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'''The OLPC Manual is available as a [[Help_(activity)|Help Activity]] ([http://activities.sugarlabs.org 1], [[Activities/Help-G1G1|2]]) for XO-1 and XO-1.5, and also online at http://laptop.org/manual'''
'''The OLPC Manual is available as a [[Help_(activity)|Help Activity]] ([http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4051 1], [[Activities/Help-G1G1|2]]) for XO-1 and XO-1.5, and also online at http://laptop.org/manual'''


== Mailing List ==
== Mailing List ==
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=== Emerging manuals ===
=== Emerging manuals ===


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Documentation_Team/Notes/1.0 Sugar Labs effort organized by S. Daniel Francis]
[http://teach.laptop.org/~holt/laptoporg-refresh/10.2.0/gettingstarted/index.shtml Getting Started (10.2)] A revised "Getting Started" interactive HTML manual for release 10.2.


[http://laptop.org/start Getting Started (for recent 2010/2011 software especially!)] Interactive HTML guide overhauls the [http://laptop.org/7.1.0/start famous original from 2007/2008].
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[http://www.gc4ll.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/OLPC_booklet_v0_5.pdf One Laptop per Rwandese Child] <b>(NEW 16-page PDF guide)</b>


[http://laptop.moodle.com.au/manual/ OLPC Australia Manual] <b>(NEW)</b>
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Jim Simmons' [http://en.flossmanuals.net/ActivitiesGuideSugar/Introduction Make Your Own Sugar Activities!] <b>([http://objavi.flossmanuals.net/books/ActivitiesGuideSugar-en-2010.03.05-04.59.13.pdf PDF], [http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/make-your-own-sugar-activities/12047878 $18 in book form] NEW)</b>


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[[Media:One Laptop per Rwandese Child.pdf| One Laptop per Rwandese Child]] <b>(NEW 16-page PDF guide)</b>
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Check out our DRAFT [[ClassActs/Resources|"Class Acts"]] guide for community deployment resources. <b>(NEW)</b>


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Jim Simmons' [http://en.flossmanuals.net/ActivitiesGuideSugar/Introduction Make Your Own Sugar Activities!] <b>([http://objavi.flossmanuals.net/books/ActivitiesGuideSugar-en-2010.03.05-04.59.13.pdf PDF], [http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/make-your-own-sugar-activities/12047878 $12 in book form] NEW)</b>
See other Community [[Documentation Projects]].

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Check out our DRAFT [[ClassActs/Resources|"Class Acts"]] guide for community deployment resources.

OLPC Software Release [[11.3.1]] should be released well before our [http://j.mp/xomanual doc sprint expected Apr 6-10, 2012] in Cambridge, Massachusetts!


=== Recent manuals ===
=== Recent manuals ===


OLPC Australia published Lesson Ideas and Guides in May 2013: http://academy.one-education.org
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The OLPC [http://laptop.org/manual Manual] for our new [[Release_Notes/8.2.0|Release 8.2.x]]

is available in several formats:
OLPC Canada's 92-page [http://www.olpccanada.com/impact/ Educator's Guide] <b>(NEW, see bottom of their page)</b>. With lesson plans created by Canadian teachers that work in First Nations communities. OLPC Canada grants permission to remix/translate its lessons wherever it helps other countries.
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* Online manual: http://laptop.org/manual

* The [[Help (activity)|Help activity]] available for release 8.2.x
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The OLPC [http://laptop.org/manual Manual] is available in several formats:
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* [http://en.flossmanuals.net/publish/PDF/g1g1_2.pdf Downloadable PDF] (4.7MB, 254 pages)
* <b>The [[Help (activity)|Help Activity]] available ([http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4051 updated by Gonzalo Odiard] in 2013!)</b>
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** which is [http://www.lulu.com/content/4439260 purchasable in book form for $18]
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* Online manual: http://laptop.org/manual (VERY DATED)
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* OLPC Australia: XO Comes to Class [[Image:XOComesToClassV1 1.pdf]] (7.4MB, 149 pages) <b>(NEW)</b>
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* [http://en.flossmanuals.net/publish/PDF/g1g1_2.pdf Downloadable PDF] (4.7MB, 254 pages) {this link doesn't work}
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** which is [http://www.lulu.com/content/4439260 purchasable in book form for $15]
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* OLPC Australia: XO Comes to Class [[Image:XOComesToClassV1 1.pdf]] (7.4MB, 149 pages)


It was created by volunteers from a combination of two manuals for 8.2.0 developed at [[FLOSSManuals]]:
It was created by volunteers from a combination of two manuals for 8.2.0 developed at [[FLOSSManuals]]:
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:A generalized guide to a large-scale deployment of one laptop per child.
:A generalized guide to a large-scale deployment of one laptop per child.


;[[Developers manual]]
;[[Sdenka Salas - The XO Laptop in the Classroom]] (NEW from Peru, 5.5 MB / 102 pages; [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:La_Laptop_XO_en_el_Aula.pdf in Spanish too!] 6.7MB / 106 pages). The English version has an old image of Sugar.
Conveniently right here online on this wiki, overhauled in 2011 by [http://reactivated.net Daniel Drake] especially.

;[[Sdenka Salas - The XO Laptop in the Classroom]] (NEW from Peru, 5.5 MB / 102 pages; [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:La_Laptop_XO_en_el_Aula.pdf in Spanish too!] 6.7MB / 106 pages, In French [http://olpc-france.org/docs/L_Ordinateur_XO_dans_la_classe_v1_0.pdf here] 15 MB / 102 pages and in Arabic thanks to Dr. Rashid Ismael [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/0/07/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B5.pdf]). The English version has an old image of Sugar.
:The lesson ideas in this book show many ways the XO and Sugar interface can be put to work in classrooms.
:The lesson ideas in this book show many ways the XO and Sugar interface can be put to work in classrooms.


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===Manuals in Arabic===
===Manuals in Arabic===
[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/9/9f/OLPC_Manual.pdf XO Starter Manual]
[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/9/9c/OLPCXOManualArabic.pdf XO Starter Manual]


[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:OLPC_Manual.pdf UNRWA Starter Manual]
[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/9/9f/OLPC_Manual.pdf UNRWA Starter Manual]


[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:BrowseActivityManual.pdf PaleXO Browse Activity Manual]
[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/6/69/BrowseActivityManual.pdf PaleXO Browse Activity Manual]


[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:ChatActivityManual.pdf PaleXO Chat Activity Manual]
[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/e/e2/ChatActivityManual.pdf PaleXO Chat Activity Manual]


[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:FixedWriteActivityManual.pdf PaleXO Write Activity Manual]
[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/4/46/FixedWriteActivityManual.pdf PaleXO Write Activity Manual]


[http://translate.flossmanuals.net/XO_ar/Introduction Floss Manuals] Translated by a volunteer from Morocco!
[http://translate.flossmanuals.net/XO_ar/Introduction Floss Manuals] [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4332 download Arabic Help activity] Translated by a volunteer from Morocco!

[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/3/39/Xo_guide-Arabic.pdf Second version of XO Arabic manual by UNRWA team]

[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/0/07/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B5.pdf Arabic version of Sdenka Salas - The XO Laptop in the Classroom, thanks to Dr. Rashid Ismael]


===Manuals in Spanish===
===Manuals in Spanish===
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=== Manuals for earlier releases ===
=== Manuals for earlier releases ===
;[http://laptop.org/7.1.0/gettingstarted/ Getting Started] guide
;[http://laptop.org/7.1.0/gettingstarted/ Getting Started] guide
:Beautiful, interactive pages that describe XO hardware and the [[Release notes/7.1.0|7.1.0]] or "ship.2" release. As of November 2008, http://laptop.org/start redirects to this.
:Beautiful, interactive pages that describe XO hardware and the [[Release notes/7.1.0|7.1.0]] or "ship.2" release.


;[http://en.flossmanuals.net/OLPC_simple OLPC/Sugar simple user's guide at Flossmanuals]
;[http://en.flossmanuals.net/OLPC_simple OLPC/Sugar simple user's guide at Flossmanuals]
:This is the manual for the [[Release_notes/7.1.0|7.1.0]] or "ship.2" release (builds 650-653) that most [[G1G1 2007]] users received on their XO laptops.
:This was the manual for the [[Release_notes/7.1.0|7.1.0]] or "ship.2" release (builds 650-653) that most [[G1G1 2007]] users received on their XO laptops.


=== Inactive manuals ===
=== Inactive manuals ===
;Nortel LearnIT [http://nortellearnit.org/LearniT/usingthexo Using the XO]
;Nortel LearnIT [http://nortellearnit.org/LearniT/usingthexo Using the XO Laptop]
:Old and incomplete
:History
;The OLPC Wiki's [[Simplified user guide]]
;The OLPC Wiki's [[Simplified user guide]]
:Migration status and diff from FM?
:''What is the Migration status and difference from FlossManuals?''
;[https://dev.laptop.org/~sj/.library_pages/xo-guide/bundle_index.html XO Guide]
;[https://dev.laptop.org/~sj/.library_pages/xo-guide/bundle_index.html XO Guide]
:shows some interactive brief HTML pages about the XO software ''from 2007'' that would have been part of the OLPC [[Library]] home page for the Browse activity.
:History?

;[[Demo notes]]
;[[Demo notes]] from 2007

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==Other books==


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Please also see our community's many other [[Books|ebooks, textbooks, picturebooks]], [[presentations]], and other [[:Category:Content|content]]!
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==Other Books==


The Sugar Labs wiki has a [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Getting_Started/Explore guide to exploring the Sugar UI].
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Please also see our community's many other [[Books|ebooks, textbooks, picturebooks]] and [[presentations]]!


[[Category:Documentation]]
[[Category:Documentation]]

Latest revision as of 22:50, 28 May 2013

The OLPC Manual is available as a Help Activity (1, 2) for XO-1 and XO-1.5, and also online at http://laptop.org/manual

Mailing List

Discussions about the OLPC/Sugar Manuals take place on the Library Mailing list. If you would like to join the conversation, sign up: here.

Manuals

Emerging manuals

Sugar Labs effort organized by S. Daniel Francis

Getting Started (for recent 2010/2011 software especially!) Interactive HTML guide overhauls the famous original from 2007/2008.

OLPC Australia Manual (NEW)

One Laptop per Rwandese Child (NEW 16-page PDF guide)

Jim Simmons' Make Your Own Sugar Activities! (PDF, $12 in book form NEW)

Check out our DRAFT "Class Acts" guide for community deployment resources.

OLPC Software Release 11.3.1 should be released well before our doc sprint expected Apr 6-10, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts!

Recent manuals

OLPC Australia published Lesson Ideas and Guides in May 2013: http://academy.one-education.org

OLPC Canada's 92-page Educator's Guide (NEW, see bottom of their page). With lesson plans created by Canadian teachers that work in First Nations communities. OLPC Canada grants permission to remix/translate its lessons wherever it helps other countries.

The OLPC Manual is available in several formats:

It was created by volunteers from a combination of two manuals for 8.2.0 developed at FLOSSManuals:

Support FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions answered by OLPC's Community Support Volunteers!
Deployment Guide
A generalized guide to a large-scale deployment of one laptop per child.
Developers manual

Conveniently right here online on this wiki, overhauled in 2011 by Daniel Drake especially.

Sdenka Salas - The XO Laptop in the Classroom (NEW from Peru, 5.5 MB / 102 pages; in Spanish too! 6.7MB / 106 pages, In French here 15 MB / 102 pages and in Arabic thanks to Dr. Rashid Ismael [1]). The English version has an old image of Sugar.
The lesson ideas in this book show many ways the XO and Sugar interface can be put to work in classrooms.
"Manual Basico XO" (2da edicion) (2.5MB / 48 pages)
Uruguay's colorful starter guide!
NEW Spanish Starter Guide (15MB / 31 pages)
Colorful: get-to-know your XO Laptop and the Sugar Learning Platform.
Activity Handbook (594KB / 59 pages)
A software developer's guide for creating software for Sugar.
Sugar Almanac
A detailed guide for developers to the APIs in Sugar.
Laptop overview
A short overview of the XO laptop's hardware and software features.
Teacher's Guide to the XO and Deployment version 1.0
A guide for teacher's new to the XO with a suggested deployment model, lesson plans, teacher reflections and more as written for Australian teachers. Version 2.0 is currently in development.

Manuals in Arabic

XO Starter Manual

UNRWA Starter Manual

PaleXO Browse Activity Manual

PaleXO Chat Activity Manual

PaleXO Write Activity Manual

Floss Manuals download Arabic Help activity Translated by a volunteer from Morocco!

Second version of XO Arabic manual by UNRWA team

Arabic version of Sdenka Salas - The XO Laptop in the Classroom, thanks to Dr. Rashid Ismael

Manuals in Spanish

A growing list of resources from deployments across Latin America.

Manuals for earlier releases

Getting Started guide
Beautiful, interactive pages that describe XO hardware and the 7.1.0 or "ship.2" release.
OLPC/Sugar simple user's guide at Flossmanuals
This was the manual for the 7.1.0 or "ship.2" release (builds 650-653) that most G1G1 2007 users received on their XO laptops.

Inactive manuals

Nortel LearnIT Using the XO Laptop
Old and incomplete
The OLPC Wiki's Simplified user guide
What is the Migration status and difference from FlossManuals?
XO Guide
shows some interactive brief HTML pages about the XO software from 2007 that would have been part of the OLPC Library home page for the Browse activity.
Demo notes from 2007

Other books

Please also see our community's many other ebooks, textbooks, picturebooks, presentations, and other content!

The Sugar Labs wiki has a guide to exploring the Sugar UI.

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