Interactive exercises and quizzes
Svetlana Obenausova (Czech Republic), Helen Davies (France)
By the end of this week you will have:
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Choose the language of the tutorial by clicking the flag in the upper right-hand corner. The easiest way to start with this tool is browsing apps of other people, choosing one you like and then clicking the button Create similar app. Then you erase the content and leave just the template of the exercise. You need to create your account to do that, of course.
Interactive exercise and quiz creators
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No registration needed | Registration needed |
Hot Potatoes [download] There are detailed tutorials above with pictures and explanations |
Learning Apps highly recommended, easy to use and exercises look really good |
Web Sequitur & Web Rhubarb [download] (demo version is free) |
Edmodo - you can create quizzes for your classes and see students' results. This can be done only once you create a teacher's account and create your own class there
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Quandary [download] There is a detailed tutorial above |
More optional tools for those who want to experiment more: |
Eclipse Crossword [download] - great for printed worksheets, yet you can also create html exercises. |
Educaplay It is very easy to create exercises here, just view some samples in their gallery and start your own. Their video quizzes are worth watching. |
Quizstar you can create online quizzes for your students, these will be automatically graded | |
Quizlet - you can use a large database of activities or create your own | |
PhotoPeach quizzes | |
Kubbu | |
Online worksheets |
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No registration needed | Registration needed |
Tools for Educators | Worksheet Wizard |
Online Surveys and Poll creators |
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No registration needed | Registration needed |
Google account holders can create easy surveys through their Drive - you need to create a Form, as it is called in Google. |
SurveyMonkey the best tool for your surveys |
Edmodo - you can create polls for your classes once you create a teacher's account | |
Micropoll | |
Survey tools - a selection of 9 tools | |
Surveys and polls - a selection of 10 tools |
Self-checkI have....
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Assessment for learning: Improving feedback in interactive exercises. Mar. 2011. (Based on HotPot exos.)
Babicka, B. and Nevaril, J. (2008). Hot Potatoes - How Not to Get Burnt. (Interesting hints on the usage of Hot Potatoes. After opening the file, click on the text to enlarge it.)
A short note: HotPotatoes terms of use have changed:
"Hot Potatoes is now freeware. The complete version of the programs is now available for free, from the Downloads section . The free version of Hot Potatoes for Windows is version 6.3, and the Java version is 6.1."
"The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is freeware, and you may use it for any purpose or project you like. It is not open-source."
Torres, Isabel Perez (2003). Creating Materials Online with Free Teacher Tools. TESOL Spain, Newsletter 2003.
(This article focuses on this utility of the Internet. Some sites are presented where teachers can easily design activities and exercises online, such as quizzes, tests, puzzles or surveys, which require no advanced computer skills. Included are only those tools that are free for educational use for obvious reasons.)
A short note:
2 of the sites mentioned in the article no longer exist; one is Headline Makers: lang.swarthmore.edu/makers/index;
when you click on the link you get the message: The server at lang.swarthmore.edu is taking too long to respond.
You can find the old site here and a new one here
The other is Trackstar; the link takes us to a site about Online Casino and Gambling; the present site is:
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp