What is Edpuzzle Live Mode?
A way for a teacher to run one Edpuzzle assignment for the whole room at once. Edpuzzle’s teacher article says Live Mode lets a teacher “project your video live in front of the whole class while students answer in real-time on their own devices.” The teacher assigns the video, clicks the “Live Mode” button, and students log in and go to the class, which “will automatically take them to your live assignment.” Edpuzzle says it works with “up to 300 students at once.”
So the message isn’t an error. Edpuzzle is telling you the video is playing on the projector.
Why can’t I play the Edpuzzle video myself?
Because in Live Mode your teacher runs it. Edpuzzle’s student article describes the order of events:
- You wait “in a holding space until all of your classmates have joined and your teacher starts the video.”
- The video plays on the projector screen.
- “The questions will appear on your screen as well as on the projector screen.” You answer on your device.
- “When all students have answered a question, your teacher will decide when to move forward.”
- When the teacher clicks Continue, students see any feedback and “the correct answer for multiple-choice questions.”
The teacher can also show the class’s results as percentages on the main screen. Edpuzzle says “Names won’t be shared so your students won’t be embarrassed if they get a question wrong.”
Can you join an Edpuzzle Live Mode session late?
No. Edpuzzle says “You will not be able to join after your teacher has started the video,” and its teacher article warns that students “will not be able to join after you’ve clicked ‘Start!’” Its advice to students is to join when told to and “communicate with your teacher right away if you’re having any trouble.”
What if you miss it, or the session ends early?
You can usually finish on your own. Edpuzzle says that when a live session ends before the video is complete, “you can continue on your own later by accessing the assignment as you would normally,” and that “All of the progress you made watching the video as a group will be saved.” It also says to “check with your teacher to see if you should complete the assignment on your own time or if they have other plans.”
Edpuzzle’s general rule for unfinished assignments applies after that: it saves “your progress and any submitted responses,” and if you finish after the due date, “check with your teacher to see if they will accept the assignment late.”
Why do I still see the message later, at home?
Most likely the live session is still open. The live session closes when the teacher clicks “Exit live,” and Edpuzzle’s teacher article notes that teachers are “automatically exited from Live Mode after 3 hours” if they forget. In our reading, that means the message should clear on its own within that window, or as soon as your teacher exits. If it doesn’t, tell your teacher the session is still live. That conclusion is ours, drawn from Edpuzzle’s description; Edpuzzle doesn’t address this case directly.
How is Live Mode different from a normal Edpuzzle assignment?
| Live Mode | On your own | |
|---|---|---|
| Who plays the video | Your teacher, on the projector | You, on your device |
| Joining | Before the teacher clicks Start, never after | When you choose, and you can stop and come back in another sitting |
| Skipping ahead | The teacher controls playback for the room | Blocked if your teacher turned on Prevent Skipping: you can go “back to where they last left off but no further” |
| Switching tabs | Edpuzzle’s Live Mode articles don’t say | The video “will automatically pause until they go back to the Edpuzzle tab” |
| Progress | Saved, so you can finish alone if the session ends early | Saved, so you can pick up where you left off |
The “on your own” facts come from Edpuzzle’s article on holding students accountable and its article on multiple sittings.
Does Live Mode work on a phone or through Canvas?
On a phone, use a web browser. Edpuzzle says “Live Mode isn’t compatible with the Android app” and suggests “a mobile web browser rather than the Edpuzzle app for Live sessions.” Keep this in mind if you open Edpuzzle from the Canvas app on a phone: Edpuzzle’s Canvas article says phone users “will need to use both the Canvas and Edpuzzle apps,” so on Android that route lands you in the app Live Mode doesn’t support. That is our reading of the two articles together.
Through Canvas on a computer nothing changes. Edpuzzle says that if you reach assignments from “an LMS like Canvas, Schoology, Blackboard, etc. just go to the assignment as you would normally,” and that grades from completed Edpuzzle lessons “will automatically sync with Canvas.”
Where Silent Student fits
We make Silent Student, a desktop app for Mac and Windows from El Dorado Ignition LLC. On Edpuzzle its general vision agent, not a solver built for Edpuzzle, opens the assignment from Canvas, plays the video in real time and answers each question when Edpuzzle pauses for it.
- It does not take part in Live Mode. A live session is a class activity run from your teacher’s projector, so it is yours to attend.
- It never skips or speeds up a video, so an assignment takes as long as its video. Open-ended answers are worth reading before your teacher does.
- We have published no Edpuzzle run. Plans are $11.99, $24.99 or $49.99 a month, with no free plan.
Edpuzzle’s Terms. Edpuzzle’s Terms of Service, last updated July 6, 2026 (checked October 19, 2026; the page did not load for us on 20 October), say “You will not collect users’ content or information, or otherwise access the Service, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our prior permission.” In our reading, that reaches Silent Student. We are not lawyers. Your school’s policy applies too.
More: the Edpuzzle answer bot that plays the whole video. Edpuzzle grades sync to Canvas, so the Canvas grade calculator can show what one Edpuzzle score does to your course grade.
Questions people ask
What does “This video assignment is playing live on the projector screen” mean?
Your teacher is running the assignment in Edpuzzle’s Live Mode. The video plays on the projector, questions appear on your device, and the teacher decides when to move on.
Can I join an Edpuzzle live session late?
No. Edpuzzle says you will not be able to join after your teacher has started the video. Tell your teacher right away if you are having trouble getting in.
Can I finish an Edpuzzle Live Mode assignment later?
If the session ends before the video is over, yes. Edpuzzle says you can continue on your own later and your progress from the group session is saved. Check with your teacher first.
Does Edpuzzle Live Mode work on the Android app?
No. Edpuzzle says Live Mode isn’t compatible with the Android app and suggests a mobile web browser for live sessions.
How long does an Edpuzzle live session last?
Until the teacher clicks Exit live. Edpuzzle says teachers are automatically exited from Live Mode after 3 hours if they forget.
Does Silent Student do Edpuzzle Live Mode?
No. It works Edpuzzle assignments you complete on your own, playing the video at normal speed, and does not take part in Live Mode.
Sources
All fetched and checked October 20, 2026 unless a line says otherwise.
- How does Live Mode work? (Edpuzzle Help, for students)
- What is Live Mode? (Edpuzzle Help, for teachers)
- How can I hold my students accountable? (Edpuzzle Help)
- Can I complete an assignment in multiple sittings? (Edpuzzle Help)
- Using Edpuzzle With Canvas (Edpuzzle Help)
- Edpuzzle Terms of Service , last updated July 6, 2026 (checked October 19, 2026)
How this guide was made. We read each Edpuzzle help article listed above on October 20, 2026 and quote them directly. The answers on a message that stays up at home and on Android phones through Canvas are our reading of those articles, and we say so where they appear. We wrote the guide with AI assistance and checked each quote against its source.
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