Buggles Admin Yearly Setup

Management Tools

T Mitchell February 2007

· Log into Novell network as teacher (so that you see the Buggles Teacher launch icon)

· Launch Buggles Teachers

· Click on the Management Tools link

· Call me for the password or refer to your Buggles paperwork

· To add a teacher and class, click on the Add button beneath the Teacher column (left)

· In the window that opens enter the teacher title, last name, and a temporary password (the teacher can change the password after they enter the program the first time with this temp password)

· Click OK

· A class is automatically added for the teacher you added

· Teachers can then log into the Buggles Teacher, Teacher Tools component and add their own students using the directions on this site entitled Buggles Teacher Tools Functions

· To delete a teacher, select the teacher’s name for the Teacher column, (left) and click the Delete button beneath this column. This teacher’s class and students within that class and their records will all be deleted, which is what should happen at the beginning of the year

· Once the admin person has created the teacher, all other functions of the program can be done by the teacher using the Buggles Teacher, Teacher Tools login

Additional notes

• Ignore the various warnings concerning 256 colors
• Buggles does not share a database between Mac and windows, so any Mac usage would be separate. Also, before the Macs can use Buggles, a separate install will have to take place. It is my understanding this process is in the works
• Pause button will work after the activity has begun, not during the directions
• Level button: this cannot be controlled during first time participation in an activity, but once the second session has begun (students are asked if they want to do the activity again), then the student can click on the 1 and change the level to make the difficultly level higher
• Level 2 increase the dexterity part, not the content
• Level 3 puts a timer on the exercise, but is the same content
• The little disk in the bottom right-hand side of the activities screen is an indicator of lesson progress
• When a lesson is assigned to a class, if the teacher chooses to assign a lesson to her k-1 class (using the dropdown menu at the top of the Assignments window), but he does not assign a lesson to that class in the 2-3 section, then students accessing their class in the 2-3 section will choose their lesson rather than have an assigned lesson. The way to avoid this problem is to be sure the students use the Buggles login level (k-1 or 2-3) that correlates to their grade level and assignments level