Bubble Rush at a glance
Create a Bubble Rush slide
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Add the slide
In the editor, click New slide, then search for Bubble Rush or find it in the Quiz group. A new slide starts with three sample questions, so you can try it straight away.
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Write your questions
Under Questions, type each question and its options, then mark the correct one. Use Add question and Add option to grow the pool. Players draw from this pool, so write at least as many questions as bubbles to win. For example, a science revision race could ask “Which planet is the largest?” or “Which part of the body pumps blood?”.
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Set the race length
Under Race, set Bubbles to win. This is how many correct answers a player needs, and also the most points they can earn. The default is 10. If your pool is smaller than this number, AhaSlides warns you that questions will repeat.
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Choose the question order
Pick Random to give each player their own shuffle, or Sequential to keep every player on your listed order.
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Set the pause and the rivals view
Under Wrong answers, choose whether players pause after a wrong answer and for how long. Then choose what each phone shows of the other racers in Rivals on players’ phones. Both are explained in the settings table below.
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Add a time limit if you need one
Use the Time limit in the right panel to end the race at a set time. Without it, the race runs until you end it.
Present a Bubble Rush slide
Click Preview to try the race yourself, then Present. Share the access code, wait for players to join, and click Start. On your screen, every player gets a lane that fills with lit bubbles as they answer correctly. The lanes move into rank order as the race changes, a counter shows how many are playing, and the first player to light every bubble is marked Winner. The race carries on after that so everyone else can finish, until you click End race or the time limit runs out. Final places then appear on the big screen. On each phone, a player sees one question at a time with the number of bubbles lit so far. A correct answer lights a bubble and the next question comes up. A wrong answer lights nothing and, if you kept the pause on, the player waits a few seconds before trying again. No bubble is ever taken away. Phones also show a rival view if you chose one, and the player’s own rank once they finish.Bubble Rush settings
Ideas for using Bubble Rush
- Energisers: open a meeting with ten quick questions about animals or food groups and a race to five bubbles.
- Team trivia: split a session into rounds, with a new Bubble Rush slide and topic each time.
- Class revision: set a sprint on a single topic, such as the planets or the parts of a cell, with Sequential order so every student meets the same questions.
- Training check-ins: end a session with a race to confirm that the key points stuck.