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Abstract-This paper describes motivation and application of a Microsoft XNA extended library-XQUEST (XNA QUick & Easy Starter Template) in a software architecture course, and further presents the evaluation of how well the XQUEST was to use in a software architecture course. XQUEST was designed and implemented to save students' time in project development with flexible components. The evaluation was based on research methods and questionnaires from the students in the software architecture course. Finally, the questionnaires results were analyzed in three aspects: suitability, usefulness and usability. In many aspects, the results show that XQUEST enhances XNA in suitability as a teaching aid in software engineering learning, and that it can be a useful and helpful extension to understand XNA. The results also show that XQUEST is easy to use and save students time in development, thus giving students more time to focus on the practice of course theory.