HOW TO USE HOT POTATOES
Introduction
Hot Potatoes is a software which has five application to create exercises for the World Wide Website. The applications are:
JCloze
The function of JCloze is to make fill-in-the-blank exercises. I will use song lyrics "Intentions" by Justin Bieber.
Steps:
1. Open Hot Potato program, then click on "JCloze"
2. Write a title for your exercise in the "Title" column
3. Copy paste the lyrics from the internet or type them yourself and block one word that you want to set it as an empty word
5. If the word you block turns into red color, it means you did the step correctly
6. If you use song lyrics for my fill-in-the-blank exercise, you must download the song. Then, click "Insert" and "Media Object" to export the song to the exercise until the link of the song appears at the bottom of the exercise
7. Save your exercise by clicking save as symbol, then name your folder. Make sure that you already make a special folder for JCloze beforehand
8. Save again by clicking the icon beside a red arrow to create it as html format and click "View the exercise in my browser"
9. Click the link to check out the final product file:///D:/Hot%20Potatoe/JCloze/JCloze%20Exercise%20Neww.htm
JCross
The function of JCross is to create crossword puzzle exercise
Steps:
1. Open Hot Potato program, then click on "JCross"
2. Write your exercise title in the "Title" column
3. Write the answers of your exercise, it can be vertical or horizontal
4. Click on "Add Clues" in the Key Picture for the questions
5. Finally, save twice as same as what you do in JCloze
6. Click the link to check out the final product file:///D:/Hot%20Potatoe/JCloze/JCross%20Novelia.htm
JQuiz
The functon of JQuiz is to create multiple choice exercise.
Steps:
1. Open Hot Potato program, then click on "JQuiz"
2. Write the title of your exercise in the title column
3. In the column Q, write your question
4. Write yours answer in the "Answer" column
5. Give a checklist for the correct answer only
6. You can give feedback to each answer. For instance, you can write "You are correct" for the correct answer and write "You are wrong" for the incorrect ones
7. After finished creating your exercise, save twice as same as what you do in JCloze
8. Click the link to check out the final product file:///D:/Hot%20Potatoe/JCloze/JQuiz%20MC.htm
JMix
The function of JMax is to create jumbled exercise, specifically words-arranging.
Steps:
1. Open Hot Potato program, then click on "JMix"
2. Write the title of your exercise in the "Title" column
3. In the "Main Sentence" column, write the sentence you want to arrange. Then, jumble the sentence by writing word by word vertically
4. In the "Alternate Sentence" column, write the good sentence. The possible answer can be more than two.
5. After finished creating your exercise, save twice as same as what you do in JCloze
6. Click the link to check out the final product file:///D:/Hot%20Potatoe/JCloze/JMixweb.htm
JMatch
The function of JMatch is to create matching exerice.
Steps:
1. Open Hot Potato program, then click on "JMacth"
2. Write the title of your exercise in the title column
3. For the left side: write the words you want or you can use pictures instead by clicking "Insert" and then "Picture"
4. For the right side:write the words you want to match with the left side (Do not jumble it
4. After finished creating your exercise, save twice as same as what you do in JCloze
5. Click the link to check out the final product file:///C:/Users/PERSONAL/Downloads/JMatchnn.htm
JMasher
JMasher the combination of all of the exercises.
Steps:
1. Open Hot Potato program, then click on "JMasher"
2. Select "Add Files"
3. Choose all exercises that you have already made and click "Ok to all"
4. After it looks like this, click on "Build Unit" to see the web version
5. Below is the web version of JMasher
Thank you so much. I hope these tutorials help you.
2. Write the title of your exercise in the title column
3. In the column Q, write your question
4. Write yours answer in the "Answer" column
6. You can give feedback to each answer. For instance, you can write "You are correct" for the correct answer and write "You are wrong" for the incorrect ones
7. After finished creating your exercise, save twice as same as what you do in JCloze
8. Click the link to check out the final product file:///D:/Hot%20Potatoe/JCloze/JQuiz%20MC.htm
JMix
The function of JMax is to create jumbled exercise, specifically words-arranging.
Steps:
1. Open Hot Potato program, then click on "JMix"
2. Write the title of your exercise in the "Title" column
3. In the "Main Sentence" column, write the sentence you want to arrange. Then, jumble the sentence by writing word by word vertically
4. In the "Alternate Sentence" column, write the good sentence. The possible answer can be more than two.
5. After finished creating your exercise, save twice as same as what you do in JCloze
6. Click the link to check out the final product file:///D:/Hot%20Potatoe/JCloze/JMixweb.htm
JMatch
The function of JMatch is to create matching exerice.
Steps:
1. Open Hot Potato program, then click on "JMacth"
2. Write the title of your exercise in the title column
3. For the left side: write the words you want or you can use pictures instead by clicking "Insert" and then "Picture"
4. For the right side:write the words you want to match with the left side (Do not jumble it
4. After finished creating your exercise, save twice as same as what you do in JCloze
5. Click the link to check out the final product file:///C:/Users/PERSONAL/Downloads/JMatchnn.htm
JMasher
JMasher the combination of all of the exercises.
Steps:
1. Open Hot Potato program, then click on "JMasher"
2. Select "Add Files"
3. Choose all exercises that you have already made and click "Ok to all"
4. After it looks like this, click on "Build Unit" to see the web version
5. Below is the web version of JMasher
Thank you so much. I hope these tutorials help you.
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