Educational Insights EI-7924G manual Sharing Games on the Internet, Setting Preferences

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Sharing Games on the Internet

If you’ve used Classroom Jeopardy! in the past, you know that it is an effective teaching tool that motivates students and generates an excitement for learning. Thanks to Classroom Jeopardy! Editor, you can easily add to your collection of Classroom Jeopardy! games

because now you can share games with teachers from all over the world. If you visit www.classroomjeopardy.com, you will see that it includes an area where you can upload

and download games created in Classroom Jeopardy! Editor.

Here are some of the ways you and other teachers can share games:

•Upload and download games from the Internet.

•Create games that can be placed on a server for individual schools to download.

•Store games on a server for district-wide use among teachers.

•E-mail one or more games by enclosing them as attachments.

Setting Preferences

After you launch the Classroom Jeopardy! Editor software, select the File → Preferences option from the menu bar. The Preferences dialog box will appear.

The Preferences dialog box allows you to determine which messages, warnings, and reminders will appear during game creation. These Preferences choices are listed in the dialog box as questions for which there is a Yes or No answer. The preferences you choose take effect as soon as you close the Preferences dialog box and will continue to be in effect each time you launch the Classroom Jeopardy! Editor program until you change them.

Preferences Explained

Show requirements and constraints for opening Microsoft Word Jeopardy! game templates?

Previous Classroom Jeopardy! game units could only be programmed using the keyboard that attached to the back of the unit. However, in order to help game writers organize their thoughts, Educational Insights included a Microsoft Word® template on the Classroom Jeopardy! CD. The template used tables with rows and columns and allowed game writers to enter all the information a game required into separate cells in the table. However, the game still had to be entered into the unit using the special keyboard provided. GOOD NEWS! All those games teachers entered into the Microsoft Word® templates can be opened in Classroom Jeopardy! Editor and saved to your computer or to cartridges where they’ll be available when they’re wanted.

For additional instructions on troubleshooting Microsoft Word file to Classroom Jeopardy Editor file conversion, see page 31.

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Contents EI-7924G Table of Contents System Requirements Macintosh Classroom JEOPARDY! Editor and LinkGuide Conventions Installation and SetupInstalling onto a PC with Windows LinkGuideF.qxd 1/25/05 929 AM Launching the Program Windows Macintosh OS InstallationInstalling and Launching onto a Macintosh with OS Installing and Launching onto a Macintosh with OS Game Template Features File Menu Menu BARView Menu Edit MenuZoom Menu Round MenuO L B a R Window MenuHelp Menu Game Name Cell Template CellsGeneral Game Creation Information Single-Play Clues Moving Within the Template Entering Game ContentEntering Content for the Final Jeopardy! Round Printing a Game Saving a GameCut/Copy/Paste Commands Navigation Commands for Game EntryPositioning the Cursor in an Editor Window Deleting Characters Within an Editor WindowSelect Multiple Cells to Cut, Copy, or Paste Category Information row Selection Memory Shortcut CommandsEntire Game Spell Checking Spell Checker FeatureSpell Checker Keyboard Characters/Symbols Classroom JEOPARDY! Link Operations Connecting Classroom Jeopardy! LinkSpecial Characters Erase a Game from a Cartridge Cartridge OperationsSave a Game on Your Computer to a Cartridge Erase All Games in a Cartridge Repair Cartridge ContentsWorking With One Game File Revising GamesLoad a Game from a Cartridge onto Your Computer Working With Two Game Files Converting Older GamesPreferences Explained Setting PreferencesSharing Games on the Internet Determine an Existing Base Unit’s Software Version Update a Base Units SoftwareUpgrading Your Classroom Jeopardy! Base Unit If you wish to continue, click on LinkGuideF.qxd 1/25/05 929 AM Service Center Out of Warranty Service PolicyProject1 1/25/05 934 AM
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