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Quick Activities let you create a temporary activity instantly — no account or classroom setup required. Share a join code or link with your students, run the session, and ChimeEdu handles the rest. Every Quick Activity auto-expires after 8 hours, keeping things clean and commitment-free.

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When to use Quick Activities

Quick Activities are designed for moments when you need something interactive immediately, without the overhead of a full classroom setup.

Demos and showcases

Show ChimeEdu to colleagues, school leadership, or parents without needing to create an account first.

One-off lessons

Run a standalone activity that doesn’t belong to an ongoing unit or classroom — a topical quiz, a review session, an end-of-term activity.

Impromptu sessions

The class is engaged and you want to capitalize on the moment. Open ChimeEdu and launch something live in under a minute.

Substitute teacher lessons

Leave a Quick Activity ready for a cover teacher to run. No login, no setup — just share the link or code.

Conference presentations

Run a live audience poll or quiz during a talk or professional development session without any account requirement for participants.

Testing the platform

Try out a new activity type before building it as a permanent classroom resource.

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Activity types available as Quick Activities

Quick Activities support the activity types that work independently of a classroom context: All Quick Activities are available on the Free tier — no paid plan required.

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Creating a Quick Activity

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Visit app.chimeedu.com

Open app.chimeedu.com in any browser. You don’t need to be logged in.
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Click "Create a Quick Activity"

On the homepage, click the Create a Quick Activity button. This takes you directly to the activity builder — no sign-in prompt.
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Choose your activity type

Select the type of activity you want to create: Quiz, Map, or Flash Cards. Timeline and Fill-in-the-Blank appear in the picker but aren’t available as Quick Activities — build those inside a classroom instead.
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Build your activity

Use the editor to add your content — questions, pins, cards, events, or blanks depending on the activity type. All the standard authoring tools are available.
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Share the join code or link

When your activity is ready, ChimeEdu generates a join code and a shareable link. Share either with your students — they join from any browser, no account needed. The activity auto-expires after 8 hours.

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Quick Activity vs. Classroom Activity

Use this comparison to decide which approach fits your situation.
Quick Activities do not require an account to create or join — they are available to everyone on the Free tier, including users who have never signed up for ChimeEdu.
Results from Quick Activities aren’t saved. Once the activity expires, the session data is gone. Note that this isn’t unique to Quick Activities — quiz results aren’t stored for classroom activities either. If you need a record of student work, use an assessment, which keeps every submission.
Quick Activities are a great way to introduce ChimeEdu to skeptical colleagues. Build a short quiz, share the code, and let them experience it as a student — no account required on either side.