Punjab government confers WizIQ with the Shiksha Ratna Award 2013
February 11, 2013
The Government of Punjab conferred WizIQ with The Shiksha Ratna Award for the Best Virtual Classroom for the year 2013 at the State Education Summit Punjab 2013 held on February 7-8, 2013, in Chandigarh. The award was handed over by the Education Minister of Punjab, Mr. Sikandar Singh Maluka.
Online Education Platform WizIQ Raises $4 Million in Series B Investment
January 24, 2013
WizIQ, a leading online education platform that offers SaaS based virtual classroom software for teachers, trainers, colleges and universities, high schools, and training and tutoring centers around the world, announced that it has raised $4 million in Series B investment. The funding is led by Kaizen, India’s first education focused private equity fund along with Bertelsmann, the global media company based in Germany, whose core divisions encompass television, book publishing, magazine publishing and services in more than 50 countries.
WizIQ announces Course Feed – interact, share ideas, work collaboratively with your students
January 15, 2013
WizIQ today announced Course Feed feature that enables students and teachers to easily interact with each other, share ideas, work collaboratively and extend each other’s thinking in written dialog whenever it is convenient for them.
The release also announces one-step course creation process. Teachers just need a Course Title to get started. Additional information can be added later. And can create multiple courses on WizIQ.
IIT online course begins on WizIQ
January 10, 2013
The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi Certificate Course began with 102 students enrolled to earn certification in Business Management. This is the first of its kind online course offered through WizIQ, a virtual classroom platform. With this step, IIT Delhi joins the league of other premier institutes offering online courses.
India's top CAT exam expert launches online course on WizIQ
December 26, 2012
The author of many bestselling books for CAT preparation and IIM-Bangalore alumni, Arun Sharma, launches his online course for CAT 2013 preparation on the leading eLearning website, www.WizIQ.com. The course will be conducted online via the WizIQ's virtual classroom and will comprise of 75 online classes and a test series to assess student's preparation.
IIT Delhi launches Online Certificate Course on Business Management on WizIQ.com
October 29, 2012
IIT Delhi has announced the launch of a specialized certificate course on Business Management starting from January 7, 2013. This course was earlier offered to the undergraduate IIT Delhi students but is now open to graduates from any discipline. The course shall be conducted in a blended mode with a combination of contact and online classes. The online classes will be conducted on WizIQ.
WizIQ Announces Native Virtual Classroom App for Android
September 5, 2012
WizIQ announced its WizIQ Virtual Classroom App for Android today. The app designed mainly for students, is simple to use and gives students anytime, anywhere access to the WizIQ Virtual Classroom. It is available now in the Google Play store for download.
WizIQ announces iPad Application for the WizIQ Virtual Classroom
July 16, 2012
WizIQ announces its Virtual Classroom App for the IPad which will offer most of
the features available in the desktop version. This app will make online classes
on WizIQ more accessible to as many as 3 million students and 200,000 teachers,
trainers, and teaching organizations already registered on WizIQ.
WizIQ Announces Plugin for Moodle 2.3
July 11, 2012
WizIQ becomes one of the first Virtual Classroom plugin with the availability of
its updated virtual plugin for the latest Moodle version 2.3. It features enhanced
scheduling pages, attendance reports in 5 different formats and easily accessed
class recordings.
WizIQ Begins Rolling New Virtual Classroom Features to Users
January 09, 2012
WizIQ announces the launch of the latest version of its web-based classroom software
with the exclusive features like Active Noise cancelation; 6 way video; Improved
Screen Sharing; Breakout Rooms; New Tools for managing participants; Improved PowerPoint
Conversion engines. The Users will soon begin seeing the option to schedule classes
in the new interface.
WizIQ Announces iPad Application for the WizIQ Virtual Classroom
October 19, 2011
WizIQ announces its WIZIQ Virtual Classroom App for the IPad which will offer most
of the features available in the desktop version. This app will be free for WizIQ
users enabling access to online classes for the most popular tablet in the world.
Teacher-Feedback Based Features Announced at EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2011
October 19, 2011
WizIQ announces some major upcoming Teacher- feedback based features release at
the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2011. These new features would include Active noise
Cancellation; Flash- based screen sharing, 6-way video, Breakout rooms. Along with
this there will be some more major developments which will be officially announced
soon.
"Excellence in Higher
Education" Conference Held by IIT Delhi, WizIQ was Virtual Classroom Partner
April 09, 2011
A conference, “Excellence in Higher Education” was hosted by the Department of Management
Studies, IIT Delhi, in India, on 1-3 April 2011. WizIQ, an official sponsor of the
event, was also the Virtual Classroom Partner streaming the conference live to attendees
worldwide. WizIQ also launched an online course on the conference to make it accessible
to those who wanted to participate virtually and synchronously.
Virtual Class Embeds
Now Available
Raleigh, NC, December 08, 2008
WizIQ.com today announced that it has expanded its popular online virtual classroom
platform with the launch of an exclusive Virtual Class Embed feature. This new capability,
exclusive to WizIQ, gives teachers, tutors and other educators the previously...more
WizIQ to Add 3 Lakh Users
by 2008-09 End
New Delhi, India, April 16, 2008 (Economictimes.Indiatimes.com)
WizIQ, an online educational platform for offering the facility of virtual classrooms
today said it will add about three lakh users by the end of 2008-09…
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WizIQ Adds
SMS Service to Virtual Classroom Software
Raleigh, NC, United States, April 8, 2008 (Marketwire.com)
WizIQ, an online learning platform for educators and students, has added a SMS feature
to its virtual classroom service, a free alternative to expensive conferencing tools
selling as online teaching software.
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WizIQ Announces
a Live Class Module for Moodle
Raleigh, NC, United States, January 30, 2008 (PR.com)
The much awaited free virtual classroom module for Moodle has been launched. Moodle
users can now activate a "block" and an "activity" from within Moodle to schedule
and launch classes in WizIQ’s virtual classroom, which is free for both teachers
and students… more