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Study circles: private groups with shared quizzes

A study circle is a private group with its own chat, its own quizzes and its own standings. It exists to keep a class or a study group moving together — and to make it obvious who has actually been doing the reading.

Joining a circle

Every circle has a six-character invite code. If someone has given you one, open Circles, choose Join with code and enter it. Circles marked public are also listed in Discover, where you can search by name, description or topic and join with one tap. If the creator has turned on approval, your request waits until an admin accepts it; until then you can see the circle exists but not what is in it.

Creating one

Give the circle a name, a description and a topic, then decide three things:

• Public or hidden. Public circles appear in Discover for anyone to find. Hidden ones are reachable only by invite code.
• Open or approval. Anyone with the code can walk in, or new members need your approval.
• Who can post quizzes. All approved members, or only the creator, admins and members you mark as setters.

When the circle is created you are offered a few quizzes on its topic to seed the chat with, so members have something to do on day one. You can always add more later.

Roles

The chat

The chat is where everything happens: quizzes are posted into it, battle challenges and league results are announced in it, and admins can pin a message so the week's instructions stay at the top. Messages you send while offline are queued and go out when you reconnect. Any member can report a message; admins can remove one for everyone.

Posting quizzes

There are two kinds of quiz in a circle.

• A public quiz from the catalogue, shared into the chat. Anyone can play it, in or out of the circle; posting it just puts it in front of your members.
• A circle-internal quiz, created from inside the circle. These are visible only to approved members and never appear in Explore — a class test stays a class test. They are built in the same editor as any other quiz, with one extra step: an optional time window, so members can only play between a start and a due date.

An assignment is a circle quiz with a due date and a rule about when each member sees their result: immediately on submit, only after the due date passes (so early finishers cannot share answers), or never — results go to admins and setters only, the way a marked test would. Results collect on the assignment's page as members finish.

Keeping the group moving

• Scoreboard. Every quiz or assignment posted in the circle feeds a scorebook, and the week's activity feeds a leaderboard, so it is plain who has played what. "No activity this week yet" is a message nobody wants their name next to.
• Weekly challenge. An admin can feature one quiz as this week's challenge; members see it as a card in the chat.
• Exam dates. Add the circle's upcoming exams and members get a countdown card in the chat and countdown reminders. Exam dates are shared with everyone in the circle.
• Reminders and nudges. Under Nudges & Reminders you choose a daily reminder time to protect your streak and whether to hear about upcoming exams. Premium adds social nudges — your circle keeps you honest, and you hear early when your pace has slipped.
• Leagues. Circles can compete against other circles on a shared topic; see Circle leagues.

Paid circles

A creator can charge for membership — a price in naira, paid through Paystack from the circle's page. Membership lasts 30 days and expires unless renewed; the app tells you when. If a payment goes through but the circle does not unlock, finish the Paystack checkout and tap Verify payment; if it still does not, contact support@quizzyapp.net with your Paystack reference.

A workable pattern for a class

1. Create a hidden circle with approval on, and share the code in the class group. Approve people as they arrive.
2. Restrict posting to setters so the chat stays a feed of set work, not a free-for-all.
3. Add the exam dates on day one.
4. Post one assignment a week with a due date and results held until the deadline.
5. Read the scoreboard on the due date. That is your completion list.

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