[squeakland] Teachers can make QuickGuides for their own lessons

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 26.08.2010, at 02:00, Steve Thomas wrote:

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

It will be in 4.1, and is ready to be tested in Alpha 2.

> Where do I find "keep the current project"

Simply save the project. Under Sugar saving is called "keeping in Journal".

> , is this available in "Etoys friendly" mode?

Most certainly ;)

The English guides are in Contents/Resources/QuickGuides. The translated ones in Content/Resources/locale/xy/QuickGuides. (I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler if we moved the English guides there, too)

Ted's method works best with Etoys-To-Go. Its contents is writable, and it's easy to zip up and distribute.

On the Mac, the QuickGuides folders are hidden inside the Etoys application icon. You have to choose "show package contents" in the Finder's menu.

In a regular (not to-go) Linux installation, the QuickGuides are in /usr/share/etoys. You would need root access to put files there.

Under Sugar there is no convenient way to copy a project out of the Journal, and to that location. You would have to use the "copy-from-journal" command in the Terminal activity.

- Bert -

> 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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