Category: Yacapaca

  • Just over 10 years ago, BIll Gates had dinner with Tony Blair at 10 Downing St. His reward was that every secondary school was required to teach children to use the products of the Microsoft Corporation, under the subject heading of “ICT”. Because if an American tycoon says we need it, then obviously we do.…

  • You may already have noticed the little ‘Topic’ buttons sprouting in the Yacapaca Resources list. We are progressively re-classifying all 15,000 quizzes by syllabus and topic to make it easier for you to find the assessment(s) you need. The feedback I’ve had from the beta-testers is that they have been stunned at how much content…

  • We are replacing the Tasks module that underpins Yacapaca ePortfolios and Short-text Tests with Quick Assignments. Why? Beyond a very small number of power-using enthusiasts, neither ePortfolios nor

  • Yacapaca has six question types, ignoring the numerous permutations. Which are the most popular with authors, and which tend to be the best-written? I recently ran an analysis of the 135,513 questions in the database. More than half are straight multiple choice. Come on, folks – get more

  • John Cudlipp from Broughton High School, Edinburgh, talks you through setting up a quick assignment in less than a minute. If it won’t load here (I’ve had problems with it) try viewing directly on Screencast.com