This is a teacher's guide to adding a reading text to a Hot Potatoes project. This is a quick guide for staff at my college.

1. Adding a Text Reading to your Hot Potatoes activities
Add a reading
 For this example we are going to place a reading in a multiple choice
question
1. Open Hot Potatoes
2. Choose JQuiz
3. Click File
4. Click Add Reading Text
5. Note where your reading text is located or if it is copied
6. The Add Reading text pop up appears
7. Check Include a reading text
8. Choose either the Browse… button (to locate a text file) or
9. Paste in (type) copied text
10. Type a Title for the reading
11. Click OK
Don’t type! All exercise
text is on the last page
of this document.

2. 12. Continue editing the questions (as normal)
13. Type in a Quiz Title
14. Type or Paste the text in the Question text box
15. Choose Multiple-choice
16. Set the weighting to 100
17. Type in the answer and distracters
18. Type in feedback
(if desired/required)
19. Check the Accept as
correct (beside the correct
answer)
20. Set the % correct to 100
21. To add another question,
click once on the upward
arrow head
bedside Q1
22. Repeat steps 17 to 21
23. Continue adding questions until your quiz is finished.
24. To customize the instructions, Click on the menu item Options
25. Click Configure output

3. 26. In the tab, Titles/Instructions, type the quiz instructions.
27. In the tab, Buttons, choose to hide or show screen elements such as the Hint button. In the
screen below, all of these elements are hidden.

4. 28. In the tab, Appearance, alter the font face, font size and the colors as below.
29. In the tab, Other, choose Shuffle options and case sensitivity if desired.
30. Click OK

5. Save the project file
1. Click File, Save As
2. Type in a file name
3. Note the file type is JQuiz (.jqz)
4. Click on the Save button
Publish the project for student use
1. Click File
2. Click Create Web Page
3. Click Standard Format
4. Type a file name
5. Note the file type is HTML
6. Click Save
7. Choose View the exercise in my browser
8. Check for any issues
9. If the project is acceptable, locate the folder and copy it onto a USB drive or a server for
sharing.

6. Exercise text:
Fossil Collecting ethics
To collect fossils, there are various legal realities that must be observed. Permission should be
sought before collection begins on private land. Hammering the rocks in national parks and other
areas of natural beauty is often discouraged and in most cases is illegal.
The first expressly worded fossil-collecting code was published from the museum-home of
pioneering geologist Hugh Miller at Cromarty, on the Highland east coast of Scotland, 11 April 2008.
It was introduced by Michael Russell, Minister for Environment, Scotland, as part of celebrations
honouring the bicentennial of the founding of the Geological Society of London. The code
supplements an existing draft drawn up by English Nature.
The code advises fossil collectors to seek permission from landowners, to collect responsibly, record
details, seek advice on finding an unusual fossil and label the specimens and care for them. Its
principles establish a framework of advice on best practices in the collection, identification,
conservation and storage of fossil specimens.
The non-binding code of ethics for this field was drawn up by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
following many months of consultation with fossil collectors, landowners, palaeontological
researchers, and staff of Scotland's museums.
Fossil collecting
What is illegal in areas of natural beauty?
code supplements
seeking permission
hammering rocks
labeling specimens
Incorrect
correct