Random Name Picker

1. Paste your class list or import a file.
2. Choose whether to pick a name or make groups.
3. Pick pupils one at a time at random, or shuffle the class into groups.

• Cold calling. Ask the question first, then pick a name, so the whole class has to think of an answer, not just the hands up.
• Fair turns. With no repeats, everyone has a go before anyone comes up twice, which suits reading aloud or sharing answers round the room.
• Who goes first. Presentations, experiments, or classroom jobs like handing out books. Mark anyone who's away so they aren't picked.

Yes. Make groups works as a random team generator: choose the number of groups or the people per group, up to 10, and it shuffles the class at random. Group sizes stay within one of each other, and with people per group nobody's left on their own. Use it for group work, quiz teams, or lab pairs. It's fully random, so it can't keep particular pupils together or apart.

Yes. Each pupil comes up once until everyone's had a turn, then you can start again. Turn on Allow repeats if anyone should be able to come up again, and Undo last pick takes back a mistake.

Yes. Tap a name under Still to pick to mark them away today. They won't be picked or put in a group until you tap them to bring them back.

Paste the names in, one per line, or import a CSV, text, Word, Excel, or PDF file, or a photo of a class list. If an Excel file has names on more than one tab, it asks which to use.

No. It stays on the page for this visit only, so when you leave or reload the page it's gone. Keep your list somewhere handy to paste in next time.