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) which is presumably connected to the projector.

We recommend using Firefox for this software.

Example uses of this system. Each numbered exercise has its own worksheet and associated report view. You can close the worksheet after you have submitted it. In this workshop session we will go through the 10 exercises below, one by one. This should fully demonstrate the various dimensions of this system.

For all of the following exercises please only click on the student client links and not the global canvas. In normal instructional use, the students in class or on the beach don't have access to the global canvas link, for obvious reasons.

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

   Global Canvas

2. Student Client: Good Cop/Bad Cop (Use a speed of 60 mph for this demo). Make one measurement and then publish to global view.

   Global Canvas
   
   

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

   Global Canvas

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

   Global Canvas

5. 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

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

   Global Canvas

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

   Global Canvas
   
   

8. Student Client: Railway Car Simulation and Download the worksheet

   Global Canvas
   
   

9. Google Earth Exercise: Wind Farm Measurements

   Global Canvas
   
   

10. Google Maps Exercise: University of Portland

    Global Canvas

The above should give you a flavor of how this system works. I have been using it for 6 years now without any technical difficulties.

Note there are two types of global canvas(es) - a database canvas and a session canvas. The session canvas only captures stuff in a single session and does not archive it to a database. The database canvas writes to a database. This is what is used for homework submissions. Now that the system is mature, most all of the applications now write the records to a permanent data base.

G. Bothun, Prof. of Physics and Environmental Science

nuts@bigmoo.uoregon.edu