Roles inside the group
If you want everyone active, brief the four roles before revealing the groups: driver, navigator, scribe, presenter. The generator gives you the people; you give them a job.
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Random groups of 4 generator
Groups of four are the workhorse of classroom and workshop activities — paste your list and we'll do the shuffle.
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When to use this
Standard for classroom tables, jigsaw learning activities, conference breakouts and cooperative board games. Four is small enough that everyone speaks and large enough to handle role-based exercises (driver, navigator, scribe, presenter).
Step by step
- 1
Paste names
- 2
Generate
- 3
Print or display
Switching every round
Click Generate again between rounds for fresh teams. Names persist in the textarea so it takes one click.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can I keep certain people apart?
Not directly — but if a pairing is bad, just press Generate again. The shuffle is fully random each time.
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Free forever for basic use. No signup required. The free version really does do the job.
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