Creating Classes for your Students

Some types of hotpotatoes.net account allow you to divide your students into Classes. If your account allows it, you can create a class by clicking on the Classes option in the main Adminsitration Area menu.

If your account does not allow you to create Classes, and you would like to do so, please contact Creative Technology for details of how to upgrade your account.

Viewing Password

When you create a Class, you give it a Name, and a Viewing Password. The Viewing Password is used in conjunction with the "Password Protect" option, which is offered when you upload an exercise from an authoring program. If you choose the password-protect an exercise, users have to enter the Viewing Password for the class into which the exercise was uploaded, before they can view it.

Note that Password Protection does not apply to Students who access the exercise by logging in using their Student ID and Password, nor is a Viewing Password required if you access the exercise from the Administration Area. The Viewing Password is only required by people who access the exercise directly via its URL (web address). The URL for an exercise is shown by your authoring program as soon as you upload it. For more information about viewing exercises via URLs, please see the Public Viewing section on the Managing & Viewing Exercises page.