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Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen

  • Textbook Mode shortlist

    Here is the shortlist for the Textbook Mode competition. If you want to set any of these for your students, they can all be found in the Yacapaca Demonstrations area. Modelling (for Year 8 ICT)Author: Jez Thompson at Alderman Peel High SchoolThe text and the questions are embedded in a Zoho spreadsheet. Note you have…

  • Who uses Yacapaca?

    According to Jose Picardo, it’s “los yacapaquistas“. Jose corrected my ‘yacapacistas’, saying “I would say “yacapaquistas” to keep the voiceless velar plosive sound (k)“. So now you know.

  • ‘Textbook mode’ authoring competition

    I am really pretty chuffed with new capabilities of Yacapaca free-text tasks, and I think you will be too. You really can create sophisticated interactive resources in minutes, with no training. To stimulate your creative juices, I’m offering a prize of an iPod shuffle for the best resource produced by the end of Feb. OK,…

  • VLE integration, international content, new authoring tools…

    Last weekend we updated Yacapaca with four new features that I hope you will find useful. You will need a (free) Yacapaca login to follow the links Better VLE integration You can now access permalinks from your Assignments List. Content for different countries is now organised separately Use the Country Selector to choose your country,…

  • How to give formative feedback

    I’m talking here particularly about feedback in multiple-choice quizzes. For correct responses, do… extend the student’s