There will be a workshop on Saturday, December 4th for FLAn authors. The workshop will focus on creating and editing multimedia (images, audio, video) using free software. The workshop will also review how to import these multimedia files into a FLAn unit. Time & Location: 1-4 pm., 1125 Faner Hall, on the SIU campus. Contact Hind . . . → Read More: FLAn Workshop 2

FLAn was on site for a conference of the  Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Peoria, November 5th and 6th. Check out ICTFL . . . → Read More: FLAn Booth at ICTFL

Guidelines for creating FLAn units have been added to the For Authors page. The Guidelines include info about text formatting, improving audio quality, making the most use of FLAn’s features, etc. Check out the Guidelines by . . . → Read More: New FLAn Authors’ Guidelines

The Share Area at RedHotWords.com is now open for business. This is the easiest way for you to share your FLAn units with your students.

Your students can download your FLAn units at http://redhotwords.com/share.html. You can upload your FLAn units to the RedHotWords server at http://redhotwords.com/upload2share.html.

Be sure to have your FLAn unit and external audios or videos in a . . . → Read More: Share Area Now Open

Following the recent (October 2nd) FLAn workshop, there will be a follow-up workshop on Saturday, December 4th, from 1-4 at Southern Illinois University (Faner Hall 1125). This workshop will focus on using free tools to create multimedia files for use in FLAn units (audio, video, images, animations, etc.). The workshop will be available online too. You . . . → Read More: FLAn Workshop 2

The most recent update for FLAn is 22 Oct 10 and for FLAn CJ (for Chinese and Japanese) is 27 Oct 10. You can download them on the Downloads page by . . . → Read More: FLAn and FLAn CJ Updated

The RedHotWords Web site now has a feedback form so that you can give us…er, feedback. Let us know what you like about FLAn and the RedHotWords.com Web site. And let us know how we can improve them. Click here to go to the . . . → Read More: Feedback Form

A Share Area is being added to the RedHotWords.com Web site. This area is where authors can upload FLAn units that they’ve created for their students and others to use. These FLAn units do not go through a quality control process and they are free. The Share Area will open November 1,  so authors can start . . . → Read More: New Share Area

The RedHotWords.com Web site has been updated with information for FLAn authors. Training materials are available including the entire FLAn workshop held on 2 Oct 10. Click here to see the . . . → Read More: New Authors Section on RedHotWords.com