Xorro-Q Archives » Xorro Solutions https://www.xorro.com/posts/category/news/new2q/ Engage & Involve your Audience Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:17:57 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.xorro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-Xorro-X-Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Xorro-Q Archives » Xorro Solutions https://www.xorro.com/posts/category/news/new2q/ 32 32 163441511 Peer Assessment now available through Xorro-Q for team based learning and project work https://www.xorro.com/posts/enhancing-teams-peer-assessment-now-available-through-xorro-q/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 03:35:27 +0000 https://www.xorro.com/?p=8624 Xorro-Q has released a new Peer Assessment module which helps educators and instructors use peer feedback to support team-based learning and improve group projects and student team outcomes.

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]]> 8624 Making it clearer with Prefixes & Suffixes https://www.xorro.com/posts/making-clearer-prefixes-suffixes/ Wed, 03 May 2017 02:39:13 +0000 https://www.xorro.com/?p=8258 Through the first semester of 2017 facilitators started using the prefix and suffix functionality for numeric questions (released March 2017). […]

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]]> 8258 Student Response Systems enable student-centered teaching https://www.xorro.com/posts/student-response-systems-enable-student-centered-teaching/ Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:17:41 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5336 Recently we followed up with Dr Michael Rehm from University of Auckland’s  Business School, on how he uses student response […]

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]]> 5336 Interns Prepare Course Content in Xorro-Q https://www.xorro.com/posts/interns-prepare-course-content-in-xorro-q/ Wed, 27 Jan 2016 05:01:06 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5330 This summer, the University of Auckland Department of Civil Engineering has supplied eight student interns to work with Xorro on developing […]

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]]> 5330 Hotspots and Heatmap Visualisations https://www.xorro.com/posts/hotspots-and-heatmaps/ Wed, 28 Oct 2015 04:49:26 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5327 A few weeks back, the Xorro team released heat map visualisation for Xorro-Q's hotspot questions. This enables a much clearer interpretation of the many thousands of data points contributed by an audience to a live hot spot question.

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]]> 5327 New label questions add flexibility and speed https://www.xorro.com/posts/new-label-questions-add-flexibility-and-speed-2/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 04:44:00 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5323 In September Xorro quietly released Label questions for the Xorro-Q audience assessment platform. Label questions provide a flexible and fast assessment tool suited to any topic.

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]]> 5323 Assessing Instant Questions lifts in-class engagement https://www.xorro.com/posts/assessing-instant-questions-lifts-in-class-engagement/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 05:36:18 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5316 We know that regularly asking "instant" questions in class is a sure-fire way of lifting and sustaining engagement. Now, using Xorro-Q, assessing instant questions has become easy - even in class. Students' responses to instant questions can be automatically rewarded: either by assessing them for correctness or by recognising the contributor through participation points.

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]]> 5316 Q’s Numeric and Text Questions become Tolerant https://www.xorro.com/posts/qs-numeric-and-text-questions-become-tolerant/ Wed, 20 May 2015 04:54:58 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5312 One of the compromises in automatically assessed numeric (and text) response questions is that they demand exact responses from participants.  For […]

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]]> 5312 Xorro offers Free Algebra Question Banks https://www.xorro.com/posts/xorro-offers-free-algebra-question-banks/ Sat, 21 Feb 2015 03:23:24 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5306 We have created and uploaded 2800 linear equations problems (in five levels of difficulty) and 2095 problems around factorising and expanding quadratic equations (in 7 levels of difficulty). These fully assessed resources are shared globally in your Q-Bank. It’s free for any educator to use. They make great quiz or practice tools for any student!

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]]> 5306 Instant Hotspots sharpen assessment and engagement https://www.xorro.com/posts/instant-hotspots-sharpen-assessment-and-engagement/ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:47:55 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5303 Just as you'd expect from a Xorro "instant hotspot" question, no preparation is required whatsoever. When the relevant image is on display - perhaps in a slide show, or maybe within a paused video - the Facilitator "asks" the instant hotspot question by clicking a single button in the Q-Launcher toolbar. Participants receive the image in a response form on their devices. A second later, the participant "clicks" start appearing on the Facilitator's screen....

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]]> 5303 Xorro-Q adds free learning activities to BYOD classrooms & lecture theaters https://www.xorro.com/posts/xorro-q-adds-free-learning-activities-to-byod-classrooms-lecture-theaters/ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:38:09 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5301 Xorro has released free access for school educators to its gamification and real-time assessment solution, Xorro-Q.

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]]> 5301 Audiences build instant wordclouds https://www.xorro.com/posts/audiences-build-instant-wordclouds/ Mon, 08 Sep 2014 03:38:54 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5296 Xorro-Q's wordcloud algorithm filters for the most relevant content, and scales this to reflect frequency of use within the audience. Words are then assessed for size and fit, and positioned dynamically on the wordcloud. The cloud recalculates every few seconds, resulting in a dynamic, visually exciting output which responds instantly to audience feedback.

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]]> 5296 Text Response Scores Highly https://www.xorro.com/posts/text-responses-score-highly/ Fri, 22 Aug 2014 01:44:03 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5285 Following hard on the heels of the April release of scored numeric response questions, Xorro has released a simple scoring […]

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]]> 5285 More Ticks for Hotspot Questions https://www.xorro.com/posts/more-ticks-for-hotspot-questions/ Fri, 22 Aug 2014 01:32:28 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5282 we've added a new multi-select hotspot question type.

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]]> 5282 Dashboard for Xorro-Q Provides Insight to Faculty Managers https://www.xorro.com/posts/qs-institution-dashboard-provides-insight-to-faculty-managers/ Fri, 22 Aug 2014 01:27:07 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5279 Xorro's Institution Dashboard (released July) provides an instant view on the participant experience over multiple sessions and across multiple facilitators in an institution.

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]]> 5279 New to Q: New Question Types & Assessments https://www.xorro.com/posts/new-to-q-new-question-types-assessments/ Thu, 21 Aug 2014 01:09:47 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5276 Text response questions now allow scoring ................. multi-select hotspot image questions...........................bulk editing tool for Q-Bank.

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]]> 5276 Will Thalheimer: The Learning Benefits of Questions https://www.xorro.com/posts/will-thalheimer-the-learning-benefits-of-questions/ Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:52:11 +0000 http://wp.xorro.com/?p=5267 Will has just re-issued his ground-breaking 2003 tome "The Learning Benefits of Questions: Research to Practice." As he points out: " Questions still rock, the research is still sound, and you will still get great value from this paper’s concepts! "

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