Introduction
Do you teach in a networked computer room?

Classroom Q&A is an educational conferencing software package that transmits questions,images & answers over school computer networks. It comprises of a Teacher program and a Student program which allow classroom comunication via the school computer network.

Teachers can ask their class a question & have everyone select/type an answer. All of the answers appear on the teachers computer for discussion/marking/recording. Another main feature is the use of 'QIZ' files. These are pre-written question sets which can be downloaded from the internet or authored using the included 'QIZ Editor'.

Classroom Q&A over school computer networks.

It gives a digital alternative to the 'hands up' method of classroom interraction with obvious benefits for those too shy or unsure to go public.

Feature Summary

• Impromptu questions (either ask the question verbally or type it)
• Multiple-choice questions
• Written answer questions
• HOTSPOT questions
• Send messages & URLs to your students
• Discuss your students answers immediately
• Instant marking/feedback & automatic scoring
• Use "QIZ files" (pre-written questions that you can write yourself or download from the internet)
• Images that are part of a QIZ question are transfered to the students computer via the network
• ‘Quick Installation' onto your school network (No building/allocating packages)
• Includes "QIZ Editor" (Create your own prewritten questions quickly & easily)
• Up to 4 students can share a computer (No need for 1 computer per pupil)
• Barchart display of answers
• Save scores/answers to .csv files
• Import set lists
• 'Get 1 wrong and your out' modes

Use with Interactive Whiteboards/Projectors
Whole class teaching with ICT has taken hold in many schools thanks to a rise in quality and a drop in price of the data projector - a device that takes the computer display and projects it onto any wall or screen so that the whole class may see and share.

With Classroom Q&A you can open up discussion of answers. The display of answers on the teachers screen helps to illustrate the range of acceptable answers to a question and also highlight common misconceptions.

The barchart view displayed 'big screen' can be an effective visual tool to promote further discussion in survey/voting senarios.