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QR Code Generator / Reader Tutorial

Deborah Schroeder

Senior Instructional Support Specialist

Center for Support of Instruction

Published: November-December 2011

Category: » Tech-skills-software » Qr-codes

Part I - Generate a QR Code

In Part I of this tutorial, we will complete the following tasks:

• Obtain a URL for an e-book. (For demonstration purposes, we will use Project Gutenberg, a site that offers links to free e-books.)
• Use a QR Code generator to covert the URL to a QR code. (For demonstration purposes, we will use the code generator from Kaywa.)
• Paste the QR code into WebTycho.

1. Navigate to the Project Gutenberg Web site and perform a search for Alice's Adventures.
   
   
2. Click on the link for the e-book.
   
   
   
3. Right-click on the link for the appropriate format.  (NOTE: For this demonstration, we will right-click on the PDF link.)
   
   
4. Choose Copy Link Location from the context menu.
   
   
   
5. Navigate to Kaywa, the Web site for the code generator application.
   
   
6. Click the URL radio button.
   
   
7. Right-click in the URL field and select Paste from the context menu.
   
   
8. Select the appropriate QR code image size from the Size drop-down box.
   
   
9. Click the Generate! button.
   
   
10. You can choose to copy/paste the QR code image into your classroom or you can use the provided embed code. The better option, however, is to copy/paste the QR code image. To do this, right-click on the image and select Copy Image from the context menu.
    
    
11. Navigate to the conference area of your classroom and create a new conference topic.
    
    
12. Right-click in the text editing box and select Paste from the context menu.
    
    
13. Click the Submit button to publish the conference note.
    
    

Part II - Read a QR Code on a Mobile Device

In Part II of this tutorial, we will complete the following tasks:

• Use the i-nigma QR code reader. (NOTE: i-nigma is one of many code readers currently available for Windows, iPhone, and Android mobile devices.)
• Scan the QR code that was placed in the conference area during Part I of this tutorial. 

1. From your mobile device, open the i-nigma app. (NOTE: This tutorial assumes that you have i-nigma already installed on your mobile device. If you don't, you can install it now. If you prefer not to download i-nigma, you can use the QR/barcode scanner app of your choice.)
   
   
2. From your computer's browser, navigate to the conference note that you created in Part I of this tutorial. (The QR image should be on the screen.)  Hold your mobile device toward the screen so that the i-nigma app can capture the QR code.
   
   
3. Click the Go Online button to navigate to the URL that i-nigma identified from the QR code image.
   
   
4. The mobile device's browser opens to the URL so that you can begin reading the e-book.
   
   
   

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Laddie Odom for his content and video contribution to this tutorial.