1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
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| 1. What does the quick access toolbar contain? | The most frequently used buttons such as save, undo & print | 2. List two methods you can use to create a new blank PowerPoint presentation. | File/New/Blank Presentation/Create or click CTRL/N | 3. What is the difference between Save and Save As? | Save to make changes to existing file, Save As to create a new file | 4. Your presentation has several charts created with SmartArt. Why should you check to ensure it is compatible with earlier versions of PowerPoint before distributing it? | There are features that may not work in earlier versions. | 5. Why is it important to take the time to read your presentation throughly even though you have performed a spell check? | To ensure you have used the correct grammar, tense and tone with your presentation. | 6. Where might you add a music clip to your presentation? | Music is a great way to introduce or end a presentation. | 7. How can you prevent possible problems with movie links in your presentation? | To prevent possible problems, it is a good idea to copy movies into the same folder as your presentation. | 8. What does adding animation to your presentation do? | Animations enable you to add emphasis to a text or object. | 9. When adding a slide transition between two slides, do you add the transition to the first slide or second slide? | Second slide. | 10. What happens when you add formatting to the slide master? | Formatting the slide master applies the design to every slide in the presentation. | 11. What are presenter notes? | Notes that provide the presenter with essential information. | 12. How do you print a PowerPoint presentation? | File/Print | 13. What is the downside of sharing a PowerPoint presentation via email? | Every recipient gets their own copy of the presentation which can then be modified to his/her own liking. | 14. Why might you want to save a presentation in a PDF format? | This prevents the file from being modified. | 15. Why would you want to rehearse your presentation before delivering it to an audience? | Time | 16. Explain how to customize the timing of transitions in a PowerPoint. | Transitions tab |
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