Making trackable listening exercises with Hot Potatoes, BbLearn and Gradebook This KBZAC PD session was trialed Nov 26, 2014. It demonstrates how to use Dictanote to make quick transcripts of ATC broadcasts, embed the mp3 into a Hot Potatoes quiz, port it to Blackboard and integrate it with the Gradebook. (it is planned to update these slides as more is learned about how to actually make this work - perhaps viewers could leave suggestions or comments in the discussion space here)

1. Making listening exercises with Hot
Potatoes, BbLearn and Gradebook
Vance Stevens
HCT / CERT / KBZAC
Wed Nov 26, 2014

2. What’s this about?
Making trackable listening exercises with Hot
Potatoes, BbLearn and Gradebook
• This session demonstrates how to use
Dictanote to make quick transcripts of ATC
broadcasts, embed the mp3 into a Hot
Potatoes quiz, port it to Blackboard and
integrate it with the Gradebook
Vance Stevens Nov 26, 2014 KBZAC

3. No need to take notes
All my slides are at http://slideshare.net/vances
Vance Stevens Nov 26, 2014 KBZAC

4. A note about Slideshare
• As I re-purpose this presentation I can upload
the latest version of these slides at
http://www.slideshare.net/vances/listening-exercises4gradebook
• When using Slideshare keep in mind that
– Links don’t work in the first 2-3 slides (a bug)
– Therefore, my first few slides are fillers
(The links don’t matter if you’re already at
Slideshare)
Vance Stevens Nov 26, 2014 KBZAC

5. What is DictaNote
• It’s a Chrome browser plugin see
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dictanote-speech-recogniz/aomjekmpappghadlogpigifkghlmebjk?hl=en
• Runs here
https://dictanote.co/
Vance Stevens Nov 26, 2014 KBZAC

6. Ingredients
• Text from DictaNote
• Hot Potatoes
• An mp3 file
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7. Audio embed code (easy)
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8. Here’s the code
<audio controls>
<source src="horse.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio
element.
</audio>
Paste the code in Hot Pot configuration / custom
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9. Configure Hot Potatoes
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10. Hot Potatoes Listening
http://vancestevens.com/kbzac/hotpots/cft99listening/cft5p99listening.htm
Vance Stevens Nov 26, 2014 KBZAC

11. Create SCORM 1.2 package
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12. HOW to Import SCORM to Bb Learn
• Google shows this as the definitive document
http://hermes.tvu.ac.uk/vle_staff_support/index.asp?toolkitI
D=140§ionID=350&topicID=690&pageID=1060&pageNo=4
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13. Upload to Bb Learn
It says …
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14. We’re having trouble here
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15. Welcome to the Sandbox
The module plays but
• The QUIT button doesn’t
appear on the PC so that
HP doesn’t pass scores to
Bb Gradebook
• We get a popup blocker
on iPad (Azim showed me
where it runs in a
browser if you are logged
on to Bb Learn)
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16. Full Grade Center
Interesting clues here
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17. To be continued …
Comments?
Suggestions?