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: