hot potatoes tesl ontario webinar march 2017
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6 things you need to know about the Hot Potatoes Facelift
John Allan
Six things….
1. What is & why use the Hot Potatoes Facelift2. Installing Hot Potatoes Facelift3. Creating learning objects4. Publishing activities5. The Masher 6. Support resources
Have you used Hot Potatoes as a student or as a teacher?
What is Hot Potatoes?And why use it?
What is Hot Potatoes?•Free, authoring suite that
creates learning activities
Do I have to register to use it?
• No, it is a program not a web service• You install it and run it off of your desktop• Students use it from
• a web page• an LMS• a USB drive
Have you ever created a Hot Potatoes learning object?
The authoring tools
Why use Hot Potatoes?
• Easy to use (fast development)• Generates interactive activities
• Cloze (fill-in-the-blank)• Multiple choice/short answer• Matching• Crossword• Sorting/sequencing• Combination of these activities
Why use Hot Potatoes?
•Hot Potatoes web pages•Web pages customization
•Appearance•Timer•Buttons•Feedback•Prompts•Titles/instructions
Why use Hot Potatoes?
•Hot Potatoes generates SCORM 1.2 learning objects•Hot Potatoes files•HTML files
How do you serve your Hot Potatoes?
Why use Hot Potatoes?
• Mashed activities (combination of 5 activities)• Activities are printable• Arabic script - Right To Left
Why use Hot Potatoes?
•Host from:•USB thumb drive•Web server URL•An LMS (D2L, Moodle, Blackboard,…)•A local network
Why use Hot Potatoes?
• Activity media• Video• Animation• Text• Audio
Why use Hot Potatoes?
• learning Hot Potatoes is relatively easy•bounty of support resources
Facelift?•Hot Potatoes Facelift creates responsive web pages
•Web pages are responsive for mobile devices•Supports extra large screens•Embed Videos with Iframes•Embed websites with IFrames
Facelift?•Hot Potatoes Facelift creates responsive web pages
•Rounded corners•Shadows•Draggable cards in sequencing activities•Moodle no image overlapping
Installing the Facelift
• Two steps• Install Hot Potatoes V6• Add the Facelift v1.3 Add- on • Replace the file hp6.cs• Replace the file hmasher.ht_• Open Hot Potatoes and start working
Acquiring Hot Potatoes
• http://hotpot.uvic.ca/index.php#downloads• Mac • Windows
Adding the Responsive Add-on
• http://ewbooks.info/hotpot/add-ons• Look for Facelift Responsive v1.3.
Steps
1. Download the Hot Potatoes install file (version 6)2. Install Hot Potatoes on your workstation3. Download the Hot Pot Facelift add on4. Replace the HP6 file5. Start working with Hot Potatoes
Creating an activity • Plan• Generate text version (.txt)• Open Hot Pot & input text
• Add media• Reading text• YouTube video• Audio• Images
http://bit.ly/2oj4na3
Good creation practice
• Create the activity• Choose media and insert • Try the activity
Good creation practice
• Locate the text file• Locate the project file• Locate the activity file(s)• Place them into a common folder
Good practice
• Locate media files• Place them in this common folder
Recycling/ repurposing
• Teachers and developers in the future will appreciate your work
Adding media to Hot Potatoes activities
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YgBiCqqVLU&t=12s
Publishing options• Hot Potatoes generates
• SCORM 1.2 learning objects• Hot Potatoes files• HTML files
• Hosts• USB thumb drive• Web server URL• An LMS (D2L, Moodle, Blackboard,…)• A local network
Customizing output
• Prompts, titles• Button selection• Shuffle options• Number of attempts• Timer• Appearance
The Masher
•Hot Potatoes Masher generates • a sequence of learning activities• activities that you have created
• Watch a Masher in actionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpASGw0Rcjs&t=23s&spfreload=10
The MasherLINC Hot Potatoes Exemplars
• LINC 1, http://learnit2teach.ca/linc1• LINC 2, http://learnit2teach.ca/linc2• LINC 3, http://www.moresettlement.org/LINC1-4/LINC3/index.htm• LINC 4, http://www.moresettlement.org/LINC1-4/LINC4/index.htm• LINC 5-7, http://www.settlementatwork.org/lincdocs/linc5-7
Hot Pot Manual
• Core features
https://hotpot.uvic.ca/hotpot6_help.pdf
Additional Support Resources
Recent How to Guide
• Just-in-time structure• PDF (hyperlink from T.O.C.)
http://bit.ly/2kJanqs
Hacking Hot Potatoes
• Take Hot Pot to another Level
http://www.ewbooks.info
Online Tutorials
https://hotpot.uvic.ca/wintutor6/tutorial.htm
