1 Introduction to Hot Potatoes Presented by: Law Hing Man (14 Dec 2001)
2 1. What is HOT POTATOES ? HOT POTATOES is a suite of six programs for creating interactive educational exercises for the World Wide Web. These are : JBC : multiple-choice or true-false quizzes JQuiz : text-entry or short-answer quizzes JCloze : gap-fill exercises JCross : crosswords JMix : jumbled-sentence exercises JMatch : matching and ordering exercises
3 2.How to download and install? Step1:Download “winhotpot52.exe” from the website: Step2:Unzip the file and it will install itself. Step3:In order to unlock all the features, you will need to register the programs. You can get registration username and password from:
4 3. Start Hot Potatoes Click the Hot Potatoes short cut to start the program.
5 4. JBC Title (1) Question (2) Feedback (Optional) Choices (3) Check the correct choice (4) Up for more choices Up for more questions (5) Export to HTML (7) Save (6) Unicode
6 Suggested sequence (1)Key in the title. (2)Key in question. (3)Key in choices. (4)Check the correct choice. (5)Press Up button for next question. Repeat (2) to (5) until end. (6)Press Save button to save. (7)Press Export button.
7 Practice 1 Title: S.1 Directed Number Q1:3 + 4 =? A.3 B.5 C.7 D.9 Q2:5 - 7 =? A.-2 B.0 C.2 D.4 Q3: =? A.-9 B.-5 C.5 D.7 Use JBC to create the above test. Save the file with filename “p1.jbc” Export to HTML with filename “p1.htm”
8 5. Upload to the Internet 1)Use WS_FTP
9 2)Use Visitor Cabinet of HKedcity Click the icon in your idesk Click Add file to add a new file for sharing
10 Chinese title English title Browse for file (Select the HTML file) Click OK to finish
11 6. Access to the On-line test 1)Key in the homepage address to open the test. e.g. 2)Key in the ihouse address and open the visitor cabinet to choose the test. e.g.
12 Practice 2 Upload the test to Internet.
13 7. Key in Chinese characters Hot Potatoes does not suggest BIG-5 code (Traditional Chinese Characters) To insert Chinese characters, we have to use unicode. Before keying in Chinese characters, click the button
14 In the Unicode box, key in Chinese characters. Click OK to return.
15 The Chinese characters will become code. To view and edit, highlight the code and click the Unicode button.
16 8. JQuiz Title (1) Question (2) Possible answers (3) (At least one) Up for more questions (4) Up for more answers Export to HTML (6) Save (5)
17 Suggested sequence (1)Key in the title. (2)Key in question. (3)Key in possible answer(s). (4)Press Up button for next question. Repeat (2) to (4) until end. (5)Press Save button to save. (6)Press Export button.
18 9. JMatch Title (1) Right items (3) Left items (2) Up for more item pairs Save (4) Export to HTML (5)
JMix Title (1) Key in the sentence in sequence of blocks. (2) Key in alternatives (Optional) (3)
20 Reference web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/ akclam.hk.st