Wellington test team vs Activities - 2008-09-13

[Bruno Coudoin]

Thanks for the bug report concerning GCompris. I just uploaded a new
version on the olpc Wiki page with the following fixes:

 - chess, scalesboard, sudoku: Uses the icons provided in bug #7138
 - redraw*.activity.xo: Added missing icon
 - gcompris.activity.xo: Added a bunch of missing icons, fixing activities enumerate and money for fixed images.
 - Warning: The full GCompris bundle does not comes with gnuchess and gnucap (for electricity). 
            You can install these programs with yum. 

Bruno.

Le dimanche 14 septembre 2008 à 12:13 +1200, Grant Patterson a écrit :

>         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. 
>         

> 
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Bruno Coudoin
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