Activity Creation

Computer based games, activities, and quizzes are perhaps the most common examples of CALL. These can be created with downloadable software or online services. Te downloadable program we will be using is called 'Hot Potatoes'.

First, let's look at some examples. You don't need to look at all of these, but try to look at a few to see how activities and quizzes can be used.

Hot Pototoes Examples

Online Activities (some made with Hot Potatoes, some not)

To Do: If you don't already have Hot Potatoes installed on your computer, you can download it here, You will need to register Hot Potatoes in order to use all of its features. A screencast showing how to do this is at: http://efl537.com/files/screencasts/hotpotatoes-register.swf

Look at the Hot Potatoes Guide and Watch the EFL537 Hot Potatoes Creation Screencast and (if you want) look at other support resources below .
Look at example of Hot Potatoes activies and other online activities below, then complete the tasks show at the bottom of this page.

Hot Potatoes - one of the best known programs (for Windows and Mac) for creating activities.
Support:

Other programs and web-based tools

(You don't need to do anything with these. There just here for future reference.)

Programs

Tasks

Hot Potatoes - Create any kind of Hot Potatoes activity, export it as a web page (html file) and attach it to a blog post on EFL537.com. The activity can be very simple (i.e. a 3 questions quiz, a gap activity with a few blanks, etc. )
(Optional) Use Google Forms (guide here) or ProProfs Quiz and try to create a basic quiz or survey with at least two questions. Post a link to that quiz (or embed it) in a blog entry..