Wellington test team vs Activities - 2008-09-13

[Nirav Patel]

Thanks for the bug report on Bridge.  I just released Bridge-2 that
fixes those bugs and a few others.

Nirav

2008/9/13 Grant Patterson <gcpatterson at gmail.com>:
> Grant's notes:
>
> Geoquiz-3
> - Too easy to mistakenly select the wrong answer when using the left and
> right controllers (as suggested by the instructions). This problem is caused
> by Geoquiz not distinguishing between the left and right controllers.
> - Lesotho, Swaziland and Gambia aren't visible on the Africa map, so when
> these questions arise, the user can only guess. Swaziland and Gambia are
> blacked out on the map, while Lesotho appears as part of South Africa.
> - Completing the quiz (either Africa or South America) causes Geoquiz to
> crash!
> - The questions are always in the same order until the laptop is rebooted.
> - Got a segmentation fault during the normal usage of the activity! Wasn't
> reproducable.
>
> Stopwatch-1
> - Worked well
>
> Bridge-1
> - Seems a little harsh that girders that are deleted are still counted
> towards the total cost of the bridge, especially since they can't be moved
> once in place.
> - Some instructions would be helpful. (e.g. "press space to start train")
> - Pressing the 'b', 'j', or 'p' keys crashes the activity!
> - Otherwise a great activity.
>
>
> Grant
>
>
> 2008/9/13 Tabitha Roder <tabitha.mail at gmail.com>
>>
>> Tabitha's notes:
>> XO Build 8.2-759
>>
>> Mini vMac-1 - ctrl F for full screen is great! played with excalibur, note
>> pad, calculator, puzzle, all good, but it is hard to shut down Mini vMac -
>> seems you have to "stop" in the frame?
>>
>> Bridge-1 good
>>
>> Stopwatch-1 good
>>
>> Poll-17 - create own poll good, voted good, lesson plans display as XML
>> not so good,  bug logged #8456
>>
>> Schoolsplay-1 - loads, font size is too big in the frames and in the
>> pyramid, cant really play as cant read :-( bug logged #8458
>>
>> Audacity-1 - fails to launch, got logs, bug logged #8453
>>
>> XaoS-1 - good
>>
>> Moon-4 good
>>
>> Colors-4 - still not able to stop activity, same as v4 - see original bug
>> #8335
>>
>> ProducePuzzle-0 - good
>>
>> Ok, now onto the big test - GCompris-7, get ready this is long....
>>
>> GCompris - Various puzzles
>> *assemble - good
>> *tangram - good
>> *build - good
>> *superbrain - good
>> *hanoi - good
>> *sliding blocks - good
>> *sudoku - good
>> *fifteen game - good
>> Gcompris - Mathematic games - geometry
>> *freedraw - good
>> *redraw - could not find or load the file skins/gartoon/redraw.svg this
>> activity is incomplete exit it and report the problem to the authors
>> (bruno.coudoin at free.fr)
>> *mirror - could not find or load the file
>> skins/gartoon/redraw_symmetry.svg this activity is incomplete exit it and
>> report the problem to the authors (bruno.coudoin at free.fr)
>> Gcompris - Mathematic games - calculations
>> *math memory
>> **multiply - good
>> **add - good
>> **subtract - good
>> *algebra
>> **add and subtract tested, took a while to work out that you have to push
>> "check answer" or it thinks you havent entered an answer
>> *number munchers
>> **multiple - good
>> **prime - good
>> *math memory
>> **bit confusing that questions with the same answer dont match in the
>> matching game - e.g. 4 + 4 is not equal to 3 + 5, they are both = 8 only
>> *balance the scales - good
>> *target - good
>> *series of correct operations - good
>> Gcompris - Mathematic games - numeration
>> *pairs of dice - good
>> *count the items - couldn't find or load the file
>> enumerate/food/banana.png this activity is incomplete - bruno
>> *magician hat - good
>> *feed tux the fish - good
>> *money - couldnt find money/euro/p5e.png  - bruno
>> *helicopter - good
>> *draw with numbers - good
>> GCompris - amusement
>> *tuxpaint - cannot find tux paint install it to use this activity
>> *football - good
>> *hexagon - good
>> *word processor - good, we all like the themes
>> *drawing / animation - works for draw not animation - save image exits
>> GCompris so cannot make animation
>> *chat - sorry couldnt test this today
>> GCompris - reading
>> *click on letter - good
>> *reading practice - good
>> *horizontal - words start above the box not in it
>> *vertical - words start above the box not in it
>> *missing letter - good
>> *image name drag and drop - good
>> GCompris - discover the computer
>> *keyboard
>> **numbers with dice - good
>> **throw ball to tux - good
>> **simple letters - good
>> **falling words - good
>> *mouse
>> **control the hose pipe - good
>> **click the mouse - good
>> **move the mouse - good
>> **click on me - good
>> **click and draw - good
>> GCompris - strategy games
>> *practice chess - "error: the external program gnuchess is mandatory to
>> play chess in gcompris first install it and check it is in
>> /usr/games/gnome-gnuchess
>> *connect 4 - good
>> *bar game - good - the prerequisite of a brain is cute
>> *oware - good
>> GCompris - experiental games
>> *parachutist - good
>> *canal lock - good
>> *water cycle - good
>> *electricity - cannot find the gnucap electric simulator you can download
>> and install it from <http://geda.seul.org/tools/gnucap/> to be detected it
>> must be installed in /usr/bin/gnucap or /usr/local/bin/gnucap you can still
>> use this activity to draw schematics without computer simulation
>> *pilot a submarine - good
>> *sea race - good
>> GCompris - discovery games
>> *misc
>> **drag and drop shapes - good
>> **left and right words - good
>> **algorithm - good
>> **chronos - good
>> **learning clock - good
>> **region - activity works well but my brain did not (lol)
>> **locate countries - good (and easier for us to answer than regions! lol)
>> *colors
>> **rebuild the mosaic - good
>> **colors (ducks) - good
>> stopped here, sorry didnt quite get through all the activities
>>
>> Overall comments on GCompris - there was lots of positive reinforcement
>> for learners which was good to hear (literally hear),  impressed by this
>> work. Few times the words in the help and instructions and names were on top
>> of each other, like it couldnt fit all the writing in the box so would
>> overlap. Bit slow to open and close each game but still very cool. Thanks
>> for all the effort put in here so far.
>>
>> Tabitha
>>
>>
>>
>> 2008/9/13 Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Transcription of Paul's notes:
>>>
>>> Horse game
>>>  - bottom half of screen is not filled with the same graphic
>>> (resolution problem?) and the horse leaves a track over it. No crash
>>> but visual nastiness. (tried to get screenshot hack going but failed)
>>>
>>> Success running these:
>>>  - x2o
>>>  - Wikipedia Spanish
>>>  - MinivMac
>>>  - Bridge
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>  martin.langhoff at gmail.com
>>>  martin at laptop.org -- School Server Architect
>>>  - ask interesting questions
>>>  - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first
>>>  - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tabitha
>> (64)21482229
>> tabitha.mail at gmail.com
>
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