# Flip Cards > A grid of coloured cards: each shows a question and flips to reveal the answer — or hides a prompt behind a number. Optional timer. Source: https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/content-slides/flip-cards · EngageSlide Help Center · Content Slides ## What is Flip Cards? **Flip Cards** shows a grid of coloured cards on the big screen. There are two card styles. With **Question & answer** (the default for new slides) every card shows its question; click a card and it flips over to reveal the answer — perfect for a quick review with five coloured question boxes. With **Mystery cards** each card shows a **?** and a number and hides a prompt — a speaking question, a vocabulary word, a discussion topic or a task — until you click it. A timer can start automatically when a card opens, so every speaker gets the same time. It is ideal for revision, language speaking practice, icebreakers and workshop discussions. Video tutorial: [Flip Cards — video tutorial](https://youtu.be/btllP2GwA2g) Presenter creates the slide → Click Present → Share code / QR → Audience enters code → Respond & submit → Real-time results ## Create a Flip Cards slide 1. On **Home**, click + Create new presentation (or add a slide to an existing one). 2. In **Choose Slide Type**, pick **Flip Cards**. You can also type it into Search slide types…. 3. The slide is created and the right panel opens on the **Content** tab. ## Set up the content 1. Give the slide a title, for example Speaking cards. 2. Under **Options**, each row is one card. In the **Question & answer** style type the **Question** (shown on the coloured card) and the **Answer** (shown when the card is flipped). In the **Mystery cards** style the fields are a short **Card title** (for example _Card 1_ or a topic) and the **Question content** that appears when the card is flipped. 3. Pick a colour for each card with the colour square. Use the image buttons to add a **cover image** (shown on the closed card) and an image on the open card. 4. Click + Add option to add more cards — up to 9. 5. Under **Settings**, choose the **Card style**, the **Timer** and whether to **Shuffle item order** (Mystery cards also have **Number Of Deal Places**). ![The Flip Cards editor — slide list, live screen with join code & QR, and the content panel](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/flip-cards-editor.webp) ## Flip Cards settings - **Card style** — **Question & answer** (default for new slides): each coloured card shows its question and flips to reveal the answer; every card opens and closes on its own. **Mystery cards**: cards show a **?** and a number until you click them (Flip Cards slides made before this setting existed keep this style). - **Timer** — **None** (default), **Count Up** or **Count Down** (set minutes and seconds, 30 seconds by default). The timer starts when a card opens and pauses when every card is closed. - **Number Of Deal Places** — Mystery cards only. How many cards can be open at the same time (1–9). When the limit is reached, opening another card closes the oldest one. - **Shuffle item order** — Mixes the cards once, so the numbers no longer follow the order you typed them in. Turn it off to go back to your order. ## Present & share the join code 1. Click **Present** in the top bar to put the slide on the big screen. 2. A **join code** and a **QR code** appear (e.g. `36Y56`). 3. Participants open the **Audience** app at **join.engageslide.com**, type the code and press **Enter** — or simply scan the QR. 4. When everyone has joined, the responses start flowing in live. ## How the audience responds Participants who have joined see the open card large on their phone — its title, the question and its image — so everyone can read it up close. A strip below shows all the cards, with the opened ones ticked, and the timer. Before the first card is opened, phones say _Waiting for the presenter to reveal a card…_. Only the presenter can flip cards. ## View results Click a card to flip it. The timer bar under the grid shows the time, with **Pause** and **Reset** buttons; when a count-down reaches zero the timer turns red. **Close All Cards** (top right) turns every card face down again and resets the timer. Nothing is scored — the cards are prompts for speaking or discussion. ![While presenting in the Question & answer style: card 1 is flipped to show its answer, the other cards still show their questions](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/flip-cards-open.webp) ![On the phone: the open card with its question and answer, and the list of all cards](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/flip-cards-phone.webp) > **Tip** — For speaking practice, let a student call out a number, flip that card, and give them the count-down time to answer. Turn on **Shuffle item order** when you reuse the deck so students cannot remember which number hides which question. ## Ways to use Flip Cards - **Language class:** speaking questions, picture description, “talk for 60 seconds about…”. - **Revision:** a key term on each card — the student explains it before the timer runs out. - **Icebreakers:** “Two truths and a lie”, “Your best holiday”, “A skill you could teach us”. - **Workshops:** one discussion topic per card for each table or breakout group. ## Frequently asked questions ### Can participants flip the cards on their phones? No. Only the presenter flips cards; phones show the open card and the timer. ### How do I resume the timer after pressing Pause? Open a card — the timer continues when a card is open. **Reset** sets it back to the start. ### How many cards can I add? Up to 9 per slide. For a longer deck, add a second Flip Cards slide. ### Are answers saved? No. Flip Cards is a presenting tool; it does not collect responses. Use Open Ended or Q&A if you want written answers.