Technical help

Introduction

The Japanese and Chinese online resources have been produced in two or three different versions so that users can choose the delivery mode that best suits them.

1. Online version available on this website – Scenarios, Explorers and Space voyage games
2. Browser-based versions for the Scenarios and Space voyage games. These are supplied in a zip (compressed) format and can be installed on your local disc, LAN/WAN or web server
3. Standalone executables for all resources – Scenarios, Explorers and Space voyage games
4. To run the Explorers locally on a school network (LAN or WAN) in browser mode with a functioning Backpack, you require a server side solution. A ‘web’ version for deployment on a LAN or WAN in either ‘.php’ or ‘asp.net’ can be provided on request. Only these two versions have been prepared. Note that these versions will not be supported by technical help. Contact: jol@curriculum.edu.au

Technical help

To run the learning objects, the Japanese and Chinese resources from this website or by using the downloadable browser-based resources you need the appropriate software to be installed.

You can analyse your software using The Le@rning Federation’s Analyser at: http://www.tlf.edu.au/analyser
You can analyse your:

Operating system Browser Flash plug-in Shockwave player Java

QuickTime plug-in PDF plug-in Popup blocker status Screen resolution

The resources require:
Adobe Flash plug-in: http://www.adobe.com.au
Adobe Acrobat Reader: http://www.adobe.com.au

Microsoft Word: The Teachers’ notes are supplied in Word so they can be edited by the teacher, as well as in PDF format.

Regarding downloads:

• All downloadable files are supplied as zip files.
• Zip files end with the file extension .zip
• Zip files contain compressed versions of all the component files of a resource. They will not function in their compressed format until they are uncompressed or extracted.
  Unzipping or extracting the files
  
  1. Double click on the zip file, for example 'abcdefg.zip' will open a Winzip window.
     DO NOT DOUBLE CLICK OR LAUNCH ANY FILES SHOWN IN THE WINZIP WINDOW – THEY ARE STILL COMPRESSED.
  2. Select the 'Extract' icon or 'Extract' from the drop down menu 'Actions'
  3. A dialogue box appears. Choose where you wish to located the files using the standard browse function and create a new folder if you wish.
  4. Finally select 'Extract' and all the files will be uncompressed in their correct file structure.
  5. You can then create a shortcut to a launch file, index.html, pdf or any other file.
     Just be sure NOT to try and open a file from inside a zip.
• You can unzip files using a range of software applications, most of which are available free of charge. Some of these are Winzip (often preinstalled on Windows machines), Stuffit Expander (commonly found on Apple Mac machines but also available for Windows) and Winrar.

Regarding executable files:

• Executable files have the plug-in built into them. This means they do not run in a browser and do not require any further software. Users should be aware that some systems are set to disallow the use of executables. We supply them as an alternative resource.
• Executable files for Windows operating systems end with the file extension .exe
• Apple Mac executables do not have a file extension, but as they are called ‘projectors’ we have added ‘projector’ to the file names to easily differentiate them – eg Title_projector