The End of the Boring Quiz
We have all been there. You spend an hour typing up a 20-question quiz. You print it out. You hand it to the students. The room goes silent, and the energy drops to zero. Paper quizzes are necessary sometimes, but for daily reviews, they are slow and boring. This is where AI use in education changes the dynamic. It allows you to turn the assessment process from a chore into a game, drastically reducing the time it takes to check for understanding while increasing student engagement.
While there are many tools out there, Wayground (formerly known as Quizizz) has recently upgraded its platform with powerful AI features. These updates solve the biggest problem teachers face: prep time. It no longer requires you to type out every single question and answer choice manually.
What Is Wayground?
You likely know this tool by its original name, Quizizz. It became famous for its "gamified" testing platform where students compete for points on a leaderboard with memes and music. However, the platform has matured. As part of its evolution into Wayground, it is moving beyond just "quizzes" to become a complete active learning platform powered by an AI engine.
Instead of searching their library for a quiz that might fit your lesson, you can now use their AI to create a custom quiz from scratch in under a minute.
Create from Text: You paste a paragraph of text (like a news article or textbook summary).
Create from Document: You upload a PDF or Word doc.
Create from URL: You paste a link to a YouTube video or a website.
The AI scans the content and automatically generates questions, correct answers, and "distractors" (wrong answers).
How to Use It: The 3-Step Workflow
The interface is designed for speed. You do not need to be a tech expert to make this work.
The Input: Click "Create" and select "Generate from Text." Paste your lesson notes or the reading passage you just covered in class.
The Generation: Within seconds, the AI will produce a list of 10-15 multiple-choice questions based only on that text.
The Review: This is crucial. Scan the questions. Sometimes the AI makes them too easy. You can edit them or add your own flair.
Once you click "Publish," you can launch a live game or assign it as homework.
Why Gamification Works
Some teachers worry that tools like Wayground are just "fun and games" without real learning. However, the research suggests otherwise. AI use in education combined with gamification increases "time on task."
According to studies cited by Edutopia, low-stakes testing with immediate feedback helps students retain information better than high-stakes, delayed feedback. When a student gets a question wrong in a live game, they see the correct answer immediately. They learn from the mistake in real-time, rather than waiting three days for a teacher to grade a paper.
The Power Combo: Vertech + Wayground
Wayground is amazing at formatting the quiz, but it is only as smart as the text you feed it. If you feed it a boring Wikipedia article, you will get a boring quiz.
To get the best results, you should pair it with Vertech Academy.
Generate the Content: Use the Quiz Maker prompt from the Teacher's Professional Package in ChatGPT. Ask it to write a rigorous, scenario-based summary of your topic.
Feed the Tool: Take that high-quality text and paste it into the Wayground AI generator.
Play the Game: Let Wayground turn that text into an engaging experience.
This workflow ensures that the questions are deep and rigorous (thanks to Vertech) but the experience is fun and engaging (thanks to Wayground).
Safety and Data Privacy
Wayground is widely used in schools because it is compliant with major privacy laws like FERPA and COPPA.
No Accounts Needed: Students can join a game using just a code and a nickname. They do not need to create an account or give their email address.
Teacher Control: You can turn off the leaderboard if it makes students too anxious. You can also turn off the memes if they are too distracting.
Try This Today: The "Exit Ticket" Upgrade
Stop collecting scraps of paper at the door. Try this instead:
Take the text you read in class today.
Go to Wayground.com and choose "Generate from Text."
Paste the text and hit "Generate."
Launch the "Live Game" in the last 5 minutes of class.
You will get a full report of exactly who understood the lesson and who didn't, all before the bell rings.
