EduGame Manual
Create a New Folder on your computer for templates:... 2
Save the game templates to your computer: ... 2
Open and Rename the template: ... 4
Edit the new EduGame file:... 5
Play the game:... 7
EduGames Template Directions………..…9
EduGames Web Sites……….12
Editing Edugame Templates
Create a New Folder on your computer for templates:
From the Windows desktop, double-click the My Documents folder
Click on File/New/Folder
Give the folder a name (ex- EduGames). This creates a new
folder, EduGames, within your My Documents folder.
Do not close this dialog box. Leave it open while continuing
to follow the steps in this manual.
Save the game templates to your computer:
From the Windows desktop, double-click My Computer
Double-click D:\
Double-click
Open the PowerPoint EduGames folder by double-clicking it
Click on Edit/Select All. The files will be highlighted in blue.
Click on Edit/Copy
The My Documents folder should still be open on your desktop. Open the
EduGames folder by double-clicking on it.
Save the files into this folder by clicking Edit/Paste.
The EduGames templates and related files should now be saved on your
computer under C:\My Documents\EduGames. Remove the EduGames
Templates CD from your D:\ drive and keep it in a safe place. From this
point on you can edit the EduGames templates on your computer to create
new games.
Open and Rename the template:
1.
Double-click the game template file to open it
. For example, open
the Wheel of Fortune template file. It is located at C:\My
Documents\EduGames\Wheel of Fortune\Wheel Template
2. Select
File/Save As
3.
Give it a new file name
, such as Wheel of History
Edit the new EduGame file:
1. If the file is not already open, locate the Wheel of History file that was
created in the step above and open it.
2. On Slide 1,
type in a title and subtitle
for the
puzzle.
3. Click on Slide 2, the game screen, has 55 slots for
letters: 11 columns and 5 rows.
Select Edit/Copy , then Edit/Paste
–
to create more than one game screen.
**Continue to click Edit/Paste until you have the desired number of blank game
screens needed.
4. Decide how the puzzle will be laid out on the game screen, including
letters and spaces.
(An easy way to arrange the layout of the puzzle would be to open Excel
and use rows 1-5 and columns A-K.)
5.
For each box in the puzzle that will have no letters, you will
change it to display as a blank red box:
a.
Select the first yellow rectangle. Hold down the Shift key on the keyboard. Click
all rectangles on the puzzle screen that are not part of the answer. As you
click each rectangle, small square “handles” will appear on the
corners.
b. After all rectangles have been selected, press the
Backspace or Delete
key on the keyboard. The rectangles will turn red.
6.
For each letter in the puzzle:
a.
Right-click inside the yellow rectangle. Be sure the text box is selected.
Note: All the letters in the template are the letter ‘T’.
b. Select Hyperlink/Edit Hyperlink
c. In the top field on the Edit Hyperlink dialogue box,
delete the ‘T’ and
type in the letter you want for that square.
d. Under
Select a place in this…. – select the slide you are working on (because
we copied slide 2 all of the slides are linked to this one)
e. Select OK
7. On the bottom of Slide 2,
type in a category name for the puzzle
,
such as Famous Landmarks.
8.
Save the file
.
Play the game:
**If the letters in the phrase appear when you begin viewing/playing the show – you need to close the program and restart.
1. The first screen will be the welcome screen and the theme song will
play.
2. Click or use the arrow key to go to the next screen.
3. The second screen should automatically fill in the spaces where
letters appear for this puzzle.
4. The category title should fly in from the left, and a “begin puzzle”
sound should play.
Change the ‘T’ to the letter you want.
Select the slide you are
5. The teacher or student who is playing the role of game show host
must have a key for the puzzle showing what each rectangle contains.
(You can use the plan you created in Step 3 under ‘Edit the New
EduGame file’ section.)
6. The contestants guess a letter as they take turns.
7. If the letter is in the puzzle, the moderator clicks on the
corresponding rectangle to reveal the letter. The contestant may
select another letter.
8. If the letter is not in the puzzle, the moderator clicks on the icon on
the bottom right of the screen. A “wrong answer” sound should play.
The next contestant now has a turn.
9. Contestants do not have to buy vowels. To make the game more
challenging, each contestants can only guess one vowel each, or no
vowels may be guessed until each contestant has guessed at least one
correct consonant.
10. The game is over when a contestant correctly identifies the puzzle.
11. Go to the last slide to say, “Thank you, Vanna!”
EduGames Template Directions
I. Jeopardy
a. Open Jeopardy PPT
b. Click on slide 1 – cover slide
c. Double-click the title to change the name
d. Click on slide 2 – game board slide
e. Highlight each heading on the game board slide and type
in desired headings
f. If you want to $ amounts to disappear once they’ve been selected –
highlight the $
amount, then change the text color to the same color as the background/slide
g. Click on slide 3 – answer slide
h. Highlight everything except “Answer” and type in the
correct answer
i. Click on slide 4 – correct question slide
j. Highlight everything and push Delete on the keyboard
k. Type in the correct question
l. For each answer/question slide pair repeat steps f – j
m. When you are finished – click File on the menu bar, then select Save As
To view the PPT show –
1. Click Slide Show on the menu bar, then select View Show 2. Click once to go to the next slide – game board slide 3. Click on the $ amount chosen
4. Click the ? to see the Question
5. Click the “house symbol” to go back to the game board slide
6. **Note – the $ amounts that have been used will turn a
different color on the game board slide…letting the players
know that those have already been selected.
III. Who Wants to be a ---?
a. Open Who Want to be a ----? b. Click on slide 1 – title slide
c. Double-click the title to change the name d. The rest of the slides have the same layout e. Click on the next slide – click on “Question X”
f. Highlight “Question X” and press Delete on the keyboard g. Type in a new question
h. Click on each answer choice – highlight “Answer X” i. Press Delete on the keyboard – type in a new answer
j. The correct answer should go in the highlighted box
k. **Note – the $ amounts can be changed by clicking on them once, then
click on the amount to be changed – type in new amount (the number of $ amounts should reflect the number of questions you have)
l. Repeat steps e–k until all slides are complete – delete slides not being used m. Add additional questions by copying existing slide and modifying using
steps e-k - select varying slides for each new question to vary the correct answer choice
n. When you are finished – click File on the menu bar, then select Save As
To view the PPT show –
1. Click Slide Show on the menu bar, then select View Show 2. Click on the $ amount – this will show the question
3. Click on each answer choice – A-D
4. Click on answer choice given – “Is this your Final Answer?” will appear
5. Click Yes or No
6. The correct answer will be shown as a highlight 7. Click once to clear slide
8. Click again to continue
III. Survivor – (edit sample)
a. Open Survivor PPT sample b. Click on slide 1 – cover slide
c. Double-click the title to change the name d. Click on slide 2 – tribe name slide
e. Double-click on each tribe name and change to desired tribe name (delete
tribe names if 6 tribes are not needed)
f. On each question slide – double-click on the question and type the new
question
g. On each answer slide – double-click on the answer and type the new
answer
h. On each challenge slide – double-click on the challenge and type the new
challenge
i. Add additional questions/answers/challenges by copying existing slides
and modifying as in steps f-h
j. Click on the real tribe slide and congratulations slide – change to desired
text/tribe/closing
k. When you are finished – click File on the menu bar, then select Save As
To view the PPT show –
1. Click Slide Show on the menu bar, then select View Show 2. On question 1 slide – click Answer
3. Click once to show answer 4. Click Question or Challenge
5. Question: will take you to the next question – click once to see question
6. Challenge: will take you to a challenge (earn extra points) – click once to see the challenge, click again to go to the next question
IV. Whiz
Kids
a. Open TAKS Whiz Kids PPT sample b. Click on slide 1 – cover slide
c. Double-click the title to change the name d. Click on slide 2 – contestants name slide
e. Double-click each name and type the new contestant name
f. Question slide: double-click the existing question and type the desired
question
g. Double-click each answer choice and type desired answer selection (the
correct answer choice should appear on the next slide)
h. Answer slide: double-click on the answer choice and change to the correct
answer & choice (ex: A, B, C)…this should reflect the correct answer choice from the slide before
i. Add additional questions and answer slides by copying existing slides and
modifying the information as in steps f-h – ** select varying slides for each new question to vary the correct answer choice
To view the PPT show –
1. Click Slide Show on the menu bar, then select View Show
2. The show will automatically run the introduction (up to question 1) 3. Click once to show Question 1
4. Once the question and answer choices have been shown – click once to show the correct answer choice
5. Click to continue
Original by Region IV Service Center / Debbie E. Behling Modified by GPISD – Summer 2003
1. http://www.paducah.k12.ky.us/curriculum/PPoint/default.htm#Jeopardy - Jeopardy games & PPT templates (elem. & middle)
2. http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/misc/winnergame022500.html - EduGame templates to download & edit (includes Hollywood Squares etc.)
3. http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/sbjarea/math/MathJeopardy.htm - Jeopardy math (upper elem. & middle)
4. http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm - Jeopardy games (all levels)
5. http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/games.html - “Games that teach” (hangman, flashcards, puzzlemaker, etc.)
6. http://www.hopkins.k12.ky.us/training/onlinecourses/jeopardy/presentations/show s.htm - Jeopardy games (math, science, LA, health)
7. http://www.jasper.k12.al.us/teachers/lbarton/games.html - math jeopardy games 8. http://mse.aesd.k12.ca.us/nolen/games.htm - history (gov.) jeopardy
9. http://www.brittonkill.k12.ny.us/fortunatoweb/msclass/projectsindex.htm - PPT & jeopardy games for elem. & middle (categories include: life cycles, maps, human body, SS, & Science)…..on the left hand side click on one of the categories, then select the game
10. http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002/ref/games/ - “Games for the Science Curriculum” (download templates & sample games)
11. http://www.regentsearthscience.com/geology_jeopardy.htm - geology jeopardy games
12. http://www.sageclass.com/jeopardy%20games.htm - colonial history jeopardy 13. http://www.vf.k12.mo.us/teachers/jeoppage.htm - chemistry & physical science
