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1What is the Interactive Activities Portal?

A free portal where you create interactive activities, quizzes and surveys in minutes. Your audience takes part from their phones by scanning a QR code, with no account and no app, and the results appear on your screen the moment they are sent.

• Who is it for? Teachers, trainers, lecturers and anyone who runs gatherings and meetings.
• What do you need? An account on the Digital Teacher Portal and a browser, plus a projector or screen if you want everyone to see the results.
• What does a participant need? Only a phone with a camera and an internet connection.

2Quick start in five steps

1. Sign in and open the Activities Studio.
2. Press + New session, choose its type and fill in its details, then press Create session.
3. Inside the session press + New activity, enter its name and title and add your questions, then press Save activity.
4. Press Show QR code. It appears on the screen, and participants scan it and answer.
5. Press Results and discuss them with your audience, then download them as Excel or PDF.

3Signing in and your account

You sign in to the Activities Portal with the same account you use on the Digital Teacher Portal, so you do not need a new account.

• Signing in: on the sign-in page press Sign in with your Digital Teacher Portal account, or enter your email address and password. If you are already signed in on the main portal, you will be signed in here automatically.
• No account yet? Press Create your free account. Registration is done once on the Digital Teacher Portal. Then confirm your email address to activate your membership.
• Forgot your password? Press Forgot your password? and enter your email address. You will receive a link to set a new password. Check your spam folder too.
• Another problem? Press Having trouble signing in? below the sign-in form and describe the problem. The administration will reply to your email address.

Language and appearance

• Language: the small ع | EN switch at the top of the page changes the portal between Arabic and English. When the Studio is in English, participant pages open in English automatically.
• Dark mode: the moon button next to the language switch. Press it again to return to the light look.

4Sessions

A session is the container that holds the activities of one lesson, course or meeting. You always start by creating the session, then add activities inside it. Participants see the session cover with its details at the top of their page.

The five session types

Lesson

Subject, grade, class or section, lesson title, date and period number.

Training course

Course name, organizer, start and end dates, and duration (calculated automatically from the two dates).

Gathering

Who it is with (students, parents, teachers and others), topic, organization, date, and format: in person or remote.

Meeting

Organization or committee, topic, date and agenda (one item per line).

Workshop or event

Title, location and date.

Useful details

• Date: the calendar shows Hijri and Gregorian dates together, and you choose which one is primary.
• Session name: suggested automatically from the details, and you can change it.
• Cover: choose its color and font, and check the preview before saving.
• Cover buttons: Present live, Self-paced link, Session report (or Minutes and outcomes for meetings and gatherings) and Edit session.
• Navigation: Home for the welcome page, All sessions to see all your activities, and press any session name to open it. The Search your activities box searches across all sessions.
• Deleting a session: tick the box on the session, then press Delete selected sessions.

5Creating an activity

Open the session and press + New activity. One activity can hold a single question or several.

Activity details

• Activity name: shown only to you in the list, for example: Activity 1.
• Activity title: shown to the participant at the top of the page.
• Activity goal: optional, shown to the participant below the title.
• Instructions: optional, for example: Answer the questions, then press Submit answers.

Participation mode

• Individual: each participant answers under their own name.
• Groups: one participant answers on behalf of the group. Enter the group names, one per line, for participants to choose from.
• Anonymous participation: participants are not asked for a name. Suitable for children and for candid surveys.

Questions

• Choose the question type and enter the question text.
• Question text color: choose a color for the whole question, or select part of it and press Color selected part to highlight a word.
• Add an image to the question: upload a picture that appears with the question.
• Required question: participants cannot submit without answering it.
• Reorder questions with the arrows, delete the ones you do not want, and add more with + Add question.
• Press Save activity.

Activity card buttons

Show QR code

Shows the QR code and the timer on the screen.

Results

Opens the participants’ answers.

Edit

Opens the activity editor.

Duplicate activity

Creates a copy with no answers.

Copy link

Copies the participation link so you can send it in a group chat or by email.

Preview

Shows the activity as a participant sees it.

Close responses / Open responses

Closes the activity to new answers, or opens it again.

Delete

Permanently deletes the activity and its answers.

To act on several activities at once, tick their boxes, then press Move selected to a session or Delete selected.

6The twelve question types

Choose the type that serves your goal. Here is what the participant sees for each type, and when to use it:

Single choice

The participant picks one of your options. For quick polls and checking understanding. It is the only type used in quizzes.

Multiple choice

The participant picks all that apply. For questions such as: Which challenges do you face?

Rating scale

The participant picks a point on a scale of 3, 4, 5, 7 or 10, and you write the labels for the lowest and highest points. For evaluation and satisfaction, and you see the average.

Short answer

The participant types a word or a short sentence.

Long answer

The participant writes a paragraph. For explanation, reflection and opinions.

Matching

You enter pairs in this form: item = its match. They are shown shuffled, and the participant matches each item with its pair.

Comparison between items

You enter the items (for example: Leadership and Management) and, if you wish, the comparison criteria (for example: Definition and Goals). The participant fills in the comparison table.

Word cloud

Each participant types one or two words, forming a cloud in which the most repeated words appear larger. For brainstorming and opening a lesson.

Priority ranking

The participant ranks your items from most to least important by dragging or with the arrows, and you see the combined ranking.

Photo answer

The participant takes a photo with the phone camera or chooses one from the device (written work, an experiment, a drawing). The photo is resized automatically and appears to you in a gallery.

Audience questions (with voting)

Participants send their questions and vote for the questions of others, so you see them sorted by votes and start with the most important.

Suggestions board (with likes)

Participants write suggestions and like the suggestions of others, so you see them sorted by likes.

7Presenting an activity: QR code and timer

Press Show QR code on the activity card. A screen appears with the QR code, the number of answers received and the timer. Show it on the projector, and participants scan the code with their phone cameras.

The timer

• Set the duration in minutes, then press Start. You can pause, and Reset the countdown.
• Timer style: six styles to choose from.
• Alert sound: eight sounds, with Test sound to hear them and Alert to play the sound whenever you like.
• Sound alert when time is almost up and when it ends.
• Close responses automatically when time is up, if you want the activity to close with the timer.

• Full screen: enlarges the screen on the projector.
• Close: returns you to the Studio.

8Live presentation

Live presentation runs the whole session with a single QR code. Participants scan it once at the start, and their screens then follow automatically with each activity you present.

1. On the session cover press Present live. The QR code and the 6-digit session code appear.
2. Participants scan the QR code, or open raqam8.blogspot.com, press QR code and enter the code.
3. They stay on the waiting screen until you choose an activity and press Present now.
4. Move between activities with Next activity, or send everyone back to the Waiting screen.
5. At the end press End session. Participants see a message that the session has ended.

Live presentation tools

Timer

From 30 seconds to 10 minutes. The countdown is also shown on the participants’ phones, and you can close responses when time is up.

Results on the big screen

Shows the results of the current activity in a large size suited to a projector.

Reactions

Participants send applause, likes or surprise, and the I do not understand button tells you how many need the explanation repeated. Turn them on or off with Allow reactions.

Attendance registration

Participants enter their name when joining. You can also ask for the full name, mobile number and email address, with the participant’s explicit consent to their use. Then press Download attendance sheet to get it as Excel.

Second round

Repeats the same activity after participants have discussed it (peer instruction), and shows you a comparison between the two rounds.

Enlarge the QR code on the screen

For those who arrive late.

9Quizzes

Quiz mode turns your questions into a competition with points, speed and a leaderboard.

Setting up

1. In the activity editor tick Quiz mode.
2. Make every question a Single choice question, and set the Correct answer for each one.
3. Choose the Time per question: from 10 to 60 seconds.
4. Save the activity.

Running it

1. Start Present live for the session and present the quiz activity.
2. Each participant enters a name to appear on the leaderboard.
3. Press Start the first question. Participants answer from their phones before time runs out.
4. Press Reveal the answer and the leaderboard, then move to the next question.
5. After the last question the Final result and the winners’ podium appear.

• Points: the faster a correct answer is, the more points it earns, from 500 to 1000.
• Each participant sees on the phone whether the answer was correct, along with rank and points.
• Press Big screen to show the question and the leaderboard on the projector.
• Restart the quiz from the beginning starts a new round, and the answers from the previous round remain in the results.

10Results

Press Results on the activity card. The page refreshes automatically whenever an answer arrives.

• All answers: a table with every participant, their answers and the time they were sent.
• By question: a summary of each question: bars for choices, an average for the rating scale, a cloud for words, a combined ranking for priorities and a gallery for photos.
• Hide names: hides participant names before you show the results to everyone.
• Show on the big screen: enlarges the result of a question for the projector.
• Word cloud: press any word to hide it from the cloud.
• Audience questions and suggestions: Approve and publish what is awaiting your approval, Hide what is not suitable, and mark what you have dealt with as Answered.

Saving the results

• Download Excel: a file with all the answers.
• Save PDF: a formatted report for printing or archiving. Allow pop-up windows in your browser if asked.
• Delete answers: permanently clears the answers of the activity so you can use it again. Download them first.

11Self-paced link

A self-paced link lets participants answer the session activities at any time and at their own pace, without you being present. Suitable for homework, preparation before a lesson and revision after it.

1. On the session cover press Self-paced link.
2. Copy the link, or press Share via WhatsApp.
3. Participants open the link and answer the activities in order, and see how many they have completed.
4. Follow the answers from Results on each activity.
5. When you are done press Deactivate link, and no one will be able to open it any more.

12Reports and minutes

On the session cover press Session report, or Minutes and outcomes for meetings and gatherings. The report gathers the session details and the results of its activities into one file ready for printing.

• Report title, and the name and role of the person who prepared it.
• Outcomes and decisions, Recommendations and Notes: write one point per line.
• Signatures: enter the roles (for example: Teacher, School principal), and fields for name, signature and date appear for each.
• Content: choose what goes into the report: the activity results and the list of attendees and participants.
• Page background: plain, lined, dotted or grid.

Press Create report, then save it as PDF or print it from the print window.

13What does the participant see?

1. They scan the QR code with the phone camera, or enter the session code using the QR code button on raqam8.blogspot.com.
2. A page opens with the session details, then the name field, then the goal, title and instructions of the activity, then the questions.
3. They answer and press Submit answers, and receive a thank-you message.
4. In a live presentation their screen moves to the next activity automatically, and they see the timer if you start it.

• No account and no app are needed.
• They can switch their page to English with the English button at the top.
• Required fields left empty are marked in red so they can complete them.
• If their connection is slow, the page retries automatically.

14Privacy and safety

• Children: use Anonymous participation with young learners, so no details are requested from them.
• Language: the inappropriate language filter works automatically in the word cloud, questions and suggestions, and you can add to it with Additional words you want to block.
• Review: turn on Review before publishing for audience questions and suggestions, so only what you approve is shown to everyone.
• Photos: you can stop accepting photos in any activity. Photos sent by participants are seen only by the owner of the activity.
• Attendance details: mobile numbers and email addresses are used only for what the participant has explicitly agreed to, and they may leave both consents unticked.
• Your account: no one else can edit or delete your activities and their results.

15Common problems and solutions

Participants cannot answer

Check that the activity is Open (the word appears next to its name). If it is closed, press Open responses. Also check that their phones are connected to the internet.

A participant sees: Incorrect session code

The code has 6 digits and belongs to the live presentation running right now. Show the QR code again for them to scan.

I cannot edit the questions

The activity has received answers. Press Duplicate activity and edit the copy, or delete the answers from the results page.

Participants do not see the photo upload button

Photo answers are turned off by the portal administration, or you have turned them off in this activity.

I pressed Save PDF or Create report and nothing appeared

Your browser blocked the pop-up window. Allow it from the address bar, then try again.

I see: Membership not active

Confirm your email address on the Digital Teacher Portal. If the problem remains, write to the administration through Having trouble signing in?.

The QR code is not fully visible on my phone

Scroll the screen up and down. On a computer, press Full screen.

Is the portal free?

Yes, for both the teacher and the participant.