Transcript Introduction to Hot Potatoes 240211 File

Session outline
• What is Hot Potatoes?
- try out the demonstration quizzes yourselves
• What sort of quizzes can I make?
- practical hands-on activity using the Hot Potatoes
software
• How can I make the quizzes available to my learners
- uploading Hot Potatoes to Moodle
• Session review and Q&A
What is Hot Potatoes?
• The Hot Potatoes software is a set of
authoring tools which enable you to create a
variety of interactive exercises for your
learners
• It is free to download and use.
The five Hot Potatoes quiz tools are:
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JMatch - Matching exercise
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JCloze - Gap fill exercise
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JCross - Crossword puzzle
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JMix - Jumbled word/sentence exercise
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JQuiz - Multiple choice / short answer quiz
To create Hot Potatoes exercises you need:
– a PC (or Mac)
– the Hot Potatoes software
– a web browser
– access to a web server to upload the exercises
(e.g.Moodle)
To view Hot Potatoes exercises your
students need:
- a PC or Mac with internet connection
- a web browser e.g. Internet Explorer or Firefox
Creating a Hot Potatoes exercise
There are 3 basic steps
1) Create the data file
2) Configure and save the output
3) Create the web page
Where to find the Hot Potatoes software
• To download at home:
Go to the Hot Potatoes home page
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/
and follow the instructions.
How will you use Hot Potatoes?
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encourage learners to come up to the board
good for kinaesthetic learners
can be used to introduce a topic
assess prior knowledge
consolidate learning with practice
Embed e-learning
develop IT skills
What next?
• Look at the Hot Potatoes course on Moodle for more
ideas and examples
•Download the Hot Potatoes software for use at home
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
• Create your own Hot Potatoes exercises
• Seek help from the e-learning advisors (ask for a 1 to
1 follow-up)