Hot Potatoes™ - JQuiz
Why
use JQuiz?
A JQuiz activity is used to create question-based exercises consisting of an unlimited number of questions. There are four basic types of question:
The multiple-choice offers up to four options with feedback available for each answer, whether correct or incorrect. The short-answer asks the student to type in a word or a sentence in response to a question.
The hybrid offers a combination of short-answer and multiple-choice questions and the multi-select provides the student with a list of items and he/she must select all items relevant to the question.
How to create a JQuiz activity
The following instructions will help you create the JQuiz multiple-choice activity shown above.
- Start Hot Potatoes
(Start > All
Programs > Hot Potatoes
6) and double-click on
JQuiz.
- For this activity
use the Beginners Mode (Options >Mode > Beginners
Mode).
- In the Title section
type:
The use of technology – how much do you know?
- In the Question section
type:
When using an interactive whiteboard which one of the following components is not necessarily required?
- Against each answer A-D type the following options:
- A data projector
- A computer or a laptop
- A network or a plug point
- A screen.
- Place
a tick in the Correct box
next to the last option in
the Settings column. Add suitable
feedback for each option.
- Click the Up arrow
next to Q1 to move onto the next question.
Enter the question and options for each answer
as shown below:
What is a Mimio?
It is an interactive whiteboard
It is a device that allows you to capture and save written text on an ordinary whiteboard.
It is an ordinary whiteboard
It’s a board that allows you to capture data on your computer
The second option should be marked as the Correct answer.
- Save the completed activity
(File > Save
As) on your E-Guides USB memory
stick. Note that the file is a .jcz type.
This is the file you will need to open
if you want to edit the activity.
To
enable the interactive exercise the exercise
must be saved and converted to HTML. (File > Create
Webpage > Web page
for v6 browsers)
or click on
the icon 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.
Now that you have tried a JQuiz activity
why not create another JQuiz using reading
text for comprehension?
The following instructions will help
you create the JQuiz multiple-choice activity
with a reading text. (A video animation,
showing steps 5-8, is available. See the
instructions below.)
- Repeat Steps 1 and 2 of
the previous instructions.
- In the Title section
type ‘Learning
Platforms’.
- In the Question section
type:
When will every pupil have a personalised learning space?
- Against each answer A-D type the following options:
- Autumn 2007
- Spring 2008
- Summer 2008
- Autumn 2008
- Place a tick in the This
should be selected box in the
Settings column against answer Spring 2008.
Add suitable feedback for each option.
Click
on the Create a Reading Text button
on the toolbar. The Add Reading Text dialogue
box opens.
- Type the extract below
from the BECTA
website.
Alternatively, you could copy and paste the
text into the dialogue box.
What is a learning platform?
Virtually all schools now have networked, broadband access that enables pupils and teachers to access information and resources within the school. The challenge now is to extend the school's network so that it offers access to learning resources, online storage and tools for communication and management not just within school, but from outside it too, through a learning platform.
The Government's e-strategy sets the expectation that:
- by spring 2008 every pupil should have access to a personalised online learning space with the potential to support an e-portfolio (provided by their local authority)
- by 2010 every school should have integrated learning and management systems (a comprehensive suite of learning platform technologies).
- Confirm OK. Repeat Steps 8 – 10 from the previous activity to save and view this activity.
Need
help? Watch
the video tutorial showing steps 5-8, go to E-Guides memory stick.
Open
the activity Software quiz on
SDELC Module
7.0: E-learning content - sourcing and
creating > Information
about using Hot Potatoes > JQuiz:
Question-based exercise > Software
quiz. Follow the instructions to create
the editing and configuration instructions
to improve feedback and on-screen instructions.
Suggestions for use
The following are examples of learning materials produced using Hot Potatoes™ JQuiz. You will note that pictures and sound clips can be added to quizzes.
Further resources:
