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Mizou

Principal function(s): Quiz/exercise makersStory creatorsAI conversational interactionAI feedback & assessmentIndividual workWhole classSpeakingWritingVocabularyTeacherStudentYou SupplyWebsite/other users supply

Mizou is a platform which allows teachers to provide students with safe interactions with educational AI chatbots (virtual assistants or tutors) for specific learning objectives. Teachers set up a free account and can then either select an appropriate pre-made chatbot or create their own, providing the chatbot with a persona, a set of detailed instructions and relevant documents such as worksheets. The teacher then shares the link to this information with students, who are not required to sign in or have an account to access the chatbot. The students can then interact with the bots via text or voice, making it suitable for developing reading, speaking and writing skills. Mizou is free to use for teachers and students with some functionality limitations, and it is used by many educational institutions globally. In addition to the tutorial that features below, we recommend users also consult the information about Mizou provided by a specialist teacher Chris Parry blog post about Mizou. Evaluation: Mizou is a practical and engaging tool, with a high regard for privacy issues. It enables teachers to use pre-made interactions or to create a personalised AI-powered bot with speech-to-text and text-to-speech features, which can facilitate real-time verbal interaction in 50 languages, which can be monitored and graded by the teacher. A potential disadvantage is that the free version limits the number of students allowed to access a session on a particular day, and also restricts access to more advanced reasoning models.

Cost: Free with restricted functionalities + <a href="https://mizou.com/pricing">paid plans</a> available.

Website: https://mizou.com/home-fr

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Individual work
  • Individual work

Skills

  • Speaking
  • Writing
  • Vocabulary

Content

  • Website/other users supply
  • You supply

Usability

Interface User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface

Modern, neat, intuitive.

Time efficiency Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task

High; it takes 5–10 minutes to set up a robust bot, which then may save much time.

Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to

English or French, but activities can be created in over 50 languages.

Respect for privacy Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?

High. Mizou does not require students to sign up or have an account to interact with chatbots, ensuring that no personal information is tracked or collected from them by default during participation. However, teachers must create an account and provide professional identification data, including name, email, and position, which is retained for the duration of use, plus a period of up to five years. The platform uses connection logs (IP addresses) and cookies for operational and statistical purposes, but it explicitly guarantees that no personal data is sold or transferred to third parties or commercial partners. Voice recordings are stored for a maximum of six months, while text transcriptions are kept for five years, though Mizou acknowledges users’ right to access, copy, rectify, object to the process, limit, and delete personal data at any time. It complies with the GDPR under the supervision of the French CNIL. See more here.

Saving work for future use Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction

Yes: teachers with an account can save their bot configurations and student interaction logs within their dashboard.

Tailorability (If so, how?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)

High: teachers can largely customize their chatbots through criteria such as "strictness," language level (CEFR alignment), and the Knowledge File.

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

No installation required; Mizou is a web-based tool.

Compatibility/ Operating System

All operating systems.

Other technical requirements