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The WebCoM is a set of tools to manage didactics activities of a course over the Internet. The main objective of the WebCoM is provide graphics interfaces to get, store, manipulate and present all the information which are generated by both students and teachers in a course. Using the WebCoM tools, the teacher is guided for creating a management area where the information should be stored to a specific course, such as databases and physical spaces for works.
The first management task of the WebCoM is the Management Environment Creation for the Course. It can be done using Java Web Start or using applets. For using Java Web Start click here. Follow the instructions presented in the graphics interfaces (GUI) of the tool. You will be asked about the course information as beginning date, local where will be stored the students works in your server and the avaliation criteria.
P.S.:
When you are creating the environment, please, get note the database
name because you will need it later.
After that, you need to edit a file named contact.jnlp which is in manager_files
directory. This file is similar this specification:
<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="utf-8"?> <jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="http://yourserver.com/manager_files/" href="ContactStudent.jnlp"> <information> <title>WebCoM</title> <vendor>Dilvan Moreira & Elaine Silva - ICMC-USP</vendor> <homepage href="http://java.icmc.sc.usp.br"/> <description>WebCoM - Web Course Management </description> <description kind="short">Course Management Tools</description> <icon href="manager_files/webcom.gif"/> <offline-allowed/> </information> <resources> <j2se version="1.3"/> <j2se version="1.2"/> <jar href="agents.jar"/> </resources> <applet-desc documentBase="http://yourserver.com/manager_files" name="ContactStudent" main-class="agents.ContactStudent" width="124" height="365"> <param name="resource" value="Your Database Name"/> <param name="candidate" value="yes or no"/> <param name="help" value="yes or no"/> </applet-desc> </jnlp> |
You should make a link for this file for each course. If you have two or more courses, you should put this file into different directories (maybe inside the course directories).
If you prefer to use applet Java click .You will need to insert a link for the applet into your html page. Include:
<APPLET
ARCHIVE="http://yourserver.com/manager_files/agents.jar" CODE="agents.ContactStudent"
width="124" height="365"> <PARAM NAME="RESOURCE" VALUE="Your Database Name"/> <PARAM NAME="CANDIDATE" VALUE="yes"/> <PARAM NAME="HELP" VALUE="no"/> </APPLET> |
For both cases (applet or Java Web Start) you should make a link such:
<A
TARGET="Groups" HREF="http://yourserver.com/manager_files/frameJSP.jsp?database=Your
Database Name&typeOperation=groups">Groups</A> <A TARGET="Students" HREF="http://yourserver.com.br/manager_files/frameJSP.jsp?database=Your Database Name&typeOperation=students">Students</A> |
Finally, the teacher and the stutend can interact with the course. Any problem, contact elaine@icmc.sc.usp.br