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  • Authoring Maths questions

    New author Bob Mathews has been experimenting with different ways to create Maths questions. He is using MathType to create some very sophisticated notation, but the problem is how to present this in quizzes. Bob explains I had to save the equation as a GIF, upload the GIF, then drag it over to the quiz.…

  • Turn quizzes into complete lessons using embeds

    If you fancy extending your authoring skills over the holiday, check out Yacapaca’s list of permitted embeds, which I have just updated. Author Kevin O’Driscoll has produced some great exemplar material combining video with quizzes. Try his course AIMS practice: Strand 1: Number Sense to get

  • New York’s School of One: good or evil?

    I met Christina Jenkins at a Futurelab event last week, and she pointed me to the School of One pilot project:  School of One encapsulates a lot of the stuff I’ve been ranting about for years – freeing teachers up to actually teach, breaking out of the class-of-30 mindset, using computers to do what…

  • Seasonal peak?

    One day last February, for the first time ever, we had just over 1,000 teachers on Yacapaca in 24 hours. That record stood until yesterday, when at midnight we had had exactly 1,210 teachers visit. All credit for this goes to the authors who have made and shared some really incredible assessment material, and what’s…

  • 50 new courses in Yacapaca

    As you can see, many authors have been busy over the summer. I have taken a risk this time, and allowed myself to be a little critical where I feel the authors could have stretched themselves further. There is lots of good material in Yacapaca, but only a small amount that is truly great. I…