WizIQ Blog

Now an image library for WizIQ courses

Now teachers can make their course pages visually appealing by adding symbolic images to them from the new image library. All images in the image library are optimized and categorized, so teachers don't have to worry about searching for suitable images on the Web and editing them before uploading to the course pages. We will keep adding more images and categories to the image library in the coming days. Teachers can also choose their own images from their computers or from the Web as before. The image library is available for both public and private courses.

Here is how you can add images:

Selecting an image

Uploading an image to your course page

The course listing page

This is how your courses are listed in the course listing page, with crisp images on the left that reflect the subjects you teach, neatly formatted, and with all the basic information about courses.

In case you find any problem with uploading images, please write to us at [email protected]

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Summer special for teachers on WizIQ courses

WizIQ has a special offer this summer to teachers. The commission on a course sale has been waived off! So far, more than a 100 teachers have setup their courses. Teachers just need to create asynchronous courses [any combination of videos, PowerPoint presentations, PDF files, Word documents, tests, recorded classes] on WizIQ, and they can avail this waiver on the first 50 students who enroll [a small transaction fee to process a payment will only be charged].

Why setup courses on WizIQ?

WizIQ courses may be a new WizIQ feature but it is already one of the fastest growing. It does not matter whether you teach languages, test prep, school subjects, professional topics, or hobby classes; WizIQ courses are perfect for you to showcase your expertise and get more students.

What you can expect from us?

Teachers just need to setup courses, and WizIQ markets, sells and administers their public courses. While WizIQ does all the marketing, teachers can focus on their teaching.

How to get a course listed?

1. Upload your course content on WizIQ, and
2. Provide some information about the course

How is an asynchronous course beneficial to students?

• Freedom to access the course material from anywhere and anytime
• Ample time to think and respond on the course material
• Access to the archived recordings of the live interactive class (synchronous class) in case a student misses it

Tip: Teachers can promote their courses through their blogs, social media networks, web sites, etc., to get more mileage.

For more information on this offer and course setup help, write to us at [email protected].

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Connecting to New Learners? It's Super Easy on WizIQ

LearnerConnect is a great way to contact sincere students who have attended your public classes. See how Jane, an online teacher connects with her students on WizIQ:

Meet Jane - An online teacher...

More online PowerPoint presentations from WizIQ on authorSTREAM

With recent changes in place, it's easier now to connect to serious learners on WizIQ, as teachers:

• Can view contact details of the members in their contact lists
• Will get an auto LearnerConnect option whenever one attempts to attend a Public class
• LearnerConnect credits are now available for non-Premium members, too

Real value for your LearnerConnect credits

The best part of the LearnerConnect feature is that you can view the activity of members on the learning resources provided by you, and choose only those who you think are more serious in learning from you. This way, you will not waste your LearnerConnect credits and above that you will see the real value in the credits you spend for making new contacts through LearnerConnect.

Get in touch with more students

The key to pull more serious learners to your contact list is to create more, quality learning resources. Here are some tips:

• Create more public classes, tests, or courses
• Share WizIQ class, test, or course links on your own sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites and forums. This will not only get direct traffic to your WizIQ page
• Participate in e-teaching community discussions and share links there, too

So go ahead and start teaching online on WizIQ if you are already not a member.

 

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WiZiQ Live Class Module for Moodle Now Works with Moodle 2.0.2

Here is an update for WiZiQ Live Class Moodle Module users:

WiZiQ’s Moodle plugin 2.0 is available for Moodle 2.0.2 users

Some FAQs:

1. Is this update for 1.9 users, too?

It’s simple!

a) WiZiQ Moodle module plugin 1.9 is for Moodle 1.9 users.
b) WiZiQ Moodle module plugin 2.0 is for Moodle 2.0.2 users.

If you want to upgrade your current Moodle LMS 1.9 to 2.0.2, then you need to install the WiZiQ Moodle module plugin 2.0 in order to use Virtual Classroom and Content Library in your website.

2. I don’t want to upgrade my Moodle installation from Moodle 1.9.0 to Moodle 2.0.2. Can I still install this WiZiQ moodle plugin 2.0?

This new plugin is only for WiZiQ Moodle module users who want to install the new version, Moodle 2.0.2. If Moodle 1.9 users do not have a WiZiQ moodle plugin 1.9 yet, they can download and install from here.

Please note: To download the right version, you will get options to choose from, once you are registered and logged in.

For any queries or support, do write to us at [email protected]

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Changes to WiZiQ Privacy Policy and Terms of User Agreement

WiZiQ has come up with a couple of updates to enable teachers and students to communicate freely with their contacts in their contact lists. And a revised 'Privacy Policy' and 'Terms of User Agreement' have been brought out to that effect on February 21, 2011.

Following are the updates:

• Teachers and students can now view the contact details of the members in their contact lists to communicate with them directly.
• WiZiQ users may get text messages on their mobile phones as and when there are some activities by them on WiZiQ. To receive such important messages, users first need to verify and subscribe to the updates from their mobiles.

Important: Please note that your contact details, such as phone numbers email IDs, etc., can be viewed only by the members in your list.

See the revised WiZiQ Privacy Policy and Terms of User Agreement, or you can also see the full summary of changes by clicking on the link on the top of your dashboard as shown in the image below.

You can also see the summary of changes here.

For any questions, do write to us at [email protected]

Course Pages Updated - Now Get More Students to Teach

Now there is more you can do within your course page. The course page just got a new look and feel for simple yet effective functionality that enables teachers and students to communicate with each other. The updated course interface not only facilitates communication between teacher and students, but actively helps in acquiring more students to teach for courses. The courseware is very well organized on the course page, which makes it easy for students to browse though the content and contact teachers directly from their course pages. Students are now served an updated course registration form too.

We are now giving prominence to courses as we see numerous requests pouring in from students for comprehensive, long duration courses. Therefore, we encourage WiZiQ teachers to add more courses that include online classes, tutorials, tests etc., to get more students to teach.

Below are some snapshots of a logged-in teacher's course page and tabs:


Courseware
The Courseware tab on the extreme left side of the image contains the contents of the course (classes, tutorials, and tests) set up by the teacher.

Course Leads

The category:

• 'In my Contact List' shows the number of students that are already in your contact list.
• 'Contact Requests' are actually your student leads whose requests you can accept through LearnerConnect.
• 'All Course Leads' tab on the top contains leads from the above two categories plus leads that came from demo requests and from other direct messages to the teachers.

Course Learners
It contains the list of students who enrolled in your course.

About the Course
Description of the course.

In addition to the above said advantages, teachers:

• Get notification whenever a student enrolls in a course
• Can browse for attendees of the courses set up by the teacher
• Can add learners in their contact lists using Learner Connect
• Can send messages to students who are enrolled in their courses

Here's a snapshot of a student's course page and its tabs:


Browse Courseware
Contents of the course (classes, tutorials, and tests) set up by the teacher.

Contact Provider
Contains a message box through which a student can contact the course provider (teacher/institute).

About the Course
Description of the course.

Here's a snapshot of a student's Sign-up form for course enrollment

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