Buzzrs – Teacher Guide

What Buzzrs is good for

• Speaking-focused review (students say the answer aloud before it is revealed).
• Asking questions in the L2 Often, students' L2 production tasks are in response to questions, but they do not often themselves ask or try to elicit information from others. Buzzrs can require students to answer using a question, to help them practice that area of L2 learning.
• Whole-class competitions with teams or individuals.
• Formative assessment that feels like a game, not a test.

Step 1 – Create a Buzzrs board

1. Sign in to gamehut.org and go to Buzzrs.
2. Click the Try it now button. You can fill the questions manually, or import them from a spreadsheet (See below for formatting information)
3. Give your game a descriptive title (e.g., “Spanish 101 – Daily Routines”).
4. Save the board (Click on 'Load Game'.) You’ll see a room code that students will use to join the game.

Step 2 – Build your Buzzrs question file

Each row in your spreadhseet/CSV is one clue on the board.

Required columns (in this order)

1. Question – the clue students see (often a prompt, not a full sentence).
2. Answer – the expected correct answer.
3. Category – which column this clue belongs to (e.g., “Food”, “Travel”).
4. Points – numeric value (e.g., 100, 200, 300…).
5. Image URL (optional) – an online image to show with the clue, or leave blank.
6. Daily Double (optional) – put TRUE (or 1) to make this clue a Daily Double; leave blank otherwise.

Header row example:

Question,Answer,Category,Points,Image URL(optional),Daily Double(optional)

Sample rows:

The Lowest Point on Earth,Dead Sea,Our World,200,https://images.com/sampleimage.jpeg,TRUE
Say "I am hungry" in Spanish,Tengo hambre,Food,100,,
Ask "Where is the station?" in French,"Où est la gare ?",Travel,200,,
Say "Nice to meet you" in Japanese,"はじめまして",Greetings,100,,
Say "I have two brothers" in Arabic,"عندي أخوان",Family,200,,

• Keep Category labels consistent (same spelling) so clues group correctly.
• Use Points to control difficulty: 100 = easy, 200 = medium, 300+ = harder.
• For speaking practice, the Question can be in L1 (prompt) and the Answer in L2 (target phrase).

Step 3 – Upload your Buzzrs CSV

1. Go back to your Buzzrs board in gamehut.
2. Look for an option like Upload questions, Import CSV, or Load game set.
3. Select your CSV file with the header and rows shown above.
4. Confirm the upload. The board preview should update with your categories and point values.

If things don’t look right:

• Check that the header row matches exactly.
• Confirm that Points contain only numbers (100, 200, 300…).
• Make sure every row has a category and a question/answer.

Step 4 – Run Buzzrs in class

1. Open your Buzzrs room on the projector or shared screen.
2. Have students or teams join using the room code on their devices.
3. Explain the rules (e.g., teams buzz in, speak their answer aloud, you click “Correct” or “Incorrect”).
4. Click a tile (category + points) to reveal the clue, then listen to student answers.
5. Use Buzzrs’ scoring and buzzer tools to track which team is ahead.

Tips for speaking-focused Buzzrs boards

• Turn each clue into a prompt to speak, not just recall a single word.
• Use categories like “Daily life”, “Feelings”, “Travel” instead of grammar labels.
• Mix short factual questions with personalized prompts (“Ask your partner what they like to eat”).
• Start with easier point values to warm up, then move to higher points for more complex language.

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