alice-teacher Alice 2.4.2 gallery

[Stein, Susan]

I've done all the steps, but the gallery is still not there. Can I manually
unzip the file? I'm on a mac by the way.
On Jul 14, 2014 8:52 AM, "Don Slater" <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Sue,
> A problem in the download system, is that when the download progress bar
> shows the completion of the progress bar, one thinks that the process is
> over. However, the download only copies the EnglishGallery .zip file to the
> gallery directory of the Required directory in the Alice package (take a
> look and you will probably see it.) Many have and will believe that when
> the download progress bar is complete, the Gallery is ready. It is not.
>
> What we are not yet showing in this Gallery download process is that Alice
> will then unzip this downloaded file. The downloaded file has to unzip.
> When the uncompression is completed, Alice will then show a “Restart Alice”
> dialog box.
>
> After restarting Alice, the English Gallery will then be displayed in the
> Scene editor.
>
> Follow (repeat) these steps:
>
> 1) Go to Help emu - > Software Updates
>
> 2) Select download English Gallery
>
> 3) Let the entire process complete… This will take some time - the
> complete gallery is actually very large (almost 400+ MB
>
> 4) The process is complete when you see the "Restart Alice" dialog box.
>
> Let us know if you continue to have problems.
>
> All the best,
> Don Slater
>
>
>
> On Jul 14, 2014, at 2:00 AM, Susan Stein <susan at susanstein.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've tried to download the English Gallery several times, but it's not
> working. The only object in my English Gallery is the Ice Skater. Any ideas?
>
> Sue
>
> Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
> July 13, 2014 at 11:06 PM
> The ballerina’s are in the English Gallery… A problem in the download
> system, is that when the download progress bar shows the completion of the
> progress bar, one thinks that the process is over. However, the download
> only copies the EnglishGallery .zip file to the gallery directory of the
> Required directory in the Alice package (take a look and you will probably
> see it.)
>
> What we are not yet showing in this Gallery download process is that Alice
> will then unzip this downloaded file. Many have and will believe that when
> the download progress bar is complete, the Gallry is ready. It is not. The
> downloaded file has to unzip. When the uncompression is completed, Alice
> will then show a “Restart Alice” dialog box.
>
> After restarting Alice, the English Gallery will then be displayed in the
> Scene editor.
>
> More succinctly, go to software updates, select download English Gallery,
> and then wait for the restart Alice dialog box.
>
> Let us know if you continue to have problems.
>
> All the best,
> Don Slater
>
>
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> Robert Durtschi <robert.durtschi at gcsu.edu>
> July 13, 2014 at 5:55 PM
> I've downloaded and installed Alice 2.4.2 with a "version 2.4.2 (July
> 2014)" on the load screen.
>
> No ballerinas
>
> We are using "An Introduction to Programming Using Alice 2.2 Second
> Edition" by Charles W. Herbert at GCSU, which uses ballerinas as a project:
>
>
> You are going to build a world with two objects, a blueBallerina and a
> pinkBallerina. Click the green ADD OBJECTS button and add a blueBallerina
> and a pinkBallerina to the world from the People folder in the Local Gallery
>
>
> I tried "download English gallery" from help=>software update and just got
> the "core gallery".
> I tried "update English gallery" and only saw a people folder, which only
> contained "class iceskater1" and "create 3D text. I was able to find the
> core gallery by clicking on Home.
>
> Is there a way of merging the older 2.3 gallery with the 2.4.2 gallery to
> get them back?
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