Dear Lia
Questionmark Perception offers branching by using question blocks
(consisting of one or more questions) and jump blocks to guide users
from one question block to another, depending on the last block
result, a certain answer, etc.
Kind regards
Ilse
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Ilse Depré
Toledo-team
K.U.Leuven - Ludit
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Citeren "Papachristou L." <[log in to unmask]>:
> Kim,
>
> By the way, I suspect you are familiar with placement tests and
> quizzes that
> offer 'branching' - the ability to select what question to offer to
> the
> student next depending on their previous answer.
>
> Have you come across a program that does that? Is it anywhere in Hot
> Potatoes (since you've used it?) I looked at the help files but
> couldn't
> find anything.
>
> Perhaps you'd rather respond to me directly as I am aware that this
> may not
> seem to be 100% relevant to the topic of this mailing list to some
> users.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Lia
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of kim
> Sent: 23 February 2005 15:10
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hot 'yummy jacket' potatoes
>
> You need to bark up the 'right tree' -
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hotpotatoesusers/ is the link to the
> HP
> experts who wrote the software. You'll need to ensure the material is
> made
> available to the internet as that is a requirement of the
> user-licence. I'm
> no expert but integrating the 'answers' given from a HotPot html file
> into
> BB's gradebook seems a tad impossible as there is no connection
> between the
> two. I'm sure some bright spark on the forum can suggest a way of
> linking
> the two - perhaps the integration of HotPots as a 'building block'
> into BB
> would be feasible. See http://www.blackboard.com/dev/index.htm for
> more
> info.
> I've used both BB and HP within BB but I like the pushing of
> boundaries you
> suggest Lia! Keep us posted on what you find out.
> Kim.
> (EFL tutor and BB advocate)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Papachristou L." <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:53 PM
> Subject: Hot 'yummy jacket' potatoes
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > OK perhaps not the best subject line if you haven't had your lunch
> break
> > yet.
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has looked at Hot Potatoes (a quiz
> generator
> > program, very popular for some reason with languages).
> >
> > It has a few more features now than it did in the late '90s when I
> last
> > used
> > it. An interesting one is the 'Export for WebCT' button (exports it
> as a
> > text file) - I tested it with Blackboard but it didn't seem to
> work. If I
> > save it as an html file, it does work, but I can't seem to find a
> way of
> > adding the scores to the gradebook.
> >
> > One of the main reasons why we are looking at Hot Potatoes is
> because
> > Blackboard doesn't currently give us the options to a) give
> feedback to
> > the
> > student after each question item and b) to select to present a
> different
> > question to the students depending on what they have previously
> answered
> > (e.g. if student answers a, present question 2a, if they answer b
> present
> > 2b
> > etc.)
> >
> > I've heard that Blackboard may be offering these in the next
> release, but
> > until then...Anyone had a look at this and willing to share their
> > experiences?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lia
> >
> >
> > ---------------------
> >
> > Lia Papachristou
> > MLE Development Officer
> > Library and Information Services
> > University of Wales Swansea
> >
> > e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> >
>
>
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