All 5 guides
Each guide covers one job from start to finish and shows the date its facts were last checked.
How to pick students fairly in class
Call on students at random with no repeats, give think time before naming anyone and set timers that fit the task. It covers opt-outs, projector setup and keeping names private.
How to run a fair online giveaway
Write the rules, clean the entry list, turn extra entries into published odds and draw the winner on camera. It covers screen recording, winner logs and contacting winners.
How to split a group into fair teams
Compare 5 ways to make teams, from counting off to skill-balanced splits with keep-apart rules. It covers uneven numbers, with worked examples for sports, class and work.
How to use a wheel in Google Slides or PowerPoint
Link a slide to a live wheel and spin it while you present. It covers share links, presenting tips and what neither app can do.
How to use a spinning wheel on stream
Show the wheel in OBS Studio as a Browser Source or a Window Capture. It covers viewer giveaways people can check and blind mode for suspense.
Which guide do I need?
Start from the job in front of you, and the table points to the guide that covers it.
| You want to | Read |
|---|---|
| Cold-call students without picking the same ones | Pick students fairly |
| Give every student think time before a name comes up | Pick students fairly |
| Draw a giveaway winner people will trust | Fair online giveaway |
| Publish odds when some people have extra entries | Fair online giveaway |
| Make even teams for a game, a class or a workshop | Split into teams |
| Handle an odd number of players | Split into teams |
| Spin a wheel during a slideshow | Wheel in Google Slides or PowerPoint |
| Show a wheel in OBS for viewers | Wheel on stream |
To put a wheel on a website instead of a slide, the embed generator makes the code. To browse every wheel by job, open the full list of wheels.
How the guides are checked
Every guide describes only features the wheels have today and links the official sources it relies on. Steps for Google Slides, PowerPoint and OBS Studio follow the help pages from Google, Microsoft and the OBS Project. Giveaway rules point to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the platforms' own promotion policies.
The guides contain no made-up statistics. Where a guide uses numbers, such as the chance of a student never being called, it shows the calculation. Each guide carries a "last checked" date, which changes only after its facts are checked again. The guides are practical advice, not legal advice.