Doozy is a neat service for creating online quiz games that you can share with anyone and they can play without having to register for an account. The quiz games that you create on Doozy can be multiple choice or short answer questions. The games that you make can, and probably should, include pictures as part of your questions. Doozy quiz games can be played individually and in teams.
The best way to understand how Doozy works is to just go to the site and select a game to play by yourself. (If you’re of my generation, take a crack at the 1980’s movie trivia game). You can play any of the games in the public gallery on your own and get a score at the end.
To create a game on Doozy you can either modify one of the existing games on the site or create a game from scratch. To create a game from scratch just click the “create” button on the home page and then title your quiz game, upload a cover image, and start adding questions. Whether you use multiple choice or short answer questions you do need to include a correct answer for each question. When you have finished creating your Doozy quiz game you can share it by clicking the “run quiz” option. Clicking “run quiz” will create a game pin that you can share with others to enter at Doozy.live to play the game.
Doozy games can be played in teams. To play in teams one player has to choose a game to join then select “play with friends.” That selection will then generate a unique link to share with teammates.
Applications for Education
Doozy doesn’t require players to register to play the games which makes it quick and easy to get a group of students playing your quiz game in your classroom or in a Zoom or Google Meet call. Doozy doesn’t offer any options for you to track your students’ scores so playing games in Doozy is purely a review or practice activity.
If your students are over 13, you might consider having them create their own Doozy games to share and show what they know about a topic.
I discovered Doozy through one of Larry Ferlazzo’s recent Ed Tech Digest posts. If you don’t follow Larry’s blog, you should.
