How to create Hot Potatoes exercises

If you want to practise the Task Based Learning, you can use an approach using internet. It's a very useful tool!
If you want to create Hot Potatoes activities, first you have to download the software.


Here you have a tutorial explainning how to do each activity. 



 JCROSS, the crossword maker
 

	1 Open the program and ...
	2 click on the Manage Grid button and select the Automatic Grid-Maker button, then ...
	3 you will be taken to the section where you input your answers, each on a separate line...
	4 now type in your title and then click on the Add Clues button:
	5 You will be presented with a screen to input your clues
	JBC, the multiple choice exercise maker 1 Open the program and ... 2 type in your title, then ... 3 your first question, and ... 4 some choices of answers (You can have as many choices as you like, but realistically I would not advise you to use many more than five). 5 Make sure you select a correct answer by clicking in the little box next to the letter. 6 You can, if you wish, put your own feedback into the feedback section. If you leave this blank, it will default to "Correct!" or "Sorry! Try again." JCloze, the gap-fill exercise maker. 1 Open the program and ... 2 type in your title, then ... 3 the text or questions you want to gap, and ... 4 finally highlight the items you want to gap and click on the gap button 5 You can type in a clue for your students, but they will lose points if they click on the clue button next to the gap. You can also type in alternate correct answers (as many as you like). Click OK when done. HERE you have an example from youtube   JMix, the sequencing exercise maker. 1 Open the program and ... 2 type in the title of your exercise, then ... 3 in Main Sentence section of the screen, type in your sentence in the correct order but break each required segment up by typing them on a separate line ... That is all there is to do! HERE you have a youtube explainning video JQuiz, the short answer exercise maker. 1 Open the program and ... 2 type in your title, then ... 3 your first question, and ... 4 all the answers that are correct. You can have as many correct answers as you like. It is best to keep the answers simple as the program will only accept exact answers from your students. HERE you have a spanish video from youtube