Hot Potatoes is a free software that allows users to create interactive web-based exercises and teaching materials without programming knowledge. It contains different programs like JCross, JMix, JQuiz, JCloze, and JMatch that enable creation of exercises like crosswords, sequencing, quizzes, gap fills, and matching. Teachers can use Hot Potatoes to generate various types of online tests and assessments containing multimedia for students to take via the web. The software is well established in academic and educational settings and provides advantages like interactive exam creation and administration without requiring programming skills.