EducaPlay, an educational game creator
Description: Educaplay is an online platform for creating and sharing educational activities and games. Users can create interactive exercises, quizzes, crosswords, and more, or find many ready-to-use activities on the website. These activities can later be exported, printed, or accessed by students through a code. EducaPlay offers a limited free version and requires signing up for an account to access all of its features.
Evaluation: EducaPlay is a helpful resource for creating engaging classroom activities. It can be used to enhance learning, assess knowledge, and reinforce vocabulary acquisition. Educaplay is compatible with other web applications such as Moodle and Google Classroom. Students do not need to provide any personal data since they can access the learning activities through a code. For more information, see Educaplay’s tutorials.
Cost: Free with registration + paid plans available.
Respect for privacy 
Privacy evaluations indicate how a tool handles personal data collection, storage, and sharing, including GDPR compliance and security measures, among others. The ICT-REV team provides them for informational purposes, reflecting our best understanding at the time of review, but assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these evaluations and encourages users to conduct their own assessments: High. EducaPlay collects personal information for the purpose of improving its service. It requires parental consent for children under the age of 16 to create a user account along with other security measures to protect children’s identity. EducaPlay shares some data with third parties for operational purposes. It provides information about how parents can request access, change, or delete their children's personal information. EducaPlay states compliance with the GDPR. See more here and here.
Type Of Interaction:
Group/pair work - outsiders,
Individual work,
Whole class,
Skills:
Vocabulary,
Content:
Website/other users supply,
You supply,
Usability and tech notes ▼
Time efficiency Time needed to learn how to use a tool and its time-saving potential: High.
Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to: English, Spanish and French.
Saving work for future use Can work be saved for future use?: Yes, users with an account can save content and more.
Any other relevant information:
- Installation required?: No; it is a browser-based tool.
- Compatibility/ Operating System: Any browser.