Worksheet Crafter User Manual
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Use the number house to create addition and subtraction exercises with different degrees of difficulty. You can define the number of levels. You can also use an Exercise Generator.
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Creating a New Number House
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Use the toolbar icon pictured on the left to place a new number house on the worksheet. For more information about this topic see the chapter "Creating Items". |
Editing the Number House
By default the Exercise Generator is active for the number house. In this case you can configure the exercise in the Property Editor. Worksheet Crafter then automatically fills in the fields of the number house. You can also switch the number house to the manual mode to edit each field individually.
The format bar in the upper part of the window enables you to set the font for the complete field. Apart from font, font size, and color you can also choose the format options "Bold", "Italic", and "Underline".
Exercise Generator Properties
When using the Exercise Generator you can select the following settings in the Property Editor:
Levels: |
The number of number house levels. Each level consists of two boxes. |
Number Space: |
Specifies the allowed number space for the exercise |
Visibility: |
Enables you to define which fields are visible for the students and which fields they have to calculate. Example: For the visibility "Left Part with Roof " only the numbers in the left part and the roof are visible for the student. |
The Number House in the Manual Mode
A number house consists of a roof and a custom number of levels. Double-click the desired section with the left mouse button to fill the roof and the boxes of each level with text. Press Enter to switch to the next box. For more information about this topic see the chapter "Working with Input Fields".
When entering text consider the following distinctive feature in exercise items: in Worksheet Crafter the multiplication sign usually depicted as an asterisk will automatically be displayed as an "x" which is more adequate for elementary school students. The same goes for the division sign: any enter colon will show up as an appropriate division sign. So there's no need to search and insert a special multiplication or division sign.
In the manual mode the Property Editor provides the following settings:
Levels: |
The number of number house levels. Each level consists of two boxes. |
