Follow up information for class at CELOP 3/19, 3/26

1. Download and install Hot Potatoes on your personal computer (links at right).

HP project suggestions

• See the HP lesson authoring guidelines from last semester.
  
  
• If you want to use audio or video files that are streamed on a Web page, I can show you next week options for capturing a downloadable version or other ways to embed media streamed from another location.
  
  
• If you use HP on Windows, you get the added feature of being able to upload your lesson files for free to HotPotatoes.net.
  
  
• Notes from the Authoring lecture are available as a PPS.

2. Dreamweaver

I understand that Dreamweaver MX is licenced by BU and available for free from the Software Distribution site. I still have to check on this. In the meantime, you can download and use the 30-day fully functioning trail version from Adobe.

You should take advantage of the free web hosting you get from BU at people.bu.edu. Sign up for a free account and start uploading to your people space the next day. Your URL would be http://people.bu.edu/yourBUlogin.

Configure Dreamweaver to upload to your BU people space:

In the Site menu, choose Manage Sites...
New > Site

In Category > Local Info, choose the Advanced tab. Name your site, locate the local files (your flash drive?). The HTTP address wil be http://people.bu.edu/yourBUlogin .

 

In Category > Remote Info , set up FTP access. The FTP host is below. The login is your BU login name.

See class wiki for today's activities

 

Hot Potatoes quizzes to review

 

To download Hot Potatoes on your home computer, follow these links:

For Windows:
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/setup_hotpot_6244.exe

For Mac OS X
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/javahotpot60.zip

For Tutorials (in many languages) see
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/tutorials6.htm

You may need to register HP for full functionality. Register online for a free educational license and they will send the registration key to you by e-mail.

To enter your key:

• Launch Hot Potatoes
• In the Help menu, choose Register
• Enter your name and key #.
• Click Register.