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The HotPot module for Moodle 2.x
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    The HotPot module allows teachers to administer the following externally authored exercises via Moodle 2.x

    - Hot Potatoes (version 6)
    - iSpring
    - Quedoc
    - TexToys
    - Xerte

    This plugin is distributed under the terms of the General Public License
    (see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt for details)

    This software is provided "AS IS" without a warranty of any kind.

    Sponsors who have generously contributed to the development of this software:
      - Agencia de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR),
        Autonomous Government of Catalonia, Spain
        (via Josep M. Fontana, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
      - Rikkyo Univeristy, Japan (via Paul Allum)
      - Universite de Franche-Comte, France (via Glenys Hanson)
      - Akashi National Technical College, Japan (via John Herbert)
      - Moodle HQ

    Note: This plugin does NOT include the HotPot question import script.
    If you want the HotPot question import script, it can be downloaded
    from either of the following locations:

        (i) the Moodle.org plugins repository
        (ii) http://bateson.kanazawa-gu.ac.jp/moodle/zip/plugins_qformat_hotpot.zip

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To INSTALL or UPDATE the HotPot module
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    1. download zip file for this plugin from either of the following locations:

        (i) the Moodle.org plugins repository
        (ii) http://bateson.kanazawa-gu.ac.jp/moodle/zip/plugins_mod_hotpot.zip

    2. unzip the zip file, to create a folder called "hotpot"

    3. upload this "hotpot" folder to "mod/hotpot" on your Moodle 2.x site

    4. log in to Moodle as administrator to initiate install/upgrade

        if install/upgrade does not begin automatically, you can initiate it manually by navigating to the following link:
        Settings -> Site administration -> Notifications

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To add a HotPot activity to your Moodle course
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    1. Login to Moodle, and navigate to a course page

    2. Enable "Edit mode" on course page

   3.  Locate course topic/week where you wish to add the Hot Potatoes exercise

    4. select "HotPot" from "Add an activity" menu

    5. Next to "Source file name" click "Add" button

    6. Click "Upload a file", then "Browse" to a Hot Potatoes file on your PC

    7. Click "Upload this file"

    8. if necessary, also upload images and sound files required by the Hot Potatoes file

    9. review other settings

    10. click "Save changes" at bottom of page