# How to Add a QR Code to a Classroom Handout

Source: https://ezqr.ca/watch/qr-codes-for-education
Last modified: 2026-05-14T00:00:00-04:00
Description: Link a printed worksheet, syllabus, or lab handout to a video, doc, quiz, or supplementary resource. Generate a QR code in EZQR, drop it onto the handout, and reuse the same printed materials across semesters by updating the linked resource without reprinting.

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Link a printed worksheet, syllabus, or lab handout to a video, doc, quiz, or supplementary resource. Generate a QR code in EZQR, drop it onto the handout, and reuse the same printed materials across semesters by updating the linked resource without reprinting.

## What the video covers

1. **Pick the resource you want students to access**  - A YouTube video walkthrough, a Google Doc reading, a Google Form quiz, a Drive folder of practice problems, a Padlet board - anything with a URL.
2. **Generate a dynamic QR code in EZQR**  - Paste the URL. A dynamic code lets you swap the linked resource between semesters - same printed handout, new video or updated reading list, no reprinting.
3. **Drop the QR onto the handout**  - Place it near the top right or bottom right at around 2cm × 2cm. Add a caption: "Scan for the video walkthrough" or "Scan for the lab procedure." Make sure it has clear white space around it so cameras can lock on.
4. **Test scan with both iPhone and Android**  - Phones in your classroom will be a mix. Scan a printed copy with both before duplicating for the whole class. If either struggles, increase the QR size or simplify the link.
5. **Reuse and repoint the next term**  - When you teach the unit again, update the destination instead of reprinting handouts. New video, new reading, new form - same handout in students hands. Per-code analytics also show how many students actually opened the resource.

## Read the full guide

Open the complete written walkthrough - with all the detail, examples, and links the video moves past.

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