Hot Potatoes Sequence Sentences (Creating paragraphs)

Create an Ordering sentences in a paragraph or list activity

1. Open Hot Potatoes 2. Choose JMix

3. Type in a Quiz title

4. Type or Paste the text into the Main sentence text box

5. After each sentence press the Enter key

6. To customize the instructions, Click on the menu item Options

7. Click Configure output

Don’t type! All exercise text is on the last page of this document.

8. In the tab, Titles/Instructions, type the activity instructions.

9. In the tab, Buttons, choose to hide or show screen elements such as the Hint button. In the screen below, all of these elements are hidden.

10. In the tab, Appearance, alter the font face, font size and the colors as below.

11. Click OK

Save the project file

12. Click File, Save As

13. Type in a file name

14. Note the file type is JMix (.jmx)

15. Click on the Save button

Publish the project for student use

16. Click File

17. Click Create Web Page

18. Click Standard Format

19. Type a file name

20. Note the file type is HTML

21. Click Save

22. You may be asked to respond on the capitalization of certain words in your list.

23. Answer Yes or No depending on your context.

24. Choose View the exercise in my browser

25. Check for any issues

26. If the project is acceptable, locate the folder and copy it onto a USB drive or a server for sharing.

Adding images

1. Place all of the project images into a folder

2. In the Title section,

3. Click to the right of the title text (to set an insertion point for the image)

4. Click on the Insert

5. Click on the Picture

6. Click on the Picture from a Local File

7. Locate the picture/image on your hard drive

8. Select the image

9. Click Open

10. Alter the size (smaller)

11. Change the alignment to Centre for best results

12. Click OK

13. HTML code appears (don’t worry)

14. Click immediately to the right of the </img>tag

15. Click the Save icon

16. Click the Export to Web icon

17. Click Save

18. Click Yes

19. Preview the exercise

Activity Text

Fossil Collecting Paragraph

Fossil collecting (some times, in a non-scientific sense, fossil hunting) is the collection of fossils for scientific study, hobby, or profit.

Fossil collecting, as practiced by amateurs, is the predecessor of modern paleontology and many still collect fossils and study fossils as amateurs.

Professionals and amateurs alike collect fossils for their scientific value.

A commercial trade in fossils has also long existed, with some of this being practised illegally.

Click the sentences to create a paragraph. When you think your paragraph is correct, click on "Check".