Half Baked Software, the makers of Hot Potatoes and Quandary, have released these programs as freeware. This means that anyone can go and download the latest version of these programs for free from the Hot Potatoes website.
So, if you use an older limited version of Hot Potatoes 6 or Quandary 2, we advise you to remove it from your PC and download and install the unlimited freeware version. These latest versions (as of February 2010) are Hot Potatoes 6.3 and Quandary 2.4. If you still have a (licensed) version of Hot Potatoes 5 or Quandary 1, you are advised to keep those and install the newer versions on the side.
Hot Potatoes and Quandary are easy-to-use editor tools with which you can make self-test exercises for use on the Web. These self-test exercises can be uploaded and used in Moodle, both as stand alone self-test exercises and as graded activities (i.e. that send grades to the Moodle gradebook. Properly made self-test exercises, including feedback and, for example, with pictures or sound files, can greatly enhance your online learning material. The eLearning Centre can help you with the creation and embedding of such exercises.
Some instruction in the use of Hot Potatoes or Quandary can be found in the Moodle Teacher Manual.