WiZiQ handouts prepared for a teacher training at Wyższa Szkoła Lingwistyczna, Częstochowa Poland

1. WIZIQ
WiZiQ – Learn and Teach Online
This Project has been funded with support from the European
Commission

2. 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  Records everything
attendees  Records the class as it happens, including
 Works in Flash technology, browser-like presenters’ audio and video inputs
tabbed interface  Integrate with LMS or website with our
 Advanced whiteboard tools APIs
 Drawing tool, math tool, group/ungroup  Plug-in available for Moodle or
objects, multiple whiteboards integrate with your own website
 Share anything, including your desktop  Co-branding Options
 Share most content file types; even your  Show off your own brand in the Virtual
desktop with a simple click Classroom
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3. Watch the video: http://www.wiziq.com/Virtual_Classroom.aspx
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...
2. To upload a file to WiZiQ:
1. On your hard disk find a file you want to share
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4. 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 
3. You should see the ‘Uploaded successfully’ message.
4. If you want to see the uploaded file, click on ‘Back to My content page’ link:
5. Depending on the file format the uploading process can take from 2 minutes to 2 hours,
so be patient.
6. But when it is over - you should see a new menu beneath your file: Play, Edit, Delete,
Share and Add to Course.
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5. ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment 1: Share your file with the t utor
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:
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7. 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.
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8. 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
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