The Administration Area

The Administration Area allows Teachers to set up classes and student accounts, and to view and download the results of exercises done by students.

To reach the Administration Area, you must go to the hotpotatoes.net home page, and log in using your hotpotatoes.net account name and password. These were supplied to you by email when you registered your copy of the authoring program. If you do not have a hotpotatoes.net account name and password, but you have a registered copy of Textoys, please contact Creative Technology.

From the Administration area home page, you can select from the following five areas:

• Classes - shows a list of the classes you have set up, and indicates the number of students and the titles of the exercises which are attached to each class. You can also use this area to edit or delete classes, or to add a new class - see Classes.
• Students - shows a list of all the students you have registered, and which class(es) they are in - see Creating Student Accounts. A student can be registered as being in as many of your classes as you wish. This page also provides an Edit link for each student, which allows you to change the information stored about them - this includes their name, email address, and access password. You can also see the student's exercise results.
• Exercises - shows a list of the exercises you have entered, and provides links to pages which allow you to delete each exercise, or edit its title. There is also a link to the results stored for each exercise.
• Settings - allows you to change your account settings, including your email address and password.
• Log Out - you should always log out when you have finished working in the Administration area. If you do not log out, anyone who sits at your computer in the following few hours may be able to view and use your Administration page without knowing your password.

Note - the number of students and classes you can create, and the number of exercises which you are allowed to upload, depends on the program you have, and on whether you purchase any extra hosting facility. Please see the Additional Hosting Services page for more information.