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===Using Karma Templates===
===Using Karma Templates===
When creating an activity, the teacher can choose among a menu of activity types from t00 - a basic activity
to t20.
[[Image:new_activity_1.png]]
The activity types are:
#t00 Basic - a normal textbook-style lesson with optional images, audio, or quiz components.
#t01 Adding up to 10 - a Karma game which currently has no options for customization.
#t02 Crossword - a crossword puzzle to find a hidden word. A teacher can create a custom crossword puzzle.
#t03 Hangman - a traditional hangman. A teacher can provide the wordlist.
$t04 Identification - not currently usable
#t05 Mad-libs - A teacher can provide the clues and story.
#t06 Matching - a Karma implementation of Concentration. The teacher can provide the words and images.
#t07 Matching Pairs - a matching activity. The teacher can provide the list of matching words.
#t08 Multiple-choice sentence - multiple choices for words in the sentence (e.g. is/are). The teacher can supply the word choices and sentences.
#t09 Puzzle - rearrange pieces of a picture in alphabetical or numerical order to see the completed picture. The teacher can supply images.
#t10 Quick Arithmetic - student is challenged to provide sums mentally. Currently customizing is not supported.
#t11 Scrambled sentences - not operational
#t14 Vocabulary - not operational
#t15 Vocabulary with game - not operational
#t16 What is this? - matching images against words. The teacher can supply words and images (images not automated).
#t17 Anagram - rearrange letters to form a word naming an image. Teacher can supply words and images (images not automated).
#t18 Maths introduction - not operational
#t19 Maths guided practice - not operational
#t20 Maths evaluation - not operational
The best way to see how these activity types work is to go to the Laboratory and in any course add a milestone.
Then add activities selecting the various types. The result is an example of the activity type. By entering
the editmode, the source.txt file defining that activity is shown. It can be edited to make a custom version
that fits the milestone. For example, a crossword could be constructed using some words from the week's vocabulary list.
Most of these templates were created by Peter Gijsels in a visit to Rwanda in 2011. They illustrate how
activities can be created using the Karma library and html5 web techniques (css, javascript, jquery). It is intended that this library be expanded to include more useful educational activity types.
===Using Sugar Activities===
===Using Sugar Activities===