Test Basic Operation

Basic Idea

• Open and close all the main activities
• Try a few things to make sure the activity if functioning in some capacity

• NOTE:Close all open activities before opening the next activity

Newsreader

Actions:

1. Open Newsreader
2. Click on BBC World News in the left hand menu
3. Click "Full Entry" on one of the Bulletins that appears

Verify:

• Newsreader opens successfully
• The left hand menu appears
• Bulletins appear when BBC World News is clicked
• Browse is opened, and the full article is linked to when "Full Entry" is clicked

TamTam

Actions:

1. Open TamTam
2. Click TamTam Jam
3. Click two different pictures (one after the other)
4. Click the Dice ("Generate" button)
5. Click the Stop button
6. Click the Record tab
7. Click the 1 button and say something quickly into the microphone
8. Click on the Play tab
9. Click on the microphone labeled 1

Verify:

• TamTam opens successfully
• Clicking on each of the pictures produces the sound correlated with that picture
• The Generate button creates a beat and starts playing it
• The stop button stops the beat that was playing
• You are able to record a noise on track one and hear it played back

TurtleArt

Actions:

1. Open TurtleArt
2. Click the green plus sign next to "Project"
3. Click Open
4. Click on curlygates.tx and then Open
5. Click anywhere on the group of blocks to the left

Verify:

• TurtleArt opens successfully
• You are able to open a saved project
• Clicking on the group of blocks to the left has turtleart create a new design