Team building, balanced and beyond argument

You pick a size, you press one button, and the class is split: teams balanced to within one student, built from present students only, displayed large with every name. Nobody picked anybody — which is exactly what ends the negotiations.

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This is not a screenshot: it is the tool itself, the one your class will see on the board.

Your practice class

The draw tools need students. Add a few names — they stay in your browser — or start from a sample list.
Build from
Team size

Add at least 2 present students to form teams.

How it works

  1. A target size, not a team count

    You ask for teams of 2 to 6; the tool works out how many are needed and splits the class. Sizes differ by at most one student, and the preview tells you before you build: “1 team of 3 · 1 team of 2”, with a warning when they will be uneven.

  2. No student ever left alone

    When the numbers do not divide evenly, the tool does not create a team of one: it merges rather than isolates. Twenty-five students in teams of two make twelve teams, one of them of three — never twelve teams and one child on their own.

  3. Build from whom?

    By default, the whole present class. A filter restricts the build to the boys or the girls when the activity calls for it — and students marked absent that morning are left out automatically, as in every draw tool.

  4. Helpers place themselves

    In the Students screen you can mark that a student “can help” or “benefits from being paired”. With Kliip Premium, the split takes it into account: helpers are spread across the teams, and each student to pair aims for a team that already has a helper. Without a subscription, teams are formed at random, in equal sizes, and the marks stay in place.

When it really earns its place

Group work, without the negotiation

“I want to be with…” has nothing left to argue: the board did the split, in front of everyone, and nobody was chosen or left out by anyone. Rebuilding takes one click if a composition really does not work.

Rotating workstations

Four stations, teams of three or four: the split is settled before the equipment is out, and it stays on screen for the whole activity — everyone finds their team at a glance.

Sports teams and games

Two big teams? Ask for half the class as the size. Pairs for a revision game? Teams of two. The same button works from the gym to the classroom.

What it does, and what it does not

The split is a balanced random draw, not a pedagogical algorithm: beyond the helper marks, the tool knows nothing about levels, friendships or conflicts. You know those — and “Reform” redraws everything, it does not swap two students.

The teams on screen do not survive to the next day on their own: to find a composition again later, you name it in the History and take it up again — those two gestures are part of the paid plan. Building teams itself stays free, with no account.

As everywhere on the board, the names stay in your browser: nothing is sent to a server.

Frequently asked questions

Can a student end up alone?

No, as long as isolating them is avoidable. When the numbers do not divide evenly, the tool reduces the number of teams rather than create a team of one: the smallest team always has at least two members whenever the class has two.

Can I build girls-only or boys-only teams?

Yes. The “Build from” filter restricts the split to the present boys or girls; “Whole class” stays the default. Students whose gender is not set are part of “Whole class” only.

How do I keep a helper in every team?

Mark them “can help” in the Students screen, then leave “Balance by support marks” ticked in the tool — a Kliip Premium capability. At build time, helpers are placed first and spread out — no team gets a second one while another has none — then students marked “to pair” join a team that already has one.

Can I get last week’s teams back?

Every build is written to the log. Name it from the History and it is kept; “Take up these teams” shows it again — warning you if some students have left the class since. Naming and taking up are part of the paid plan.

Are absent students counted?

No. A student marked absent is left out of the split, as out of every draw on the board, until you mark them present again. Attendance decides once, for every tool.

Wheel The wheel draws a student among those present — big, colourful, readable from the back of the room. Turn order Shuffle present students into a full turn order — everyone gets a turn, nobody is forgotten. Random draw The no-frills draw: a name comes out, and you can draw again right away.

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