1. A Tool to Use for Mastery Learning, Formative Assessment, & Classroom Activities Stephanie Kirtland June 4, 2012 As you arrive, please go to http://techclassrooms.weebly.com/quia.html http://techclassrooms.weebly.com/quia.html and take the Intro Survey

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

3.  Band  FIP

4.  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?

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

6.  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!

7.  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?

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

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

11. Quiz Template

12. Sample Quiz

13. Student Results Page Immediate Feedback

14. Question By Question Summary of Quiz Results

15. Basic Quizzes Quizzes generated from Question Bank

16.  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

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

18.  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.

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

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

21. Jot down any feedback for the author of the quizzes.

22.  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)

23.  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.

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

25. Matching

26. Battleship

27. Challenge Board AKA “Jeopardy”

28. Hangman

29. Scavenger Hunt AKA “Web Quest”

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

31. Take advantage of Shared Activities

32. Create an online survey

33.  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)?