Kahoot! is great for lots of things.
As stated on their website, Kahoot! makes learning awesome! And I agree. It is awesome. The amazing songs, colorful artwork and competitive scoring gets the class and others engaged in the subject, excited to test their knowledge.
However, after gaining popularity for Kahoot bot use, I have come across some serious messages:
![Tomorrow I have an exam and I think he's gonna create one [kahoot]](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/443920016878862336/715778821957222481/Screen_Shot_2020-05-28_at_9.03.18_PM.png)
Messages stating that their teachers did exams and assignments through Kahoot!
Even though this happened while COVID-19 put everyone in quarantine, it still boggles my mind how Kahoot! was a popular resource for testing. Even online, there are many comments speaking of teachers saying that the game is for points. (Even my teacher has done that once.)
Why Kahoot! is not a testing resource.
In a classroom, people learn differently. Some can quickly memorize and remember, but some may learn in other ways or differently. Sometimes, multiple choice questions are not the best form of testing knowledge, but if you have a premium account (or use this website), you can use open ended questions, allowing for text-based answers.
Still, forcing students to answer withing a set amount of time is not fair. Some students can't see the screen and as stated before, aren't as good at quickly reading a question and remembering information.
Of course, there is also this tool (and others like it), which almost guarantees the user to win if the quiz is a public game.
What about a homework tool?
This is even worse. Even without Kahoot Winner, the players have access to the title of the Kahoot. They could just search it up on Kahoot. The smarter ones might even notice that all the data is sent over to the client, containing all the questions and answers to the quiz. With Kahoot Winner, players are guaranteed to get 100% full credit without doing anything. They can even mess up on purpose, and still get full points.
If you want to use something online as a homework or exam tool, use something like Google Forms at least, but Kahoot has its risks and disadvantages of being very easy to cheat in. Of course, if the assignment is not very important, feel free to use Kahoot! as a homework or testing tool.
Sources
McNutt, Chris, Medium Medium.com, Jun 17, 2019. medium.com/human-restoration-project/its-time-to-stop-using-kahoot-as-a-whole-class-review-tool-a894fdf0507b.
Comments
Bring it back but make a code for private games so it only works in games that are not for assignments
Fri Apr 16 2021Thank you. My Students were cheating in Exams thank you!
Mon Apr 12 2021Guys stop asking for them to bring it back they had to delete it because of kahoot's terms of service.
Thu Mar 25 2021i want to it return i want to prove to my friends that i am smart
Fri Mar 19 2021bring them back pweeeeees
Wed Mar 17 2021PLEASE I WAS JUST GONNA USE IT WITH MY FRIEND :(
Wed Mar 17 2021use kahoot winner with your friends or just for when you are having fun but not for school assignments. plz
Mon Mar 15 2021i just wanted to play it i wanted to make my friends and teacher say wow cuz they never siad that in a while so plz plz bring it back
Mon Mar 15 2021Make another on but make it private for your discord server only
Thu Mar 11 2021bring it back
Wed Mar 10 2021Can't you create another page similar to kahoot winner?
I can, but if I did, it would be private.
Wed Mar 10 2021Yeah yeah ok bye bye
Wed Mar 10 2021I was ONLY trying to see if it works
Tue Mar 09 2021hola como están
Tue Mar 09 2021I was trolling my students with this bring it back.
Mon Mar 08 2021i love this
Sat Mar 06 2021i want
Fri Mar 05 2021R I P
Thu Mar 04 2021i like it
Thu Mar 04 2021Please bring kahoot back I wanna prank my friends and name myself imagine losing as a joke
Thu Mar 04 2021Can't you create another page similar to kahoot winner?
Tue Mar 02 2021I WAS TROLLING MY FRIENDS AT HOME WITH THIS! + it was funny to use. Please make another one but change the name and add a disclaimer 0/10 until its back then 10/10
Mon Mar 01 2021we only want to use this for fun pls bring it back
Mon Mar 01 2021pls this is just a way for me to use while doing a little class game its not used for tests or anything
Sun Feb 28 2021Why tf would YouTube do this???!!!! BRING IT BACK
Fri Feb 26 2021Can you bring it back Big please??
Fri Feb 26 2021i used winner for fun
Fri Feb 26 2021why tf did yall take it down make another wit a a different name
Fri Feb 26 2021**** what kahoot thinks we need this dammit.
Thu Feb 25 2021I understand this got taken down for a reason and I see people on the reviews angry it got taken down and telling you to bring it back. For the people that are angry, you know cheating is bad, it can get you into bad consequences and it can prevent you from getting anywhere in the future like college. Telling him to bring it back up won't do anything because if he does, he can get sued by Kahoot.
Thu Feb 25 2021this is total BS bring it back pls
Thu Feb 25 2021why just bring it back
Thu Feb 25 2021no puedo jugar
Thu Feb 25 2021I don't play kahoot win
Thu Feb 25 2021Why tf would YouTube do this???!!!! BRING IT BACK
Wed Feb 24 2021why u did this to me -from sad
Wed Feb 24 2021just just something else this trash
Tue Feb 23 2021AHHHHHHHHHH I NEED IT
Tue Feb 23 2021WHY U TAKE THIS BOT DOWN
Tue Feb 23 2021As a teacher I hate this bot tysm idiot
Tue Feb 23 2021you are soooooo stupid why did you remove it we used to use it to learn science shows people learn better with answers
Mon Feb 22 2021i hate studying
Sun Feb 21 2021BRING THIS BACK ME AND MY FRIENDS USED IT TO BEAT MY BROTHER!!!!!!!!!
Fri Feb 19 2021I use this to troll my class now they think someone hacked their kahoot bc some random person joined and got all the answers right, I am so sad that kahoot winner is no longer but thanks for the fun though!
Fri Feb 19 2021Ayuda me kahooot winer
Fri Feb 19 2021i use it just for fun
Fri Feb 19 2021Its the first tool that works on phone and pc for me.
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