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9. Select or clear the Send current graph contents as background
check box.
Note: If you select this option, when you start the activity the
Activity Center tool sends the current foreground image of your
graph screen to your students’ calculators as a background image.
10. Select Step size
Note: The Step size must be greater than zero, but less than or equal
to .25 of the window range.
11. Select Starting point
Note: By default, the starting point is 0,0.
12. Select how you want students to submit their points.
13. Click OK.
Note: If you want your students to have specific graph window settings,
you should also set up the graph window settings before you start the
activity. When you start the activity, the Activity Center tool sends the
graph window settings to your students’ calculators.
Configuring list options for activities
Before you collect lists from your students, you need to configure the list
options for the activity. When you configure the list options, you can
configure them for data sets or for independent lists. Configuring the list
options for data sets lets you plot the data, while configuring the list
options for independent lists does not. Below you can find instructions
for configuring the options of both of these types of lists.
To configure list options for data sets
1. If you have an activity running, stop it.
2. In the Contribute drop-down list, select Lists.
3. Click Configure.
The Configure Calculators for Activity dialog box opens.
Notes:
• If you do not have any lists in the Activity Center tool, the Create
New Lists dialog box opens. This lets you define the names of
the lists that store the data collected from your students. You
must define the names of the lists to establish where the Activity
Center tool stores the data collected from your students.
• The contents of the Configure Calculators for Activity dialog box
vary depending on which main settings you select (Choose from
Data Sets or Choose from independent lists).