AUTHORING TOOLSA teacher’s DIY kitMarcin Kudła

Authoring tools – the basics

AT enable you to create your own teaching materials for FREE

AT can have various forms: downloadable software online tools

AT are for teachers who want to: facilitate their work make their lessons more attractive take the learning experience beyond the

classroom

Authoring tools - examples

Teacher’s Pet

Teacher’s Pet

TP is a downloadable tool for creating printable exercises doc files

TP is a word processor add-on (it displays as a toolbar)

TP uses macros (i.e. facilities recording a set of actions)

TP is free… …except for 4 macros

Macros can contain

viruses, so be careful

with them

Teacher’s Pet - exercises

words textssentences

pair-matching

gap-filling cloze-tests

arranging in the right order

underlining letters

Teacher’s Pet - procedure

Prepare a vertical list of words/

sentences

Select the list

Choose a

macro

Select a word

Choose a

macro

www.teachers-pet.org

Teacher’s Pet - installation

Click on the

button

Teacher’s Pet - installation

MS Word 2003:

Open a new document in

Word

Activate

Click on Tools and

choose Macro

Set the security to medium

Download the

Teacher’s Pet

Enable the macros

when the template

opens

MS Word 2007:

Teacher’s Pet - installation

Click on the

button

Download the Teacher’s Pet

Activate

a ‘Security Warning’ message

will open above the document

Enable the macros

WordLearner & Puzzlemaker

WordLearner & Puzzlemaker WL & PM are online tools for creating

printable exercises pdf files png files html

They are free… …unless you want to use their full versions

WordLearner & Puzzlemaker - exercises

Word search Crossword Flashcards Bingo cards Word Jumble Matchmaker

Word search Criss-cross Double puzzles Fallen phrases Letter tiles Hidden message

WordLearner Puzzlemaker

WordLearner

www.wordlearner.com/print.php

Puzzlemaker

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.co

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Hot Potatoes

HP are downloadable tools for creating interactive exercises html

HP consist of six applications: JCloze JQuiz JCross

HP are free, but you have to register to have access to the full version

Hot Potatoes:

JMatch JMix The Masher

JCloze – cloze-tests JQuiz – multiple-choice, multiple-select,

short answer questions JCross – crosswords JMatch – matching words, sentences, etc. JMix – jumbled sentences The Masher – a tool for organising your

exercises

Hot Potatoes - exercises

Hot Potatoes

http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

Authoring tools

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