Welcome to the Help section of the SBLi Player
SBLi scenarios aim to provide problem-based or enquiry-based learning experiences that can help users to:
- Appreciate
the concepts, principles and knowledge required to successfully investigate,
understand, diagnose and/or resolve a problem or enquiry.
- Understand
the interconnectedness of the disciplines and issues involved in an ill-structured
problem with all its complexity. Engage in the process of critical thinking
and problem diagnosis, involving iterative cycles of enquiry, reflection,
and hypothesis generation.
SBLi scenarios are developed by scenario authors using SBLi Builder.
These scenarios are then made available to users via a SBLi Player either
online or on a CD. Please visit our web site at www.sblinteractive.org
if you would like more information about:
- The SBL Interactive Suite of tools
- Accessing other scenarios available on the Internet
- How you could develop your own scenario
To clarify, the "Online" player is the player used for scenario's that have been uploaded via the SBLi server and the "Application" player is the player that gets packges to a CD when a builder file has been deployed.
The principles are exactly the same, the only differences are found in the top menu bar. See below for examples
Online Player
- Notes: launches a Notepad-like window where you can type your thoughts and ideas regarding the scenario. You can save these notes to your computer by clicking "Save notes to your computer".
- Help: opens the online help. You can also get help from Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that can
be found at www.sblinteractive.org.
- About: provides details of the SBL Interactive and provides a link to the SBLi web site, where you can learn about the SBLi system, access information; example
scenarios and link to other related sites.
Application Player
- File:
- Load: loads a scenario to start using;
- Print: prints the content of current window;
- Exit: to shut down the player;
- Recent Files: to select from recent files used.
- Scenario:
- Reset State: allows you to start from the beginning; a dialogue box will appear that says – “Your current progress through the scenario will be lost, do you wish to proceed?” Click OK to restart.
- View State: opens a window detailing whta has been done so far within the scenario. (see below for example image.)
- Utilities:
- Take Notes...: launches note pad to take notes as you use the scenario.
- Help:
- About: provides information about SBLinteractive
- Help (offline): opens an offline version of the Player Help
This help section provides you with general information about the structure
and functionality of the SBLi Player that will assist you in interacting
with any SBLi scenario. Look out for additional hints the author of a
SBLi scenario may decide to provide you with as you work your way through
the scenario.
You can navigate this Help section in three ways:
- By opening the folders and clicking on items in this
menu
- Clicking on the index tab - and browsing for a specific
topic heading or entering the name of that topic heading and you will
automatically be taken there
- Click on the search tab � and type in a key word
and press Search.