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WIZIQ Tomasz Walasek WiZiQ – Learn and Teach Online This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. This work by Tomasz Walasek is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License. Page 1 WiZiQ HELPS YOU LEARN AND TEACH ON-LINE WHAT IS WIZIQ?  WiZiQ enables you to teach online and even earn money from your teaching expertise.  Give live, online classes  Upload and manage your content  Create tests http://www.wiziq.com/teachers-tour WHY DO I NEED IT? Some features of WiZiQ: Easy-to-use, no downloads, unlimited attendees  Works in Flash technology, browser-like tabbed interface  Advanced whiteboard tools  Drawing tool, math tool, group/ungroup objects, multiple whiteboards  Share anything, including your desktop  Share most content file types; even your desktop with a simple click  Records everything  Records the class as it happens, including presenters’ audio and video inputs  Integrate with LMS or website with our APIs  Plug-in available for Moodle or integrate with your own website  Co-branding Options  Show off your own brand in the Virtual Classroom Watch the video: http://www.wiziq.com/Virtual_Classroom.aspx This work by Tomasz Walasek is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License. Page 1 CREATING YOUR WIZIQ USER ACCOUNT Before we start, create an account on www.wiziq.com. HOW TO USE IT? You can use WiZiQ in several ways. During this workshop we will show you how to use it to:  upload a file (pdf, doc, ppt and many others…) and share them with other WiZiQ users,  give live, online class. 1. Files you can upload to WiZiQ and share You can upload:  files prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel,  films in many different formats,  flash animations and videos,  PDF files,  and many others... This work by Tomasz Walasek is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License. Page 2 2. To upload a file to WiZiQ: 1. On your hard disk find a file you want to share 2. Give it a title 3. Tag it with keywords (tags) -it will be easy to find them later, 4. Describe what is in the file, 5. Choose whether it would be a public or private file. Let’s start with a private one  6. You should see the ‘Uploaded successfully’ message. 7. If you want to see the uploaded file, click on ‘Back to My content page’ link: 8. Depending on the file format the uploading process can take from 2 minutes to 2 hours, so be patient. 9. But when it is over -you should see a new menu beneath your file: Play, Edit, Delete, Share and Add to Course. This work by Tomasz Walasek is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License. Page 3 ASSIGNMENTS Assignment 1: Share your file with the tutor To share an uploaded file with your tutor choose ‘Share’: Then click on ‘Invite by entering email address or from webmail account’ link: And enter your tutor's email address into the selected field: This work by Tomasz Walasek is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License. Page 4 This work by Tomasz Walasek is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License. Page 5 Assignment 2: Schedule and launch a class In this assignment you will schedule and manage your fist online meeting. To do that find a button "Schedule a class" and click on it. Write down a title, date, time of your class and some keywords. You can also choose whether it is going to be a public or private meeting – let’s go for a private one first  You can also record the session but since you have very limited space, do not do that now, please. This work by Tomasz Walasek is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License. Page 6 Then click on ’Invite by entering email address or from webmail account’ link: And enter your tutor's email address into the selected field. You can also invite more of your friends by entering their e-mails separated by commas. You can watch the tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yty0cPzlcU&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnULCKaMNOE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k_XxU4lsO0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QetDUW4G4I&feature=related