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  • Getting your teaching materials published

    The author of some excellent Yacapaca assessments (who has asked me not to name him, for the moment) recently asked to pass my eye over a very complete set of offline teaching materials he had also created. He said: …over the last few years I have sweated blood on producing a whole set of these…

  • 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…

  • The return of "I am Clever"

        Update 2013: the I Am Clever materials have now been permanently retired. Thanks for your interest.  Back in 1999 we thought it would be a pretty cool experiment to add an online component to Chalkface packs. Students could do homeworks or extension activities online, and have them emailed back to the teacher. So…

  • Applied GCSEs Update

    The Applied GCSEs in Business and ICT were a huge hit when we introduced them 2002. Recently, they have languished somewhat as they have moved from the old Paperless School platform to Yacapaca. Now, the move is complete, and I’d like to update you with the resultant changes: Price reduction I have reduced the cost…

  • Chalkface website updated

    We are updating the Chalkface website today. It’s a little chaotic, as these things always are, but the wrinkles are slowly disappearing. If you are just browsing round the site, you probably won’t notice any difference but underneath it has been completely rebuilt. For the technically-minded, we have dumped Plone in favour of Django, and…