A new feature added along with TTS (text-to-speech) was the ability to switch the order of matching items for many of the MATCH textivities.
This Switched / Not switched option can be specified in your sequences (as shown above), in URL fine-tuning via the Share icon, and students can change the order of matching items from within the activity using the Switch checkbox, shown below (EXCEPT when the activity is part of a Challenge).
This Switch feature is available for all the Match activities except: Snap, Click Match (6,8,9,10,12), Memory (6,8,9,10,12)
The Switch feature is NEVER available...
- when the resource contains images (or speak::) in the left match
- when the activity is being attempted as part of a Challenge
Why Switch?
Well, some match activities work best with L2 prompts, where students have to choose the correct English translation for a given word or phrase, for example. Whereas text input (spelling) activities work best where the prompt is in the L1 and the students have to write in the correct response in the L2.
Switch means that you can now do these two types of activity using the same textivate resource.
See the 2 examples below, both taken from the same textivate resource:
1 in 4 matching, switched so that the French is used as a prompt, with TTS:
Fill in the letters activity, with English as prompt. TTS enabled to provide support:
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