Introduction to Using Hot Potatoes

Select the Hot

potatoes option

from the Start:

Programs: menu as shown

There are six programs to choose from:

•JBC - Multiple choice•JQUIZ - Short answer quiz

•JMIX - Jumbled sentence

•JCross - Crosswords•Jmatch - Matched pairs•Jcloze - Gap fill exercise

JBC (Multiple Choice)

Clicking on JBC brings up this screen.

Type the title of your quiz here.

Type your first

question here

Type your possible answers in the boxes on this side of the screen

And your

feedback on this

side

Remember to select

the correct answer by clicking in the small

box

A completed question screen

could look like this:

Clicking here records that this is the correct answer

Use the feedback option to provide additional informationThen the students learn, even if they get the answer wrong

Clicking here moves you

along to question 2. Type in the question, possible

answers and feedback as

before. Don’t forget to

check off the correct answer

Click on the ‘Save As’ icon

and name and save your file.

This saves it as a Master document.

You can then open this document

and edit your quiz

whenever you like.

Clicking on this icon

saves your quiz in a form that can be used by the student. It’s actually an

htm file.

Type in the file name for the .htm file, browse to the folder where you’d like to save it and

click on Save.

It’s a good idea to give it the same

name as the corresponding

Master file so you can tell which .htm

belongs to which .jbc

This is how the htm file

will look. The student can select one of the options

and it will tell them if

they’re right or wrong and

give them some

feedback. That’s it!

Step-by-Step

1. Open up the Hot Potatoes package 2. Click on JBC3. Give your quiz a title4. Type in the first question5. Type in some possible multiple choice answers and

some instructive feedback6. Select the correct answer7. Save as a master file8. Export as a htm file and save

Step-by-Step

• This completes the instructions to the JBC Multiple Choice quiz type. Follow the hyperlink to return to the quiz type selector screen

JQuiz

Clicking on JQuiz brings up

this screen

Type your title here.

And your first question

here

Enter all possible correct

answers in these boxes

Click here to save as a JQuiz Master file – this isthe one you can use to

edityour quiz.

Click here tosave as a

Webpage forstudents to

use– (the .htmfile)

Here’s how it will appear when it’s been saved as an htm.

To change the appearance of your quiz, click on Options, Configure Output

You can: • Customise your

Titles/Instructions

• Alter your prompts and feedback

• Add hyperlinks or links to another quiz using ‘Buttons’

• Change the look of your quiz using Appearance options

(You can use these same options with any of the hot potato exercises)

Step-by-Step1. Click on JQuiz

2. Type your title and your first question

3. Enter all possible correct answers

4. Save as a JQuiz Master file and as a Web page (.htm)

5. To change the appearance of your quiz, click on Options,

6. Configure Output. This allows you to:•Customise your Titles/Instructions•Alter your prompts and feedback•Add hyperlinks or links to another quiz using ‘Buttons’•Change the look of your quiz using appearance options

Step-by-Step

• This completes the instructions to the JQUIZ - Short answer quiz type. Follow the hyperlink to return to the quiz type selector screen

Introduction to JMix

Clicking on JMix brings up this

screen

Type your title here

Type in a sentence. Put each word of the sentence on a new line

Click this icon to save as a master file. You can open this

file and edit your quiz whenever you like

Click this icon to create a Hot Pot version 6 WebPage - the form in which the student will see your quiz. (Choose version 5 if you are using version 5 of

the browser)

The WebPage is an .htm file.

Name the .htm – it’s a good idea

to give it the same name as the master file so that you can tell later which

WebPage belongs to

which master file

Select view the exercise in my browser to have a look at the

finished product

The student needs to click on the words in the correct order to make the sentence.

As each word is clicked, it moves to the box above. Click ‘Check’ when you’ve finished

A message box repeats the sentence in the order that you chose and tells you whether or not

you’re right

Click OK, Restart and then try again until it’s right

Clicking on this icon creates a drag and drop version of the WebPage

You may want to alter the name so that it’s distinguishable from the first WebPage you

created

Drag and drop the words into the order you think is correct. Then click Check as before.

Step-by-Step

1. Open up the Hot Potatoes package 2. Click on JMix3. Give your quiz a title4. Type a sentence in the ‘Main sentence’ box, placing

one word on each line5. Save as a master file6. Export as a htm file (either as a standard or drag

and drop format) and save7. That’s it!

Step-by-Step

• This completes the instructions to the JMIX - Jumbled sentence quiz type. Follow the hyperlink to return to the quiz type selector screen