Here are some great tips for success that educators have shared with us to ensure that their locks don't get reset after a Breakout EDU game.Store the 3 Digit and 4 Digit lock in the locked position. This way, the combination that it was last set to will open the lock and you won't run the risk it accidentally being reset in transport or with students fiddling with the lock.The Multilocks can be stored with the wheels placed on the shackle. That way to open the lock and reset it, you simply need to align the small grooves with the red paint on them at the bottom of the lock to open and place the wheels on as you wish.The Word Lock (from kits before 2017) is the opposite, if you choose, you can store it in the open position. Open the lock and then use a coin to put it into reset mode.The Direction Lock (from kits before 2017) can be stored with the lock in the reset position. Open the shackle and push the pin on the rear of the lock into the up position.
Breakout rooms are subrooms that can be created within a meeting or training session. They are useful for splitting a large group into smaller groups that can talk or collaborate. Breakout rooms can be used in meetings and training sessions that have 200 or fewer people. Hosts can create up to 20. This tutorial is a comprehensive getting started guide for the SparkFun nRF52832 Breakout. It documents hardware features of the board, and includes tips on getting a computer set up for nRF52832 software development. Programming the chip via the serial bootloader using the Arduino IDE is the primary focus of the latter half of the tutorial.
This way it is always ready to be re-set and you don't need to remember the combination.Having a look at the lock tutorials is never a bad idea for the first handful of times resetting the locks. Even the team at Breakout EDU is known to need a refresher once in a while.It probably goes without saying, but remembering the combinations to the locks - or at least the name of game which was last being played - always makes life a whole lot easier. To do this, put a post-it note with the name of the game the Breakout EDU kit is set up for in the box so you can find the combinations online if you forget them. Some facilitators make a private note on their phone with the combinations to all the locks.Another option for storing the locks after a game is done would be to reset them to a simple combination like 0000 or the like. That way you don't need to remember the game that the box had last been set up for and could just go through and set the locks as if they were new.BREAKOUT EDU RECORDING SHEETSSome educators may find it helpful to have students use a Locks Recording Sheet to keep track of combinations throughout the game. These are especially helpful when running games with a whole class.