What is Random Choice and How is it Used in the Pathfinder?
RANDOM CHOICE:
Let’s say you would like to add a new Random Greeting activity to the Greetings Activity. You will first want to create that new activity and set it to the Hide option within the Activity Menu. (Please see How do I Create an Activity in the Pathfinder for further instructions if needed). We created a Random Greeting Activity that we called RandGreeting.
Now that the new activity is created you will want to link it to the Greeting Activity by doing the following steps:
1. Go into the Toolbox to the Activity Menu
2. Select No. 6 - Modify Item Within Activity
3. Select the Activity to Modify
Some activities will be gray because they are dynamic activities linked to the core vocabulary. You can still modify activities that are gray.
4. Select the key you want to use as the link. If you wish to reprogram a key that already has information stored in it, select Clear Key Contents to erase all contents.
5. Select No. 1 - Spell Text for Message
6. Select INSERT TOOL. To keep your display clear from other greetings, you will want to insert the Clear Display tool first. Type a C on the keyboard to go directly to the Clear Display tool or select More Items until you find the Clear Display tool, then select it.
7. Select INSERT TOOL again then Type R in the keyboard (for Random Choice). This will take you to all the tools starting with a R quickly.
8. Select Random Choice.
9. Select the Activity you want to link to, then Select OK. We selected the RandGreeting Activity that we created earlier.
10. Your programmed text should look like this.
11. Change the Icon and Label as desired
12. Select OK twice to exit
Now you can select the Greeting Activity to verify that your Random Greeting activity is listed here. Select Random to hear your choices.