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= ARSnova Particify [email protected] :imagesdir: assets

ARSnova is a modern, web-based approach to Audience Response Systems (ARS). It is the basis for the https://particify.de[online service Particify] and released under an open-source license.

image::showcase.png[A showcase of ARSnova's quiz feature,700]

This repository serves as an entry point to the project but does not contain the software itself.

== Features

• Comments and Q & A: Let your audience create and prioritize comments or questions which you can answer.
• Quizzes and evaluations: Select from multiple formats for quiz questions including multiple choice, likert scale, open question and sorting.
• Live updates: Keep track of results and comments in real-time.
• Collections: Organize quizzes or evaluations.
• Moderation: Review comments before they are published. Assign additional users as moderators.
• Feedback: Realize early when the audience can no longer follow.

== Get started

A good starting point to run ARSnova yourself is the https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/docker-orchestration[Docker Orchestration repository].

Documentation for end-users, administrators and developers is available:

• https://particify.de/manual/[End-user documentation] (German only, an English version is planned)
• https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/docker-orchestration[Installation guide]
• For developers: Refer to the documentation in the individual component repositories.

== Components

The ARSnova software is composed of multiple components: the https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/arsnova-webclient[web client] and multiple backend services.

These are the open-source components with their own repositories:

• https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/arsnova-webclient[Web Client]
• https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/arsnova-http-gateway[HTTP Gateway]
• https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/arsnova-ws-gateway[WebSocket Gateway]
• https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/arsnova-auth-service[Auth Service]
• https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/arsnova-backend[Core Backend Service]
• https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/arsnova-comment-service[Comment Service]
• https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/formatting-service[Formatting Service]

== Releases

Starting from version 3, we are using a rolling release model for ARSnova development. We provide container images for all services which are continuously updated.

== Support

=== Community support

Discuss ARSnova-related questions with other ARSnova users:

• General discussions: https://gitter.im/particify-foss/arsnova-community
• Development-related discussions: https://gitter.im/particify-foss/arsnova-dev

=== Commercial support

If you need professional support with quick response times, we've got you covered. We offer https://particify.de/arsnova/dienstleistungen[support services around ARSnova] (German website) through Particify which include:

• installation and integration
• updates and data migration
• customization