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Using a combination of embedded video or embedded audio and a single activity textivate sequence, it's easy to create a dictation activity on textivate that your students can complete for homework. (Records their score and time taken too.)

See this French example based on Prévert's "Déjeuner du matin":
https://www.textivate.com/frames.php?vid=you-9_FpZxao-Ng&res=sequence-9vijn1
(Close the log-in box to have a go at the activity)

Here is the same activity embedded. Close the log-in box to have a go at it. Then click on the video icon to open the activity with the video embedded, so that you can listen to the audio.

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There are 2 ways of adding a video to one of your textivate resources:

1. Via the "Extras" tab

Simply click on the Extras tab and type or paste the link to your video in the "Video url" box.

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"Print" buttons are available on many textivate screens. These buttons will only work if you are a textivate subscriber and you are logged in to textivate.

Worksheet printing is available for text activities and for matching activities.

1) Worksheets / print-outs based on a text:

The video below gives you a quick idea of the kinds of worksheets you can print based on any text in textivate.

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We've recently added a "Print Worksheet" button to the Space screen (Separate the words) on textivate.

These buttons only work when you are logged in to textivate (so you need to be a subscriber).

Here is a quick video (no audio, less than a minute) showing just how easy it is to do:

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We've recently added a "Print Worksheet" button to the Anagrams screen (text, not vocab) on textivate.

These buttons only work when you are logged in to textivate (so you need to be a subscriber).

Here is a quick video (no audio, less than a minute) showing just how easy it is to do:

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