User Guide for Cdf Player

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USER’S GUIDE TO INSTALL THE CDF PLAYER To interact with the math games, you will first need to download the free Wolfram CDF player. Here is the link to this website: http://www.wolfram.com/cdfplayer/ Note that if you already have the CDF Player, you can also check here to verify that you have latest version of the CDF Player. For Mac Users, you may check to see that you have Mac OS X 10.6+ on your computer. Click on the “apple icon” in the upper left corner and press “About this Mac.” The browsers that are supported on this hardware platform are: Safari, Foxfire, Chrome and Opera. For Windows users, you may check to see that you have Windows 8/7/Vista/XP. The browsers that are supported on this hardware platform are: Internet Explorer, Foxfire, Chrome, Opera and Safari. You will need to answer a brief question and give your email address. Then press the red button: START DOWNLOAD

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Here is the User’s Guide to install the CDF player.

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USER’S  GUIDE  TO  INSTALL  THE  CDF  PLAYER      To  interact  with  the  math  games,  you  will  first  need  to  download  the  free  Wolfram  CDF  player.    Here  is  the  link  to  this  website:    http://www.wolfram.com/cdf-­‐player/      Note  that  if  you  already  have  the  CDF  Player,  you  can  also  check  here  to  verify  that  you  have  latest  version  of  the  CDF  Player.    For  Mac  Users,  you  may  check  to  see  that  you  have  Mac  OS  X  10.6+  on  your  computer.  Click  on  the  “apple  icon”  in  the  upper  left  corner  and  press  “About  this  Mac.”    The  browsers  that  are  supported  on  this  hardware  platform  are:  Safari,  Foxfire,  Chrome  and  Opera.    For  Windows  users,  you  may  check  to  see  that  you  have  Windows    8/7/Vista/XP.  The  browsers  that  are  supported  on  this  hardware  platform  are:  Internet  Explorer,  Foxfire,  Chrome,  Opera  and  Safari.    You  will  need  to  answer  a  brief  question  and  give  your  email  address.  Then  press  the  red  button:  START  DOWNLOAD      

 

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The  next  screen  has  an  optional  entry  to  elaborate  your  intended  use,  perhaps  type  “Interactive  web  site”  and  then  press  “send.”    

     Check  your  download  folder  on  your  computer  to  verify  the  CDF  Player  download;  my  download  file  is  called  “CDF_9_0_1_OSX.dmg.”    Click  on  this  download  file  to  complete  the  installation  on  the  computer.    There  will  be  a  pop-­‐up  window  indicated  that  the  file  is  opening.    You  will  them  see  this  pop-­‐up  window:    

 

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You  will  then  double-­‐click  the  icon  to  start  the  installation  of  the  CDF  player.  

   Press  “Continue”  in  the  lower  right  corner  of  the  window.    The  “Standard  Install”  window  should  appear,  giving  you  the  space  requirements.:  

   Press  “Install”  in  the  lower  right  corner  of  the  window.    You  may  need  to  type  in  the  password  on  your  computer  to  be  able  to  install.  

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You  will  then  get  this  screen,  indicating  that  the  installation  was  successful.    

   Close  out  on  this  installation  application  by  pressing  the  “close”  button  in  the  lower  right  corner  of  this  window.    

   Finally,  verify  that  you  can  move  the  blue  button  on  the  gray  slider  and  manipulate  the  object.    Go  to  http://www.math-­‐place.com  and  click  on  “Programs”    to  interact  with  the  math  modules.