Video guides / how-to videos to support the TextActivities website and blogย ๐๐๐
All of the videos listed here can also be viewed via the TextActivities Info YouTube channel:ย https://www.youtube.com/@TextActivities/videos
The TextActivities resource page
A video intro to the resource page on TextActivities, looking at what all of the buttons do, the resource view and activity view tabs, the activity menu, the worksheet menu, plus a whistle stop tour of the various interactive activities. (Features the resource created in the "Creating a TextActivities Resource" video below.)
Creating a TextActivities resource
The resource includes:
- a text inย
ย Spanish - matching vocab items
- a translation of the Spanish text into English
The video also demonstrates how you can use ChatGPT to generate short texts of this type using an image of a SentenceBuilder from the SentenceBuilders website.
Importing resources into TextActivities from textivate
A short user guide for those who have -- or have had -- a textivate subscription, demonstrating how to import textivate resources into TextActivities. (This can be done even after the textivate subscription has expired.)
Setting up classes and student accounts
A quick guide to setting up a class, adding students, copying student login info etc. Also shows what the login process looks like from the student's perspective
Introduction to Assignments
An introduction to setting assignments on TextActivities. The video deals with setting an assignment using the "New assignment" button on the class page, building an assignment using the activity menu, setting parameters for activities, adding a resource preview, previewing the assignment, completing an activity, resuming an activity after going "Back to class", plus the teacher tools next to each assignment in the teacher view.
I'll keep adding to this post with more video tutorials as and when they occur to me :o)