Each semester, professors are finding that BibleWorks can help them in the classroom. Below, we've assembled tips for using BibleWorks in the classroom.
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Tip 1.1: Name that Noun
It's easy to create a simple classroom exercise to test your students' parsing and lemma identification skills using the search and highlighting features in BibleWorks. In this classroom exercise the students identify the lemma and parsing of the highlighted Greek or Hebrew words that you display on screen. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.2: Using Lexicons in BibleWorks 7
The BibleWorks integration of Greek and Hebrew lexicons allows students to find the information they need very quickly, so that they can spend more time interpreting the Biblical text and less time turning pages. Below you will find some of the useful ways you can use lexicons in BibleWorks. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.3: Displaying Larger Fonts for On-Screen Display
Unless you teach in a very small classroom, you will probably need to increase the font size in BibleWorks for on-screen presentation. Here are the instructions for changing the font size in the main BibleWorks windows. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.4: Where to Find Other Useful Tips
Resources for more ideas: Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.5: Using Tabs Effectively
The BibleWorks Search Window contains 12 tabbed Search Windows. The tabs provide a way to switch rapidly between study contexts without losing the previous context. The tabs can also function as an instruction tool for proper word study method.
In this Classroom Tip we will provide strategies for setting up and using the tabs in the classroom and in your study. We will also show how to save your tabs configurations for future use and distribution to other BibleWorks users. Included are links to saved context files that you can download and use in your classroom. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.6: Working Quickly on the Command Line
One of the benefits of BibleWorks is its great speed, not only in its rapid searches, but in how fast and easy it is to perform your most common tasks. One of the keys to working quickly in BibleWorks is using shortcuts on the Command Line. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.7 Highlight Words Used 50 or More Times
You can use the search and text marking tools in BibleWorks to produce graded reading assignments or translation exercises. This tip will allow you to easily display the words of a higher frequency range in contrast to lower frequency words in the Greek New Testament. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.8: Creating User Notes for Classroom Teaching
Create teaching notes and class handouts rapidly using the BibleWorks User Notes, Editor, and Report Generator tools. Quickly open BibleWorks lexicons and grammars to the precise section you want to show to your students using the unique linking features in the BibleWorks Editor. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.9: Using the BibleWorks Maps Module
The BibleWorks Map Module offers a quick way to display geographical information in the classroom. Learn how to access maps for classroom display and for export to presentation software or a word processor. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.10: Studying Parallel Passages
It is common for professors to teach concerning the parallel passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The most common types of parallel passages taught include the Hebrew Bible parallels, Synoptic Gospel parallels, and the use of the OT in the NT. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.11: Typing and Display of Hebrew
Searching, taking notes or developing assignments may call for typing in Hebrew. This Classroom Tip offers some tips for working with the Hebrew font and text display in BibleWorks. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.12: Using the Graphical Search Engine
The Graphical Search Engine (GSE) is a powerful search engine that can perform many searches that cannot be done on the Command Line. In this Classroom Tip we will use the GSE to search for occurrences of the specific location in a clause of a postpositive word (gar) in the Greek New Testament. How many times does gar appear in the second and third position in the clause? Does it ever appear in the fourth position? Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.13: Changing the Verse List Sort Order
After you perform a search, the verse list in the Search Window shows your search hits sorted according to a generally-accepted book order, Genesis through Revelation. But perhaps you are teaching a class on Philippians, and consistently want to view the search results in Philippians before viewing the rest of the search results? In this Classroom Tip we will look at how to change the verse list sort order and describe some sort order strategies that you may find useful in your classroom and for personal study. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.14: Working with the Verse List Manager
The Verse List Manager enables you to save search results, compare them, and re-use them in other tasks in BibleWorks. This classroom tip highlights several ways to create verse lists and shows how to use the Verse List Manager to extract verse references from electronic documents for viewing and for searching within BibleWorks. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.15: Command Line Search Tips
The Command Line is the primary BibleWorks search tool. It provides powerful search capabilities, is easy to use for most searches, and is easy to access for a quick search. In this Classroom Tip we will investigate some of the lesser-known search capabilities of the Command Line for searching on Greek and Hebrew, especially in the morphologically-tagged texts. Two powerful tools for searching on the Command Line are wildcards and range operators. Click here for the tip.
Tip 1.16 Using the Graphical Search Engine: Part 2
The Graphical Search Engine is a powerful, though sometimes overlooked, search tool. This Classroom Tip builds upon Tip 1.12 and explores more of the useful search features you can use to enhance your classroom teaching and preparation. In this Classroom Tip we will use the Graphical Search Engine to find different ways that an adjective can relate to a noun when an article is present in the relationship. Click here for the tip.
...more to come!