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==Create Activity Descriptions==
==Create Activity Descriptions==
which will show up on the entry for the activity in http://schoolserver/activities
Activity Descriptions are shown in http://schoolserver/activities


#Get the bundle_id for the Activity by running:
#Get the bundle_id for the Activity by running:
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zipgrep bundle_id activityname.xo
zipgrep bundle_id activityname.xo


It should return something like:
That command will return something like:


JAMediaTube.activity/activity/activity.info:bundle_id = org.laptop.JAMediaTube
JAMediaTube.activity/activity/activity.info:bundle_id = org.laptop.JAMediaTube


You want the bit at the end.
The bundle_id is the section after the = sign.


2.Create file named activities.info in the xs-activity-server dir.
#Create file named activities.info in the xs-activity-server dir.


For every activity you would like to write a "blurb" for, put an entry for that in the activities.info file. For example:
#Create a section for each activity in the activities.info file which contains:
[bundle_id]
description = text description

For example:


[org.laptop.JAMediaTube]
[org.laptop.JAMediaTube]
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description = This is a placeholder for documentation purposes
description = This is a placeholder for documentation purposes


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#Create manifest buy running this command:
Notice the bundle_id value we grepped for earlier? That's in brackets in the .info file with the description directly underneath.

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3. Create maifest buy running this command:


sha1sum *.xo *.info > manifest.sha1
sha1sum *.xo *.info > manifest.sha1


4. Eject the USB drive and plug it into the XSCE.
#Eject the USB drive and plug it into the XSCE.



You've got your .xo files, set up your activities.info file, it's all on a USB drive in a dir named xs-activity-server, and now that you've got all the ingredients, the last order of business is to create a manifest for the XSCE to read.


1. Plug the USB drive into the XSCE.
1. Plug the USB drive into the XSCE.

Revision as of 21:50, 11 July 2013

Copying activities

  1. Insert your USB drive into your computer (I used my regular FAT32 formatted drive that I also use for flashing XOs)
  2. Create a directory named xs-activity-server
  3. Navigate into the xs-activity-server dir.
  4. Download some activities.

Create Activity Descriptions

Activity Descriptions are shown in http://schoolserver/activities

  1. Get the bundle_id for the Activity by running:

zipgrep bundle_id activityname.xo

That command will return something like:

JAMediaTube.activity/activity/activity.info:bundle_id = org.laptop.JAMediaTube

The bundle_id is the section after the = sign.

  1. Create file named activities.info in the xs-activity-server dir.
  1. Create a section for each activity in the activities.info file which contains:

[bundle_id] description = text description

For example:

[org.laptop.JAMediaTube] description = Watch YouTube! It's really fun!

[org.laptop.FakeActivity] description = This is a placeholder for documentation purposes

  1. Create manifest buy running this command:

sha1sum *.xo *.info > manifest.sha1

  1. Eject the USB drive and plug it into the XSCE.


1. Plug the USB drive into the XSCE.

And then magic happens! The activities you put on the USB drive in the xs-activity-server dir will just "automagically" show up on http://schoolserver/activities with the "blurbs" you wrote in the activities.info file.

2. Remove the USB drive I don't know how the USB drive gets ejected by novice users from the XSCE. Which could be a concern?

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