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Online Scavenger Hunt

Virtual adaptation of popular team-based challenge.

  • Simple set-up
  • Engaging & fun
  • 60+ challenge & puzzle templates
  • Free tech support
  • Inexpensive

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. In advance of your event, purchase a padlet.com account (choice of 30-day or 12-month plan.)
  2. Once you become familiar with the padlet technology, you have four primary tasks to complete:
    – Choose a selection of puzzles & challenges to populate your event (visit the Resources tab for many options;)
    – Select your preferred challenge format, ie time-limited or linear;
    – Create a unique padlet (page) for each challenge; and
    – Create your Welcome slides to prepare your group to know how to play.
  3. Choose your preferred video-conferencing platform to gather your group for the event, eg Zoom.
  4. On the day, start your video conference meeting and share your Welcome slides.
  5. When ready and all questions have been answered, share the starting URL with your group to (a) invite team members to become acquainted with one another and/or (b) commence their first challenge.
  6. Allocate your group to small breakout rooms of 3 to 5 people.
  7. Once started, monitor the Help padlet to offer assistance, if and when required.
  8. If desired, pop in and out of the various breakout rooms to check on the progress of individual teams.
  9. Broadcast a message to all breakout rooms 10 minutes prior to the nominated finish time that the scavenger hunt is about to end.
  10. Upon the event’s conclusion, greet all participants as they return to the primary meeting room.
  11. Process the experience as required or desired.

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Comments (5)

  1. Amy Climer

    I’ve created and used scavenger hunts with Padlet with several groups (after being introduced to it by playmeo). It’s an awesome activity – super engaging for small breakout rooms in Zoom.

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  2. Stacy Greenberg

    Hi there,

    I was excited to see this activity offered with support. Before I purchase the padlet subscription (for a month rather than a year), I was wondering if it’s possible to plan and organize everything and then host the scavenger hunt all within a month’s time before access to the padlet runs out. Can anyone give me a time frame of what to expect? Thank you!

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    • Mark Collard

      Michael, you ask a good question. I think it’s possible to do everything from within the month, but if you are concerned, I would suggest that you could do a lot of pre-work in advance, eg plan which challenges you will use, their sequence, their passwords, create all of the images you wanted to upload, etc. Then, you could use your month’s registration to not only become acquainted with padlet but build the whole event. Reach out if you ever need help!

  3. Greg

    Hi Mark, Great content. Thank you. Have you run into any issues with organizations that block access to these kinds of websites? I have a few companies I work with that have blocked sites like Flippity.

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    • Mark Collard

      Hey Greg, thanks for your comment. No, I am not aware of the padlet technology being blocked by certain companies. The only place I do know coverage is patchy is in China (which is a whole other kettle of fish.) What’s the issue with Flippity? Is it because it requires access to Google Drives/Docs?

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