Tests/USB stick

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NEEDED TEST PLAN: Try transferring each kind of file created by each activity to a usb stick. Try transferring them as clipboard objects as well as renamed files (sometimes mime type isn't applied until file is renamed).

Transfer a Jounal entry from one XO to another

Actions

  1. Plug USB into the first XO.
  2. Go to the Journal activity.
  3. Drag a Journal entry (any activity) onto the USB stick icon at the bottom of the screen.
  4. Click on the USB stick icon.
  5. Type the beginning of the name of the Journal entry that you entered in the search window, and hit enter.
  6. Scroll over the USB stick icon, and choose the unmount option.
  7. Plug the USB stick into the second XO.
  8. Go to the Journal activity.
  9. Click on the USB icon.
  10. Type the beginning of the name of the Journal entry that you entered in the search window, and hit enter.
  11. Drag the Journal entry on the USB stick to the Journal icon at the bottom of the page.
  12. Click on the Journal icon.
  13. Find the entry and click resume.

Verify

  1. The USB stick icon comes up in the journal.
  2. The journal entry is present on the USB stick after you dragged it onto the icon.
  3. Typing the beginning of the name of the entry in the search window yields results, which include the entry.
  4. When the USB stick is unmounted, the USB and Journal icons disappear from the bottom of the journal screen.
  5. The USB stick icon comes up in the journal of the second XO.
  6. The journal entry is there, and can be searched for by name.
  7. Dragging the entry from the USB stick to the journal icon puts the entry in the second XO's journal.
  8. The second XO is able to resume the activity.


Transfer a photo from one XO to another XO

Actions

  1. Take a picture with the record activity, draw a picture with paint, or get an image from the internet, and drag it onto the clipboard of the XO.
  2. Scroll over the image's icon on the clipboard, and choose "Add to journal."
  3. Plug the USB stick into the XO.
  4. Go to the journal activity.
  5. Find the clipboard image entry in the journal, and drag it onto the USB stick icon at the bottom of the screen.
    • NOTE: Slightly broken at the moment. Need to rename file in the journal for mime type to be applied, and for the transfer to usb stick to work.
  6. Click on the USB icon, and find the image entry on the USB stick.
  7. Scroll over the USB icon, and select unmount.
  8. Take out the USB stick and Plug it into the second XO.
  9. Go to the journal activity of the second XO, and click on the USB icon.
  10. Drag the image file from the USB stick to the journal icon.
  11. Click on the journal icon to switch to the journal.
  12. Resume the image entry. (it can be viewed in either the browse or etoys activity)

Verify

  • The USB stick icon comes up in the journal when the stick is plugged in.
  • Dragging the image entry onto the USB icon transfers the image to the stick.
  • Selecting unmount gets rid of the USB stick icon in the journal.
  • You are able to locate the image file on the second XO.
  • Dragging the image file onto the journal icon puts the image in the journal.
  • You are able to view the image on the second XO.

Transfer a photo from an XO to a normal laptop

Actions

  1. Follow the first 7 steps of Transfer a photo from an XO to another XO
  2. Plug the USB stick into your laptop.
  3. Open the file with an image viewer application.

Verify

  • The file has the extension .jpe or some other image type.
  • You are able to view the image on your laptop.


Transfer text from an XO to a normal laptop

Actions

  1. Go into Write, and type a few lines of text.
  2. Copy the text.
  3. Scroll over the text icon in the clipboard, and select "Add to journal."
  4. Plug in the USB stick.
  5. Go to the journal.
  6. Drag the the "Clipboard object: Text" onto the USB stick icon at the bottom of the screen.
    • NOTE:Slightly broken at the moment. Need to rename file for it to be given the .rtf mime type and for transfer to usb to work.
    • Also, pressing ctrl s v in the write activity will allow you to save the file as certain mime type. The file will then have to be saved in the file system, and won't show up in the journal. (you will have to use the terminal to transfer the file to usb)
  7. Hover curosr over the USB stick icon, and select unmount from the resulting menu.
  8. Take out the USB stick, and plug it into your laptop.
  9. Open the file with a plain text reader, e.g. WordPad.

Verify

  • Dragging the text entry onto the USB stick transfers the file to the USB stick.
  • Selecting unmount gets rid of the USB icon at the bottom of the screen.
  • You are able to view the text on your laptop with a plain text reader.