The Imagine Logo
Framework editor is an open framework created in Imagine
Logo for building frameworks!
It allows teachers and
children to quickly and easily create drag and drop style
screen based activities, which can be saved as free standing
Imagine Logo projects, and then even used in a browser!
The Framework is FREE with Imagine Logo and automatically installs onto your hard drive. To run it:
Click on Start, then Programs. Go to Imagine and select Imagine Launcher.
From the options now available to you on the screen, click on 'Create a new Drag and Drop Framework'. The program will now run.
The Framework toolbar:
File
related tools (These execute an action when pressed)
New
project
Load
project
Save
project for children - saves the project without
the framework
Background
- Clean/Load/Save/Edit
Tools
to place objects (Click to place objects on the
current page)
Movable
object
Group
of stacks (Pop-up window)
Stack
object (single item)
User
tools (Click to place tools on the current page)
Grow/Enlarge
- Increases size of object
Rotate
Shrink
- Reduces size of object
Bin
- Erases a selected item on the screen
Text
Paint
Developer
tools
New
Page - Adds a new page (works only on last page
of project)
Magnet
- Click on this tool to place a hotspot magnet on your
image
Grow/Enlarge
- Click on this tool and then on the object to enlarge
Shrink
- Click on this tool and then on the object to shrink
Erase
- Click on this tool and then on the object to erase
A simple framework project:
Here is a step by step project guide for
use in the classroom. Click
here to learn how to create a town scene complete
with houses, cars, roads, clouds and a sun.
The final project will be saved for others
to use and will have tools to shrink or enlarge items, write
text and bin the items on the screen. Click
here to view the project.
