Designing Web-based

exercises - Hot Potatoes

(11 Jan 2002)

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 Contents
1. What is HOT 8. Key in Chinese
POTATES? characters
2. How to download and 9. Configure output
install? 10. Insert picture
3. Start Hot Potatoes 11. Insert link
4. JBC 12. JQuiz
5. Upload to the Internet 13. JMatch
6. Access to the On-line 14. JMix
test 15. JCloze
7. Export for printing or 16. Potato skins
sharing
17. References
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1. What is HOT POTATOES?
HOT POTATOES is a suite of six programs
for creating interactive educational exercises
for the World Wide Web. These are :

JBC : multiple-choice or true-false quizzes

JQuiz: text-entry or short-answer quizzes
JCloze: gap-fill exercises
JCross: crosswords
JMix : jumbled-sentence exercises
JMatch: matching and ordering exercises
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2.How to download and install?
Step1: Download “winhotpot52.exe” from the
website:
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/winhotpot52.exe
Step2: Unzip the file and it will install itself.
Step3: In order to unlock all the features, you
will need to register the programs. You
can get registration username and
password from:
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/
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 3. Start Hot Potatoes
Click the Hot Potatoes short cut to start the program.

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 4. JBC
Save(6) Export to HTML(7) Unicode

Up for more
questions(5) Title(1)

Question(2)
Up for more
choices

Check the Feedback

correct Choices(3)
choice(4) (Optional)

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 Suggested sequence
(1) Key in the title.
(2) Key in question.
(3) Key in choices.
(4) Check the correct choice.
(5) Press Up button for next question.
Repeat (2) to (5) until end.
(6) Press Save button to save.
(7) Press Export button.
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 Practice 1
Title: S.1 Directed Number
Q1: 3 + 4 =? Q2: 5 - 7 =? Q3: -2 + 7 =?
A. 3 A. -2 A. -9
B. 5 B. 0 B. -5
C. 7 C. 2 C. 5
D. 9 D. 4 D. 7

•Use JBC to create the above test.

•Save the file with filename “p1.jbc”
•Export to HTML with filename “p1.htm”
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 5. Upload to the Internet
1) Use WS_FTP

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2) Use Visitor Cabinet of HKedcity
Click the icon
in your idesk

Click Add file to add

a new file for sharing

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 Chinese title

English title

Browse for file

(Select the
HTML file)

Click OK to finish 11
 6. Access to the On-line test
1) Key in the homepage address to open the
test.
e.g. http://lpy.hkcampus.net/~lpy-lhm/p1.htm

2) Key in the ihouse address and open the

visitor cabinet to choose the test.
e.g. http://www.hkedcity.net/ihouse/lpy-lhm

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 Practice 2
• Upload the test to Internet.

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7. Export for printing or sharing
Step1: Select File -> Export for printing

Step2: Go to the destination (e.g. Word)

Step3: Select Paste
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 8. Key in Chinese characters
• Hot Potatoes does not support BIG-5 code
(Traditional Chinese Characters)
• To insert Chinese characters, we have to use
unicode.
• Before keying in Chinese characters, click
the button

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• In the Unicode box, key in Chinese
characters.
• Click OK to return.

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• The Chinese characters will become code.

• To view and edit, highlight the code and

click the Unicode button.
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 9. Configure Output
Select Options -> Configure Output
i) Prompts/Feedback

Change indicators
for correct /
incorrect answers

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 ii) Button

Uncheck the
boxes is
suggested

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iii) Appearance

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iv) Others

Prevent direct recall

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 10. Insert Picture
Step1: Move cursor to the place for insertion.
Step2: Select Insert -> Picture

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Step3(i): Select Picture from Web URL

Key in Width
Key in Height

Key in the path

of the picture file

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Step3(ii): Select Picture from Local File
REMARK1: Picture file must be in the same folder as the HotPot file.
REMARK2: Picture file must be uploaded with the HTML file.

You may
change these
default setting
if necessary
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 Practice 3
• Design 2 multiple choices questions. One
with picture from web and the other with
picture from local file.

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 11. Insert Link
Step1: Move cursor to the place for insertion.
Step2: Select Insert -> Link

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Step3(i): Select Link to Web URL
Key in the path
Select _Blank
of the picture file

Text to form the link OR

Picture to form the link

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Step3(ii): Select Link to Local File
REMARK1: File must be in the same folder as the HotPot file.
REMARK2: File must be uploaded with the HTML file.

Filename of the
local file

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 Practice 4
• Design 2 multiple choices questions. One
with Link to web and the other with Link to
local file.

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 12. JQuiz
Save(5) Export to HTML(6)

Up for more
questions(4) Title(1)

Question(2)
Up for more
answers

Possible answers(3)
(At least one)

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 Suggested sequence
(1) Key in the title.
(2) Key in question.
(3) Key in possible answer(s).
(4) Press Up button for next question.
Repeat (2) to (4) until end.
(5) Press Save button to save.
(6) Press Export button.

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 13. JMatch
Save(4) Export to HTML(5)

Title(1)

Up for more
item pairs Left Right
items(2) items(3)

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 14. JMix
Save(4) Export to HTML(5)

Title(1)

Key in
the Key in
sentence alternatives
in (Optional)
sequence
of blocks. (3)
(2)

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 15. JCloze
Save(4) Export to HTML(5)

Title(1)

Type in the text (2)

Highlight the word for gap and

click the gap button. (3)

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 16. Potato Skins
• Web Site:
http://www.learnertools.com/potato_skins/
• Predefined output format for JBC
• No need to Export as HTML
• Support Chinese characters
• Hidden answer

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 References
• Hot potatoes download:
web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/
• Hot potatoes Samples
www.tmmarden.edu.hk/presentation.html
• Handle Chinese in Hot Potatoes
http://www.glink.net.hk/~akclam/workshop/
manual.htm
• Potato skin download:
http://www.learnertools.com/potato_skins/
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