ARSnova vs Wayground (formerly Quizizz)

ARSnova provides live quizzes, numeric estimation questions, Q&A, word-cloud analysis, and Pulse Check feedback for education and organizations. Sessions can include up to 500 participants. Hosts can start without an account, and participants join with a code or QR without signing up. Question types include short answers, estimates, matching, ordering, categorization, multiple choice, and ratings. The Q&A wall supports moderation before posting, pinning, archiving, voting, and sorting by support, quality, or controversy. Hosts can create quizzes and run sessions on a phone, with an option to pair a second device for presenting. After a session, results are available in a PDF report, and tabular data can be exported as CSV. Quiz content remains on the host’s device while live sessions process data needed for interaction. The open-source platform is licensed under MIT and can be self-hosted with Docker, PostgreSQL, and Redis. The site states WCAG 2.2 Level AA conformance and PDF/UA-1 validation for its results report. Matching, ordering, and categorization questions do not award partial credit.

Wayground, formerly Quizizz, is an AI-supported platform for teaching, practice, and assessment. Teachers can create assessments and quizzes, lessons, passages, flashcards, and interactive videos with 18+ question types. Wayground AI can generate assessments from prompts, documents, webpage links, curricula, YouTube videos, and uploaded images. Teachers can host live sessions or assign work for students to complete asynchronously, with modes such as Paper Mode, Mastery Peak, and Test mode. Differentiation options include extra time, Read Aloud, reduced answer choices, and alternate assessment versions. Listed learning-management integrations include Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Microsoft Teams, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, and Toddle. Clever and ClassLink are listed for school and district rostering. Wayground supports browser access on Android, iOS/Mac, Windows, and Linux, with Student and Teacher apps on iOS and Android. The free Starter plan stores up to 20 resources and allows up to 100 participants per session; features may vary by region. Individual (Super) costs $18 a month billed annually, includes a 7-day trial, and allows up to 1,000 participants per session.