Format
The exercises are presented in three frames. You may choose the level and the specific exercise from the menu along the left side of the screen. The main frame on the top right presents the login information, the progress report screen, and the individual exercises whenever you choose one from the menu in the left-hand frame. The narrow frame on the bottom will launch the Quicktime player controls for the male/female native speaker audio (Note: In some browsers, the audio will play in a separate window).
Choice of Browser and Platform
The Case Book for Russian INTERACTIVE has been tested in various browsers for Macintosh and Windows platforms.
Macintosh
These exercises look best when used with Apple's Safari browser obtainable from www.apple.com. The exercises have also been tested on Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Windows
These exercises have been tested on Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox and Internet Explorer.
User Name
Whenever you use the exercises, you will be prompted to enter a user name. The user name is used to store your scores and progress as a cookie on the machine you are using. You will not be able to retrieve your scores from another computer. Likewise, anyone using the computer that you use for the Case Book for Russian INTERACTIVE can login with your user name as there are no passwords in the current version of this website. Take care when logging in to type your user name the same or you will open a separate account with that new name.
Saving Scores
At the end of each exercise, you may click on the "Save your score." button to enter your score in the menu along the left-hand side of the screen. However, you must also click the "Save Scores" button in that left-hand menu in order to save your scores to the cookie on your computer.
Progress Reports
In the left-hand menu, click the "Display Exercise Progress Report" link to show your progress report form in the main frame.
Printing your Scores
From the left-hand menu, click "Print Scores" to display the score progress report and print out the frame containing it. In some browsers [note the specific browsers], this button will not work to print out the appropriate frame. If you are using [note the specific browsers], you may print the progress report by doing this... Audio Chapters ddd Return to Main Menu
Completing the Exercises
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