How to start a Live Battle and make your next lecture interactive
A Live Battle can be integrated into an existing class within minutes.
You need suitable learning questions, a shared screen and internet enabled devices for the participants.
This guide explains how to prepare, run and evaluate a Live Battle.
1. Define the purpose
Start by deciding what you want to achieve:
- activate knowledge from the previous lecture
- break up a longer theoretical section
- check whether a new concept has been understood
- reveal common misconceptions
- review key content before an exam
Your objective determines the number and type of questions.
Three clearly written questions are often enough for a quick knowledge check. A longer exam preparation session may include several topic sections.
2. Select suitable questions
In Learn Battle Studio, you can:
- use questions from an existing learning pack
- create new questions
- select suitable content from the community
All available question types can be used in a Live Battle.
Before starting, check that the wording is clear and that the level of difficulty matches your course.
Incorrect answer options are especially useful when they represent common misconceptions. The response distribution can then show not only that something was misunderstood, but also which line of reasoning may have caused the mistake.
3. Choose an appropriate answer time
A short knowledge question requires less time than a calculation or a complex case.
Give students enough time to read and answer each question independently.
The timer should create focus without causing unnecessary pressure.
4. Open the lobby and invite participants
Open your prepared Live Battle in Learn Battle Studio and start the lobby.
Students can join through the web or the Learn Battle app. They can participate anonymously or use an existing account.
This allows students who have never used Learn Battle before to join immediately.
Give the group a moment to enter and check whether the expected number of participants has arrived.
5. Explain the format
A short introduction creates a smooth start.
Explain that every question has a fixed answer time. You will then reveal the correct answer and discuss the response distribution.
Make it clear that the Live Battle is not a graded test. The focus is on retrieval, direct feedback and shared understanding.
6. Start and discuss the questions
Start the first question and give everyone enough time to respond. You then actively reveal the answer.
Learn Battle displays:
- the correct answer
- the distribution of all responses
- the current position in the anonymous live ranking
Briefly explain why the correct answer is right.
If one incorrect option was selected particularly often, discuss it:
- Why might this answer seem plausible?
- Which assumption leads to this result?
- Where does the reasoning go wrong?
- In which situation would the answer be correct?
You decide when the discussion is complete and when the next question begins.
This allows the Live Battle to adapt to the actual learning needs of the group.
7. Evaluate the results
After the Live Battle, you can review response distributions, questions and answer options, as well as a graph with a trend line.
Look for patterns:
- Which topics were answered confidently?
- Which incorrect answer was selected frequently?
- How did the results develop during the session?
- Which concepts should be revisited?
Turn these observations into a clear next step.
Repeat a concept at the beginning of the next class, provide an additional exercise or use the most difficult question again in a later Live Battle.
Three simple formats
The five minute finish
Ask three questions about the most important content at the end of the lecture. Briefly discuss each answer and use the most difficult question to open the next session.
The opening knowledge check
Begin with questions from the previous week. This activates prior knowledge and shows which foundations should be reviewed.
Shared exam preparation
Create a longer Live Battle with questions from several learning packs. Allow time for questions and explanations after each topic.
Conclusion
A good Live Battle is about more than questions and points.
Its greatest value emerges when answers become visible and can be discussed together.
For your first session, start with three to five questions. Keep the process simple, plan short explanations and use the response distribution to begin a conversation.
Create your first Live Battle in Learn Battle Studio.