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Qwickly Symposium New England is right around the corner! Join us for the free, in-person event on Thursday, June 12th, 2025 from  9:30 AM - 3:00 PM EST to learn how your institution can utilize with Qwickly’s products! Discover enhancements to Qwickly Attendance, including the improved seating chart mode and the new NFC check-in (now in Beta). Learn about the SMS text messaging capabilities in Qwickly Course Tools and get the latest on the instructor mark-up feature for Qwickly Jot, first introduced at Qwickly Symposium 2024.

Registration will be open until May 23rd. Click here to reserve your seat at Qwickly Symposium New England!

Qwickly is thrilled to announce the official launch of SMS text messaging within Qwickly Course Tools, after a successful Beta testing throughout the Fall 2024 semester.

This innovative addition empowers instructors to inform students of important course information directly through text messages, a more immediate notification method. Providing this alternative form of communication for students who prefer text messaging over email will greatly improve course communication, ensuring that no important information slips through the cracks.

Join us for our webinar on April 10th, 2025, at 2:00 PM ET: Leverage SMS Text Messaging in Qwickly Course Tools.

Discover the power of SMS text messaging in Qwickly Course Tools. Learn how instructors can create these SMS notifications to be sent to students and how the tool will ultimately improve communication with students by providing instant notifications and updates.

Can't make it to the live webinar? Register anyway to receive a recording of the session. You'll still have the opportunity to learn how to leverage SMS text messaging in Qwickly Course Tools and enhance your institution's student communication.

To learn how to enable and use SMS text messaging in Qwickly Course Tools, please refer to our latest Knowledge Base Article.

Review the faculty training handout that contains resources for faculty assistance like on-demand trainings, how-to videos and more!

With Qwickly Jot, students can write on diagrams, charts, maps and more inside the learning management system. Now, with the new instructor markup tool, instructors are empowered to provide detailed, personalized feedback on student submissions. This feature allows instructors to directly annotate and correct student work, imitating the traditional pen-and-paper experience. 

Key Benefits of Qwickly's Instructor Markup Tool:

• Personalized Feedback: By marking directly on the student's work, instructors can tailor their feedback to specific areas of concern, offering targeted guidance.
• Efficient Grading and Assessment: Instructors can seamlessly grade assignments and provide feedback within the platform. The integrated grading system ensures accurate and timely reflection of student performance in the LMS gradebook.

How it Works:

Qwickly Jot provides instructors with a seamless platform to review student submissions. Within the platform, educators can directly access individual student work. Using the annotation tool, instructors can provide specific feedback directly on the student's document. Different colors can be assigned to different feedback types, such as corrections, suggestions, or positive reinforcement. Once the review is complete, instructors can assign a numerical grade to the assignment, which is then automatically transferred over to the Learning Management System (LMS) gradebook. This user-friendly approach empowers educators to deliver immediate grading and feedback to their students.

If you are interested in learning more about the new instructor markup tool, make sure to register for the upcoming webinar: Create Interactive Digital Assignments with Qwickly Jot. This webinar will be held on February 12th, 2025. We hope to see you there!

Both Anthology and Qwickly are thrilled to announce a significant improvement to Qwickly Attendance within Blackboard Learn Ultra. A new launch point has been added to the left-hand menu, making it easier than ever for instructors to access and use the tool. 

Senior Director of Product Management at Anthology, Dominic Gore, stated: “Listening to our customers is a shared priority for both Blackboard and Qwickly. We are continually enhancing our solutions to provide the most seamless and effective experience for our users.”

See Updated Launch Point for Instructors Below: 

This update addresses a common request from our users and has been eagerly anticipated. Terry Patterson, Senior IT Systems Analyst of Austin Community College, expressed his enthusiasm, stating, "This is a fantastic feature that will make Qwickly Attendance more accessible to students and faculty in every Blackboard course."

Instructors will find the Qwickly Attendance launch point in the right-hand menu of their Blackboard course. Please note that this feature must be enabled at the administrative level.

Blackboard administrators that want to enable this integration should check out our knowledge base article. The name of the launch point can be customized to suit your institution's preferences. This flexibility ensures that it's easily recognizable by instructors.

Check-In Banner in Blackboard for Students: 

Prior to the recent UEF updates, students had to actively launch Qwickly Attendance to mark they were present in class. This added an extra step to the attendance process. However, with the new enhancements, Qwickly Attendance now includes a convenient check-in banner directly within the Blackboard course interface.

Qwickly is thrilled to announce the launch of its new concurrent check-in feature for groups and sections. This innovative tool is designed to significantly enhance the efficiency of attendance tracking for instructors managing multiple groups or sections within a single course.

With Qwickly's concurrent check-in functionality, instructors can now effortlessly monitor attendance for all designated groups or sections simultaneously. By setting up sections in their Learning Management System (LMS) and selecting the desired sections for attendance, instructors can initiate a single check-in process. This eliminates the need for manual entries or juggling multiple rosters, saving valuable time and effort.

Students can easily participate in the check-in process by using their unique QR code or PIN, provided by the instructor. This streamlined approach benefits both instructors and students, making attendance tracking a simple and efficient task.

Current licensees of Qwickly Attendance Plus or Pro who wish to utilize the concurrent check-in feature will need to have it activated at both the administrative and instructor levels. Detailed instructions and guidance on setup and usage can be found in the Qwickly Knowledge Base Article.

Qwickly is dedicated to meeting the evolving needs of educational institutions considring we've developed this new concurrent check-in feature based on feedback from our customers. If you have a specific attendance challenge that isn't currently addressed by Qwickly, please don't hesitate to contact our team. We're committed to exploring potential solutions and discussing how a custom feature might benefit your institution.

Imagine as an instructor, instantly seeing all your students' completed assignments that need to be graded, across all your courses, in one centralized location.

Introducing the Needs Grading Tool, exclusively for Qwickly Course Tools licensees using Blackboard Learn or Canvas!

This powerful timesaver eliminates the need to manually search through each course for ungraded work.  Simply launch the Needs Grading tab and see a list of assignments past their due date, with at least one student submission waiting for your feedback and to be graded.

Here's how the ‘Needs Grading’ feature streamlines grading:

• View all assignments that need to be graded: Gain instant visibility into every assignment across all your courses that needs grading. No more switching between courses – Needs Grading centralizes everything in one location.
• With a single click, you can jump directly into your LMS gradebook from the Needs Grading Tool. Focus on providing valuable feedback, not searching through your LMS.

Are you not a current licensee of Qwickly Course Tools and are interested in getting started with a free 30-day trial? Reach out to sales@goqwickly.com or your current sales rep to get Qwickly Course Tools today and unlock the power of the Needs Grading Tool.