Posting a Hot Potatoes Quiz to Manhattan
From Manhattan's point of view, a Hot Potatoes quiz is just other web page. For the simplest quizzes, you can attach the one web file created by Hot Potatoes to any Manhattan message as if it were any other type of file. If you've inserted images or other multimedia into your quizzes, however, you'll have to attach your work as a "web site" (covered in Attaching Web Sites and in Handouts/Notices and Lectures Modules). Although that's the least you need to know, here's a little more detail on the process.
There are always at least two files associated with a Hot Potatoes quiz. The first is the data file that is generated when you use the Save or the Save As command within Hot Potatoes. The three character extension that is automatically added to the file name you enter depends on which Hot Potato program you are using. For example, *.jbc is used by the JBC program that creates multiple-choice quizzes, while *.jmt is used by the JMatch program.
You'll need this data file if you ever want to change your quiz, which you most certainly will! However, this is NOT the file you need to provide to your students.
The second file associated with every quiz is the one that gets generated when you select Export to Web from the File menu. That output file will always be automatically be given a *.htm extension, since files ending in *.htm (or *.html) are universally recognized as being files that can be read by a web browser. (HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language - the language used to design web pages). This file, with the *.htm extension, is the one you want to give to your students since it is the interactive quiz in all of its glory.
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When selecting a name for the file generated by Hot Potatoes' "Export to Web" command, never use spaces in the file name. Doing so may cause problems when you post the quiz to Manhattan. |
When you are ready to post your quiz to the classroom, you can attach it to any message as if it were an ordinary file.
Since the file is an HTML file, you can also choose to check the "attach a web site" box. The quiz will be presented to your students as an attached web site.
While you could post it to any module, the Self-tests module is the logical choice.
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It's a good idea to always attach the quiz as a web site and to include the original Hot Potatoes' source file as one of the files. The source file (manhattan.jbc in this example) will be invisible to your students, but you, as the teacher can get it back any time you need it. How? By using the Download Attached Web Site button, which appears at the bottom of the message once its posted. |
You'll find you can include images and other multimedia files in your Hot Potatoes quizzes. If you do, you must attach your quiz as a web site.
If you've got lots of files, it may be best to first use WinZip (or a similar program) to 'zip' all of the files into one file. You can then attach that one file as a web site as explained in Zip Files and in Handouts/Notices and Lectures Modules.