General Simulation interface
Look and feel
The user interface to the role play simulation consists three frames:
the left hand frame, the main frame and lower frame below the main frame.
The left hand frame is for providing players with simulation specific conference areas,
tasks and resources.
The main frame is where the main activities will take place.
The lower frame under the main frame provides the user with tools such as
chat room booking, notepads, sim-mail composition and reading, reading tools for
formal writing and so on.
You can determine the background colour, background image, text color, link color
by specifying the <body> tag of each of the frames. If you are unfamilar with
HTML coding, you can select our desinger skins. Using our designer skins has
the added advantage of matching default buttons too!
Customisation Items on left hand frame
Before Log in
You can use the "Introduction" in the "Initialise simulation" section to
give general login instructions to your users.
After Log in
You can change the URLs and the wording/image of links to your course homepage and quit buttons.
Permanent tasks will appear BEFORE the [quit] button with the link to your course homepage
immediately following the [quit] button. The list of sim-conferences follows. Then the current tasks.
These information will be generated on demand.
Customisation on main frame
Before Log in
You can use the "General" in the "Initialise simulation" section to
orient your users towards the simulation.
Immediately after Log in
Specific information will be presented in this order:
"Global information"
"World specific information"
"Role specific informaton"
These are all customisable at *any* time in the "Initialise simulation" section.
Customisation on lower frame
Before Log in
This frame is NOT shown before log in.
After Log in
From left to right, the buttons are shown in the following order:
Read mail
Compose mail
Buttons related to formal writing tasks
Notepad
book chat room
The wording/image of these buttons are all customisable.