Each student who wishes to use the software can have their own disk on which to store their dictionaries, text files and other information. This disk can be a high density floppy disk (11,000 word capacity) or any of the removable high-capacity cartridges now available such as those used with the Zip drive. Alternatively, this custom student information can be stored on the computers hard disk (though this is less portable).
Installation
The Classroom Edition of Japanese WordMage should be installed on a hard
disk as described in the installation instructions. Once you have installed the software and enter your registration information. Do the same for the other machine installations, making sure you use unique registration information (depending on how many licenses you purchased) for each installation.
Once you have installed JWM on a machine, you need to select a teacher
password between 6 and 15 characters in length. This password will provide
you with teacher access privileges, including access to all dictionaries
on the hard disk. If you are installing JWM on a number of machines, it
is easier to use the same teacher password on all of them. When you have
decided on a password, launch JWM and the Set teacher password dialog
shown in Figure 1 will be displayed.
Schools should nominate one or two site officers through which user support services will be provided. Nomination of site officers knowledgeable in the workings of Japanese WordMage means users can be provided with immediate information about any problems they may have in operating the software. Most simple questions can then be dealt with quickly and efficiently. Under no circumstances will Lava Software provide support for individual student users of a Classroom Edition installation.
Access privileges
Teachers and students have different access privileges to Japanese WordMage. The access privilege of a user is determined by their entry in the Login
screen, which is shown in Figure 2. This screen is the first
one displayed when the Classroom Edition is launched.
Setting up a new user
The Classroom Edition includes an additional folder called jwmuser.
This folder contains all the files that each individual student user requires,
except for institution specific dictionaries which should be placed in
the Dict folder within the jwmuser folder. If you have supplementary
text files, these should be placed inside the jwmuser folder itself.
You will probably also wish to set up the default preferences for students, such as which dictionaries are included in the Flashcard dictionary list. To do this, run JWM, press the Student when you login and then select the user.inf file in the jwmuser folder (this folder is inside the main JWM folder). Any changes you make to the preferences will then be stored in this user.inf file.
When setting up the 'Reference dictionary list' and 'Kana-to-Kanji dictionary list' preferences for your students, you will probably want to make sure the checkboxes titled, Use list on Teacher's hard disk are checked (this is the default setting). This will ensure that students benefit from fast reference dictionary searches and fast Kanji input.
The jwmuser folder should now contain the core set of materials which any new user of the Classroom Edition will receive from you.
Once you have set up this core set of materials, you can either copy the jwmuser folder to a new location and then rename the copy to the name of the student (to identify its new owner), or select Create student floppy disk... from the Special menu (to create a unique floppy disk for the student instead). Either way, a folder will be created which contains the users own unique materials. If you have a class of users, each individual user's folder can be stored together in a common area on the hard disk, or you can produce individual floppy disks for each student. Your schools own needs will determine which path you choose.
If you choose to simply copy the jwmuser folder, you will need
to select Set student login name... from the Special menu
(after copying and naming the folder) to transfer the user's name into
the correct user.inf file (this file is stored inside the jwmuser
folder and contains the student's preferences). The dialog shown in Figure
3 will then be displayed.
Getting user information
user.inf is a Macintosh application program which displays some basic
user preferences information. Included is the name of the student, weekly
reset day and the user and weekly timers. Various other user information
is also stored within this application program such as Known Kanji and
the names of all files in the students dictionary lists. An example of
the User information dialog is shown in Figure 4.
Other user specific information is stored within the dictionary files
in the students jwmuser folder. To protect this valuable information,
students need to perform backups periodically like any other user when
alerted by Japanese WordMage to do so.