Interactive exercises and quizzes
(Week 4: Feb 2 - Feb 8, 2015)
Moderators:
Svetlana Obenausova (Czech Republic), Helen Davies (France)
Objectives:
By the end of this week you will have:
- explored different tools to create online interactive exercises, quizzes, and surveys
- created activities using some of these tools and shared them with the community using the Participants' Production Page and in your blog/wiki
- commented on exercises or quizzes of other participants in the Participants' Production Page
- got acquainted with Big Marker
- commented on the readings using this link in the Edmodo Group
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Activities
Task 1
- Read about the possibilities of the tools in the Suggested reading below
- Choose one or two interactive exercise makers (from the table below) and explore them.
- Choose other ones if you don't like your first choice
- Create an exercise using the tool you like
- Post the link to your exercise in your slot of the Participants Productions Page , you can also embed your exercise in your wiki or blog
- Now you can explore another tool and create another exercise if you like. Remember to share your links with us through G+.
Task 2
- Solve the quizzes and polls prepared for you in our Edmodo classroom as an inspiration for you
- Since you signed up to Edmodo as teachers, you can create your own quiz and check how other participants solved it
- Solve other participants' quizzes and polls placed in Edmodo.
Task 3
- Explore the software for creating online surveys and quizzes (from the table below)
- Create an online quiz or survey for your students or for participants of this ICT4ELT session, and send it to others through G+
- Post the link to your survey or quiz in your slot of the Participants' Production Page
Task 4
- Go to the Participants' Production Page and have a look at exercises or quizzes of other participants
- Answer the survey questions in other participants' surveys
- Provide feedback to other participants. Place your comments in the slot provided to two or three of them, try choosing those that have not received feedback yet.
- If you know other interactive exercise makers you are very happy with, you can share the links through our Google+ community - Tips from participants.
Task 5
- Get acquainted with the Big Marker. Follow this link and create an account and join our group there. You can register for our Question and Answer session.
- Here you can find information about Big Marker
Task 6
- You can join us in our Question and Answer session in Big Marker on February 6th, 2015 at 6:30 PM GMT. You need to register following this link beforehand. Once registerd, you can join us any time on Friday between 6:30 PM and 7:30 PM GMT and stay several minutes or one hour, up to you.
- Important - Big Marker works well in Google Chrome browser, not in others.
- If you have any questions before that, just ask them through our Google+ Community
Task 7
- Read this week's readings (at the bottom of this page) and post your comments on the readings to the Edmodo Group Please use only this link for your reading comments, if you send them as posts to Edmodo, it creates chaos.
Here are some useful tutorials to get you started
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.
- Hot Potatoes - this is standard tutorial from the producers of HP, underneath you will find our tutorials with pictures.
Tools to explore
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
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Learning Apps highly recommended, easy to use and exercises look really good |
Web Sequitur & Web Rhubarb [download]
(demo version is free)
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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
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More optional tools for those who want to experiment more:
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Eclipse Crossword [download] - great for printed worksheets, yet you can also create html exercises.
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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.
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Quizstar you can create online quizzes for your students, these will be automatically graded |
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Quizlet - you can use a large database of activities or create your own |
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PhotoPeach quizzes |
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Kubbu |
Online worksheets
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No registration needed |
Registration needed |
Tools for Educators |
Worksheet Wizard |
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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.
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SurveyMonkey the best tool for your surveys
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Edmodo - you can create polls for your classes once you create a teacher's account |
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Micropoll |
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Survey tools - a selection of 9 tools |
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Surveys and polls - a selection of 10 tools |
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