Teacher Setup provides extensive control
over a variety of features and display options in Early Essentials.
It contains seven tabs with options for the individual applications,
shared options and an About tab with Save and Reset buttons.
The Shared tab
controls the settings that all of the Early Essentials
applications share:
Colours: You can select up to 20 colours
which will appear in the palettes for Write and Paint.
Sound: You can disable just Speech, or all
Sound (including Speech).
Other Options: You can control whether both
the Exit and Undo buttons are visible. This is especially
useful when working with younger children.
Templates/Files Directory: If you are installing
Early Essentials over a network, you may want to change
the location of the Templates and Files directories.
The last two options on the Shared tab allow you to
do exactly that. Simply use the File icon to browse
to the correct location and press OK to confirm.
The Write tab contains
options that are specific to the Write application. Anything
you change in here will not affect any of the other applications.
Set Options Available: this allows you to
control the display of the icons in the Write menu.
This is useful when you want to stop younger children
printing or saving work.
Read Back Text allows you to turn off the speaker
icons next to the text boxes.
Mark Sizes: the four spin controls show the
size of each tool in pixels. This allows you to easily
set the software to match each child's abilities.
Set the Default Template: this is the template
that appears when you open the application. Click
on the drop-down arrow to choose a different template.
Default Fonts: here you can choose the three
font and fontsize combinations you can cycle through
by clicking on the text box.
Wordbank: this is the default wordbank that
appears when you right click a text area. If you untick
the box here, then the Wordbank feature is disabled.
The Paint Tab contains
options that are specific to the Paint application.
Anything you change here will not affect any of the
other applications.
Options Available: this allows you to control
the display of the icons in the Paint menu. This is
useful when you want to stop younger children printing
or saving their work.
Mark Sizes: the four spin controls show the
size of each tool in pixels. This allows you to easily
set the software to match each child's abilities.
Default Template: this is the template that
appears when you open the application. Click on the
drop-down arrow to choose a different template.
Font: this is the font used by the Text Tool.
Click on the drop-down arrows to change the font.
The Turtle tab
contains options that are specific to the Turtle application.
Anything you change in here will not affect any of the
other applications.
Options Available: this allows you to control
the display of the icons in the Turtle menu. This is
useful when you want to stop younger children printing
or saving their work.
Buttons: displays the three buttons; home,
grid and level, on the right hand side of the screen.
Untick the box if you do not wish to have the corresponding
button on the screen.
Default Level: you can set the starting level
to either 1, 2 or 3, or you can define your own combination.
Clicking the Custom option makes three extra options
available, so you can pick the level options for Forward,
Turn and History individually. You can then also choose
to have rotating or static arrows.
Level 1 Options: only available when you have
selected Level 1 as the Default Level. Choose the number
of grid cells the turtle will move by per click. You
can also choose the turn angle of the left and right
arrows.
Other Options: Nib size displays the size of
the pen in pixels. Delay sets the delay (in milliseconds)
between the mouse-click and the Turtle movement.
The Chart tab contains
options that are specific to the Chart application.
Anything you change in here will not affect any of the
other applications.
Options Available: this allows you to control
the display of the icons in the Turtle menu. This
is useful when you want to stop younger children printing
or saving their work.
Grid: allows you to show or hide the Grid
button.
Maximum Items: limits the maximum number
of items per category. The software maximum is 50.
Default Template: this is the template that
appears when you open the application. Click on the
drop-down arrow to choose a different template.
Set Title Font: this lets you pick the font
for the Chart title.
The Graph tab contains
options that are specific to the Graph application.
Anything you change in here will not affect any of the
other applications.
Options Available: this allows you to control
the display of the icons in the Turtle menu. This
is useful when you want to stop younger children printing
or saving their work.
Graphs Available: you can choose to display
only some of the graph options; but if you untick
all of them no graph will be displayed.
Grid Cells: lets you choose the maximum number
of items in your list - the maximum is 15.
Default Template: this is the template that
appears when you open the application. Click on the
drop-down arrow to choose a different template.
Title Font: this lets you pick the font for
the Graph title.
The About tab:
Whatever changes you make to
any of the other tabs will only be applied when
you click the Save Changes and Exit button.
If you would prefer the settings to remain unchanged,
choose Cancel and Exit.
If you have been experimenting
with settings and would like to revert to the Early
Essentials' original settings, choose the Restore
Default Choices button on the About tab.
The Shared tab
controls the settings that all of the Early Essentials
applications share:
The Write tab contains
options that are specific to the Write application. Anything
you change in here will not affect any of the other applications.
The Paint Tab contains
options that are specific to the Paint application.
Anything you change here will not affect any of the
other applications.
The Turtle tab
contains options that are specific to the Turtle application.
Anything you change in here will not affect any of the
other applications.
The Chart tab contains
options that are specific to the Chart application.
Anything you change in here will not affect any of the
other applications.
The Graph tab contains
options that are specific to the Graph application.
Anything you change in here will not affect any of the
other applications.
The About tab:
