LANGUAGETEACH Technologies

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Introduction

The LT Development Tool is a software product which enables any materials developer without special technical knowledge to create web-based interactive material. Educational material is kept as a set of Web pages either on the student's local hard drive or on a Web server.

The developer can :

• manipulate font size, style and color
• insert an unlimited number of media files, which can be associated with  pictures, buttons or fragments of a text
• create instant quizzes using multiple choice, drop-down menu, and text-field formats
• create online tests
• create hidden or alternating text to demonstrate learning points
• create multiple complex layers with text, quiz, graphics, and media
• create pop-up windows utilizing quiz, drop-text, media files, and graphics,

All these features can be combined, embedded one into another, and used in any combination, providing the developer with unlimited presentation power.

1.  Getting Started

Starting Application:  Flash Card - Removable USB Hard Drive

Step #1.  Insert Flash Card into USB slot and wait a few seconds.

Step #2.  Click "My Computer" icon on the desktop.

( click on the pictures to enlarge )

Step #3.  Find "Removable Disk ( F: )  (letter in the parenthesis depends on your computer configuration) and double click on it.	Step #4. Find folder "LangTeach" and double click on it.	Step #5.  Find file "LangTeach.exe" and double click on it.

Starting Application: Installed version (C:\ hard drive)

To start development click either the LangTeach icon on your computer desktop or select LangTeach application on the Start button menu.

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Starting Project

When starting the application for the first time, the "Project Editor" dialog box appears with an empty list. To create a topic follow this instruction. ( click on the pictures to enlarge )

Step #1.  Click on "Add New" button.	Step #2.  Type topic's name and click "OK" button	Step #3.  The new name appears in the topic's list.	Step #4.  Highlight the name and click "Open Topic" button or double click on the topic's name.

Warning:   Use only alphanumeric and underscore signs in the topic's name.   
Tip.   Though there is no restriction on length, it is recommended to keep the name short.

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Main view and routine development cycle:

The LT Development tool consists of two major parts: the LTeditor, which is the development platform and the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, which is used as a view window to control the development process. The picture below demonstrates how it looks on the display.

The routine development cycle includes three basic steps:

1. Typing and decorating text and inserting pictures, media, etc. in the LTeditor.
2. Saving the text with  the "Set" button.
3. Checking the results in the browser.

Note:   The browser is the passive part of the tool, which is used only as a view window. You cannot edit text in the browser. All text manipulations can be done only in the LTeditor.

Warning:   Do not close the browser while you're working with the LT Development Tool.  The tool opens a browser window automatically and can work only with this instance of the browser.  So if you close the browser, the only way to continue to work is to close the LTeditor and open the LT Development Tool again.

2. Using the LTeditor.

2.0.   General View

Additional Tool Bars.

Most menu functions are duplicated with toolbars. User can activate or deactivate tool bars depend on favorite development style and type of the  material under development.  The picture illustrates how to activate / deactivate additional toolbars.

Hide / Show HTML Tags

HTML tags can be hidden or kept visible. The picture illustrates this option. Any click on the tool button taggles between "Hide" and "Show" modes.

2.1.   Manipulating Font

Step 1...  Highlight text

To apply color, size or any other stylistic feature to a part of your text, first highlight that part. It may be only one letter in the middle of a word, a single word, a paragraph, or the whole text.


Step 2... Apply attribute.   There are four ways to apply text attributes.

a)   Apply attribute with Menu:	b)   Apply attribute with Tool bar:
c)   Apply attribute with Context menu.	d)   Apply attribute with Keyboard.
To open the context menu click right mouse button	Alt + C - Color Alt + B - Bold Alt + I - Italic Alt + G - Bg. Color Alt + U - Underline

•   Subscript, Superscript, Strikethrough can be applied only with Menu.
•   "Big" and "Small" commands increase or decrease font size by one point. If you want to increase or decrease by two points, apply the same command to the text twice.
•   It is possible to apply several attributes to the same text string; for example, you can make it  blue, underlined  and italicized simultaneously  
•   Do not apply more than one color to the same piece of text. Colors don't blend.


Here are some examples of the attributes:

This is example of Color. This is example of Background color. This is example of Bold. This is example of Italic. This is example of Big.

This is example of Small. This is example of Underline. This is example of Subscript. This is example of Superscript. This is example of Strikethrought.

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2.2.   Manipulating with Color

Simple colors "Color" and "Background Color" menu options open the color dialog box. Select predefined color and click "OK".

Custom colors To have a larger selection of colors click the "Define Custom Colors" button. Move the two cursors to create a custom color and click theOK button.

If you want to save the custom color:

1.   Click one of the 16 custom windows. The color will be saved in the window.

2.   Create a custom color by moving the two color cursors.

3.   Click "Add to Custom Colors" button.

4.   Click "OK"

2.3.   Deleting Font Attributes

Deleting an attribute is similar to applying one. To delete any text attribute set the cursor anywhere within that fragment. (Do not  highlight the fragment; just set the cursor on it !). Next, execute any of the 4 methods described in § 2.1. Step #2.

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