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Mastery Setup Documentation

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The Mastery game will usually be installed to a directory named \JEP. There are four types of files:

1. JEP.EXE, the Mastery program itself.

2. LEVELX.EXE, a program to convert ASCII multiple choice question tests to Mastery Game files.

3. EDJEP, a question editor

4. .QST files, the question files for the game stored in random access format.

5. .CAT files, the category files stored in ASCII format.

Command Line:

The basic syntax to run the game is as follows:

JEP {Option} {Option} {Option} {Option} ...

Where {Option} represents zero or more entered options to modify the running defaults of the program. Each option must be separated by one or more spaces

example:

c:\JEP\JEP FILE=c:\JEP\SCIENCE WPM=30 LPT2

This run stream runs the data file named SCIENCE at 30 words per minute. It prints out to LPT2 and will ask the students to enter their names when the program is running.

The following is a table of the {Options} available to Mastery ©:

Syntax:

Defaults:

Description

FILE={File Name}

\JEP\QUESTION

Question file location and name

TIME={Minutes}

Time limit for game

ROUNDS={No. Rounds}

1 = 30 Questions 2 = 60 Questions

SCREEN={Screen Type}

Auto-Selected

3 = Hercules

12 = VGA

DOLLARS={Lowest Amount}

Lowest amount earned

WPM={Words per Min}

109

Student reading time (Students may adjust this)

Student{#}={Name}

{Entered at run time}

The number of the student,=, followed by the name of the student.

SOUND={Sound Level 1-4}

4=all sounds & music

3=opening music & all sounds

2=Feedback only

1=no sound

NAME={Name of Game}

Mastery

NAME2={Description}

{Blank}

LPT{Printer Port #}

Allows printing to LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3

Examples:

JEP FILE=\DATA\VOCAB TIME=15

In the previous example, Mastery would use \DATA\VOCAB.QST and \DATA\VOCAB.CAT as its source of questions and categories. The game would stop students after 15 minutes of play . The game would accept the default of 30 questions, or ROUNDS=2, so students would play Mastery and Double Mastery ©. The game would accept the default setting for WAIT, so students would allow only very fast readers (120 wpm) to read the entire text before allowing students to buzz in for answers. This is a medium paced game. The default setting would be accepted for DOLLARS. Students will make $10 to $50 in Mastery and $20 to $100 in Double Mastery ©. The default setting will be accepted for SCREEN, allowing the computer to decide what type of monitor is connected.

C:\JEP\JEP STUDENT1=%LOGIN% SOUND=4 DOLLARS=1 LPT3

In this case, Mastery will automatically enter the login account name entered at a Novell networked computer. All sounds including background music will be heard. Because the student gets one dollar for every correct answer, the money amount the student will receive will be equal to the number of correct answers minus the number of incorrect answers. Any printed results will go to the printer connected to LPT3. Because no file was specified, Master will search the current directory and list all Mastery files. The student will then choose the file to be run off a menu.

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