Hot Potatoes: free software http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
Adobe Dreamweaver (the former Macromedia Dreamweaver): trial download http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/
I will present two very simple online exercises by Hot Potatoes, and edit the webpage by Dreamweaver.
Here is Hot Potatoes. You can use it to create several types of exercises: cloze, match, quiz, cross and mix. Then by using The Masher, you can combine each practice into one integrated exercise.
(Please click the pics for large version)
Task 1: Matching
Step 1: Open JMatch
Step 2: Type in title and save
Step 3: Type in the text in the left column, insert image in the right column
Step 4: Adjust the size, alignment and other options
Step 5: Save and create web page (drag and drop)
Step 6: View the exercise on your browser
DONE!
Task 2: Cloze
Step 1: Open JCloze, type in title and contents
Step 2: Set the gaps; you can offer clue and alternative answers
Step 3: Save
Step 4: Create web page
DONE!
Task 3: Inserting Youtube Video
Step 1: Find the embedded code and copy
Step 2: set the options
Step 3: Open Dreamweaver, open the webpage you want to edit and click "html"
Step 4: Paste the code from Youtube and click "design"
DONE!
i am so much impressed the way you have provided snapshots of hotpotates and dreamweaver. i think we have learnt a lot how to make online english learning exercises. until now i have always wondered how these matching,MC, gap-filling exercises were made. i never knew that 'hot-potatoes' can make this happen very easily. as u said, hot-potatoes is a very user-friendly software and i am so much proud of my self being able to make such online exercises. u know i keep on asking my colleagues, 'Do u know how to make matching exercises on computer?' and when they say no , i feel proud of myself, just like kids who go all over the town telling people about something they know more than kids of their own age.
ReplyDeleteWow!!!!you know how to use silverwave!~I think it is more useful than hot potato~ what do you think? By the way, I think the pictures might be too small~
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ReplyDeleteI know you are almost a expert about these two technologies. The way you present the exercises designed by HP and DW really impressed me a lot.But I'm also interested in you reflection about using in these technologies.