[squeakland] Teachers can make QuickGuides for their own lessons

Steve Thomas sthomas1 at gosargon.com
Wed Aug 25 20:00:53 EDT 2010


Ted,

Please define "latest Etoys version": Etoys 4.0 2336, Etoys 4.1 alpha 2 or
Etoys Dev Image after "update code from server"

Where do I find "keep the current project", is this available in "Etoys
friendly" mode?

Thanks,
Stephen

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Ted Kaehler <Ted at vpri.org> wrote:

> Folks,
>        There is a very useful new feature in the latest EToys version.
>  Anyone can make Quickguides.  If you are teaching a curriculum, you can
> create subject-matter guides for your material.
>        Your new guides will not appear directly on the help index page.
>  Instead, look in the "Jump To..." menu at the lower right of the
> QuickGuides.  Your guides will appear in a new category.  It will be at the
> bottom of the "Jump To..." menu.
>
>        To create a new guide:
> Click the Help button [?] to see a guide.
> Open a halo on the flap.
> Copy the bookmorph out of the flap.
> Use the halos to completely change the contents.
> Create help pages for your new topic.
> A guide can have as many pages as you want (more than 4 is OK).
> When you are done, write the entire project out using
>      "Keep the current project".  It is now a .pr file.
> Name your guide using capitals to start words.  The first word is the
>      category.  All guides in a category start with the same word.
> Put the .pr file into the QuickGuides folder of your language.
> Close and open Quickguides.  (Click the Help button [?] once to close help,
>      and once again to open it.)
> Look in the "Jump To..." menu to see your category and guides.
>
> (If the instructions are unclear, please post a corrected version.)
> (Thank you to Kathleen Harness for showing us how creative QuickGuides can
> be.)
>
> --Ted.
>
> --
> Ted Kaehler
> Viewpoints Research Institute
> http://www.vpri.org/html/team_bios/kaehler.html
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