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  • How to add images to quiz questions

    A teacher emailed me this question a few days ago: I have managed to upload some some pictures as a zip. I can see them in the image library, and as thumbnails in a popup. However, if I try and drag them into my question, all I get is a new window with the image…

  • Ralph Holmes wins Author of the Year

    My hearty congratulations to Ralph Holmes of Langley School, Norfolk, for winning Yacapaca’s Author of the Year award. I announced the award here, but briefy the 1000+ courses on Yacapaca were whittled down to a shortlist of seven best-in-subject exemplars. A panel of judges then selected the winner and runner up. The winner gets a…

  • Safer than your bank

    How secure is your learning platform? The TLS Report measures the quality of encryption used by different web services. I tested Yacapaca against online banking from the UK’s major high street banks. Only Lloyds TSB matched our rating. Here are links to the reports. Yacapaca grade B Lloyds TSB grade B HSBC grade C Barclays…

  • I'm a dad!

    Honora Mbiadop Grove-Stephensen was born at 00:17 this morning, weighing 3.63kg. I’m taking a month’s paternity leave, so no more blogging for a while. Except more baby pics of course.

  • Global Yacapaca usage snapshot

    We had a lovely email today from a teacher in Australia, who asked: I am a regional ICT Trainer in Australia, and I am absolutley amazed by your Yacapaca site! The functionality is like nothing I’ve seen anywhere else!! I signed up to try it out and was blown away. I would love to recommend…