thank you so much for going through this! You're so brilliant! We've been looking for a free version of an escape room for our Youth Activity in the church but we have found none, so this is very helpful for us. Thank you again! :)
This is an excellent tutorial. Thank you for explaining so clearly and succinctly! Great ideas here.
Thanks so much for this tutorial. I was a little overwhelmed creating for the first time, but you definitely helped create a clear plan of attack.
I am so glad! Good luck!
I found this video so helpful! It was clear, simple, and fun! I will definitely use what you taught and create a room for my students! Thank you!
This was so fun and informative!!! I'm so happy I stumbled upon your channel. Thank you!!
You made this so easy to understand and follow! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm going to begin creating an escape room for our Hamlet unit. My students will love this!
Oh good! Have fun!
Thank you so much! This video was INCREDIBLY helpful! I wasn't sure where to start with making one of my own, and you made it so much less confusing. Love it!
I'm so glad! Good luck with your escape room!
This is so helpful!! Gonna create one for my students now
I'm so glad - have fun!
I'm a nursing instructor and I am so going to make a nurse version of this for final review! I'm excited. ❤️
Me too! I can't wait! Such a great explanation!
Thanks for this video! Can anyone answer this question-- I included an automatic UA-cam timer in my Escape Room Google slide, but when I click on links and it takes me to forms to answer questions, the timer in the slides stops until I return to the slide. Is there a way around this?
I also wanna know :')
I want to thank you for doing this! You are a blessing and I am soooooo doing this…
It’s the techie info that I needed to create one!
Thanks again!
Thank you so much for sharing how to create an escape room. Should we create two forms, one for the code to escape and one for where the actual answers for the clues go? I ask because I saw a lock on the door with a link, and then I saw the banner which says click HERE.
This was SO HELPFUL! Descriptive but brief and accurate! Thank you so much!
I'm so glad! You're welcome!
Hi there! Appreciate your video! I am, however, super confused about how to keep the timer from resetting. Mine resets every time they click out of the link and have to go back to the original room. Can you help?
This was an AWESOME tutorial. You teach very well. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!
I never thought of doing this. What a great extension of Google slides!!! 🤩
Have fun! (And be warned: it can be a very time-consuming rabbit hole, because it is so fun!)
I believe it! I keep making new bitmoji classrooms! And I've made a real world escape room and it took a long time. This will too but it will be fun!!! 🤩
This is incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure! Glad it's helpful!
My dearest helper!!! Thank you so much for your information, I did it step by step and...... yea!!!!!!!!!!!
I will follow you anywhere!
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much. I’m in the process of creating my first room. Thank you! You have given me the confidence to do it.
I'm so glad!
Thank you so much for this video, it was really helpful. I'm currently doing a senior project in college and we're making virtual escape rooms so I needed this hardcore.
I'm so glad it was helpful! Good luck with your project!
Wow, what a thorough and awesome tutorial! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this!
You're very welcome!
What exactly do the students get to do the room? Both the Google slides and the Google form separately?
Brilliant tutorial. I had already learnt a lot but you put the finishing touches on it. Thank you!
I'm so glad it was helpful! Happy Escape Room creating!
Thank You! This was awesome! I already know how to do most of this I only need to practice creating links. I'm excited to get started on one.
This was a great thing to learn how to do!
i saw this being used by a podcast ((And That's Why We Drink)) and did one for my friend's birthday present as well!
thanks for suck an indepth video!
Hello, where can I find information on what it would cost to create a simple escape room for a presentation? We would need this by Monday?
I love this tutorial and the concept of the escape room! Thank you so much for the clear instructions. I am having trouble with the timer. When I click on a link and go to an external resource, the timer stops and restarts when I return to the main slide. How can I ensure the timer continues to run as my students work on their clues?
I have the same question!
Thank you so much for this video! I am making an escape room for an inter-college event.
This is awesome!!! I have a question about google forms. I have made an escape room using google form before. I just made another one with 9 'doors.' I see 9 doors but when I send the link out, there is only three doors. WTheck? Any suggestions?
woowwwww..... thank you for breaking how you create your escape rooms down. will definitely try this soon.
Have fun!
My 4th graders love Escape rooms. thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome!
HI thank you for the informative video. Could I check if it is possible for me to do this on mobile devices as well. As when i do it, it prompts me to go back the the gslides app itself, which shows the editable mode instead. Is there anyway for me to play the game on google chrome without being prompt to use an email to enter the app?
Hello mam...u have explained it so so so well..thank u so much for this
I have used your tutorial before, but forgot how to share it with my students. I followed along again, but when I post it in the google classroom the link goes back to "edit" instead of "preview". Any suggestions. Thanks again for a great tutorial.
This IS great!! Thanks for sharing. I was able to easily create one with your easy step-by-step instructions. LOVE IT!!
I'm so glad!
This is such a nice explanation.
Just started working on my own project!
Best of luck!
This is amazing, it’s super clear and I can already make something simple from just one viewing. Thank you. My quick question is: “Is there a way to incorporate the form into the ‘room’ itself. For example, students have to key in the answer code on the blackboard on the wall? Or clicking the lock on the door will open a slide with the lock zoomed in, and then they have to key in the answer on the lock itself?”
Wow, I loved that question! Would you mind in sharing your answer in case you have any?
What is the lock for (how is it different from the clues)?
when you click to one of the clue and it open a new tab browser, then how you get back to the room ? just switch browser tab ? or you make some button that can go back to the main room ?
Hi, say if we play and exceed the timer, will the teacher know? and also how to track the time. Thank you.
LOL, that's a great question! If your teacher has built the escape room the way I do, there's no way to tell if you exceed the timer (but if they have it shared inside something like Canvas or Google Classroom, they could tell through that). For tracking the time, in the rooms I build, the timer video should stay running the whole time, and you can just go back to the main tab to see how much time you have left. Good luck!
@@TechieSpaghetti Thank youu!! ☺️☺️
Thank you sooooo much for sharing!!! This changed my life lol
I'm soooooooo glad!! :)
Thanks for posting, very helpful! Where do you find the background pictures to give it the "room" look?
Just a google image search for "room," honestly.
Thanks so much for putting this tutorial together! It was fantastic!
This was super useful! Even though I'm not a teacher, this was fun to make for my family! TYSM!! ❤️
Do you have thoughts on creating a hospital room?
how do u put the timer
Thank you so much for sharing! This was super easy to follow and really fun to make!
I'm so glad!
Thank you for your wonderful video! I have a question: when you give the students the link to start the escape room, they can move from one slide to another using the arrows at the bottom of the presentation. How can this be avoided? Thanks in advance.
This is a great question, and I have other videos that go into more detailed explanation. The short answer is that I generally recommend using only a 1-slide Slideshow and housing all your clues or information in Google Sites to avoid the problem entirely. But there are also a lot of "hacks" I do within the escape rooms I sell, on Teachers Pay Teachers for example, that mitigate this issue. This video explains some of these hacks: ua-cam.com/video/q_gfVADQusY/v-deo.html. Good luck!
Amanda you are great! This very simple application has a potential to solve many of the online educational problems we face on a daily basis. Thank you!
Thank you for your how-to explanation. This is extremely helpful
I'm so glad!
Do you need a google account to participate in the escape room?
Thank you so much for sharing this. My question is, how do I give access to players for the Google Forms & Docs without giving them access to edit?
You set this up in the way that you get the "share" links for the Forms and Docs. For forms, you want to go via the "Send" button (and make sure it's a link, not an invite), and for Docs, you want to make sure to share as a link with "anyone with the link can VIEW" settings. Hope this helps!
Love this tutorial. Is there a way to finish one room and move to the next?
YES! There are several ways you can do this, but basically you'll put the link to your next room in the "Thank you for your submission" confirmation screen in your Google Form.
This is awesome! I am jumping into this 2 feet first today!
Have fun!
😍It is amazing. Can we add a final dialogue box popping up which will show the result once the student gets through all the clues coorctly??
Sort of! I would recommend doing this within your Google Form - perhaps as a final section to the form that can only be accessed once the "lock" is open correctly.
@@TechieSpaghetti Got it ☺️ thanks again
This is amazing! Thank you for the clear explanations. One thing I am struggling with...I want to have them solve multiple other clues in the room that don't necessarily connect with the answer to escape. Is there a way to ensure they have solved all the other clues in the room before they are able to click the lock and escape?
Hi there, Thanks for this info. very easy to understand. I had a question. for the "clues" that you are adding links to. are the links linked from a google slide? or can i put in any old link and have them go there? for example if I created a crossword from a crossword generator, can I pt that direct link in, or do I have to impose the crosswordontow a slide and then use the slide to link?
Great question! You could link to anything you wanted -- I've included websites, games, and even UA-cam videos. (Just make sure that your participants' internet doesn't block any of your links -- I've had that happen with puzzles and school wifi.)
HI Amanda. I am trying to share this link the way you described but when I go to the incognito window it's still asking me to sign in. Would you know what I am doing wrong? Please please help. I think this is such an amazing way to engage the students. I need it for my class.
Hmmm... My best guess would be that you haven't made the presentation viewable to "anyone with the link." You can do this via the "Share" menu. Good luck!
This is amazing!
Thank you - can't wait to use in my English classroom.
I'm so glad! Have fun!
Will this work if google drive is blocked at work?
Hi - great video. I have struggled to find good room backgrounds. Any tips on the best search terms? Thanks :)
Sure! I've had success with "walls floor background" and "room interior empty" (no quotation marks when you search). Good luck!
Hello I have a question. Is it also possible to hide the google slide navigation bar, when it you have placed your google slide into a google site?
Yes! I should probably make a video on this myself, but here is a great tutorial from another teacher that explains the process: ua-cam.com/video/kofR2_FNaV8/v-deo.html (Basically, you have to “publish the slides to the web” and then add “&rm=minimal” at a specific spot in the embed code before adding it into Google Sites.)
I created a great one based on a field trip we took and the directions were great!! Thank you! I had one problem. I changed the link to preview and then posted it in classroom. They all had to ask for permission and then it still took them to the slides and not straight to the room. Also, our school blocks youtube and you can't insert safe youtube videos as videos just as links. Do you have a suggestion for making my timer play automatically that way?
Hi, Kelly! It sounds like you didn't have sharing turned on for your slideshow - you have to make the slideshow viewable to "anyone with the link" for the sharing to work. As for the video, that's a tough one. You could create a countdown video, find a countdown website, or just forego the timer altogether I guess.
Thank you for posting this. I have been thinking about doing this for some time. Have you ever made one where there are multiple puzzles to complete within one room? I am wondering if I should just have one google form and each puzzle brings them to the same form, or a form for each puzzle? I want to have 6-7 puzzles for them to complete.
Hmm, you could do this a couple of different ways, and it would depend on if you want the students to complete the puzzles in a specific sequence or if they could complete them all in any order. You will definitely need a different Google form question for each "lock," but you could either link to them individually from a single slide (a bunch of one-question forms), or make a longer Google form that they had to complete one question at a time.
Stay tuned for a follow up video where I can show some different options in more detail...
@@TechieSpaghetti Thank you! I have been fiddling with it.... finally got my actual "room" done and figured out how many puzzles I wanted in there..... I purchased the Kesler Escape room package off TpT and have used many of them in my room in print. Thinking things may be different next year, so wanted to see if this is something I could get to work. The items in the room would lead them to the puzzle and then they would have to go to the lock to put the answers to the puzzles in the google form. And yes, the order would matter, but I have already figured out a clue so they could determine the order.
@@TechieSpaghetti I was wondering if you could make different forms for each "clue" and when you get it right it takes you to something (slide or another "question" on the Google Form) that will give you a "key" (number, letter, whatever) that would then have to be put into the code on the door to get out? Does this make sense? SO if you have 6 clues each clue would be assigned a number in the code. So the end would be like a combination to get out?
@@kathyregan7094 Absolutely, and there are several ways you could do this -- either with a single Google Form that has all six questions in 6 separate sections or with individual forms for each clue.
I am having a problem with the link clues. When I post them and click on them, the answers show up. Is this just because I created it or can anyone see it. How can I fix it? Thank you.
This is the best! Thank you!! I'm going to create one for my science classes!
I loved our video - the directions are wonderful and I can't wait to try it! One question - I noticed that your students have to enter the 4 letter word to unlock the door. Is this your only question on your Google Form? From the various clues they solved, how did they know what the four-letter word was? I thought this would be a great Back To School activity and wanted to use the word, "Welcome." Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi, Marie! In this particular escape room there is only 4-letter word to unlock the door, and the various clues all pointed to the same word. You could use any word you want - maybe in the case of "Welcome" you could have one clue be a sort of "hangman" or "wheel of fortune" board or a perhaps put the message in code. (Just make sure to tell them to put the answer in all caps if that's your clue because the "response validation" feature is case-sensitive.)
thank you so much for your help and ideas. I am in the process of building one for my students.
@@marielichte6454 I am sure they will love it!
How many students can access the escape room at the same time? I’d like to break out into small groups to work on it in the same time
This is great! I have been trying to create one myself for my team at work. I'm just not sure how to link the clues so that they can go back to answer the questions. When I press present they can go to the clues but they are unable to get back to the room or back to the room from answering the questions. Would you be able to point me in the right direction?
I'm glad it's been helpful! The way I have it set up, the clues open in a new window, so students just have to close the tab to return to the presentation. (And I try to write that on the documents so they get the idea.) Hope that helps!
Back again having made my room!! Yay!! I tried setting it on google classroom but the timer doesn't reset for each attempt - do you know how to make sure it restarts every time the link is clicked? Thank you again!
this seems to be a bit related to browser settings - however, when you add the UA-cam video to the Google Slides, there is a setting where you can choose to have it auto-play when the slide show is launched, so I would try that first.
Thanks for sharing!!! I have a question... How do you make the image of the padlock appear when submitting the answer in the Google form?
That's a great question - the image is just added in as an "image block" on the Google Form - here is a video that shows this in a bit more detail: ua-cam.com/video/MtBTtxnyDI8/v-deo.html
This is wonderful...I have 1 question at the moment...How do I get the tool bar at the bottom of the slide to not appear while in present mode?
I'm glad you found it helpful! I generally recommend single-slide documents for escape rooms, but if you need to hide the tool bar you can add the text preview?rm=minimal to the url instead of Present. Good luck!
@@TechieSpaghetti Ahhhh, Thank you...I am almost done with making my first one...I may have at least one more question :+)
Is there a way to share this so students don't have to sign in?
I was wondering could you you have the instruction video on the escape room timer I got it posted on my first page but I was wondering how do I keep it from continuously counting down from the time it starts? i know you may have answered this question before but I was not for sure if i understood correctly.
Hmm.. I'm not sure I understand your question. In most situations, I would think that you would not want the timer to stop, and would it want it to keep counting down (which will happen as long as your clues open in new windows). Can you give me an example of a use case where you would NOT want the timer to keep counting down?
@@TechieSpaghetti sorry for the confusion when they get the answer right and they escape. I am wanting to create something to were the students can record their time left of the timer.
This is really fun!
Do you have any tips for making this accessible and ADA compliant for students with varying visual abilities?
Awesome! Thanks for sharing! Such a good video and explained so well.
Thanks! I'm glad it helped!
if you give it to your students in preview mode will they be able complete the google form?
Yes! All the browsers that I have tried will open up the form in a new tab, assuming that it’s been added as a link to the slide. Hope this helps!
I've made my first escape room and I found your video vey helpful! Especially the "hack" in the end. Although my students say they need to ask for permission or enter their phone number to access the room? How is that?
Sounds like an issue with the sharing settings on your slideshow. Make sure it's visible to "everyone with the link" or your students won't be able to view it. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Will this sharing hack work the same for a computer, cell phone or tablet? We want to share a link to our google slide with clickable links on our social media page for our library’s summer reading program. We want patrons to be able to view it without having editing capabilities. Thank you, we love your video tutorials!
It should, but if your patrons are primarily using phones or tablets, I honestly wouldn't recommend an escape room of this type (without a mouse to scan the room and look for links, they are very hard to complete). You could, however, set up something using just Google Forms that would work great on mobile devices.
Very helpful. I would like to insert my scene as a page of my book in Book Creator...but the slide isn't interactive . Is there a way to fix?
Hmm... I'm not familiar with Book Creator at all, but it probably depends on how the slide is shared and embedded there. If nothing else, can you make the slide a link that pops the scene up in its own tab? Sorry, I probably can't be much help with this one.
When I present mij presentation and you click on a link (so I takes you to another tab, say a form), the video of my timer stops. Is that also the case with you?
It seems to depend on the device and browser. Usually when things open in a new window, the youtube timer keeps going but that's not 100% the case. Basically, you treat the timers as a fun addition, rather than a crucial part of the room.
@@TechieSpaghetti thnx! I noticed it as well. When you do it on safari the timer seem to stop. Google chrome (on windows) keep going.
Very good! Thank you for the ideas! I will definitely try them with my students.
Have fun!
Thank you! Excellent tutorial!
Really good video. Just a question, would I have to share this individually to each student including the attached sheets, or could 30 students all use it at the same time and it's first student to unlock it wins. Thanks, I have just started remote learning so pretty new to it all.
All students can use the activity at the same time, and since the final "lock" is a google form, everyone has the opportunity to complete the puzzle in their own time. (If you want students to "race" you can have them email you a screenshot that they've finished or type something into a chat if you don't have "back end" access to the google form you are using-- which might be the case if you purchase a ready-to-play activity off of Teachers Pay Teachers.
This is great! Thank you for all of your insight. I saw on another site that another hack for the slide is to replace 'present' instead of 'edit' on the slide URL. Any benefit of this over 'preview'?
Great question! If your escape room is only one slide, both will work. "Preview" moves the gray "slide navigation bar" at the bottom of the screen down a bit more than "present" does. (If you want to remove that navigation box altogether, add "preview?rm=minimal")
if i provide the link of preview to a group of people (about 5), will they be able to play together or this escape room is played by one person only? If we wanted it to be by group, there should be a person manipulating the preview. They cannot play simultaneously or else, it means they have to play it alone?
From a tech standpoint, this is definitely possible! You can have up to like 100 people interacting with one of these escape rooms at a time online. Logistically, if you're having a group play via Zoom, for example, there are some logistics you'll want to figure out. Here's a blog post that breaks down some of these logistics: amandadills.com/zoom-escape-room-howto/
Thank you so much for sharing this! I've followed your tutorial to make my first escape room. I would like to link escape rooms so my students escape a house! How do I link the google form to another escape room once the students have unlocked the first room?
You can customize your Google Form "completion" message so that it includes another link to another "room." Just make sure your students know that they need to "Submit" the form to get the next link (they can unlock the room without submitting, so it would be easy for them to miss the next link.)
@@TechieSpaghetti Thank you so much! The kids really loved the escape room. How cool that someone's (your) knowledge from the other side of the world helped my students here in Australia :)
@@hollybishop8122 I love this so much! I've been to Australia (Gold Coast) for a speaking engagement, and it was an absolutely amazing trip!
Thank you so much! This really helped me create my first digital escape room.
Fantastic!
Is there a way to click back to the Google slide once you click o to another link or do you have to just close out the other site? Also is there a way to keep the timer running when you move off to another slide?
Great questions! Any external links will automatically open in a new slide, so I generally just add a note to my clues that they will need to close the tab. The timer *should* keep running when you go to another tab, but I haven't found it to be super reliable unfortunately. (I think it depends on browsers.)
Another question. I'm trying to do the last step that you explain, where it appears as a webpage instead of slides. It's just not working for me. I'm in Victoria, Australia. All of our students and teachers are logged in to google classrooms. Would this have something to do with it? Whenever I send it to one of my colleagues it only shows up for them as the slides in edit view.
Hm... I'm not as familiar with Google Classroom, but you should be able to share it out in the same way that you share other Google Slides with your students. (You'll probably need to check with your school administrator if you're still having issues.)
I love this. I am working on one of my own. When I put in the response validation and try to put in the wrong answer, it then shows them the right answer. How do I get that to stop?
Hi, Meredith! In my experience, this happens when you don't have the Response Validation question in its own Section. If you try to have multiple questions in the same section of the Google Form, then it gives the correct answer when they try to submit. Hope this helps!