Hot Potatoes™ - JMatch
Why
use JMatch?
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. JMatch contains three types of output format:
standard: uses a drop-down list of items and is recommended if the question has more than eight items, and if those on the right are text only.
drag-and-drop: recommended if the question only has a few items, and particularly if the items are images. This format is not recommended for more than eight items because scrolling down the page will make dragging and dropping more difficult.
flashcard: useful for helping students memorise matching items or images and words.
How to create a JMatch activity
The following instructions will help you create the JMatch activity shown above.
- Start Hot Potatoes™ (Start > All
Programs > Hot Potatoes
6) and double-click on
JMatch.
- Enter a title for the activity: Garnishing
Food.
- Type the following text into the left side:
- garnish for soup or salad
- hard Italian cheese served with pasta
- served with grilled herring
- hot spicy pepper sauce.
- On the right side add the following answer options (these will be jumbled when the activity is complete):
- croutons
- parmesan
- warm mustard sauce
- tabasco.
- Save the completed activity (File > Save
As) on your E-Guides USB memory
stick. Note that the file is a .jct type.
This is the file you will need to open
if you want to edit the activity.
For
a JMatch activity there are two choices to
view an interactive exercise. To enable the
interactive exercise as a drag-and-drop activity
(as above) go to File > Create
Webpage > Drag/Drop Web
page for v6 browsers, or click
on the Export as
a drag and drop button on the toolbar.
- Once the HTML file has been saved a View or upload the exercise dialogue box opens. Click on View the exercise in my browser.
- For a drop down option click the Export
to create Web page for V6 browsers button.
 |
 |
Now that you have tried a JMatch activity why not create another one?
Open
the activity Know your browser icons on
SDELC Module
7.0: E-learning content – sourcing
and creating > Information
about using Hot Potatoes > JMatch:
Matching or ordering exercise > Know
your browser icons. This activity
includes configuration instructions to improve
feedback and on-screen instructions.
Suggestions for use
The following are examples of learning materials produced using Hot Potatoes™ JMatch. Why not use the handout How to add an image into a JMatch activity on the ACLearn website?
Further resources:
