Quizzes & Assessment
Kahoot, Mentimeter, LimeSurvey, Wooclap, Quizizz — classroom polling and graded tests.
"Quiz" covers two distinct jobs: live polls during class (engagement) and graded summative assessment (the test). For surveys / NPS see Surveys & User Feedback; for course-embedded quizzes inside an LMS, use that LMS's native quiz tool plus H5P. For long-term retention via spaced repetition see Spaced Repetition.
Live polling / classroom engagement
- ★ Kahoot! — free + paid; competitive game-show polling; the K-12 default. Free tier limited to ~20 players in 2026; paid tiers unlock larger groups + question banks.
- ★ Mentimeter — paid + free; word clouds, polls, ranking, scales; presentation-shaped.
- Slido — paid + free; embedded in PowerPoint / Google Slides / Webex; Q&A + polls.
- Wooclap — paid + free; popular in EU higher ed.
- Quizizz — paid + free; gamified, self-paced; popular K-12. Quizizz AI generates questions from a topic or PDF.
- Blooket — paid + free; gamified K-12.
- Poll Everywhere — paid; classic SMS-poll incumbent.
- Vevox, AhaSlides, Pigeonhole, Glisser — alternatives.
- Pear Deck — paid; Google Slides add-on.
- Nearpod — paid; full lesson + assessment platform.
Graded summative assessment
- LMS-native quizzes — Moodle Quiz, Canvas Quizzes, Blackboard Tests, Open edX Problem types. Use these for high-stakes; they integrate with the gradebook and respect the QTI 3.0 standard for question interchange.
- TAO Testing — GPL FOSS computer-based testing platform; used by ETS, OECD PISA. Heavy but industrial-grade.
- ExamSoft / Examplify — paid; offline secure-exam app for medical / law schools.
- Inspera Assessment — paid; popular in EU higher ed for high-stakes exams.
Self-host (FOSS)
- ★ LimeSurvey — GPL; broadly a survey tool but powerful enough for graded quizzes; question branching, scoring, expression manager.
- Open edX Problem Types — see LMS self-host; rich coding / numeric / drag-and-drop problems.
- Moodle Quiz + STACK (math) + CodeRunner (code) — Moodle's quiz engine plus FOSS plugins for math and programming questions.
- CodiMD / HedgeDoc + Quiz extension — minimalist; fine for low-stakes.
In-class polling (FOSS / self-host)
- Particify — AGPL; ARSnova fork; live polls + Q&A; popular at German universities.
- Plickers — free + paid; printed QR-code cards held up by students; teacher's phone scans.
- OBS QR-code polling, Direct Poll — minimalist tools.
Standards
- QTI 2.x / 3.0 — IMS Question & Test Interoperability — the way to move questions between LMSes and authoring tools.
- xAPI for assessment — track answers, hints, time-to-answer.
- caliper — IMS analytics standard.
Pick this if…
- K-12 classroom polls, free: Kahoot! Free tier or Quizizz.
- Higher-ed lecture polls, paid: Mentimeter, Slido, or Wooclap.
- Built-in to your slide deck: Slido (PowerPoint / Webex), Pear Deck (Google Slides).
- Self-host FOSS surveys / quizzes: LimeSurvey.
- High-stakes secure exam: ExamSoft, Inspera, or TAO Testing.
- Programming / math questions: Moodle + CodeRunner / STACK or Open edX problems.
- Generate from a PDF with AI: Quizizz AI or Curipod.