Qwizdom TIPS

The following tips have been shared by Angela Brotherton, Product Specialist for Qwizdom.

http://www.qwizdom.com/

Tip One

Ask questions spontaneously and save the presentation to show later. You can use this with anything you have showing on your screen (scanned doc, web sites, movies, word doc, document camera (if its hooked to your computer), etc.)

Go to:

1. Qwizdom Connect
2. Programs
3. Question Toolbar
4. On Q5 instructor remote click the New Q and following the direction on the screen
5. On the Q7 instructor tablet click the answer using the icons at the bottom of the tablet. In order to pose a text question look at the top of the tablet and click the Q with a yellow ? mark. Then follow the direction on the screen.
6. When you close out the session it will ask you to rename it.
7. You will find your activity in the content tree inside Qwizdom Connect
8. You will also find results in the results tab and when you look at the answers you will see the question that was posed for that answer

Example of use:

When teaching the same subject multiple time a day; to have the data with all the information for reporting; reuse the next year; share with other teachers

Tip Two

Turn your PowerPoint into a Qwizdom student response activity.

1. Open your powerpoint
2. At the top click on the tab that says Qwizdom Actionpoint (you may need to update Qwizdom if you can’t find this tab). It is still there, it’s just called something else.
3. Go to the PowerPoint slide you have the question on
4. Choose the question type by clicking the arrow next to where it says “none”
5. Choose the answer by where it says “answer” by clicking the arrow
6. When you have all your questions and answer done, save.
7. To start presentation you need to start it from the Qwizdom Actionpoint tab in PowerPoint. Click where it says start presentation.
8. Advance through you powerpoint as normal and when you come to slides that you put questions and answers to they will show up on the remotes.

 

Tip Three

Some of you have large classes and it would be quicker to export a list from your online gradebook and import it into Qwizdom.

How to import a class list from a file:

1. You have to save your base list (which should include at least 3 fields – 1st name, Last name and participant id) as a CSV file. If it is in Excel format go to save as; other formats, CSV
2. Open PowerPoint
3. Go to Qwizdom Actionpoint Tab
4. Click on Participants Management
5. Import CSV File
6. Next
7. Browse for the CSV file you saved and open it
8. In the window that comes up with your information in it, you click on the word none and choose what you need that field to be names (ex. First name, last name, participant id)
9. Save mapping.
10. Click OK
11. Finish
12. Save this list to a folder

When you start your presentation you choose ‘Browse for Participant List’

 

Troubleshooting

You may have another Qwizdom activity open. You can only run one Qwizdom activity at a time. To ensure that you close down an activity always go to end session and wait for the green bar to close it down.