Learning Technologies Autumn Forum is coming on October 1. The free, unique one-day follow-up event is expected to see over 1500 visitors, more than 40 free L&D seminars and 50 exhibitors. The event will be a great opportunity to keep yourself and your team up-to-speed with all that’s new in workplace learning.
The conference program will include 40 free L&D seminars presented by over 30 presenters. The conference will be free to attend as a visitor which will give you access to all the technology suppliers, free seminars and live demonstrations. The Conference Pass on the other hand will allows you to have full access to the free exhibition, seminars and live demonstrations. You can book your seat through this link.
The Learning Technologies Autumn Forum 2022 Exhibition will include seminars, sessions covering the following topics:
Learning technologies – emerging technologies • collaborative learning • content authoring and design • e-learning strategy, technology and implementation • gaming, simulations and virtual worlds • learning management infrastructure, methods and systems • mobile learning • virtual classroom technologies
People development – management and business skills • leadership development • IT training and skills • culture and language • specialist skills • transformational learning
Learning and performance – business-aligned learning • developing high-performance teams • coaching and mentoring • learning engagement • organisational development • change management • integrated learning
Learning resources – content publishers • venues and training spaces • presentation equipment • learning aids
Learning systems and services – performance management • talent management • assessment and appraisals • support systems • specialist learning systems • learning infrastructures
Check out complete details about the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum 2022 on the official website here.
What is Quizizz? How Can Quizizz Be Used for Teaching?
Quizizz is an online assessment tool that makes quiz-based learning fun. It allows the teachers and students to create and use one another’s quizzes. Quizizz offers a simple yet powerful learning experience for teachers as well as students. It is widely popular in over half the schools in the U.S. as well as across 150 countries in total. There are other tools like Blooket, Kahoot & Quizlet etc which offers similar gamified learning platform. Let’s have a look at all details about Quizizz and how you can use it for teaching in your online class?
In simple terms Quizizz is another platform for gamified learning which can turn quizzes into fun learning to engage students in deep and meaningful learning experiences. It is visually engaging, simple to use by anyone and works across a host of devices which makes it widely accessible.
Teachers create the quiz through web based platform and share the access code for students who do not need to sign up. You can create teacher-paced and student-paced quizzes and lessons with a wide variety of questions like multiple choice, open ended, polls, fill in the blanks, etc.
As a teacher you can present the quizzes in a time based or homework (for practice purposes). Students can review their answers after attempting the quiz. The teacher can then compile the students results into clear visuals to analyze trends in which areas students might need the most focus in the future. With a single click you can share these reports with parents to keep them in the know of their kids learning progress.
Getting start with Quizizz/How to use Quizizz?
To get started with Quizizz as a teacher, just go to https://Quizizz.com and hit ‘Sign up’ on top right. You can signup using your Mobile number or Google or Microsoft account.
Quizizz Signup
You will be notified with a prompt to choose where you are using Quizizz – Work, School or Personal Use. Once you finished the signup process, You are ready to rock.
You can create Quiz or Presentation from the Create button on the left or else search for already available Quizzes or presentation from the top search bar.
Search Bar on the top
Let’s create a new quiz. Click Create and then choose Quiz on the below screen. Enter the name for this activity and choose a relevant subject.
Quizizz create new quiz screen
On the next prompt, you can choose to import a question from the Quizizz library or else opt to create from scratch.
Creating a new question Quizizz
Let’s say you want to add a Multiple Choice questions, so choose Multiple Choice and it will take you to a page which is easy to understand. You can also import questions from spreadsheet using the button at the bottom of the page.
Quizizz Multiple Choice question create
You can also configure the Question Marks, Question type (Reorder, Match, Fill in the Blanks, Draw, Open ended, Video Response, Audio response and Poll are the other options. At the bottom of the screen you can change the ANSWER type, Question duration and add Tags to the questions. Once done, click Save at the bottom left corner
Once you saved the question, you will be taken to the main quiz page where al your questions are stored. You can add quiz image, change question orders, question duration etc on this page.
Quizizz Quiz page
Use Equation Editor to add math equations. You can also add images to questions
When you are done, click on Save. Your quiz is now saved to your library.
How to share quizzes on Quizizz?
In order to share your quiz with other educators on Quizizz platform, you can follow these steps:
After signing in, navigate to My Library from the left navigation.
Select the quiz you want to share and click on Collaborate.
Type in email addresses, ‘Click on the ‘Can View’ and ‘Can Edit’ options .
Enable public access link if required
Click Share.
How to find quizzes and lessons in Quizizz library?
As explained above, you can search for the already available quizzes and presentation from the top search bar. To import any quiz, follow these steps:
Enter the topic to search the existing library.
Filter your search using Quiz, Presentation, Grade (Elementary to University), Subjects, Languages, Number of Questions, etc.
When you find the quiz or presentation you are interested in; click on Play to start a live quiz, assign it as homework, or to preview it.
You can also add it to specific collections (we will discuss about collections lower down this article please continue reading), or copy and edit directly.
How to host a live quiz on Quizizz?
You can use Quizizz quizzes in two different modes – ‘Play Live’ – when all students attempts the quiz simultaneously. In the play Live mode there are two modes – Students progress at their own pace and Instructor paced. Second – Homework – in which students take their time to work on them at their own pace. To host the quizizz live, follow the steps as below:
After signing in, navigate to My Library from the left navigation.
Click on the quiz you want to host live.
Select Start a live quiz and choose the mode:
Classic mode – Students progress at their own pace and you see a leaderboard and live results.
Instructor-paced mode – Control the pace so everyone advances through each question together.
Click on Continue and copy the generated join code to share with students.
Students can use any device to navigate to https://quizizz.com/join and enter the code to access the quiz.
How to create memes in Quizizz?
You can use Memes in Quizizz provide feedback to students which can add an interactive and engaging way of providing feedback to your students. Follow these steps to create Memes in Quizizz:
After signing in, navigate to Memes from the left navigation.
Click Create new Meme set.
Type in a name for your meme set and click on Done
Click on create a correct meme and upload an image. You can also search for images in the search bar to use as memes.
Add captions to your image and type in a name and click on Save.
Similarly you can add a meme for incorrect answer.
How to create a collection in Quizizz?
Collections in Quizizz to save and organize quizzes on different subjects, topics, levels etc. Follow these steps to create a collection:
After signing in, navigate to Collections from the left navigation.
Click Create a Collection
Type a name and choose whether it will be Public or Private collection.
Click Done.
Add any quiz or presentation to the Collection.
Best features
Quizizz is a very simple to use online assessment tool. here are some of the best features of Quizizz:
Really simple to use – the platform is really simple to get started and use. Teachers and students who are not versed with the technology can also use Quizizz without any problems.
Assign individual quiz to students
Turn the Leadership Board On/Off to keep your learners motivated.
Email Parents through the app with a detailed report that shows how the student is performing.
Pricing
Quizizz Offers different plans for Corporates, Individual Teachers and Schools & Districts. The plans for corporate sector starts from $25 per month per host. The premier plan is priced at $48 per month.
For teachers, it is free to get started but keeps its pricing structure quite hidden on its homepage. You can start with a free plan which can be upgraded to $10 per month plan ($96 Annually).
Tips and Tricks
Here are some tips and tricks for using Quizizz for online assessment:
Parents Reporting – You can send the results to the parents to keep them informed about their kids progress.
Use for formative assessment – You can use a quiz for assessing how students are grasping a task or subject area.
ReUse already available quizzes and questions – Don’t spend too much time in creating new questions. Explore the huge library of already available questions and reuse them in your quizzes.
Is it good for learning?
Quizizz can be a fantastic, easy to use, engaging game based assessment and learning tool for your online course. It has all the abilities to keep your students engaged and have fun while learning. Teachers can opt to run quick quiz reviews or integrate quizzes into interactive lessons with instructional supports.
However, the introduction of paid pricing models and locking features behind the paid subscription can be a pain point for new teachers.
Kahoot! Announces Strategic Secondary Investment from General Atlantic (image Credits - Google Playstore)
Kahoot – the global learning and engagement platform has announced that General Atlantic has joined its investor base. According to a news released by the Kahoot team, existing investor SB Northstar LP, a fund managed by a 100% directly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group, partner to Kahoot! since 2020, is selling its full 15% stake in the company to General Atlantic.
With the investment, General Atlantic is expected to become Kahoot!’s largest shareholder. With the deal, Kahoot! plans to partner with General Atlantic to accelerate further growth initiatives, drive innovation, and expand its global footprint in homes, schools, and corporations. The partnership with General Atlantic will help Kahoot to accelerate further growth initiatives, drive innovation, and expand its global footprint in homes, schools, and corporations.
With a diverse demographics and application verticals, the core Kahoot! service has been used by 8 billion non-unique cumulative participants, Kahoot! at Work, used in 97% of Fortune 500 companies, Kahoot! at School, used by approximately 9 million teachers while Kahoot! at Home & Study, used by more than 18 million users as an at-home gamified learning solution. Across verticals, Kahoot! services recorded 28 million active users globally in the last twelve months.
Commenting on the development, Eilert Hanoa, CEO of Kahoot!, said,
We are very grateful to SoftBank for their partnership over the past two years. As Kahoot! continues to pursue its mission to improve lifelong learning by building a leading global learning and engagement platform, we are thrilled to add a partner of General Atlantic’s caliber. The team at GA brings deep experience in scaling global education technology and software businesses and positioning market leaders for long-term success, and we look forward to our next phase of momentum in empowering the learning ecosystem around the world.
Since its founding in 2013, the Oslo-based learning platform has grown into a multifaceted offering and a portfolio of leading brands at the intersection of digital learning and audience engagement. Chris Caulkin, Managing Director and Head of Technology for EMEA at General Atlantic, said,
“We believe Kahoot! has significant potential for further growth as digital learning solutions continue to be adopted across its work, school, and home markets. With its much-loved brand, product-centric approach, and engaged global user base, Kahoot! is well positioned to scale, and we look forward to supporting Eilert and the full Kahoot! team in the years to come as they reach and engage ever more users worldwide.”
Since its launch, Kahoot! has hosted hundreds of millions of learning sessions with 8 billion non-unique cumulative participants in more than 200 countries and regions. The Kahoot! Group includes Clever, the leading US K-12 EdTech learning platform, together with the learning apps DragonBox, Poio, Drops, Actimo, Motimate, and Whiteboard.fi. The Kahoot! Group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices in the US, the UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain, and Poland.
Plagiarism is a highly intolerable act of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own. Plagiarism detection is one of the severe concerns among teachers, students, and writers that need to ensure the uniqueness of their copies. In this article, we’ll check the top plagiarism detection tools that will help all eLearning professionals including teachers, educators to detect plagiarism & give credit where it is due.
A plagiarism checker is an application which can check a document or some portion of it for plagiarized or duplicate content. These applications scans the whole internet for similar content or copies of documents. Many tools allow you to check plagiarism through the site URL or by uploading a document (.doc, .pdf, docx, .txt, .odt etc).
We have summed up a list of best plagiarism checkers for students, teachers, and writers to analyze and detect copied content. The list contains both open source (free) and commercial (paid) software.
Top Plagiarism Detection tools in 2023
#1 Grammarly
1) Grammarly
In the recent years, Grammarly has emerged as one of the most popular tool for checking grammar and plagiarism. Grammarly can check the plagiarism from ProQuest databases and over 16 billion web pages.
Pros:
Originally designed for students but very useful for writers in any field who wants fresh, original & plagiarism free work.
Scan through billions of webpages and ProQuest academic Databases.
Highlights passages that require citations to properly credit your sources.
Grammarly instant report lets you know how many duplication issues are there in the content.
Cons:
Lagging while checking larger chunks of text online.
Only available in English.
Pricing:
Free of Charge
USD $144/Annual Payment, $30/monthly Payment
#2 PlagiarismCheck.org
2) PlagiarismCheck.org
PlagiarismCheck.org offers you one of the best industry standard plagiarism detection. With their own advanced algorithms, PlagiarismCheck.org can help find the smallest similarities in texts.
Pros:
Originally designed for students but very useful for writers in any field who wants fresh, original & plagiarism free work.
Scan through billions of webpages and ProQuest academic Databases.
Highlights passages that require citations to properly credit your sources.
Grammarly instant report lets you know how many duplication issues are there in the content.
Cons:
There’s no bulk checker
Doesn’t have a mobile app
Pricing:
USD $1/User for Institutions,
USD $5.99 for Individuals
#3 Plagiarism Checker X
The Plagiarism Checker X offers you the plagiarism detection feature in 7 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese. It is used in more than 80 countries around the world which makes it one of the popular tools around.
Pros:
Side by Side comparison
Keyword analyzer
Website plagiarism checker
Online plagiarism checker
Cons:
Limited features in the free version.
Lagging during checking.
Few basic features missing
Pricing:
Free version available
Windows compatible version Single user license – Lifetime USD $39.95
#4 Dupli Checker
Dupli checker is one of the most effective free plagiarism detection tools on the internet. It can check content in other languages such as Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Indonesian, Italian, and Arabic making it a comprehensive solution when it comes to checking plagiarism.
Pros:
Free to use.
Automatic mistake correction while writing
Ability to write more than 20,000 words.
Cons:
Plagiarism check works well only in Premium version.
Too many ads in free version.
Pricing:
Plans start with $10/month
#5 Quetext
Quetext is a web-based plagiarism detection tool and citation assistant for education, content creation, blogging and other professions. With its DeepSearch and Colorgrade Feedback technology it not only helps you detect plagiarism effectively but also provides you a great user experience.
Pros:
Free to use
Uses DeepSearch to scan papers, documents and other input writing.
Respects user privacy and doesn’t store your submitted content in their database
Cons:
Requires paid subscription to scan more than 3 documents or documents more than 500 words.
Check out the shortlisted Learning Technologies Awards for 2022
Learning Technologies Awards 2022 shortlist has been announced. The shortlisted list includes many new and well-known names from within the learning technologies industry and beyond. The winners will be announced on November 16 at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London.
The shortlisted finalists are selected from over 450 entries received for this year Learning Technologies Award. The finalists were selected by independent panel of our 60 judges. After getting shortlisted, all companies will be invited to present online to the judging panel for their category.
The winners will then be announced at the glittering gala evening on 16 November which will attract guests from across the learning and development industry worldwide. During the event all winners will be recognized and rewarded. Here are the details about the venue:
Date: 16 November 2022
Venue: Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel, London, UK
The Educause Annual Conference 2022 will be held in person in Denver, CO with an online event the following week. The in-person conference will be held from October 25-28 followed by the online conference on Nov 2-3. The Educause Annual Conference brings the best presenters, the best content, and the best networking in higher education IT!
Educause Annual Conference is the best place to connect with peers, learn about the latest IT issues and trends, and discover technology products and services designed to help your organization advance.
The Educause Annual Conference 2022 is the perfect opportunity to bring together professionals and technology providers from around the world to discuss their discoveries, grow professionally, and explore solutions to continuing challenges.
This year’s conference will showcase future directions, best practices, stories of successful collaboration, lessons learned, and solutions to community-wide issues within these program tracks:
Teaching and Learning
Leadership and Future Workforce
Cybersecurity and Privacy
Student Engagement and Success
Innovation and Emerging Technologies
Supporting Research Computing
Infrastructure and Networking
Policy and Law
Other
The in-person edtech conference will be held first in Denver, CO on October 25–28. In the next week, the online conference will be held on November 2-3. The program schedule is finalized now, check it out here.
The early bird discounted pricing is available till September 29, so make sure to book your seats asap. Click here to book your seats for the Conference 2022.
To know complete details about the event, please check out the official website here.
The second annual Open Texas Conference will be held on September 21 – 23, 2022 completely online and free for everyone to attend. The conference will have participants from faculty, administrators, librarians, and other open education practitioners and advocates in Texas and beyond.
The theme for the Open Texas 2022 is “The Labor of Open Education” and will reflect on the work, creativity, art, and science of open education. The Texas Digital Library (TDL), Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), and the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex) jointly organize the annual Open Texas conference.
The Open Texas conference will have Jasmine Roberts-Crews and Dr. Karen Cangialosi as keynote speakers. Jasmine Roberts-Crews is a lecturer in the School of Communication at the Ohio State University while Dr. Karen Cangialosi is the Program Director of the Regional Leaders of Open Education (RLOE), an OE Global/CCCOER network designed to build OE leadership in post-secondary institutions across North America.
Vocaroo is an online tool which allows the users to record, send, and download voice messages. It can be used on all devices to record voice without any complicating settings or configurations. It depends upon Adobe Flash to carry out the recording operation which means that it can be used on all devices including Mobile phones, Tablets and computers.
Vocaroo is completely free of cost and requires no registration to get started. The tool is designed to make creating and sharing recordings easy for educators and others. Educators as well as Students can easily record and share it via a traditional link or by generating a QR code.
It can be used for lecture notes taking, podcasting, digital storytelling, audio assignments, feedback and instructions. It can also be a great tool to have students share recorded assignments. Now, let’s jump to understand how to use Vocaroo.
What is Vocaroo?
As soon as you are on the Vocaroo site, the “Record” button is presented. It also comes with handy noise cancellation and auto volume adjusting features.
After you have finished recording, sharing it is super easy. You can download the recording in MP3 format to share it on Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, WhatsApp and Email. You can easily share the recording through the QR codes or any other media sharing app after downloading as mp3.
It also allows you to Embed the recordings in any website or Learning Management System using the iframe tags.
What Are Vocaroo’s Best Features?
Really simple & Easy to get started.
Record your voice online and download its audio file as an MP3.
Multiple ways to share your voice recordings online: Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, QR code and embed code, etc.
How long the recordings last on Vocaroo?
Usually the recordings are kept for a minimum of 12 months, and regularly accessed audio will be kept for even longer, perhaps indefinitely.
How do you use Vocaroo recorder?
Here are the steps you need to follow to use the Vocaroo recorder:
Moodle LMS has partnered with Near Life as their new Certified Integration Partner. Near Life is an easy to use platform which let teachers create interactive videos, VR and gamified learning content easily. With the new integration, now the Moodle educators can share immersive learning experience which is more engaging, memorable and impactful.
The Near Life platform offers interactive content creation easily through the use of existing video, animation, Powerpoint slides, graphics or anything else. You can create immersive learning experience using:
In a latest announcement on Moodle.com, Mike Todd, CEO of Near-Life mentioned: “We’re incredibly proud to be partnering with Moodle, the world’s most popular LMS. Our interactive video and VR authoring tool integrates seamlessly with the Moodle platform using LTI technology. Our aim is to support Moodle users across the globe: helping them create and share immersive content for their learners, quickly and easily.”
“The fact that Moodle is open-source generates a myriad of ways through which users interact with it. New activity types are one of the most popular additions to Moodle, and thanks to them, partners are continuously pushing the limits of what is possible to do in Moodle. Near-Life creates video scenarios where the user is prompted to take actions, generating a visual “create your own adventure” type of activity. I can hardly think of more engaging, memorable items than those generated in this manner.” Moodle’s Technology Partner Manager, Carles Aguiló Collado added.
You can check out all Moodle certified integration partners here.
Real Time Engagement Conference - RTE2022 October 10-12
The Real Time Engagement Conference – RTE2022 will be organized completely online as well as in person from October 1- to October 12. The RTE conference connects the most innovative technologies, tools, and people in this world – and beyond. The conference will be held in person at City View at Metreon, in the heart of downtown San Francisco in the thriving Yerba Buena neighborhood of the South of Market (SoMa) district.
The RTE 2022 conference is a perfect chance to:
BUILD knowledge, resources, and relationships
CONNECT with peers, experts, and mentors
LEARN from RTE industry leaders, innovators, and special guests
SHARE ideas, best practices, and bold inventions
EXPLORE the future of interactive live streaming, messaging, voice, and video in all industries connecting limitless virtual and physical worlds, and across the metaverse.
All the sessions will be live streamed online as well as on the event stage. You can also show the world your next generation real time solution in the RTE Startup Battleground. The competition is for early-stage startup founders, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts from around the globe who are shaping the future of how we live, work and play in real-time together. You can take the virtual stage to pitch your startup, and you can win part of the $25,000 prize pool! Check out this link to apply for the RTE Startup battleground.
Find out all details about the Real Time Engagement Conference RTE 2022 here.
