Create interactive games and learning resources for Windows™ PC and interactive whiteboard

NEW TASKMAGIC LICENCES NO LONGER AVAILABLE

I have recently taken the decision to no longer sell TaskMagic. This is because a few long-standing customers have reported problems running it on Windows 11. Since I no longer have access to the program code or installer (TaskMagic hasn't been updated in nearly 10 years...), I am unable to fix any issues, so I feel that it is now unwise to continue selling TaskMagic licences.

If you already have a TaskMagic3 licence, please note that it continues to work in all versions of Windows up to and including Windows 10 (but not Windows Mobile or Windows RT for the AMD-based Surface tablet). I will continue to do my best to help users out if they have an issue, but I am no longer in a position to add fixes or improvements, for the reasons stated above.

TASKMAGIC ALTERNATIVES?

I would encourage you to have a look at the web-based projects that I have been working on more recently:

  • TextActivities: www.textactivities.com (2023)

    Launched in 2023, TextActivities is the most recent project that I have worked on. It is a new and much improved version of my initial attempt to create a website that does TaskMagic-like things, called Textivate, which launched in 2012 (see below).

    TextActivities does a lot of the things that TaskMagic does, plus LOTS more besides, since it can be used on any device. Key features include classes, student accounts, assignments, competitons, in-depth performance data, and a multi-skilled approach to exploiting texts and vocab lists.

  • SentenceBuilders: www.sentencebuilders.com (2021)

    Launched in 2021, SentenceBuilders is a joint project between Martin Lapworth (of TaskMagic) and the people behind The Language Gym - Gianfranco Conti, Dylan Viñales and Ronan Jezequel.

    SentenceBuilders uses SentenceBuilder tables (AKA substitution tables) as the basis for generating all sorts of interactive activities. The core content of the website is based on the contents of the SentenceBuilder books from the team at The Language Gym.

  • TeachVid: www.teachvid.com (2019)

    Launched in 2019, TeachVid builds on the success of Textivate (see below) and combines text-rebuilding activities with YouTube videos, linking each caption of the video to a particular section of each activity.

    TeachVid includes classrooms, with student accounts, assignments and competitions, with activities combining text-rebuilding + translation into the L2 + dictation, with varying degrees of scaffold.

  • Textivate: www.textivate.com (2012)

    Launched in 2012, Textivate was my first attempt to create a website that does a lot of the things that TaskMagic does, but available on any device that has a web browser.

    A newer version of Textivate was launched in 2023, called TextActivities (see above). Many teachers and students continue to use Textivate, which can be used to embed interactive vocab and text-rebuilding activities into other websites or blogs.