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.
Question | Answer |
1. What is the term for computer instructions | software | 2. What is computer equipment like disks, disk drives, display screens, keyboards and printers called | hardware | 3. Which of the following is NOT an example of system software | database | 4. Which is a system that transmits any combination of voice, video and/or data between users | network | 5. Which of these is NOT an example of application software | drivers | 6. A __ is a program written to cause corruption of data on a computer | virus | 7. Which is the most widely used operating system for personal computers | windows | 8. Which is NOT an example of an input device | printer | 9. Which is NOT an example of an output device | mouse | 10. RAM is | the memory of the computer | 11. The CPU is | the processor of the computer | 12. What is the first screen that appears after you start Windows called | desktop | 13. Which shortcut icon takes you to the World Wide Web | Internet Explorer | 14. To shut down your computer | select the shut down option | 15. What are the small pictures that represent programs called | shortcut icons | 16. Of what are Ctrl-C, Ctrl-S, Ctrl-V, and Ctrl-X examples | shortcut keys | 17. In the line Print..., the ... indicates that | a dialog box will follow | 18. How is font size measured | points | 19. Graphics that are already drawn and available for use in documents are called | clipart | 20. controls the amount of space between each letter. For example, making RESUME look like this R E S U M E | character spacing | 21. Square, Tight, Behind Text, and In Front of Text are all types of text __ styles used around a graphic | text wrapping styles | 22. A __ border is applied to an entire page | page | 23. What is a type design applied to an entire set of characters, including all letters, numerals, punctuation marks, and other keyboard symbols | font | 24. One quick and easy way to repeat character formatting is using what command | format painter | 25. How many points are in an inch | 72 | 26. What is the best way to copy formatting repeatedly | double click format painter | 27. A __ is a predefined set of formatting options that have been named and saved. For example, setting a Title so that it is Arial, Bold, and 16 pt | style | 28. What feature is used to look up synonyms for a selected word | Thesaurus | 29. What feature is used to check the spelling and grammar of an entire document | spelling and grammar checker | 30. Which of the following automatic features suggests the completed word when you key the first four or more letters | autocomplete | 31. Which feature will change 1/2 to ½ as you type | autoformat | 32. What option should be used to add characters and symbols not found on the keyboard, such as ®,and ™ | insert symbols | 33. What does a green wavy line under a word indicate | grammar error | 34. Which feature should be used to place non-keyboard characters, like ñ, in your document | insert symbol | 35. What tool allows you to improve your writing using variety and interest in the wording of your documents | Thesaurus | 36. Crrects common capitalization, typing, spelling and grammatical error as you type, such as changing“teh” to “the | autocorrect | 37. What does a red wavy line indicate | spelling error | 38. The __ is a temporary storage place in the computer’s memory that makes moving and copying text easy | clipboard | 39. Drag and drop is used to | move text from one place to another | 40. What does the non-printing character for the paragraph look like | ¶ | 41. What should be used to place a copy of text in another place | copy and paste | 42. To view paragraph marks and other nonprinting characters | click show hide | 43. How do you locate text or formatting in a document and substitute it with an alternative | find and replace | 44. What command removes selected text from the document and places it on the clipboard | cut | 45. Highlighting a block of text | selecting | 46. By default, Word is set to print pages in __ orientation | portrait | 47. What is the best way to check how a document will look before you print it | print preview | 48. Where should files be stored so they can be kept organized | folders | 49. The __ command will reverse a number of recent actions | undo | 50. What feature causes text at the end of a full line to automatically move or to the next line when the current line is full | word wrap | 51. What software is used to create and access files with the extension .docx | word 2010 | 52. Use __ to find a word or phrase and substitute another in its place | replace | 53. When is the Save command used | To save a previously saved document to the same location with the same name | 54. What keys remove or delete characters | backspace or delete | 55. A software program that is used to assist the user in formatting documents such as letters, memos and reports is a __ program | word processing | 56. Documents printed in __ orientation are wider than they are long | landscape |
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