SAGA is an audience response system in which you can create your own multiple-choice quizzes or participate in quizzes that other users have created. Each quiz in SAGA has two phases. In the initial phase, the students first answer the quiz questions, then the tool shows to them aggregated feedback based on all the answers in the class, and in the revision phase, the participants have the opportunity to revise their initial answers based on the feedback they received.
SAGA uses several feedback metrics to depict classroom performance and support self-assessment and group awareness. Apart from the percentage each question choice received (e.g., “A: 24%; B: 54%; C: 14%; D: 8%”), SAGA uses additional feedback metrics that allow for a better understanding of the people behind each question choice (e.g., students’ self-perceived preparedness and confidence, short open-text justifications). The number and type of feedback metrics in a quiz can be easily modified by the quiz creator. SAGA is primarily a research tool that has been used effectively in different instructional scenarios. It is also a tool that keeps evolving with new versions and functionalities replacing older ones. If you plan to try it yourself and use it for research or teaching, it is a good idea to let us know of your intentions so that we can make sure that everything will be working fine for you. For more information on SAGA and for inquiries for research collaborations, please contact Dr Papadopoulos (saga [dot] edu [dot] pi [at] gmail [dot] com).

• addWho can use it?
  SAGA is available for everyone, free of cost. The users are solely response for the material they upload. In general, uploaded material has to be in line with the legal and ethics guidelines of the University of Twente (be nice!) and inappropriate material will be deleted without notice.
• addWhat about GDPR?
  The platform is GDPR-compliant. All user information is stored on a server owned and managed by the University of Twente. User information is encrypted, password protected, and not shared in any way or form outside SAGA. In addition, since SAGA was designed primarily for self-assessment, users’ performance in quizzes is completely anonymized (also to the quiz-creator). SAGA allows you to create “assessment quizzes” in which the participants’ usernames will be visible in the final score report and, as always, the quiz-creator will be responsible for acquiring the appropriate consent from the quiz participants before the quiz starts. Finally, users can delete all their information from the system at any given moment.
• addWho made it?
  The very first version of SAGA was developed at Aarhus University, Denmark and funded by the Aarhus University Research Foundation (AUFF) through the “Innovative & Emerging Technologies in Education – I&ETE” Starting Grant. Pantelis M. Papadopoulos, PhD was the recipient of the grant and he is to this day the Principal Investigator behind SAGA. The current version of the tool was developed by Alin Panainte, MSc. Since April 2020, Dr Papadopoulos and SAGA have moved to the University of Twente, Netherlands.