A Tool to Use for Mastery Learning, Formative Assessment, & Classroom Activities Stephanie Kirtland June 4, 2012 As you arrive, please go to and take the Intro Survey

 What is mastery learning?  Introduction to Quia  Making questions in the Question Bank  Making & administering assessments  Brief overview of games/activities  Exit survey

 Band  FIP

 Create your own online games & activities  Create your own online tests & assessments  Track student results  View detailed grading reports  Manage classes online What is Quia?

Shared Activities Find existing activities in more than 100 subject areas! Categories currently available

 In the computer lab  At home  Individually on classroom computers  On their own lap-tops at 1-to-1 initiative schools  Any computer with Internet access Students can access Quia anywhere!

 Fun & engaging activities  Easy-to-use templates  Automatically graded quizzes save time!  Communicate with students and parents via your profile, class Web pages, a calendar, and surveys  Collaborate with other teachers  It’s affordable Why Quia?

Making questions in the Question Bank Ten question types: Multiple choiceFill-in True-falseInitial answer Pop-upShort answer Multiple correctEssay MatchingOrdering

 Customizable question bank  Embed images, audio, and files  Automatic computer grading with optional manual grading  Detailed analysis and reports  Instant feedback Quizzes and Assessments

Quiz Template

Sample Quiz

Student Results Page Immediate Feedback

Question By Question Summary of Quiz Results

Basic Quizzes Quizzes generated from Question Bank

 Click on Question Bank (left side of screen)  Create/Edit Labels  Scroll down – Create a new label  Type your label – click create  Make at least 3 labels  Click Back to Question Bank (top) Timer

 Create new questions  Create at least 5 questions for your first 3 labels.  When finished with this minimum of 15 questions, click DONE.

 Click: Quizzes (left side)  Notice on top:  Basic: Use if you are not using question in the bank  Advanced: Use when using questions in the bank.  Question Bank: This is where we just were making and labeling questions.  Click: Advanced  Create a new quiz  Title  Description: Think of this as your directions. This field is optional.

 Section 2: Questions Insert  You have various options from where to pull questions.  Section 3: Settings  Section 4: Identity  Done…. More setting options

 After clicking ‘done’ you will be taken back to the Quiz page.  Your Quiz and it’s URL (web address) will be listed.  me your link so we can share our quizzes with each other.

Jot down any feedback for the author of the quizzes.

 Post on Progress Book  Post on class/teacher webpage  Post on Quia profile page  Put in word document, put in share drive, have students copy/paste  Use student Quia logins  Write on the board and have students type it in (though this can be messy since they can easily miss a letter/number)

 Quiz Page  To the right of your quiz name, click “Grade”  Click the Pencil icon on the left to grade a particular question  Grade your quiz & analyze data  A good learning opportunity for your students is to see the Question Summary and decide what questions need to be further investigated.

MatchingJumbled Words ConcentrationOrdered List Word Search Picture Perfect FlashcardsPop-Ups Challenge BoardScavenger Hunt ColumnsCloze HangmanRags to Riches PatternsBattleship

Matching

Battleship

Challenge Board AKA “Jeopardy”

Hangman

Scavenger Hunt AKA “Web Quest”

Rags to Riches AKA “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”

Take advantage of Shared Activities

Create an online survey

 Post common misspelled words so students do not get frustrated missing a question due to spelling  How many times are you going to let them take it? Are you going to take their average score or top score?  Can they practice at home?  Do they have to take them in a particular setting w/ particular teacher(s)?