Mark the Words

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Submitted by H5P Group on Mon, 01/19/2015 - 16:03

A free HTML5 based question type allowing creatives to create challenges where the user is to mark specific types of verbs in a text. All you need is this content type and H5P.com or the H5P plugin in publishing systems like Canvas, Brightspace, Blackboard, Moodle and WordPress.

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Description

Mark the words allows content designers to create textual expressions with a defined set of correct words. The end user highlights words according to the task description and is given a score.

For the editor it is super easy to create a click the words challenge. The editor types in the text and encloses the words that the user is supposed to click, the right answers, in asterisk like *correctWord*.

Features

Add as many expressions and correct words as you like
End users can highlight any word within the expressions
Mark the words can be included in Presentation, Interactive video and Question set content types

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bayofislands

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 05:15

The score isn't correct

Bilberries, also known as blueberries are edible, nearly black berries found in nutrient-poor soils.

Cloudberries are edible orange berries similar to raspberries or blackberries found in alpine and arctic tundra.

Redcurrants are red translucent berries with a diameter of 8–10 mm, and are closely related to blackcurrants.

You got 0 of 7 points.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 05:18

Bilberries ✓, also known as

Bilberries ✓, also known as blueberries are edible, nearly black berries found in nutrient-poor soils.

Cloudberries are x edible orange berries similar to raspberries or blackberries found in alpine and arctic tundra.

Redcurrants are red translucent x berries with a diameter of 8–10 mm, and are closely related to blackcurrants.

falcon

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 18:51

You get 1 point for each

You get 1 point for each correct, -1 for each wrong answer and 0 as the minimum score.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 21:19

-1 for each wrong answer

Can the -1 be changed to 0 in settings somewhere? 0 is the norm for a wrong answer in an exam.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 21:21

Then the user could click all

Then the user could click all the words and always get full score.

Fri, 06/05/2015 - 00:03

brings me to next question - can you limit the number of words

In the quiz I'm doing the user is asked to select one word; indeed can you specify how many words can be selected? They therefore get 1 point for each correctly selected word and they're not able to select all of them. The question might be "select all adverbs in the following sentence" something like that.

Fri, 06/05/2015 - 08:07

This is a feature that makes

This is a feature that makes sense. A checkbox that allows the user to only select as many words as there are correct words? Or a number that if filled will change the scoring? We'll keep it in mind, but it will take some time before this is implemented unless someone creates a patch for it or finances the development.

Fri, 06/05/2015 - 12:50

Maybe initially just the ability to only select one word?

Anyway thanks for considering it as an option.

dsouza.francis@...

Tue, 09/11/2018 - 09:14

How can I get around this negative marking? just 1 point for correct and 0 marks for incorrect

BV52

Tue, 09/11/2018 - 09:22

Hi,I'm sorry this is by

Hi,

I'm sorry this is by design. This feature was placed so that it discourages users to click on each word to get the perfect score.

-BV52

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 11:34

View-Source reveals the answers

CDATA => H5PIntegration reveals the answers; a shame because would quite like to use it for a student quiz, but they're way to wily not to have a quick look at the source for the answers!

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 18:49

Yeah, it's super easy to

Yeah, it's super easy to cheat on H5P so it can't be used for exams or similar. The only way to fix this for real is as far as I know to do the answer evaluation server side, and we're going to do just that. We hope to have a solution for this in place in september making it impossible to cheat.

Fri, 06/05/2015 - 00:08

That's sounds good; I'll compile firefox without view-source

In the short term I'll compile firefox without view-source in ths short-term. Tracking doesn't seem to be available (I'm using Drupal 7), how are results save for each user?

Fri, 06/05/2015 - 08:05

If the student has access to

If the student has access to the console, firebug or similar he can cheat in many other ways as well. The result is stored via ajax, and you need to install and enable the views module to display them.

Fri, 06/05/2015 - 12:43

Yes you would need to fully secure/contain the environment

only allow the custom browser to run; which should have view-source removed, url display removed, and no facility to load addons . . . hmmm, maybe wait till September :)

KonstantyPL

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 14:40

Error unable to copy, no pictures shown in test

Hi, there is a problem in 1,55 version. After creating test i have message http://take.ms/Vby0n
And no pistures in test http://take.ms/J097w or http://take.ms/BN5LM

Wed, 05/18/2016 - 14:24

Jikes, do you have a link to

Jikes, do you have a link to a page where such content shows up? It is not a problem that happens everywhere. The example on this page is the latest version of Mark the Words.

elsa

Wed, 06/14/2017 - 13:30

letters

Hi, I would like to mark letters and not words.
Click on the letter that is not pronunced. It's not possible apparently?

Thnks
Elsa

Thu, 06/15/2017 - 06:22

You are correct this is not

You are correct this is not possible but you can request for this feature by posting here.

spanishteacherjose

Fri, 10/27/2017 - 09:49

It works!

Thanks a lot! I just used this trick to group words and it went well.

alexandere

Sun, 06/18/2017 - 09:06

align

i used it in Persian right to left align but when i post english it shown with wrong align , i changed the align but it dosent solved at all

Sun, 06/18/2017 - 17:37

Hi alexandere,Please follow

Hi alexandere,

Please follow up with this issue on your original post.

lecrosnierm

Fri, 09/08/2017 - 12:27

It doesn't work with a group of words

I cannot mark a group of words as an unique entity.

Have I done anything wrong or is it impossible to do this ?

Sun, 09/10/2017 - 14:52

Space in Mark the words

Hi lecrosnierm,

For now what you can do is replace the space with these characters &#32 and it should do the trick.

Kareletrud

Sat, 04/28/2018 - 16:16

Marking phrases and sentences

Hi, if the above code is immediatly followed by a number, how can I separate between, "&#32" and, say, "600", without getting the symbol for "&#32600"?

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 06:32

Hi Kareletrud,This is going

Hi Kareletrud,

This is going to be a bit tricky but it can be done using HTML codes for the number as well. In your example it can be written as "Text 60&#48".

Here's the list of HTML codes for numbers:

0 - &#48

1 - &#49

2 - &#50

3 - &#51

4 - &#52

5 - &#53

6 - &#54

7 - &#55

8 - &#56

9 - &#57

Anastasia Markina

Wed, 11/01/2017 - 12:21

hi

emild

Wed, 12/20/2017 - 14:11

Marking part of a word

Hi H5P community

We are a language school in Copenhagen who are very excited about using H5P.

We want to use Mark the words in order for the students to be able to mark which part of the word contains a stress. For example if you have the word "Bicycle", we would like to be able to put Asterixes around "Bi" like this *Bi*cycle, as to indicate that the stress is on the first syllable.

This does not seem to work with the current syntax. Do you have any tips to work around this?

Thank you for your help!

Best regards

Emil

Thu, 12/21/2017 - 05:32

Hi Emil,This is not possible

Hi Emil,

This is not possible as of the moment since there is a need for a "space" before and after the asterisks for the content to recognize it as the answer. As a workaround you could divide the syllables with spaces. I think this has it's own usage and I suggest that you post this in the Feature Request forum.

Wed, 01/10/2018 - 10:52

Thanks That sounds logical!

Thanks

That sounds logical!

julia_crawford

Sun, 01/21/2018 - 22:41

Mark the word

Some phrases between the the asterix are displaying in the finished intereactive task and therefore not recognised as correct phrases to click. Here is the text:

Some students think that using longer phrases *in their writing* makes their writing sound more academic *than it is*. Another issue *with writing* for some students is using extra words *that are unnecessary* *to pad out their writing* to reach the word count. Using vague words or expressions like ‘people think that’ or ‘generally’ instead of using *better*, *more accurate,* more precise words and expressions is also quite a common issue *in essay writing*.

However, *better* *with writing* *that are necessary* *more accurate* do work.

Thanks for your help.

Mon, 01/22/2018 - 08:37

Hi J,Mark the Words was not

Hi J,

Mark the Words is not intended to have phrases as the answer. Although there is a work around by replacing the spaces with &#32. Here is a sample content that I created using your pharagraph.

Tue, 01/23/2018 - 03:00

Thank you!

akaskens

Tue, 02/26/2019 - 15:35

HTML code for space not working anymore

Hellop - we made several Mark the Words exercises (within our course presentations in H5P) - all was well for months, but now within Moodle, the codes no longer work - here is a screenshot (hmmm - can't upload an attachment here - forget the screenshot). Anyway - we just see the code now. Any ideas of how to fix?

janisf

Wed, 04/10/2019 - 22:25

RE: HTML Code for space not working anymore

I'm also having the same issue suddenly. The code (&#32) to separate multiple words doesn't work anymore in Mark the Word. The code shows instead of a space between the words.

Have you had any luck fixing this issue? Any other workaround for this?

Thu, 04/11/2019 - 14:08

hello janisf - no luck in

hello janisf - no luck in fixing the issue - we ended up having to remove every instance in our H5Ps that we used the code, and changing those slides.

Thu, 04/11/2019 - 19:39

Thanks for getting back to me. I am surprised that there are not more comments about this. It's super disruptive and really makes the Mark the Word activity type quite limited.
By the way, I have found that the Mark the Words that I previously made using the code are still displaying fine, but I can't make any new ones with the code. I guess I'll be using the Quiz module (in Moodle) for this activity now.

Fri, 04/12/2019 - 08:19

Hi janisf,Sorry for the

Hi janisf,

Sorry for the inconvenience. The workaround that we are using is actually a result of a bug. The bug was "resolved" as a result of another bug that the core team fixed.

sdorok

Wed, 05/08/2019 - 11:35

Any chance?

Hi, BV52,

do you think there is any chance that the "&32"-workaround is going to work again in the near future? Or will I (and all the others who used this workaround) have to look for other solutions when it comes to marking whole sentences instead of only words?

Kind regards,

Sebastian

Thu, 05/09/2019 - 04:11

Hi Sebastian,The workaround I

Hi Sebastian,

The workaround I don't think will come back. However it is possible for changes in the content to allow phrases even sentences as an answer. I suggest that you post a feature request for this. In order for your feature request to attract as much interest as possible make sure it follows the below guidelines:

It is clear from every perspective how the feature will work. We recommend describing the feature with one or more user stories, for instance “As an author I want it to be possible to pick between different effects for the check answer animation so that the learners will see a variety of effects and also I can adapt the effects to my target audience(I’ll be using pink unicorns which works really well for both my target audience which are 4 year old girls and venture capitalists)”
If the feature can be illustrated with images or videos it always helps
Make it clear what content types this is relevant for, and or if this is a new content type

Make sure you post the feature in the Feature Request forum.

aherodoto

Mon, 12/09/2019 - 19:02

Problema

When I try this ideia, my final text apear with &#32 to the student! What can i do?

Tue, 12/10/2019 - 16:50

Hi aherodoto,As mentioned it

Hi aherodoto,

As mentioned it this thread the workaround doesn't work anymore.

-BV

nyree

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 09:20

mark 1 word only in a sentence.

Hello

I am using the excellent "mark the words" exercise and I am interested in replicating similar exercises to those on the French grammar site: Projet Voltaire .https://www.projet-voltaire.fr

Students select either the 1 word which is incorrect in the sentence or the "no error option". Then the correction and explanation appear.

Would it be possble to create something similar in H5P?

Mon, 02/04/2019 - 04:39

Hi Nyree,This is a great idea

Hi Nyree,

This is a great idea. Although currently this is not possible with the current features of Mark the Words. I suggest that you post this in the Feature Request forum. In order for your feature request to attract as much interest as possible make sure it follows the below guidelines:

stafford

Tue, 02/19/2019 - 23:24

Bold and Italics in Mark the words

I am having a slight issue I can't seem to resolve. I am highlighting a phrase in Mark the words in bold or italics, and then putting asterisks around the word Students need to choose e.g. hello I *love* H5P and it is showing the asterisks in the finished activity e.g. hello I * love * H5P

Is there a work around for this?

Thanks in advance!

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 09:06

Hi Stafford,I'm sorry I'm not

Hi Stafford,

I'm sorry I'm not following you. Do you mean that the sample phrase above "hello I love H5P" is the one you are highlighting in bold and italics? Which one of these words should be the answer? Do you have a sample content that we can check?

Edit: I'm seeing "*hello I ***love** *H5P *" without the quotation marks on the e-mail notification of this post.