Self-Practice and Revision After the Lesson

A lesson rarely does all its work in the classroom. The ideas that stick are the ones students come back to: on the bus, at the kitchen table, the evening before a test. ClassKite's self-practice lets you reopen the practice from lessons you have already taught, so students can revise and practise at home, with every answer marked as they go. This guide explains how it works and how to make the most of it.

What self-practice is

Every practice you build in ClassKite can be run live in the lesson. Self-practice lets students do the same practice in their own time instead. You choose which practices to open, students work through them at their own pace on their own devices, and you close them again when you are ready. Nothing opens by itself.

Opening a practice for self-practice

On your Classes page, each practice has an Open for self-practice button. Click it and students can start straight away. When you want to stop, click Close.

Two things need to be in place first: the section must be shared with students, and the practice must contain questions.

Revising a whole lesson at once

A lesson often has more than one practice: a warm-up, a main set and a stretch task, perhaps. To hand them back together, choose Open several as one self-practice…, tick the practices you want, give the set a name students will recognise, such as "Fractions review", and open it for students. They see one piece of work rather than three.

ClassKite also helps at the end of a live lesson. When the session finishes, it asks whether you would like to hand the lesson back as one self-practice, so revision is ready before the class has packed up.

What students see

On their dashboard, students find an Open for self-practice list showing each practice, the section it belongs to, the number of questions and whether they have finished it. From there:

They move freely between the questions and work at their own pace.
Every answer is marked instantly, so they know straight away whether they are right.
If an answer is wrong, they try that question again before moving on.
When they have finished, they can retake the practice as often as they like, which makes it ideal for revision before a test.

Going back to the lesson itself

Revision is not only about answering questions. In any section you have shared, students can reopen the lesson material and look through your notes on it in the Teacher view, just as you left them. They can reread the worked example you modelled in class, then go and practise the questions. The practice screen shows the questions only, so students move between the two.

Seeing how it went

Every self-practice session is recorded and gets its own detailed report, just like a live lesson. In your class report, self-practice sessions sit in the same list as your live sessions, labelled Self-practice. You can see who has finished, who has not opened it yet, their scores, and what each student got right first time compared with what they solved in the end. If a student has retaken the practice, the report shows that a retake is in progress. Read more in reports and progress tracking.

Ideas for using it

Consolidation: open the day's practice as homework so the lesson is revisited while it is fresh.
Test preparation: in the week before an assessment, reopen the practices from earlier in the unit so students can revise the topics they found hardest.
Catch-up: a student who missed the lesson can read your notes on the material and work through the same practice as everyone else.

Create a free teacher account and open your first practice for self-practice.

Frequently asked questions

Can I set a due date?

Not at the moment. A self-practice stays open until you close it, and there are no automatic deadlines or reminders.

Can I open several practices at once?

Yes. Choose "Open several as one self-practice…", tick the practices and give the set a name. Students see it as a single piece of work.

Is self-practice free?

Yes. Opening practice for self-practice is free on every plan, including Teacher Basic. The detailed reports on each session are part of ClassKite Plus and the School plan.

Self-Practice and Revision: Keep Learning Going After the Lesson