Workshops and Classes

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Why Rippily for Workshops?

Traditional video calls put everyone in one flat grid. Rippily lets you design a multi-scene experience where each part of your workshop has its own layout, activities, and atmosphere — and participants move through them with you.

Setting Up Your Workshop

Scenes for Different Activities

Create separate scenes for each phase of your workshop:

  • Welcome scene — a casual layout for introductions as people arrive
  • Presentation scene — a focused layout with a large screen share area and audience seating
  • Activity scene — interactive elements with drag-and-drop exercises or brainstorming tools
  • Wrap-up scene — back to a casual layout for discussion and feedback

Switch between scenes during the session to guide participants through the flow.

Breakout Zones for Group Work

Use zones within a scene to create breakout groups. When participants are in different zones, their audio is isolated — they can only hear the people in their zone. This is perfect for:

  • Small group discussions after a presentation
  • Team exercises where groups work independently
  • Pair programming or peer review sessions

As the facilitator, you can broadcast across zones to get everyone's attention.

Drag-and-Drop for Interactive Exercises

Place draggable elements on your scene for hands-on activities:

  • Card sorting exercises
  • Priority ranking activities
  • Matching games
  • Collaborative mood boards

Participants grab and move elements in real time, creating a shared visual workspace.

Variables for Quizzes and Scoring

Use variables to track scores, answers, or progress:

  • Build a quiz with clickable answer options that update a score variable
  • Create a leaderboard that displays each team's points
  • Track completion — show a progress indicator as participants finish activities

Hand Raising for Q&A

Enable hand raising so participants can signal when they have a question. As the moderator, you can see raised hands and call on people — especially useful in speakers-only mode where participants are muted by default.

Tips for Great Workshops

  • Prepare scenes in advance — build and test your layouts before the session
  • Use speakers-only mode for presentations, then open the floor for discussion
  • Create a "parking lot" scene for off-topic questions you'll address later
  • Use celebrations (confetti, sound effects) to mark milestones and keep energy up
  • Record your session so participants can revisit the material later