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This is the second part in a series of tutorials based around using word processors to create interactive and multimedia materials. This tutorial looks at how you can use a word processor to create a close text - also known as a 'gap fill'- that users can interact with on their computer. This is quite a common type of activity that we use in the classroom. The students usually do it in a book and then the teacher tells them the answers. But we can create these materials to be used on the computer. Here is an example text that I created based around a Shakespeare sonnet. Click on the gaps and then hit F1 at the top of your keyboard. You should get a clue to help you fill in your gaps. Example: Sonnet 130 At the end you can scroll down and check the answers. Here is a short tutorial movie showing how the interactive 'gaps' were created (Using MS Word 97) Tutorial movie: Adding help text How to use this with students This feature could be used in a number of different way...

This is the first in what I hope will become a series of tutorials on exploiting the teaching / learning potential of some of the more common desktop applications like MS Word. Like many people I’m a regular user of this application and it’s probably the one I use most, with the exception of my web browser. Despite the amount of time I have spent using it, I’m often surprised to discover another useful toolbar or technique that I can use to make life easier or my teaching more effective. This first tutorial shows how to use the ‘comments’ feature that can be found on the ‘Reviewing’ toolbar. The ‘comments’ feature allows you to add comments to the text of a document. These comments don’t appear in the text itself, but can be seen on screen whenever you hover the cursor over the part of the text that the comment refers to. To find out how it works, Watch a tutorial (450k Flash movie) What I like about it This tool enables me to start a dialogue with my students about their work on the...