alice-teacher Alice 2.4.2 gallery

Thu Jul 17 09:27:19 EDT 2014

Thanks Don, I'll do that today. Can I install over my current app, or do I
need to delete it?

Susan
On Jul 17, 2014 9:10 AM, "Don Slater" <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> It seems the entire gallery did not completely download…
>
> There is now a version of Alice 2.4 on the Alice.org 2.4.2 download page
> that has the complete English Gallery… I would recommend that you download
> and install that version.
>
> All the best,
> Don Slater
>
> On Jul 17, 2014, at 1:46 AM, Susan Stein <susan at susanstein.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Don,
>
> My “English Gallery.zip” file is only 5mb and it wouldn't unzip. Any
> ideas??
>
> Susan
>
> Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
> July 15, 2014 at 4:57 AM
> We have updated the download for all versions of Alice 2.4.2 so that it
> contains the complete English Gallery, until we can correct the problems
> with Software Update mechanism.
>
> In answer to Susan’s specific question, for the Mac,
> 1) find the Alice application on your system
>
> 2) right-click on the Alice application icon, and from the drop-down
> context menu select “Show Package Contents”
>
> 3) Open the Contents directory / folder
>
> 4) Open the Required directory / folder
>
> 5) Open the “gallery” directory / folder
> 6) It is here that you should see “English Gallery.zip” file. (It should
> be around 329 MB in size)
>
> 7) If it is there and the correct size, double-click on this .zip file and
> it should correctly uncompress.
>
> 8) Start Alice, go to the Scene Editor, and you should now see the English
> Gallery.
>
> 9) It would be helpful if you would send me a note if the .zip file is not
> there, or with the size of the file, or if Alice does not correctly open
> the English Gallery on the restart, so that we can tell if the download
> process is working.
>
> All the best,
> Don Slater
>
>
>
>
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> Stein, Susan <susan at susanstein.org>
> July 14, 2014 at 1:12 PM
>
> 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.
> Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
> July 14, 2014 at 8:52 AM
> 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
>
>
>
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> Susan Stein <susan at susanstein.org>
> July 14, 2014 at 3:00 AM
> 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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