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Shape Up: Geometry User Guide |
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Copyright © 2005 Leading Step, Inc. |
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Shape Up Overview Shape Up OverviewWelcome to Shape Up: Geometry! Do you know what a trapezoid looks like? How about a rhombus or a right angle triangle? Or can you pick out a set of parallel lines? How about recognizing similar or congruent shapes? Shape Up can help you learn to identify these and other shapes and shape properties. It also helps you learn to visualize what shapes look like when they are rotated or flipped and helps you learn to apply these transformations to move shapes around. Three kinds of games help you work on your shape skills. First, Identify helps you learn to recognize various kinds of shapes and shape properties. You pick out the shapes that match from a group and Shape Up tells you which ones you identified correctly, which ones were incorrect, and which ones you missed. You can take as much time as you need and review the definitions at any time. Once you've gotten good at identifying the correct shapes and properties, you can sharpen your skills even further by playing the Catch game. Catch pops up various shapes on the screen one at a time and you catch only the ones that match as they go by. It starts out pretty slow, but don't be fooled. Every round speeds up just a little more so you'll have to really be on your toes to keep up! There are five color rounds for each level and six levels over all. Can you become a Shape Up master? Transform is the last set of games and helps you learn to visualize what shapes look like when they slide or are flipped or rotated. You can work with just one shape to start or try to solve the system puzzles that are provided. If you're feeling really creative, you can create your own designs and turn them into puzzles for you and your friends to solve. Getting StartedTo start the Shape Up application, tap on the Shape Up icon from the Applications Launcher. This will display the Shape Up main screen as shown here.
On this screen, you can select one of the three types of games - Identify, Catch, or Transform - or you can select the Controls or the Help list. You can also access the main application menus. These will allow you to do things like enter your registration code, import new system puzzles, or view the totals for the players or the puzzles. To access the menus, tap on the menu icon or tap on the Shape Up title bar at the top of the screen. Identify GameThe Identify game helps you learn to identify various shapes and shape properties. From the main screen, tap on Identify and then select whether you would like to identify shapes or properties. Use the Game Controls to select which types of shapes and properties you want to practice. The Identify game will ask you to identify ten shapes or properties in each game. It displays a direction at the top of the screen indicating which type of shape or shape property you should select along with six shapes at the bottom of the screen. Your goal is to identify each shape that matches the requested type or property. There will always be at least one correct shape but there may be more, even as many as all six. 
When you tap on a shape, a yellow border will indicate that the shape is selected. If you change your mind, just tap on it again to clear it. If you can't remember what a shape or property looks like, tap on Remind Me at any time to see some examples along with the definition. Once you're happy with your selections, tap on Check My Answer. For every shape you selected correctly, you'll see 'Got It!' and for every shape that was incorrect, you'll see 'Oops!'. You'll also see a yellow border around every correct shape so you'll see if there were any shapes that you should have selected but didn't. Once you've seen how you did, tap on the Next button to identify the next shape or property. After you've identified the ten shapes or properties, Shape Up will show you how you did overall. It shows you how many correct shapes there were along with how many you identified correctly, how many you identified incorrectly, and how many you missed. You can also choose to save your totals so you can see later how you're doing with recognizing each type of shape and shape property. If you need to stop a game in the middle, you can select the Stop Game menu item. Either tap on the Identify title at the top of the screen or tap on the menu icon and then select Stop Game under the Options menu.
Catch GameOnce you're comfortable with identifying shapes and shape properties, the Catch game will help you sharpen your skills even more. To play, tap on the Catch button from the main screen and then select whether you would like to catch shape types or properties. Use the same Game Controls as you do for Identify to select which types of shapes and properties you want to catch. Before each round begins, you'll see a direction at the top that tells you which shape type or property to catch. If you can't remember what that type or property is, tap on Remind Me to see some examples along with the definition. 
On this screen, you'll also see color swirls indicating which level and round you are on. There are six levels with five rounds per level. The rounds are indicated by different colors - red, green, blue, yellow, and purple - and the number of swirls displayed indicates the level you're on. If you get through all six levels, you're a Shape Up master! When you're ready to start the round, tap on the Go button. Shape Up will begin to display shapes on the screen one at a time. Your goal is to catch only the shapes that match the indicated shape type or property. As you progress through the rounds, the shapes will appear and disappear faster and faster, so you'll have to move quickly to catch the right ones. The goal of each round is to catch ten correct shapes and when you've done that, the round ends. Be careful, though, because if you catch ten incorrect shapes or miss ten that you should have caught, the round will end and the game will be over. At the end of each round, you'll see how many correct shapes there were, along with how many you caught correctly or incorrectly, and how many you missed. When the game is over, you'll also see how you did for all of the rounds combined and will have the chance to save your totals so you can see later how you're doing with catching each type of shape and shape property. Again, if you need to stop a game in the middle, you can select the Stop Game menu item. Either tap on the Catch title at the top of the screen or tap on the menu icon and then select Stop Game under the Options menu.
Transform GamesThe Transform games help you to visualize what shapes look like when you slide them or when they are flipped or rotated. Tap on the Transform button from the main screen and then select whether you would like to work with a single shape or work with designs and puzzles. Single Shape When you work with a single shape, the system will select a shape and then position an outline of that same shape at a different location on the screen. Your goal is to use different transformations - slides, flips, and rotations - to move the shape into the outlined position. Use the trigger at the top left of the screen to select which action you want to apply to the shape (slide, flip, or rotate). Once you've selected the action, you then specify any additional information needed and when you're satisfied, you tap on the Move button to actually move the shape. 
For a slide, you specify which direction you want to slide the shape and how far. Each point represents one unit in the coordinate system. If you try to slide the shape further than it can go in any particular direction, it won't move and you'll get a warning instead. You'll need to adjust the parameters and try again. When you rotate a shape, you choose between various angles to indicate how much the shape should be rotated. You can move the shape in a positive direction (counter-clockwise) up to 180 degrees or in a negative direction (clockwise) up to -135 degrees. This allows you to rotate the shape to any 45 degree increment of the full circle. If rotating the shape would take part of it off the screen, you'll get a warning and the shape will stay in the same location. You'll need to slide it further over on the screen before you can rotate it. The last transformation allows you to flip the shape. You choose between any of six different types of flips that flip the shape vertically or horizontally from the center point or by one of the edges. Note that when you flip the shape by the center, it flips based on the center of the rectangular area that contains the shape, not based on the center of the shape itself. For example, suppose you have an isosceles right angle triangle. If you flip the shape vertically or horizontally, the center point for the flip will be the middle point of the long edge (the hypotenuse), not the center of the actual shape. Again, if you try to flip the shape off the screen, you'll just see a warning and the shape won't move. The transformation is finished when you've moved the shape into the outlined position. You'll see how many moves you used as well as the minimum number of moves that could have been used. As you get better at moving the shapes, you can see if you can match the minimum number of moves. You can restart the transformations from the original position at any time by tapping on the Restart button. Or, if you want to skip any particular shape transformation, you can tap on the Skip button. After you've finished the transformation or if you've skipped it, you'll have the opportunity to repeat the same transformation again (for example, to see if you can do it again using fewer moves) or move on to the next transformation. When you're finished, just tap the Finished button. Designs and Puzzles If you want to work with more than one shape, you can create your own designs and puzzles, or try to solve a system puzzle. From the main screen, tap on Transform and then tap on Designs & Puzzles. This will take you to the Select Designs & Puzzles screen where you will see a list of all the designs and puzzles currently defined. There are three types of items displayed in this list. First, you can create a new design by tapping on the New button. These items are identified by a 'D' for design. After you've created a design, you can choose to have the system turn it into a puzzle. Those items are identified by a 'P' for puzzle. The last type are system puzzles and those are identified by an 'S'. These are puzzles that are provided for you and either come with the application or can be imported later. You can see which puzzle or design is currently selected at the top of the screen. To display the selected item, tap on the Use button. Or, if you would like to create your own design, tap on New. The Delete and Beam buttons also operate on the currently selected design or puzzle and the Done button will return you to the main screen. New Designs To create a new design, tap on the New button and an empty transformation screen will appear. From there, you can create new shapes for your design by tapping on the New button. Additional screens will let you select the type of shape you want, the size, and the color of the shape. By default, the new shape type, size, and color will be the same as the previous shape defined, as indicated by the black border. Once you've selected these options, the new shape will be positioned at the top left corner of the coordinate system and you can move it wherever and however you like. 
The currently selected shape is indicated by a black outline rather than the normal blue outline and all moves will apply to that shape. To slide the shapes of a design, you can either apply a slide action as you did for a single shape, or you can tap on the shape and drag it. You can also flip or rotate a shape in the same way you did for a single shape by indicating the action along with the angle or direction and tapping Move. Each design can have up to sixteen shapes. If you want to delete a shape, make sure it is selected, indicated by the black outline, and then tap Delete. You can also modify the color of a shape or move it to the front or the back using the Shape menu items. To access the menu, tap on the menu icon or the Create Design title bar at the top of the screen. When you're finished with your design, tap on Done to return to the Select Designs & Puzzles screen. Creating Puzzles After you've created a design, you can choose to convert it into a puzzle by tapping on the Puzzle button. The system will maintain an outline of the original design shapes, but will scatter the shapes themselves to other locations on the screen, creating a puzzle for you to solve. After the system converts the design to a puzzle, you can choose to modify it if you like. The system will randomly scatter the shapes, but you might want to position the them in different locations. If you do, select modify and you'll have the opportunity to move them. You won't be able to move the outline of the original design, but you can move the starting position of the shapes. While you are modifying a puzzle, you can move the shapes around by tapping on them and dragging or you can apply the normal rotate and flip actions. You can also reposition the shapes to the front or the back using the Shapes menu items. If you change your mind, you can also convert the puzzle back into a normal design by tapping on the Design button. When you're happy with the puzzle, tap on Done and you'll return to the Select Designs & Puzzles screen. Solving Puzzles When you select a puzzle or a system puzzle from the Select Designs & Puzzles screen, the system will display the puzzle and again, your goal is to move the shapes into their outlined positions. If there are multiple shapes of the same type and size, but with different colors, it doesn't matter which color pieces are placed into which outlined positions. The system will keep track of how many moves it takes for you to solve the puzzle and will track the results for you so you can try to improve on the number of moves you use. 
You can move puzzle pieces the same way you do when working with a single shape. Note that when you are solving a puzzle, you can't slide shapes by tapping on them and dragging. You have to select the slide action instead so the system can track how many moves it takes you to solve the puzzle. It will count all of your moves using slides, rotates, and flips. At any time while you're solving a puzzle, you can tap on Show Design to see what the original design looks like. You can also tap on Restart to move all the shapes back to their original starting positions or tap on Done to return to the Select Designs & Puzzles screen. Once all of the pieces of a puzzle have been moved into place, the puzzle is complete. The system will let you know how many moves it took you to solve the puzzle and you'll have the option to update your totals so you can track your best moves for each puzzle. The system will also track the best moves overall for each puzzle so if more than one player is using Shape Up, you can see what the best is and try to beat it. Modifying Puzzles For any puzzles that you have created, you can go back and modify the puzzle to change the starting positions of the shapes at any time. To do this, bring up the puzzle to solve it, but then select the Modify Puzzle menu item under the Options menu. While you're modifying the puzzle, you can also choose to convert it back into a design again by tapping on the Design button. Note that you can only modify puzzles that you created. You won't be allowed to modify system puzzles. Game ControlsThe Controls screen, like the one shown here, allows you to select which shapes types and properties will be used for the Identify and Catch games, and which types of transformations will be automatically used by the system. 
To select shape types, tap on the Shapes button to display a list of shape groups. When the system chooses a shape type for Identify or Catch, it will choose one of these selected groups and will then choose one of the shape types in that group. To see which shape types are included in a group, tap on the group name. At least one group must be selected at all times. To select shape properties, tap on the Properties button to display the list of properties. Select all of the properties that you would like to practice. At least one property must be selected at all times. With transformations, the system will automatically apply movements when working with a single shape or when converting a design to a puzzle. It will always use slides, but you can decide if it should also use flips and/or rotations by selecting these options. Shape Types and PropertiesShape Up helps you learn to identify a variety of shapes and properties. The shape type definitions Shape Up uses are inclusive. For example, a square is also a rectangle and a rhombus. The full list of types and properties used with Shape Up are given here. Shape Types The types of shapes used with Shape Up are:
Triangle Shape Properties The shape properties used with Shape Up are:
Parallel Lines Shape Groups The shape groups are used with the Identify and Catch games to help you distinguish between the objects in the group. The groups that are defined are:
Basic Shapes: Shape and Puzzle TotalsRecording Totals When an Identify or Catch game is finished, Shape Up will show you how many shapes you identified or caught correctly, how many were incorrect, and how many were missed. You can record these totals so you can see how you're doing overall. You can also keep track of how many moves it takes you to solve a puzzle so you can try to improve the next time. When your first game is complete, enter your name in the New Player field and tap on the New Player button. Your name will be selected as the current player and displayed at the player trigger. For every game after that, just select your name from the player list if it isn't already selected. Totals can be tracked for up to eight players at a time. You can remove players if you need to, but removing a player will delete all of the totals stored for that person, so make sure you really want to before you do. Player Totals You can view totals from the menus on the main screen. To see the totals for each individual player, select the Player Totals item under the Totals menu. Choose which player you'd like to see totals for and which type of game. For shape types or properties, you'll see a list of each type along with how many times you identified the shape correctly, incorrectly, and how many you missed. Puzzle Moves For puzzles, you can view the number of moves it took you to solve each puzzle. You can view the number of moves for each player or view the best (lowest) number of moves overall.
Importing System PuzzlesWhen Shape Up runs the first time, it looks for a database of system puzzles and imports them into the application. Every so often, there may be additional system puzzles provided on the Leading Step website, www.leadingstep.com, and these can be imported into the application. To do this, use HotSync to copy the new system puzzle database to your device and then select the Import System Puzzles menu item under the Options menu from the main application screen. Trial Period and RegistrationThe trial period for the Shape Up application lasts for 15 days, beginning when you first install the application on your device. You can use it for free during that time to see if you like it and want to keep playing. At the end of the 15 days, you must either:
Feel free to make as many copies of Shape Up as you want and give them out to your friends. Or better yet, just beam it to them. But make sure the copies aren't modified in any way and that you don't charge any fees or request any donations for doing so. If you like Shape Up and want to keep playing, you can purchase a license to use it at www.leadingstep.com. When your payment is received, we'll send you a registration code for the application. You should enter this code on the Registration form in the application, available from the Options menu on the main Shape Up screen. Using the Shape Up application after the 15-day evaluation period isn't allowed, so make sure to either purchase a license or stop using the application. InstallationInstalling Shape Up To install Shape Up, download the application and the system puzzle database to your computer. Follow the instructions that came with your Palm Powered™ device to install both of these files during your next HotSync® operation. Uninstalling Shape Up To uninstall Shape Up from your device, complete the following steps:
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