The Word-Matching Workshop 1.0

The word-matching workshop creates javascript exercises which prompt the user to match a word, sentence or small passage with another word, sentence or small passage.

To create a word-matching exercise:

1. Enter a title for the page. This will be displayed at the top of the exercise.
2. Enter a file name for the page. This will give it a unique name to keep it separate from other files. (Recommendation: Stay with small letters and don't put spaces in the file name.)
3. Optionally, enter a comment or line of text to be displayed between the title and the actual exercise itself. For example, "This matching exercise is for use with dialogue two of lesson three."
4. On each line of the "Words" enter the word or sentence you wish to have displayed in the exercise. Don't worry if the line wraps in your browser. Only by hitting the "enter" or "return" keys will OWLS recognize the beginning of a new entry. Don't leave a blank line at the end or this will possibly create a blank entry in the exercise.
5. On each line of the "Definitions" enter a word or sentence you wish to match with the corresponding item on the left.
6. Enter the password in the bottom field and then press "Create New Page"

To delete an exercise:

1. A list of currently available exercises is displayed to the right in the workshop.
2. For each exercise you wish to delete, click in the check box next to the appropriate file.
3. Enter the password in the bottom field and then press "Delete Page"

Things to watch out for:

• Make sure you have an equal number of lines in the two fields and that they match up.
• Make sure you don't have any blank lines at the end of your fields.

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OWLS is a free open-source project created by Konrad Mitchell Lawson
Visit the OWLS homepage for more information.
owls@foolsworkshop.com

Last Updated: October 28, 2002