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HALF-BAKED SOFTWARE'S JBC:
Readme.txt file
CONTENTS
1. What is JBC?
2. Freeware Distribution
3. LIMITED WARRANTY AND
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
4. Registration
5. Installation
6. Getting Started
7. Distributing JBC
8. Who is Half-Baked Software?
1. What is JBC?
JBC is a program for authoring
interactive multiple-choice
quizzes for use on the World
Wide Web. A teacher can author
exercises which students can
then access through the Web,
using a standard Web browser.
The quizzes are created using
HTML and Javascript, but the
user does not need any
knowledge of these languages
to create them. Quizzes may
also be saved in the program's
native "JBC" format, then
reloaded later for editing.
JBC will is a Windows 95
program.
2. Freeware Distribution
JBC is distributed as
freeware. You may install
it on any machine and use
it at no charge. If you use
the program to author
quizzes, please do not
delete the link to the
program's homepage at the
bottom of the quiz pages,
so that others may be able
to find the program and
download it if they wish.
Copyright laws apply to
both commercial and
freeware software, and the
copyright holder retains
all rights. You may
distribute JBC to other
usersfree of charge,
PROVIDING THAT YOU PASS
ON THE PROGRAM IN ITS
ORIGINAL ARCHIVE FORM,
AND DO NOT ADD OR REMOVE
ANY FILES FROM THE ARCHIVE.
3. LIMITED WARRANTY AND
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
THIS SOFTWARE AND
ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN
MATERIALS (INCLUDING
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE)
ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND. FURTHER, THE AUTHOR
DOES NOT WARRANT,
GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING
THE USE, OR THE RESULTS OF
USE, OF THE SOFTWARE OR
WRITTEN MATERIALS IN TERMS
OF CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY, CURRENTNESS,
OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE
RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE
IS ASSUMED BY THE USER. IF
THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN
MATERIALS ARE DEFECTIVE YOU,
AND NOT THE PROGRAM'S
AUTHOR OR ITS DISTRIBUTORS,
ARE LIABLE FOR ANY COSTS
INCURRED.
BY USING THE FREEWARE VERSION
OF JBC YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU HAVE READ THIS LIMITED
WARRANTY, UNDERSTAND IT, AND
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.
This Limited Warranty shall
operate in accordance with
the laws of the United
Kingdom.
4. Registration
There is no need to register
JBC, but if you would like to
let the author know that you
are using the program and pass
on any comments you have, please
send e-mail to Martin Holmes at
76717.2477@compuserve.com.
5. Installation
JBC is distributed as a self-
extracting zip file (jbc10.exe)
or as a simple zip file
(jbc10.zip). Simply copy the
file into an empty directory
and run the exe file or unzip
the zip file. The setup files
will be extracted. Then run
"setup.exe" to install the
program. All files are installed
to the program directory. You can
safely uninstall the program by
using the "Remove Programs" utility
in the Windows 95 Control Panel.
6. Getting Started
JBC comes with full context-sensitive
help and a tutorial to get you
started. You can run the tutorial
at any time by choosing "Tutorial"
from the Help menu.
7. Distributing JBC
You are encouraged to pass a copy
of the freeware version of JBC to
your friends or colleagues,
providing that you comply with the
conditions stated under FREEWARE
DISTRIBUTION above.
8. Who is Half-Baked Software?
Martin Holmes, Stewart Arneil and
Hilary Street all work in the R & D
section of the University of
Victoria Language Centre in BC,
Canada. Martin and Stewart worked
on the basic ideas for this program,
and Martin wrote the Win95 code
using Delphi 2.0. Hilary provided
the graphics. The following people
provided helpful suggestions and
supplied configuration files in other
languages during the beta-testing
period:
Gerry Luton, Eric Gunnarsen,
Nik Holmes, E. Marshall Wick,
Matti Karjalainen, Peter G÷lz,
Eifion Pritchard.