<p><strong><em>Report all problems to <a href="mailto:cborn@carleton.edu">cborn@carleton.edu</a><br /></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="#elferesults">Accessing ELFE Results</a></p>
<p>Use a web browser (keep reading for browser requirements) to open the ELFE Home page: <a href="http://www.carleton.edu/curricular/fren/elfe/">http://www.carleton.edu/curricular/fren/elfe/</a>. <em><br /></em></p>
<ul>
<li><em>For Macintosh OS X: we recommend Safari; For Windows try <a href="http://www.mozilla.org">Firefox</a>, or Internet Explorer. (IE 7 has NOT been tested, please use Firefox).</em></li>
<li><em>Please add *.carleton.edu to your allowed sites in you pop-up blocker<br /></em></li>
</ul>
<p><em><strong><a href="#ConfigMozFirefox">How to configure Firefox for ELFE</a></strong></em></p>
<p><strong><em>Another Technical Note (new on 9/23/04):</em></strong> It's best if you close your browser entirely and then relaunch it before doing your ELFE exercises. Some browsers cache usernames and passwords, even if you tell them not to, and then try to use them for your ELFE login. Presuming that you are not using the same username and passwords for other sites (which you should NOT be doing), this causes you to get an error when attempting to save your exercises.</p>
<p><strong>Saving your ELFE Results</strong></p>
<p>Once you finish the exercise, you will be asked to login (using your Carleton username and password) to send your results to the database. Once you login you should see a window telling you that your results have been saved. Below are some important things to remember about using this system:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><em>You must be fully registered in the course to send results.</em></strong></li>
<li><strong><em>The results will only be sent once all items have been correctly answered.</em></strong></li>
<li>If you repeat an exercise, the new results will be recorded in addition to your previous results, none are eliminated from the database.</li>
<li>Turn off any feature of your browser that remembers passwords, this sometimes causes confusion because the browser will send the wrong password</li>
<li>While you may have limited success with Internet Explorer, it is highly unpredictable with EFLE Online. Save yourself some time and use another browser, they can all be downloaded for free</li>
</ul>
<table summary="What to do if you have problems with ELFE Online." border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong><em><strong><em>What to do if you have problems</em></strong></em></strong></p>
<p>If you have trouble with ELFE Online, please contact Carly Born, Academic Computing Coordinator in ITS. She can be reached at x7010 or by email at <a href="mailto:cborn@carleton.edu">cborn@carleton.edu</a>. When you call or email, please provide the following information:</p>
<ul>
<li>The type and version of the web browser you are using (Mozilla 1.6, Netscape 7, Safari, etc.)</li>
<li>The <em>exact</em> <em>text</em> of the error message if you receive one.</li>
<li>The name of the exercise you were using</li>
</ul>
<p>If you fail to provide this information, it will be much more difficult to address the problem you are having.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong><em><a name="elferesults" id="elferesults"></a>Accessing ELFE Online Results</em></strong></p>
<p>Again, use your browser to go to the results pages: <a href="http://webapps.acs.carleton.edu/its/hotpotatoes/netid_only/index.epl">http://apps.carleton.edu/its/hotpotatoes/netid_only/index.epl</a></p>
<p>You will need to use your Carleton username and password to login and then will be given the option of seeing results by exercise, by course or by student.</p>
<p><strong>What results do you see?</strong></p>
<p><em>Score</em> – This is a percentage that lets you know how the student did on the exercise in a relative way. 100% means they got every answer correct on the first try. The more times they have to attempt items, the lower the percentage goes.</p>
<p><em>Start Time</em> – The exact time the student started the exercise</p>
<p><em>End Time</em> – The exact time the student completed the exercise and submitted results</p>
<p><em>Realname</em> – The students Carleton username</p>
<p><em>Hpid</em> – a unique identifier for each time a student completes the exercise</p>
<p><em>Subject</em> – The Title of the exercise</p>
<p><em>Course</em> – The course this student is enrolled in</p>
<p><em>Exercise</em> – The title of the exercise</p>
<h3><a name="ConfigMozFirefox" id="ConfigMozFirefox"></a>Configuring Firefox for ELFE</h3>
<p>In order to successfully complete and save your ELFE exercises, you need to allow pop-up windows from <a href="http://www.carleton.edu">www.carleton.edu</a>. This is how you can do that:</p>
<p>Firefox:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open Firefox and go to the Tools Menu > Options</li>
<li>Click on the Web Features icon on the left</li>
<li>You can leave the checkbox on that is called Block Popup Windows, but you need to add <a href="http://www.carleton.edu">www.carleton.edu</a> to the list of allowed sites. Click on Add Site... and then type in <a href="http://www.carleton.edu">www.carleton.edu</a>.</li>
<li>Click OK to all open windows.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong><em>Report all problems to <a href="mailto:cborn@carleton.edu">cborn@carleton.edu</a><br /></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="#elferesults">Accessing ELFE Results</a></p>
<p>Use a web browser (keep reading for browser requirements) to open the ELFE Home page: <a href="http://www.carleton.edu/curricular/fren/elfe/">http://www.carleton.edu/curricular/fren/elfe/</a>. <em><br /></em></p>
<ul>
<li><em>For Macintosh OS X: we recommend Safari; For Windows try <a href="http://www.mozilla.org">Firefox</a>, or Internet Explorer. (IE 7 has NOT been tested, please use Firefox).</em></li>
<li><em>Please add *.carleton.edu to your allowed sites in you pop-up blocker<br /></em></li>
</ul>
<p><em><strong><a href="#ConfigMozFirefox">How to configure Firefox for ELFE</a></strong></em></p>
<p><strong><em>Another Technical Note (new on 9/23/04):</em></strong> It's best if you close your browser entirely and then relaunch it before doing your ELFE exercises. Some browsers cache usernames and passwords, even if you tell them not to, and then try to use them for your ELFE login. Presuming that you are not using the same username and passwords for other sites (which you should NOT be doing), this causes you to get an error when attempting to save your exercises.</p>
<p><strong>Saving your ELFE Results</strong></p>
<p>Once you finish the exercise, you will be asked to login (using your Carleton username and password) to send your results to the database. Once you login you should see a window telling you that your results have been saved. Below are some important things to remember about using this system:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><em>You must be fully registered in the course to send results.</em></strong></li>
<li><strong><em>The results will only be sent once all items have been correctly answered.</em></strong></li>
<li>If you repeat an exercise, the new results will be recorded in addition to your previous results, none are eliminated from the database.</li>
<li>Turn off any feature of your browser that remembers passwords, this sometimes causes confusion because the browser will send the wrong password</li>
<li>While you may have limited success with Internet Explorer, it is highly unpredictable with EFLE Online. Save yourself some time and use another browser, they can all be downloaded for free</li>
</ul>
<table class="bgFFFFCC" summary="What to do if you have problems with ELFE Online." border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="bgFFFFCC">
<p><strong><em><strong><em>What to do if you have problems</em></strong></em></strong></p>
<p>If you have trouble with ELFE Online, please contact Carly Born, Academic Computing Coordinator in ITS. She can be reached at x7010 or by email at <a href="mailto:cborn@carleton.edu">cborn@carleton.edu</a>. When you call or email, please provide the following information:</p>
<ul>
<li>The type and version of the web browser you are using (Mozilla 1.6, Netscape 7, Safari, etc.)</li>
<li>The <em>exact</em> <em>text</em> of the error message if you receive one.</li>
<li>The name of the exercise you were using</li>
</ul>
<p>If you fail to provide this information, it will be much more difficult to address the problem you are having.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong><em><a name="elferesults" id="elferesults"></a>Accessing ELFE Online Results</em></strong></p>
<p>Again, use your browser to go to the results pages: <a href="http://webapps.acs.carleton.edu/its/hotpotatoes/netid_only/index.epl">http://apps.carleton.edu/its/hotpotatoes/netid_only/index.epl</a></p>
<p>You will need to use your Carleton username and password to login and then will be given the option of seeing results by exercise, by course or by student.</p>
<p><strong>What results do you see?</strong></p>
<p><em>Score</em> – This is a percentage that lets you know how the student did on the exercise in a relative way. 100% means they got every answer correct on the first try. The more times they have to attempt items, the lower the percentage goes.</p>
<p><em>Start Time</em> – The exact time the student started the exercise</p>
<p><em>End Time</em> – The exact time the student completed the exercise and submitted results</p>
<p><em>Realname</em> – The students Carleton username</p>
<p><em>Hpid</em> – a unique identifier for each time a student completes the exercise</p>
<p><em>Subject</em> – The Title of the exercise</p>
<p><em>Course</em> – The course this student is enrolled in</p>
<p><em>Exercise</em> – The title of the exercise</p>
<h3><a name="ConfigMozFirefox" id="ConfigMozFirefox"></a>Configuring Firefox for ELFE</h3>
<p>In order to successfully complete and save your ELFE exercises, you need to allow pop-up windows from <a href="http://www.carleton.edu">www.carleton.edu</a>. This is how you can do that:</p>
<p>Firefox:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open Firefox and go to the Tools Menu > Options</li>
<li>Click on the Web Features icon on the left</li>
<li>You can leave the checkbox on that is called Block Popup Windows, but you need to add <a href="http://www.carleton.edu">www.carleton.edu</a> to the list of allowed sites. Click on Add Site... and then type in <a href="http://www.carleton.edu">www.carleton.edu</a>.</li>
<li>Click OK to all open windows.</li>
</ol>This bank of French questions was originally designed by Geoffrey R. Hope and James P. Pusack in 1995 in the Dasher authoring system for Macintosh OS 6.0.5. Dasher itself was designed by James P. Pusack, Sue K. Otto and PICS at the University of Iowa.
With permission, Carleton has taken the ELFE exercises through a number of technologies in order to make them available for use in the current age. We have used ELFE as stand-alone Hot Potatoes exercises with a custom-built tracking interface, then we took the Hot Potatoes and used them in our LMS using the Moodle Hot Potatoes module. Finally, we have converted ELFE to the Moodle Quiz format.
These exercises are provided freely to anyone who may want them. You need Moodle 2 + to use the Moodle Quiz formatted version. These files were created with Moodle 2.3.1 and there is no guarantee that they will work with earlier versions of Moodle 2. But you can try them and see how they work.
I've also posted the Moodle 1.9 version in the Hot Potatoes format. Within that zip file is all of the Hot Potatoes files, which are XML and can be relatively easily parsed to be converted to other formats. Carleton has not done this work, but if someone else wants to provide them in other formats, I'll be happy to link to them from here.
Moodle Instructions
Download the files linked to this page, but do not unzip or unpack them in any way. In your Moodle course site, choose Restore and follow the instructions for uploading these files and restoring them to your course.