This presentation was created for the Alaska Society for Technology in Education Conference in Feb. 2012. Topics Include: About QR Codes QR Codes in Action Ideas for Use Ideas and Resources Generators Visual Appeal Readers Tips & Best Practices Thoughts on QR COdes

1. ASTE 2012
QR CODES
QUICK RESPONSE
CODES
• Actions
• Ideas
• Generators
• Readers
• Tips & Best Practices
• Thoughts on QR Codes
Tina Coulston Kathi Baldwin
Instructional Designer Instructional Designer
UAA School of Nursing UAS Sitka
(907)-786-4489 800-478-6653 x 7795
tinac@uaa.alaska.edu ksbaldwin@alaska.edu

2. ABOUT QR CODES
QR (quick response) codes are two dimensional bar codes
that are preferable to the traditional bar codes you may be
used to seeing at the grocery store. QR codes can contain
more information (both vertically and horizontally), are quick to
scan, and can be printed in a smaller space.
http://www.qrcode.com/index-e.html
http://www.commoncraft.com/video/qr-codes

3. QR CODES
ACTIONS:
Browse or Bookmark a Website
Make a Phone Call
Send an SMS or E-Mail
Create a vCard |or meCard
Create a vCalendar Event
Google, Bing and Geo Maps
iTunes or Android App URL
Launch Youtube URL (iOS)
Wifi Network login (Android)
Access Social Media: Facebook, Twitter,
LinkedIn, FourSquare

4. IDEAS FOR USE:
Vocabulary words pronounced
 Medical terminology/nursing/pharmacy
 Botany
 Foreign language classes
Link to Website for Task
 Create a graph
 Learn about elements
 Watch a video
 Answers revealed

5. IDEAS FOR USE:
Office Door
 Save vCard or meCard
 Voicemail
 Email
 Text Message
On Flyer
 vCalendar event information
 Instructional video
 Shortened URL to website
 Registration link
 Download app

6. IDEAS FOR USE:
Promote (group, cause,event)
•Enter for drawing
•“Like” on Facebook
•Tweet on Twitter
•Poll or Survey
•More information
•Video Trailers

7. IDEAS FOR USE:
• On poster presentations:
link to vcard, poster, YouTube videos, other
• On office door: prompt visitor to email, download contact info, voicemail
• On flyers:
link to more info, a phone # for questions, or a calendar event to save
• Facebook likes to promote group or effort – other Social Media
• Sheet music with audio files
• Books with audio or video trailers made by students
• Scavenger Hunts
• Worksheets with links to websites for more information
• Link to mobile app or mobile website
• Link to room calendars
• Coupons, discounts, special offers (something extra)
• label items in a lab for students to learn more
(parts of skeleton, lab items/supplies)
• Business Cards
• Library special collections – additional info
• campus or other tours
• scan to be on email list
• Gather information: polls, quizzes, forms, surveys
• Assignment reminders
• Email link on flyers or articles to share with friends and colleagues
• A check answers code on worksheets

8. LINKS TO MORE
IDEAS/RESOURCES
Resource sites:
QR Codes in Education (glog): http://theohiobloke.edu.glogster.com/qr-codes-in-education
Using QR codes in the Classroom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSA3YsBy_p
BeQRious ideas: http://beqrious.com/category/qr-code/
K12 Online QR Code Vimeo Presentation w/10 accompanying blogs on QR codes
http://allanahk.edublogs.org/category/qr-codes/
45 Ways to Use QR Codes to Support Learning:
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AclS3lrlFkCIZGhuMnZjdjVfNzY1aHNkdzV4Y3I Google Doc Public
QR Codes: Applications in Education: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWNR64G72tU&feature=relatedBlack &
White and Scanned All Over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayW032sKtj8&feature=related
7 great uses: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-great-qr-codes-generate-free/Cybrayman's QR Resources:
http://cybraryman.com/qrcodes.html QR codes at Bath: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode/ resource for QR Codes in
Education and Code Projects
Codes in Education: http://prezi.com/ma3afb24peyh/qr-codes-in-education/ Prezi
QR Codes from Elearning Blog Don't Waste Your Time
Ideas:
Tell a story with QR codes:https://instructionaldesignfusions.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/tell-a-story-with-qr
-codes/ QR Codes in Education SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/mlange/qrcode-in-education
Books2Barcodes: http://wonder-tonic.com/books2barcodes/ (classic literature)
QR Code Flash Cards: http://beqrious.com/qr-code-flash-cards/
Periodic Table made with QR Codes http://www.flickr.com/photos/periodicvideos/5915143448/
Learning the Human Skeleton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV-e0qolrt8&feature=related
Tools:
Twittertools Voting: http://www.sapweb20.com/blog/powerpoint-twitter-tools/
Winksite to create mobile web site: http://winksite.com/site/index.cfm (mobile friendly page to promote event)
Treasure Hunt Generator: http://www.classtools.net/QR/index.php

9. GENERATORS

10. MORE GENERATORS
• delivr: http://delivr.com/qr-code-generator (URLs, Tweets, foursquare Check-ins, iPhone App Store
Downloads, Android Market Downloads, Google Analytics Campaigns)
• QR Jumps: http://www.qrjumps.com/ (urls, track/advanced direction)
• likify: http://www.likify.net/ (generate facebook-likes)
• QRVcards.com http://www.qrvcards.com/ virtual business cards
• lil’qr.com http://lilqr.com/ snippet to paste on web page
• Qrnote http://www.brosvision.com/qrnote/Create.aspx I can see working well with a student who wants to quickly
write a stand alone page on the web and wants to translate it into a QR code. With QR Note you write your text, add
hyperlinks if you want and add a graphic via a URL
• Qrpedia: http://qrpedia.org/ language detecting mobile friendly QR code
• Just scan it: http://justscan.it/site/moreqr (url, email, phone, vcard, text, sms, map,
wifi, tracking)
• Online QR Lab: http://onlineqrlab.com/index.php
• QRVoice http://qrvoice.net/ Generates qr-code for a synthesized voice message
• QR Voice http://qrvoice.co.uk/
• QR Generator add-ins for Chrome (QR-Code Tag Extension Chrome web store) and
Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mobile-barcoder/

11. VISUAL APPEAL
Error correction
allows codes to
be read even
when modified
slightly
source: http://customqrcodes.com/custom-qr-codes-gallery

12. READERS/SCANNE
RS
Barcode
Scanner
Google
Goggles

13. IPHONES ● BLACKBERRY ●
ANDROID

14. IPADS & TABLETS
TOO

15. WHAT TO LOOK FOR:
• Should be free
• Should not have to create an account or provide personal
information
• Should keep a history of scans
• Do you prefer to click “scan” or prefer it to scan
automatically?
• Will it put the link on the “clipboard” so that you can email
it or forward it?
• Will it put the date into your calendar? Put the contact
information into your phone? Dial the person’s phone?

16. QR READER EXAMPLES
• KAYWA reader http://reader.kaywa.com/getit http://reader.kaywa.com/phones
• i-nigma http://www.i-nigma.com/Downloadi-nigmaReader.html
• BeeTagg http://www.beetagg.com/en
• Barcode scanner https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android
• RedLaser https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ebay.redlaser&hl=en
• GoogleGoggles http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text
• QuickMark http://www.quickmar.com/tw/En/basic/index.asp
• NeoReader http://http://www.neoreader.com/get-neoreader/wap-download
• QRDroid http://qrdroid.com/
• QR Codereader http://
itunes.apple.com/us/app/qr-code-reader-and-scanner/id388175979?mt=8
• QR Scanner http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/qr-scanner/id377643590?mt=8
Online Decoders:
5 Best Online Code Readers: http://freenuts.com/best-5-free-online-qr-code-readers/
Online QR Code Decoder: http://blog.qr4.nl/Online-QR-Code_Decoder.aspx

17. TIPS & BEST
PRACTICES
• Link to mobile friendly web sites
• Use URL shortener
• Aim for simple codes (avoid too much text)
• Be aware of cost to students if linking to
online resources (make students & others
aware)
• Consider those who don’t have a smart phone
or other device – have a text option if needed
• Size – the bigger the easier to read. Try to
scan it yourself.
• What is the purpose? Should save time or be
useful in some way – not just a cool thing.

18. THOUGHTS ON QR
CODES
Why QR Codes are Here to Stay
http://mashable.com/2011/08/26/qr-codes-viability/
QR Codes: The Next Big Thing in Recruiting Technology?
http://www.ere.net/2011/11/21/qr-codes-the-next-big-thing-in-recruiting-technology/
QR Codes go to College
http://www.archrival.com/ideas/13/qr-codes-go-to-college
College Students on QR Codes: I don’t get it
http
://www.ecampusnews.com/technologies/college-students-on-qr-codes-i-dont-get-it/
Technology in the Classroom – QR Codes and Education: What do I think?
http://itbabble.com/20122/09/03/qr-codes-and-education/

19. Thank you
for attending!

20. GENERATOR EXAMPLES
• qrcode.cx http://www.qrcode.cx/ simple, codes in color (text, url, phone, sms, email(2), contact, twitter, google
maps), set error correction, corner rounding)
• QR Hacker.com http://www.qrhacker.com/ (style, customize, background and foreground color, add bg image
or fg photo/logo, save as image or pdf)
• Google URL shortener: http://goo.gl/ URL shorten, generate QR, track use
• snap.vu: http://snap.vu/ url shortener ,contact, text, and tracking service
• goQR.me http://goqr.me/ (text, url, call, sms, vcard, error correction, color, margin size)
• kaywa.com http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ (url, text, phone number, sms)
• Zxing Project: http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/ (contact, calendar event, GEO location, other)
• QRStuff.com http://www.qrstuff.com/ (many data types, color, download, print, email, Subscribers get analytics
and dynamic QR code editing, specify file type, size and error correction.
• BeQRious: http://beqrious.com/qr-code-generator/ (generate, track, custom -- website URL, grahpical URL,
email, phone number, text, text message, vcard, facebook and twitter profiles, map, color, file format options)
• Keremerkan.net: http://keremerkan.net/qr-code-and-2d-code-generator/ many code actions, code types, URL
shortening, error correction, block size, output options, foreground and background color, complementary
reader (Quafter).

21. WWW.QRCODE.
CX
• http://www.qrcode.cx
• Simple
• codes in color
• Types: text, url, phone,
sms, email address,
email message,
contact, twitter, google
maps,
• set error correction
• corner rounding

22. BEQRIOUS.COM • http
://beqrious.com/qr-code-
• Track - paid
• Custom - paid
• Types: website
URL, grahpical
URL, email,
phone number,
text, text
message, vcard,
facebook and
twitter profiles,
map
• Color
• 4 file format
options

23. ZXING PROJECT QR CODE
GENERATOR
• http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/
• Types: calendar event,
contact information, email
address, geo location,
phone number, SMS,
text, URL, Wifi Network
• meCard or vCard
• Size
• Error Correction

24. QRSTUFF.COM
• http://www.qrstuff.com/
• Many data types
• Color
• Download, print, email
• Subscribers get
analytics and dynamic
QR code editing,
specify file type, size
and error correction

25. QR HACKER
■ http://www.qrhacker.com/ Types: text, URL, phone number, vCard/contact, Wifi access
(android) ■ Style (roundness) ■ Background and foreground color ■ Background image
or foreground photo/logo ■ save as image or pdf

26. GOQR.ME
• http://goqr.me/
• text, url, call, sms, vcard
• Error correction
• Color
• Margin size
• Encoding

27. KEREM
ERKAN.NET
• http://keremerkan.net/qr-code-and-2
• Many code actions
• Code types
• URL shortening
• Error correction
• Block size
• Output options
• Foreground and background
color
• Complementary reader
(Quafter)

28. KAYWA.COM
• http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
• Types: URL, text, phone
number, SMS
• Size
• Save, permalink, html code

29. SNAP.VU
• http://snap.vu
• URL shortener
• URL, contact, text
• Free tracking
service

30. GOOGLE URL
SHORTENER
• http://goo.gl/
• URL shortener
• History
• Generate QR
• Track use