Creating a QR For Your Electronic Portfolio

Objective

• Students will be able to create a QR code of their Electronic Portfolio

I can create a flow chart demonstrating the research that I conducted about the history of computer technology.

METS

• CI.2- Create a project using a variety of applications and formats.

• CC.2-Use digital resources to collaborate with peers, experts, and other audiences.

• CC.3- Identify effective uses of technology to support communication with peers, family, or school personnel.

• TC.6-Use accurate technology terminology.

What is a QR Code?

A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of two-dimensional bar code (also called a matrix bar code that is read by taking a picture of it with the camera of a smartphone or another mobile device that is equipped with a bar-code reader:

QR codes come to us from Japan and they can be read quickly by a cell phone. You may soon see QR Codes in a magazine advertisement, on a billboard, a web page or even on someone’s t-shirt. Once it is in your cell phone, it may give you details about that business (allowing users to search for nearby locations), or details about the person wearing the t-shirt, show you a URL which you can click to see a trailer for a movie, or it may give you a coupon which you can use at a local store.

The reason why they are more useful than a standard barcode is that they can store (and digitally present) much more data, including url links, geo coordinates, and text. The other key feature of QR Codes is that instead of requiring a chunky hand-held scanner to scan them, many modern cell phones can scan them.

Click here to watch a short video to learn more about QR codes.

Creating a QR Code For Your Electronic Portfolio

• There are a ton of free QR code generators that you are free to use, but for this assignment you’re going to use a free Google Chrome Widget. Click here to be taken directly to that website.

• You will need to copy the URL of your Final Electronic Portfolio Project and past the URL in the URL text box.

• Once you have pasted your portfolio’s URL into the box, your QR code will be generated.

  • Adding Your QR Code to Your Electronic Portfolio

• Once your QR Code is generated, click on Save

• Filename: QR Code Format: PNG

• Now, log into your Electronic Portfolio and Create a New Page. Title this page QR Code and click Create.

• Click Insert at the top of the page and locate the PNG image of your QR Code and center it on the page.

• Click Save

  • Adding Your QR Code to the

  • Sidebar on Your Electronic Portfolio

  • Follow the directions below to do this:

  • Click on the More button (top right) and select Edit Site Layout

  • Click My Links on your Sidebar on the left side of your website.

  • Select Add Page

  • Locate your QR Code page and select it.

  • Click OK, OK, Close

  • Sharing Your QR Code

• Go back to your QR Code and select Share

• Copy the Image URL and email it to me at maurusja@dhsd7.net. (you should paste the generated link into your address bar in your web browser to make sure it works. Feel free to use your phone to test it out too).

• When you email Mrs. Maurus the QR code for your Electronic Portfolio.**Make sure you type your first name and QR Code in the Subject box (i.e. Blake's QR Code).