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 Module 1
The Creation of Eduational Activities using JClic
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Aspect and position of the windows

Visually, the JClic activities are situated in two windows:

  • The main window which groups together all the elements. It can be different colours or textures and contain background images.
  • The game window, which is where the activity takes place. It is where the content of the panels is shown. There can be one or two panels depending on the activity and they can be anywhere in the main window.

Both have characteristics that can be modified from the tab Window. This tab is the same for all activities.

  • Main Window


In a new activity both windows are grey.

The programme allows you to change the grey in the main window for:

a more solid background colour from which you can establish the opacity i.e. you can decide if it is to be more or less transparent.

a gradient, establishing the initial and final colour and the number of times that you want the gradient to repeat on the surface it takes up, as also the orientation.

an image, which can appear in the centre or in the form of a mosaic.

You can also combine different possibilities e.g.a central image on a background of a different colour to grey or with a gradient.
  • Game Window

The game window has more options for configurating than the main window.

The characteristics that can be defined in the game window are:
  • background colour: solid colour or a gradient.
  • establish complete transparency . i.e. allowing the main window behind to be seen.
  • if there should be a border around it.
  • the size of the margin surrounding the objects.
  • the position, given that the game window is automatically centered in the main window.This central position can be changed to an absolute position and the exact place determined where it has to go, defining the values X and Y. These values are measured from the upper left corner of the main window except in one case: when the main window has an image which is not in the mosaic. In this case the coordinates are measured from the upper left corner of the image. Whatever the measurements in this section are, JClic will always try to realocate the game window if it goes out of the area of the main window even a little.
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