Select an activity from the links below.

When done with the associated activity worksheet - "publish to global view" - and then view the report as its formulated on the presenters laptop (i.e. The Global Canvas)

This demo will work better if you have one machine be the student client machine and another machine be the global canvas (instructor machine). You must have Java WebStart on your machine (which should be there by default with any modern browser). We recommend using Firefox for this software.

Example uses of this system. Each numbered exercise has its own worksheet and associated report view.

1. Student Client: Essay Activity (type in some words - publish them)

   Global Canvas

   For all of the following exercises - launch the global canvas first - then the student client. Then you can publish to the global canvas for a "session".

2. Student Client: Construct your expression of San Antonio with this language (drag and drop runs into place holders and publish when done)

   Global Canvas

3. Student Client: Left click mouse and draw the path of the Missouri River on the map (publish to global view when done)

   Global Canvas

4. Student Client: Melt the Polar Caps (adjust the parameters; hit the take one small step forward button when done; then publish your model after you have run a few time steps)

   Global Canvas

5. Student Client: Virtual Lab Activity (Change the temperature; slider on left; hit the record button; when done with a few measurements - "publish")

   Global Canvas

6. Student Client: Example Spread Sheet Activity fill it out partially and publish.

   Global Canvas
   
   

The above should give you a flavor of how this system works. I have been using it for 5 years now. Note there are two types of global canvas(es) - a database canvas and a session canvas. The session canvas only a captures stuff in a session and does not archive it to a database. The database canvas writes to a database. This is what is used for homework submissions. Only the first exercise above uses the database canvas - all the others are session canvas. (turning a session canvas into a database canvas is trivial, however)

G. Bothun, Prof. of Physics and Environmental Science

nuts@bigmoo.uoregon.edu