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Hottext

The candidate selects words or phrases in a passage.

For authors

In a hottext interaction, some words or phrases in a passage can be selected. They work like the options of a choice interaction, placed in the text.

Try it

Try itHottext proofreadingSelectable words inside a passage rather than a list beside it. Three of seven marked words are wrong.
Three of the highlighted words are factually wrong. Select them.

The Solar System formed about 4.6 billion years ago from a collapsing cloud of gas and dust. The smallest planet, Jupiter, holds more than twice the mass of all the others combined. Light from the Sun reaches the Earth in about eight minutes, travelling at 300 kilometres per second.

The Moon takes roughly 27 days to orbit the Earth, and always keeps both faces turned towards us. Its gravity is the main cause of the ocean tides.

 

Answering

The candidate clicks a highlighted word to select it, and clicks again to clear it. max choices limits how many may be selected at once.

Scoring

As for a choice: Exact match on what was selected, or Mapped, with a mark for each right selection and a penalty for each wrong one.

In the editor

Insert adds a hottext interaction holding a paragraph. While typing in it, select words and choose Hottext from the Inline menu to make them selectable.