Frequently Asked Questions

Do students have to complete the activities in a specific order?

No, the activities can be accessed in any order. Providing students with a choice of activities results in increased student engagement in the program.

Is Tobacco World suitable for students of differing learning abilities?

Yes, Tobacco World has been designed to work well for students with a range of literacy skills. Program content is given in both audio and on-screen formats.

Can students work collaboratively on the program or do you recommend they work on their own?

The program was designed to be an individual experience, however students may engage in useful dialogues about the program even though they are using separate computers.

Can the program be used for elementary or high school age kids as well as middle school kids?

The program targets middle school students, but would also be appropriate for slightly younger or older students.

We have a lot of chewers at our school. How much information is there on smokeless tobacco?

Several of the activities teach students about the chemicals contained in tobacco and the health effects of tobacco in general, and one activity is specific to smokeless (You Don't Know Spit).

How long should students use the program?

We recommend students use the program for 2-3 class periods to play all of the activities in the program. But, the program's flexible design means it can be used however it best fits with your curriculum and lesson plan.

Does the program have a function to assess student's knowledge learned?

Yes, this guide contains quizzes for each activity in the program. You can choose to use some or all of the questions in your assessment of the student's knowledge about the dangers of tobacco use. These questions are also provided in a brief exit quiz at the end of each activity on the CD-ROM.

Can I use the program with my current curriculum for health education?

The Tobacco World program can be used as an adjunct to any health education or tobacco prevention curriculum. Each of the nine activities is designed to affect key aspects of tobacco prevention, and is tied to current educational objectives that are used in the most popular curricula for tobacco education.

Will the program run on machines that use the Microsoft Vista^TMoperating system?

Vista(TM) was released at the same time that production of the Tobacco World program was ending. In our testing, the Tobacco World program ran on computers using the Vista(TM) operating system.

Can the program be used by students with little or no computer or video game experience?

The program was designed for, and has been demonstrated usable for students with a wide range of computer skills and experience.

Do students need to use the same Tobacco World disk each time?

No, students can use different disks at different times.

Can students play the same activity over and over again?

For the most comprehensive exposure to the tobacco topics covered on the CD-ROM, we recommend that students experience all nine activities first, and then repeat the ones they like best.

Can a user exit an activity before it is completed?

Yes, at any time the user can press the ESC key and click EXIT ACTIVITY. Users who play through to the end of each activity have the opportunity to complete an exit quiz that reinforces material learned.

Can students return to the same place in an activity after they have previously quit the program?

No, the program restarts each time after it is fully closed. This design was chosen so that the same CD-ROM does not have to be used by the same student at different times.