Objectives Activities Getting the software Hot Potatoes:  The movie Going through the tutorials. Hot Potatoes tutorial in word format Note taking Hot Potatoes:  The software and the tutorial: Your view

 

  

 

Hello everyone.  This is it.  Get ready to start peeling and boiling potatoes!!!

 

 

 

 

Objectives

During this week's session, we will learn how to:

1. download the Hot Potatoes software package onto our hard drive
2. go through the tutorials for each of the software in the package

 

Activities

Getting the software

Let's start by downloading the Hot Potatoes software onto the computer's hard drive.  Here's what to do:

 

1. Go to the Hotpotatoes Home Page, scroll down to Downloads and select the version that is suitable for your computer.
2. Choose the installation language and the Hotpotatoes 6 Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation process.

 

 

 

    3.  Save the program to your computer's hard drive.

 

Hot Potatoes:  The movie

 

You can also take a look at the tutorial for downloading the software in these videos. 

 

                                              video 1                            video 2

 

Going through the tutorials.

The next step is to get an overview of the software package.  You will notice that Hot Potatoes is made up of five different programs:

 

JCloze for cloze exercises

 

JQuiz for short or long answer exercises, multiple choice questions

 

JCross for crosswords

 

JMix for scrambled sentences and drag and drop exercises

 

JMatch for ordering and drag and drop exercises. 

 

 The Masher that is used for joining the different kinds of interactive exercises into one unit. 

 

We will look at each one in detail in the next two sessions, but here we will like you to have a quick look at the entire group.

 

The Hot Potatoes 6 Tutorial will introduce the main exercise types and take you through the basic steps for creating your interactive exercises.  

1. Open the Hot Potatoes program.
2. Click on Help and then choose Tutorial
3. Click on Start when you are on the Tutorial's Main page.
4. Take your time and explore all of the software and the different kinds of activities that can be created.

 

 

 

Hot Potatoes tutorial in word format

If you'd like to have a Hot Potatoes tutorial in print, why not download A Beginner's Guide to Hot Potatoes by Andrew Balaam here. You can also find this tutorial at the website under Using Hot Potatoes by Andrew Balaam.

   

Note taking

We'd like you to evaluate the software so you can start taking notes to be used for this activity in Week 6.

 

Hot Potatoes:  The software and the tutorial: Your view

Now that you've downloaded the software and gone through the tutorial, we would like to get your view on the whole process. 

• Did you have any difficulties?
• What are your initial thoughts on the program? 
• What programs do you think you will use for your exercises?  Why?

 

 

Share your thoughts with the group.  Post your comments to our Yahoo group site.

 

 &nbs