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These exercises are OEF exercises and therefore have to be used in an OEF module.
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They have two main parts 
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<ul>
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<li>the source file, which is created automatically
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using the parameters entered in the Quicktool menu</li>
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<li>the data file which contains the language items (i.e. questions or other resources) 
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of your exercise and which has to be formatted according to the requirements for 
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each exercise type. The data file is created by the user.
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The data file contains one or more "sets" of language items which we will call 
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"data" from now on (i.e. questions, pieces of text with gaps, words to be matched, etc.).
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If there are several data sets in an exercise, these must be separated 
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by a punctuation sign : written at the beginning of each "data set".
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<pre>
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&#58;beginning of the first data set 
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data
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data
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data
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end of the first data set
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&#58;beginning of the second data set 
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data
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data
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data
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end of the first second set
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&#58;beginning of the third data set 
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data
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data
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data
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end of the third data set
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</pre>
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</li>
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</ul>
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A text file (<tt>.txt</tt>) and other files (audio (<tt>.mp3</tt>) and picture (<tt>.jpg</tt> or <tt>.gif</tt>)) 
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can be added to an exercise (for example to provide a reading text or an audio recording
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to be listened to...). These files can either be integrated into the exercise via the 
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Quicktool menu or can be deposited directly into the user's Modtool account.
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The names of these files must be specified in the Quicktool menu when the source file 
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is being created. You will be asked to indicate the name of the module you wish to 
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transfer them to in your Modtool account. 
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Videos can also be embedded in your exercise by providing the URL of the video in the 
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Quicktool menu.
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If you wish to include a different piece of text, audio recording or a picture in each 
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data set (i.e. have several of these in within a whole exercise) the format of 
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the data file changes slightly. See the "Preferences for a data set" section in the help 
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files for each exercise type for the format to follow.
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<p class="emptyline"></p>
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WIMS will randomly select a data set from all the data sets provided when the 
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learner clicks on the "renew" button, therefore each exercise suggested will 
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be slighlty different from the previous one.
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When using this random function it is recommended to create as many data sets 
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as possible in a data file so as to make the exercise interesting and challenging 
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for the learner.
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<p class="emptyline"></p>
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In most exercise types several independent data sets can be used to create a series 
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of exercises presented in a certain number of steps which is specified by the maker 
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of the exercise in the Quicktool menu.
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<p class="emptyline"></p>
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In this case, the data sets are selected randomly from all the data sets in the data file. 
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You have to make sure that you have provided a sufficient number of data sets 
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for the exercise to be interesting.
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When configuring the number of steps in an exercise, it is best not to include 
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too many data sets in each step, as the learner may become tired and demotivated 
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if the exercise is too long. Because of the random function in WIMS the learner 
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will probably encounter most, if not all the data sets in an exercise.
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<h3 style="color:black; 
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background-color: #CCCC99;
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text-align:left;">
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Explanations concerning the interface</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><b>name_of_data_file</b>: the name you wish to give to the file containing 
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the data of the </li>
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<li><b>instruction for the learner on how to do the exrcise</b>: this instruction 
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must be at the beginning of the exercise.
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If you wish to create a hyperlink to another webpage: 
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<tt>&lt;a target="wims_external" href="http=_adresse_url">nom&lt;/a></tt>
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</li>
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<li><b>name_of_the_file</b>: help-text that explains to the learner how 
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to answer in a separate window 
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Tick <tt class="wims_code_words">no</tt> if you do not want to include a piece of text.
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</li>
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<li><b>name_of_audio_file</b>: name of the audio recording the learner is 
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expected to listen to.
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Tick <tt class="wims_code_words">no</tt> if you do not want to include an audio recording.
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</li>
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<li><b>name_of video_file</b>: URL of video file you wish to include. 
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Tick <tt class="wims_code_words">no</tt> if you do not want to include a video.
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</li>
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<li><b>name_of_picture_file</b>: name of the picture the learner is expected 
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to see in order to be able to do the exercise.
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Tick <tt class="wims_code_words">no</tt> if you do not want to include a picture. 
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 </li>
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<li><b>size</b>: Sometimes you may be required to fill in the size (for example
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the number of letters in a gap, the size of a picture, "width x height" in drag 
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and drop exercises or "height x left width x right width" in matching exercises.
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</li>
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</ul>
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File names must be written without leaving a space between the words in the name
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(you can for example separate words with _ to write name_of_file). Special characters 
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or letters with an accent are not allowed in the name of files either and the file
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extension must be indicated (for example <tt>.mp3</tt> or <tt>.jpg</tt>). 
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<p class="emptyline"></p>
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Certain pieces of information can be added at the beginning of the file (before the
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beginning of the data set which starts with the colon :)
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<pre>
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instruction= 
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reading_file1=no
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audio_file1=no
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video_file1=no
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image_file1=no
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size=
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&#58;first data set
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&#58;second data set
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</pre>
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If you do not want to add a text, audio, picture file or video to the exercise 
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you are making, tick the corresponding <tt style='color:red;'>non</tt>. 
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<p>
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The information you enter in the interface will have priority over others.
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In general, avoid using the semicolon and use its html code instead, this is &amp;#59; 
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