HOT POTATOES AND OTHER USEFUL
TOOLS
The HotPotatoes test set consists of six different
programms. Five are the so called basic test tools and
one tool, the Masher, combines the different tests to a
test series or test unit.
Using it you can create interactive multiple-choice,
short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword,
matching-ordering and gap-fill exercises for the
World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is free of charge for
those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making
educational institutions, who make their pages
available on the web.
Not only can you create traditional assessments, but
you also have the opportunity to include crosswords
and jumble puzzles. If you want to keep the "Free"
feature for educators intact, you have to be able to
do without the Masher program. Masher allows you
to combine the various exercises together to form a
cohesive unit. Hot Potatoes is a very flexible program
which generates quizzes, cloze passages or
crosswords.
It is freely downloadable from
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
JMATACH
The JMatch
program creates
matching or
ordering exercises.
A JMatch activity
produces a matching or
ordering exercise. A list of fixed
items appears on one side
(these can be images or text), with
jumbled items on the other
side.
JQuiz is used to create
question-based
quizzes.
JQUIZ
A JQuiz exercise can contain an unlimited number of questions, from four different question types, and each question can contain an unlimited number of correct or incorrect answers, each with feedback. JQuiz can create four different types of questions:
multiple-choice short-answer hybrid (a short-answer question that turns into
a multiple-choice question after several attempts) multi-select (in which the student has to choose
several of a set of options, then check the choices)In short-answer questions, the student’s guess is intelligently parsed and helpful feedback to show what part of a guess is right and what part is wrong. The student can ask for a hint in the form of a “free letter” from the answer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilLRHOSzJVU
The JMix program creates
jumbled-sentence
exercises.
JMIX
You can specify as many different correct answers as you want, based on the words and punctuation in the base sentence, and a hint button prompts the student with the next correct word or segment of the sentence if needed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkoyPSBeEZk
It’s very useful for language teachers..
Creates gap fills with an
unlimited number
ofcorrect
answers.
JCLOSE
The JCloze program creates gap-fill exercises.
Unlimited correct answers can be specified for each gap, and the student can ask for a hint and see a letter of the correct answer.
A specific clue can also be included for each gap. Automatic scoring is also included.
The program allows gapping of selected words, or the automatic gapping of every nth word in a text.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P63djcH0SJ8&feature=related
The JCross program creates
crossword puzzles
which can be
completed online.
JCROSShttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9DZ5h2JxHQ&playnext=1&videos=gU5nnffd9sc&feature=mfu_in_order
Masher
It's used to combine learning
tasks.
JMASHERhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oNzuIp8Ddw&playnext=1&videos=LSU3FmNts1k&feature=mfu_in_order
VuVox is a fast layout and customisation of photos, video,
text and music.Add media hotspots, narrate interactivity. Publish to any
webpage
Prezi helps to create maps of texts, images, videos, PDFs, drawings and present in a nonlinear way. Move beyond the slide.
Glogster is an online poster application.
Combine images, video, music, photos and audio
to create mulitimedia pages. Embed into any
webpTeachers can create accounts and get up to
200 free student accounts!
age.
iSpring ConverterThis PowerPoint add-in, which is available as a free download, converts PowerPoint to web friendly Flash movies
SlideshareThe Slideshare website provides a place to view, download and share PowerPoint presentations. If you contribute a presentation, you can choose to share it publicly or privately.
http://newtoolsworkshop.wikispaces.com/
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
Other tools we can find on the website:
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