ceelbas workshop - 15 february 2011 hot potatoes an introduction roman krawec
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CEELBAS Workshop - 15 February 2011
HOT POTATOESan Introduction
Roman Krawec
CEELBAS Workshop - 15 February 2011
AGENDA
1. About Hot Potatoes
2. Exercise types
3. Process overview
4. Multi-language support
5. Read Ukrainian! examples
6. Information sources
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ABOUT HOT POTATOES
• Suite of programs for creating web-based exercises
• Five types of exercise with variations
• Developed at University of Victoria, British Columbia
• Freeware since October 2009
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EXERCISE TYPES (1)
• Quiz – multiple choice
• Quiz – short answer
• Quiz – hybrid
• Quiz – multi-select
• Gapfill – text boxes
• Gapfill – dropdown lists
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EXERCISE TYPES (2)
• Crossword
• Jumble – click
• Jumble – drag
• Match/order – dropdown
• Match/order – drag
• Match/order – flashcard
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CREATE SINGLE EXERCISE
1. Prepare content of exercise
2. Open relevant program
3. Enter exercise data
4. Configure web page
5. Create and save web page
6. Save Hot Potatoes file
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MODIFY EXISTING EXERCISE
1. Open relevant Hot Potatoes file
2. Make changes to exercise data, configuration etc
3. Create and save web page (or overwrite existing page)
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OPTIONS FOR LINKING EXERCISES
• Use “Next Exercise”, “Go to Contents” and “Back” buttons
• Link exercises automatically using The Masher
• Incorporate exercises into Moodle
• Incorporate exercises in your own website
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MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT
• All text in an exercise can be in any language supported by Unicode
• Program interfaces available in a variety of languages
• Interface texts can be translated into other languages
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READ UKRAINIAN! EXAMPLES(www.ucrainica.info/readukrainian)
• Quiz: Exercises 2.5A, 5.1A, 11.8A
• Jumble: Exercises 1.10B, 8.5A
• Match/order: Exercises 1.4A, 4.6A
• Gapfill: Exercises 8.3A, 9.5A
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INFORMATION SOURCES
• Basic Hot Potatoes tutorial
• Additional online tutorials
• Hot Potatoes Help pages
• Online discussion group
Further details on accompanying handout