Does anyone know if it is possible to add "phantom" words to a cloze activity? Words that will appear on the word list but must not be selected - they are there as distractors.
Cheers
Anton
Hi Anton,
I don't know of a way it can be done automatically with using the standard JCloze templates.
However, you can manually edit the "htm" file of the quiz and add any distractors you wish. Open the htm file with a text editor and locate the following block of code:
regards
Gordon
I don't know of a way it can be done automatically with using the standard JCloze templates.
However, you can manually edit the "htm" file of the quiz and add any distractors you wish. Open the htm file with a text editor and locate the following block of code:
<div id="WordsDiv" class="StdDiv">I have attached a sample to demonstrate the technique.
<span id="WordList" class="ClozeWordList"> ... </span>
</div>
regards
Gordon
Hi Gordon
Thanks for that - it works well.
Could a similar thing be done with the drop-down menu option?
Cheers
Anton
Thanks for that - it works well.
Could a similar thing be done with the drop-down menu option?
Cheers
Anton
Yes, in theory you could do something similar, but since each dropdown list is a separate <select> ... </select> tag you would have to add the distractors, as <option> ... </option> tags, to each and every drop down list. I think you might find that rather tedious to do by hand.
If you know a javascript programmer, you might see if you can pique their interest by discussing with them the "exciting" challenge of writing a script that when inserted into JCloze pages would add a couple of random or specified distractors to each drop down list.
regards
Gordon
If you know a javascript programmer, you might see if you can pique their interest by discussing with them the "exciting" challenge of writing a script that when inserted into JCloze pages would add a couple of random or specified distractors to each drop down list.
regards
Gordon