This Pack will introduce you to Hot Potatoes software which willenable the creation of interactive quizzes. These quizzes can beuploaded to a Virtual Learning Environment, uploaded to the HotPotatoes website or can simply be accessed directly from your school’snetwork.

This pack focuses on the creation of exercises, not the use of them.

HotPotatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those workingfor publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, whomake their pages available on the web. Other users must pay for alicence. Check out the Hot Potatoes licensing terms and pricing on theHalf-Baked Software Website.

On completion of this pack, you will be able to:

• Outline the potential for Hot Potatoes exercises in your own subject area
• Develop a series of exercises using each of the Hot Potatoes
• Create a “housestyle” reflecting your own choice of colours, fonts and graphics
• Use feedback to extend the benefits of using Hot Potatoes exercises
• Create a start page which will include links to exercises you create