Hotpot (plugin)

Hi Miriam,

> in Hot Potatoes, the quiz insists on students trying again and again
> until they get the right answer

Yes, this is a good thing

> Is there a setting I'm missing?

It sounds like your quiz is missing sufficient feedback to allow the students to discover the answer for themselves. The point of Hot Potatoes quizzes is for the students to be guided toward discovering new knowledge for themselves.

There are several steps you can take to increase the support your JCloze offers to your students:

• JCloze -> Options -> Configure output -> Buttons
  • add a Clue button for each gap
    ... and add a decent clue to each gap
    
  • add a Hint button to the quiz
    FYI, giving a "hint" in Hot Potatoes land means revealing the next letter of a correct answer
    

• JCloze -> Options -> Configure output -> Other
  • add a list of target words at the top of the quiz
  • use a drop down menu in each gap

On a more methodological level, you can precede JCloze with other activities which introduce the target vocabulary (JMatch, JCross) and grammar structures (JMix)

> Also, is there any way to get it to mark only upon submission
> rather than as you go?

Yes, there is. Try this:

• How to make a traditional multiple-choice test in JQuiz
  

But actually, if you want to make a test, I think Moodle's Quiz module will behave more as you would wish.

all the best
Gordon