- Quia- Quintessential Instructional Archive -

Overview

The Quia Corporation was founded in 1998 to improve education through Web-based technologies. It pioneered the "create-your-own" concept, giving instructors the ability to create customized educational software online that is built around a teacher’s own course materials and is available to the students over the Web.

Quia provides a variety of educational services, including:

A directory of thousands of online activities and quizzes in more than 50 subject areas

Templates for creating 16 different types of online activities, including flashcards, matching, concentration (memory), word search, battleship, challenge board, columns, cloze exercises, hangman, jumbled words, ordered list, patterns, picture perfect, pop-ups, rags to riches (a quiz-show style trivia game), and scavenger hunt

Tools for creating online quizzes with up to eight question types

Quiz administration and reporting tools

Class Web pages

Calendars and schedules

Online surveys

To get started Log on to

Be sure to write down your Username and Password below.

Create a username and

password name of your

choice.

Type in your name and

e-mail address.

Click Create my account

Enter the activation

key provided by your

instructor.

Click Go.

ACTIVATION KEY is: ______

This license is valid from: ______

This is the main login and menu page with a few of the navigation areas highlighted. On future visits to Quia you will login at and see the screen below.

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Exploring the Instructor Zone

Click on the GO button in the Instructor Zone box on the login page. A tab menu is displayed.

Click on each of the tabs to discover the resources available.

Discuss with the participants in your group ways in which to incorporate these resources into classroom practices.

Classes tab - Create a class web page to link activities, assignments, surveys, tests or web resources.

Activities tab – Create activities, games, and worksheets in this section. Click on the drop down arrow to view the different activity templates. Click on the View Sample Activities link. Review activities others have created.

Quizzes tab – Create a quiz or mini quiz. Click on the GO button to view the process in creating a quiz.

Surveys tab – Create surveys to determine needs and results of your students. Surveys can be created in a variety of formats – multiple choice, Yes – No, Pop Up, Ranking, Rating Scale, Rating Grid, or Free Response. The surveys can be created by any combination of the formats. The surveys are scored on-line and the data is available by class or individual percentage and rankings.

Click the GO button next to the Create a Survey line. Click the Edit… button next to the Create Questions line. Explore ways to create surveys.

Files tab- Upload your files and graphics. Create folders to organize your files. Each participant

Profiles tab – Displays current information about your account. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Quia web settings page. These settings provide options for the activities created with your account.

Quia Web Settings

Enable Language Tools

Display my name on my directory activities

Allow other Quia users to e-mail me from my directory activities

Get started creating activities for your own class or finding exciting activities created by others!

Department of Instructional Technology Revised: 10/16/18