Studywiz - A Teachers "How To"

Studywiz Quick Notes

Studywiz is an online learning environment which allows users to:

Communicate and collaborate through messages, discussion boards and chats

Complete activities which can involve assignments, polls, assessments, or games

Store documents in their eLocker

Creat a calendar of events which can be added to by teachers and/or students

When you create an activity, be sure to
Set the dates and times it will be available
Check the box that says to publish it when you are done

It might be advantageous to send files to students in pdf or zip formats to ensure that they are
able to be uploaded and downloaded. (There may be a limit on the size of a file which can be
uploaded.)

To create a pdf
With the file open, go to Print
At the bottom of the Print box, click on PDF
Choose Save as PDF, give it a name and place to save

To create a zip file
Save the file
Navigate (get so you can see it) to the file (or folder) that you want to zip
Control Click on the file (or go to the File menu)
Choose Create Archive of ”filename”
It will create the zip file in the same place the original is saved

When you download a zipped file, it will uncompress. Teach students to trash the zip file once it is uncompressed.

Creating an activity
Click on Activities
Select a Class from the Classes Tab
Select a folder for the activity or create one by clicking the green plus sign
(all activities must live in a folder)
Once you click on the folder, click create activity in this folder from the bottom of the
right hand part of the screen.

Things to Remember when Creating an Activity
Hit save often - look for the green saved checkmark
Put in the dates you want the activity to be available
Click the Publish activity button when you want the students to be able to see the activity
Fill in any boxes with red asteriks
Global Edit - If there is more than one teacher assigned to a class, clicking this button
allows all teachers to change the activity.

Editing an activity
To get back to an activity you have already created, click on Activities on the home page
Click on My Classes
Choose the class and folder that contain the activity
Click on the wrench icon to the right of the activity to edit it

Class Sub-groups or Individual folders
You can also create subgroups in a class (team) to send activities or files to only some
students in the class (could be used for remediation or extension)
You can also create individual folders when you want an assignment to go to one student.

Calendar
You can create calendars of assignment dates in folders for a class
Students can turn off particular calendars
You can add events to personal or class calendars

Messaging
To create a message, go to the Tools button and click on Messaging

eLocker
This is a storage space. Students or teachers can upload files into this space for back-up
or to be able to access from home. There is a 5MB upload limit. There is a space limit also. It
tells you at the top how much space you have available.
Files can be attached to messages or assignments from the eLocker.
Click on the picture of the drive on the right side of a file in the eLocker to attach it.

Student/Activity Reports
Go to Tools and choose Manage Students and Reports
Look for a student or an activity to see what the student has done or what students have
done a particular activity.

Archiving Activities
Get to the folder you want to archive under my classes
In the lower right hand corner, click on the green arrow to Export Folder
Click the Download button by Download as an IMS package
Save this file somewhere to be uploaded the next time you want to use those activities