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  • "Six Question Types" competition winner

    Here it is! Recognising tenses – a last-minute approach is part of the course GCSE Spanish vocab part 3 by Nick Verney of Standish Community High School.

  • How Checkbox questions really work

    Dave Evans from Christleton High School is an excellent author you are going to be hearing a lot more of. The other day, he wrote in and asked: Why is the score for a checkbox question a fraction of the number of possible responses rather than a fraction of the number of correct responses? I’m…

  • Embed zoomable pictures in written tasks

    One of the restrictions of delivering content on screen rather than on paper is the size of images you can use. Even the best modern screens have far lower resolution than normal colour printing, and of course a screen may be larger than A4, but it can hardly compete with a poster. Or can it?…

  • More embed options

    Thanks to Richard Byrne I have added a few new services to the list of permitted embeds for Yacapaca resources: Empressr is a simple slideshow, but with some cool transitions between the slides. PhotoShow is another slideshow service, but it also allows you to add text and sound. SlideSix is the pick of the bunch.…

  • Competition: create a Yacapaca quiz using all six question types

    No sooner had I announced the result of the “textbook mode” contest, than Apple brought out their unbearably cool new new iPod Shuffle. So I decided to offer you something to keep Yacapaca authors busy and amused over Easter. Entry Rules You must create a quiz with: Minimum 6 questions Use at least one question…