Using+Quia+in+the+Classroom

Using [|Quia] in the Classroom
Steve McTaggart [| Solanco School District]

Session Notes:
Create activities, quizzes, games, Web pages, surveys, and more!

Consider using a Moodle site for your course and then linking to Quia activities. Almost 20,000 hits to date.

There is a 30 day free trial.
 * How much does Quia cost?**

Quia costs $49 (U.S. dollars) per year, per instructor. This includes access for all of an instructor's students. Discount pricing is available for groups of ten or more instructors. .

Students can have accounts that allow them to track their performance on activities. Consider having students challenge parents on games / activities.

Types of games:
 * flashcards
 * matching
 * concentration
 * word search
 * battleship
 * challenge board
 * cloze
 * columns
 * hangman
 * jumbled words
 * ordered list
 * patterns
 * picture perfect
 * pop-ups
 * rags to riches
 * scavenger hunt

Images / maps / cartoons can be added to quiz questions / acitvities.

Data analysis is available, question by question, for each assessment. Reports can be generated and printed by student / class / etc.

There is a [|Shared Activities Zone] that is available to anyone without a subscription.