Deck.Toys vs dominKnow ONE

Deck.Toys is a classroom engagement platform for teachers building interactive lessons for students. Lessons can combine PowerPoint slides, PDFs, videos and activities arranged on a map with connected paths. Teachers can use Study Set questions in self-paced games or multiplayer Arcade games, and collect student text, drawings, photos and uploads on slides. Teacher Sync keeps students with the teacher’s current slide; Free Mode lets them explore at their own pace. The platform tracks student progress in real time and provides classroom reports. Teachers can share classroom URLs through learning platforms including Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Canvas, Schoology and SLS. Teachers can register with Google or Microsoft; students can join with those accounts, as guests or with a username and password. It works in Chrome, Safari or Firefox on connected devices including Chromebooks, iPads, laptops and smartphones. Student access to a teacher’s classroom may be free. Pro costs $8 a month, billed annually at US$ 96 billed annually.

dominKnow ONE is a content authoring platform for interactive learning materials, assessments, responsive output, and SCORM export. Teams can collaborate in the cloud, reuse content, manage versions, and roll back changes. Business includes traditional and responsive design, integrated software simulation, multi-user collaboration, content reuse, and version control. Business PLUS specifies five authors and 10 GB of storage per user. Enterprise adds cloud or on-premises deployment, single sign-on, staging, sandbox, UAT environments, and customizable security, while including the lower-plan capabilities. The platform is listed for Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. It is paid, with pricing available on request and a 14-day trial; no free plan is listed. dominKnow ONE was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.