myQuiz

myQuiz is the online platform for holding mass quizzes and draws in real time.

2020

Integration into Microsoft Team

On December 22, 2020 the WaveAccess company announced that myQuiz is integrated into Microsoft Teams.

When perspectives of physical communication are strongly limited because of a coronavirus pandemic, the effective organization of remote work and study with an opportunity to receive a feedback from audience in real time are especially important. myQuiz is an example of the application using which any organization can add possibilities of the Microsoft Teams platform, – the head of the direction of promotion of solutions for business productivity of Microsoft Russia Maria Shorina comments.

myQuiz can be started directly in the commands window (a working chat), and to find – by the name through search and also in two categories of applications: "Education" and "Communication and entertainments". At the same time kviza use also for the solution of a set of working tasks, including within the client and partner actions or for holding HR polls. For quick access it is possible to add myQuiz to "Personal applications". Use of the application for those who have an account Teams, free of charge.

It is very simple to create a quiz. It is necessary to log into the application and to enter text, graphic or video questions with possible answers. After that links for participation both in the browser, and in Teams space will be generated. Having followed such link, the participant will automatically get to a game and will be able directly to answer in a command chat. Time for answers is determined by the organizer. It is also possible to use ready thematic kviza from myQuiz marketplace.

Microsoft Teams is very popular in Russia not only in business, but also in the field of education. In this space many teachers of universities and school teachers work, they also suggested us the idea about need of integration of myQuiz. Holding online quizzes becomes more and more usual interactive element of a lesson which allows to check quickly knowledge of a subject, to recruit all, and not just the most active pupils, to introduce the competitive moment. Therefore an opportunity to carry out kviza, without switching to other platform, and to start them in a window of a command of a class and group – the huge help to teachers, – Ilya Feygin, the founder of myQuiz comments.

Availability on the SmartMarket platform from Sber

WaveAccess announced on December 22, 2020 that the interactive service myQuiz was among "smart" applications (SmartApps) on the open SmartMarket platform from Sber. It will be available to owners of the SberBox Set-top box provided in a line of multimedia devices with the built-in virtual assistants to the Salute family. myQuiz gives to users an opportunity to check the knowledge, answering questions of intellectual kviz. The sensing technology of the speech provides voice application launch (commands "start a quiz", "start myQuiz"). Function of voice answers to quiz questions will be shortly added.

Deep examination in the development area of software and cross-platform mobile applications allowed WaveAccess to create the product meeting the requirements of the digital platform in a short time.

The application for SberBox is created based on the web service of the same name for holding mass quizzes and draws in real time of myQuiz. The platform is applied by business as the instrument of kviz-marketing to increase in recognition, growth of knowledge of audience, for the purpose of event-and socialmedia of marketing, to training and internal communications worldwide. Online quizzes enjoyed popularity even before general self-isolation – and as a leisure format, and as the marketing tool. However during a pandemic in the market of services and platforms on creation of kviz the special splash in interest was mentioned. Only for the first month of a quarantine for myQuiz more than 1 million users were registered.

We got acquainted with the myQuiz command in search of interesting applications for intellectual family leisure. Behind service there was a company with more than 20 years' experience in the field of custom development. Our expectations from a command were completely met: myQuiz became worthy replenishment of a collection of applications / smartapov for smart devices from Sber. Smartapa are the multimodal applications of an ecosystem Sber presented in the SmartMarket directory. Users interact with them by voice, contacts, gestures, using the panel or the gamepad. In SmartMarket there are instruments of monetization of smartap which are conveniently connected and allow partners to gain income — Ivan Smirnov, the head of department of external skills, SberDevices comments.

WaveAccess became one of the first partners who got early access to development of the corporate application for SmartMarket marketplace from Sber and throughout all work on the project got active support from the SberDevices command. The company continues to develop myQuiz, including with application perspective at schools, and also is configured to fight for an award among SmartApps developers as the author of the most demanded application.

2018

Features, opportunities and scenarios of use myQuiz

The myQuiz service gained distribution not only in Russia, but is actively used also in the USA, countries of Western Europe and the CIS for the solution of applied business challenges.

Among regular users there is myQuiz in Russia (as of August, 2018: Microsoft Avito, "DoDo Pizza", Vandrouki.ru Kupibilet.ru Chiptrip ITMO university SkyEng, center online educations "Netology", Foksford online school, Специалист.ру training center, Helly Hansen Finn Flare, ILMA event group, Cyberspace.ru.

The number of the supported players constantly increases — by the end of 2018 is going to implement a possibility of support to 100 thousand participants of quizzes.

Specific Features

• A system is steady against loadings — the flexible technology will adapt to the number of players. For August, 2018, can play at the same time up to 20 thousand participants.
• The application is available in the browser from any device. It is enough to go on-line, it is necessary to download nothing. Participants can be brought together in the digital-environment (having placed the reference to a quiz in social networks, on the website) or in offline space (at a conference, in shopping center, audience).
• Creation of a kviz with own questions takes several minutes. WaveAccess provides free trainings of effective use of the tool.
• Each participant of a quiz plays from the device. Players at the same time answer questions, competing in knowledge and speed of answers, and after each round see what right answer and who is in the lead.
• The interactive format involves audience.
• For a prize there is a fair competition on the air: during the game on each device it is displayed liderbord.
• Service can be used free of charge if the number of players does not exceed 200 people. If more than 200 players are expected — the free mode is also available: for increase in a limit it is required to contact representatives of myQuiz.
• Upon termination of a game it is possible to download the report with a contact information of participants for communication.

Features

• create questions of different types: text format, question image, video question;
• for the leader to put a quiz on a pause;
• add an explanation which is displayed right after the choice of the answer to a question;
• so far the following question is expected, to show to participants of a quiz video, the image or the text of advertizing or information character in special promo-blocks;
• write messages to participants in a one-sided chat;
• integrate service with trackers of social networks Facebook and "VKontakte";
• messages of video broadcasting (YouTube);
• set conditions of participation in a quiz on the basis of participation of the user in groups of social networks (access to a game opens only for subscribers of this or that community);
• brand the application (option White label): the page of service it is possible to register according to brendbuky the companies, to place on a subdomain of the website of the customer and to hold quizes with access via the website from any device.

Scenarios of use myQuiz

• Brand recognition and knowledge of audience
  • Kviz will reveal features of a brand in an interactive format, will allow to advance unostentatiously in playful way new products and actions.

• Event-marketing
  • An opportunity to poll conferees or a webinar and to configure on perception of content, to check participants for digestion of material, to occupy public on coffee breaks, to attract to the stand and to motivate on acquaintance to a product.

• Corporate training and communications in the company
  • A quiz — a great way to check the employees for knowledge of the company, to test their skills, to tell about changes in corporate culture, to warm collective on a corporate action.

• Social Media Marketing (SMM)
  • Kviza allow to maintain activity in social networks, to receive the loyal and involved users, to generate leads.

• Instant feedback
  • Kviz will help to estimate results of any communication activity at digital-or offline Wednesday.

More than 8 thousand quizes are held

According to WaveAccess company, only for 2017-2018 based on the myQuiz online platform more than 8000 quizes which participants were about 24.5 thousand people were held.

2015: Creation

In 2015 the international IT company WaveAccess created the myQuiz web application. IT infrastructure is unrolled based on technologies of Microsoft: WaveAccess was succeeded to develop the flexible platform capable to maintain loading to 20 thousand players at the same time.