Etrain 2008 Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

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Etrain 2008 Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

• Nathan L. Love

• Western Kentucky University• www.wku.edu/~nathan.love

• (26-February-2008)

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PowerPoint Table of Contents

• I. Objectives

• II. Hot Potatoes own sites

• III. Crossword puzzle

• IV. Jumbled / Reordering exercise

• V. Cloze / Fill-in exercise

• VI. Multiple choice format

• VII. Matching exercise

• VIII. Touching up with Dreamweaver

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Objectives

• A. Download Hot Potatoes software

• B. Create a crossword puzzle (text)

• C. Create a jumbled exercise (text)

• D. Create a Cloze / Fill in exercise (text)• Cloze with picture

• E. Create a multiple choice exercise (text)

• F. Create a matching exercise (text)

• G. Create your own interactive exercises - later

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Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

Hot Potatoes home page:

http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

Hot Potatoes download:

http://hotpot.uvic.ca/index.htm#downloads

setup_hotpot_6243.exe

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• Crossword (JCross)• start with grid• type in next the clues• Save JCross file.• Save as html file.• example: jcross_numbers.html

Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

jcross_numbers.htm

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Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

For each type of interactive exercise, we will create two files: a Hot Potatoes file and an html file. It is the html file that will be interactive.

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• Jumbled (JMix)• Sentence• Type each word on separate line.• “Hot Potatoes is not difficult.”• Save JMix file.• Save as html file.• example: jmix_not_difficult.htm

Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

jmix_not_difficult.htm

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• Cloze / Fill in (JCloze)• Type out whole, complete sentence.• “WKU just cut the men’s soccer

program.”• “Gap” segment to be filled in.• Save JCloze file.• Save as html file.• Example: jcloze_soccer.htm

Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

jcloze_soccer.htm jcloze_soccer.jcl

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• Cloze / Fill in (JCloze)• Type out whole, complete sentence.• “WKU just cut the men’s soccer

program.”• “Gap” segment to be filled in.• Save JCloze file.• Save as html file.• Example: jcloze_soccer.htm

Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

Let’s add a picture!

cloze_picture.htmcloze_picture.jcl

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Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

• Multiple Choice (JQuiz)• Fill in question box.• Enter pool of answers.• Check correct answer / answers.• Save as JQuiz file.• Save as html file.• example: jquiz_multiple_responsible

jquiz_multiple_responsible.htm jquiz_multiple_responsible.jqz

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Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

• Matching (JMatch)• Fill in boxes, so that matches on same line.• Save as JMatch file.• Save as html file, using Web icon on right.• example: jmatch_thank_you

jmatch_thank_you.htm jmatch_thank_you.jmt

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Interactivity with Hot Potatoes

• Touching up with Dreamweaver• text to text (activities to places)• text to image (couleurs)• text to sound (accents)

a good way to add multimedia