Lesson 6

Getting Started (View, Edit and Email eActivities, continued)

We will begin with an explanation of where your current ClassPad contents are saved and how to set your "home folder". The "home folder" will be used later in this lesson to save an important file containing premade eActivities.

Part I

In this part, we will look at the Exchange Window and then set up the "home folder".

  1. Right click on the ClassPad Manager and select "Exchange Window". A window showing two "window panes" should open:

    2. You should see two folders in the left window pane.

    • One is named Active Document and contains your active ClassPad!
    • The other might be named ClassPad Manager. This is your "home folder".

    Special Note: Why is this called "Exchange Window"?

    If we were to connect a ClassPad handheld, two additional window panes would appear on the left. We could then drag & drop data from the computer side (emulator) to the handheld or from the handheld to the computer. We can exchange data!

  2. Click on the + sign in front of the Active Document folder. The + should change to a - sign.

  3. Click on the + sign in front of default. The + should change to a - and two folders should display.

  4. Click on the + sign in front of the eActivities folder. The + should change to a - and more folders should display.

  5. Click directly on the Lesson 5 folder. If you are using the same computer as the one you used to do Lesson 5, you will see the GeoLink eActivity. If you are on another computer, you may see nothing. This is alright; do not worry about it!

  6. Right click on the other folder in the left pane (lowest one). It will be named ClassPad Manager unless you already changed it. Select Change Home Folder.

  7. A dialog will open. Click the Browse button and locate the folder you would like to use to save ClassPad files in. IMPORTANT: We will use this folder again and so you need to remember where it is!

  8. Click OK and OK again. You should see something similar to:

  9. Expand the Active Document folder if you do not see default. Next, press on default and drag to your "home folder".

  10. When the cursor changes from a X to a X let go.

  11. Double click on your "home folder". It should contain the default file.

  12. Click the X button in the upper right corner to close the Exchange Window and return to the ClassPad emulator.

    13. There are no practice exercises for Part I! Please remember where your "home folder" is. We will use it in the very near future.