1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. What email service do you use for school? Next code: Mary Jo's office computer | gmail | 2. You can use video calls to complete a group assignment. Next code: FUTURE computer lab | True | 3. Where do you look to see if you have assignments. Next code: Emma's Office Door | Canvas Calendar | 4. When you reply you reply to the whole group that got the email. Next code: Stairwell door in FUTURE | False | 5. Emojis are songs put in a message. Next code: Life skills classroom door | False | 6. You upload all assignments to Canvas. Next code: Career Life Planning classroom door | True | 7. A post on Facebook/Instagram shouldn't say what is happening in the picture. Next code: Table town vending machine | False | 8. You get an email from someone you don't know. Do you open it? Next code: water fountain on first floor of Bailey | No | 9. Spam mail is something you can eat. Next code: SMART board in Digital Literacy classroom | False |
What email service do you use for school? Next code: Mary Jo's office computer&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 9)
You can use video calls to complete a group assignment. Next code: FUTURE computer lab&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 9)
Where do you look to see if you have assignments. Next code: Emma's Office Door&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 9)
When you reply you reply to the whole group that got the email. Next code: Stairwell door in FUTURE&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 9)
Emojis are songs put in a message. Next code: Life skills classroom door&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 9)
You upload all assignments to Canvas. Next code: Career Life Planning classroom door&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 9)
A post on Facebook/Instagram shouldn't say what is happening in the picture. Next code: Table town vending machine&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 9)
You get an email from someone you don't know. Do you open it? Next code: water fountain on first floor of Bailey&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 9)
Spam mail is something you can eat. Next code: SMART board in Digital Literacy classroom&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 9)
