Seating Plan
Table 1
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Table 2
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Table 3
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Table 4
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Tajinder
Anna
Timothy
Michael
Lynda |
James
Benjamin
Anil
Vanessa
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Amanda
Vaciliki
Joseph
Pouneh
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Cristina
Christie
Jason
Iwona
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Table 5
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Table 6
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Table 7
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Table 8
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Nicholas
John
Agnieszka
Monika
Stefanie
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Hsueh-Yung
Melissa
Jennifer
Theodorou
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Empty
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Empty
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Instructions
on
How to Use ScienceMOO
(Important
note:
to move back a room, you can always
right click with your mouse, and then choose "back")
How to use
ScienceMOO
1. ScienceMOO is a collaborative virtual learning
environment . ScienceMOO is very similar to a chat program but it
actually has many more features and educational tools that make it
suited to teaching and learning online. ScienceMOO is located at
http://sciencemoo.org:7000.
2. Print out these directions before you use ScienceMOO
for the first time
3. Check your e-mail account . You should find an email
with a subject "Your ScienceMOO character" This email will have your
username and password for ScienceMOO. If you do have a problem
connecting with this username, you can also connect to ScienceMOO as a
guest. Guests do not need a password.
4. Make sure that you read the MOOniversity
LITE
BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO MOOING
5. Use your web browser to visit http://sciencemoo.org:7001
6. Enter your ScienceMOO User ID and Password and then
click the Log In button.
7. You may have to wait a minute or two while you are
connected. If you have a problem, go to http://sciencemoo.org:7001 and
try
again. You can also send me email at brian.murfin@qc.cuny.edu. If you
still
have a problem and can't connect with the User ID and Password, go
again and Log In as a Guest (you don't need a password). You
could also try using a different web browser if you have
problems. ScienceMOO works well with the following web
browsers: Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla, and
Konqueror.
8. Once you have logged in you should see the following:
1. a row of purple
buttons at the top of the page.
2. a large window to
the right (this is the WEB WINDOW). You can click on links or objects
in this window.
3. a large window to
the left (this is the TEXT WINDOW) Here you will see the chat that is
going on, and text descriptions of everything that is happening in
ScienceMOO.
9. Finally, you will see a small window at the bottom.
(this is the INPUT WINDOW). This is where you type when you are
chatting. Notice the three radio buttons on the right of the INPUT
WINDOW. When the "say" radio button is checked you can type in chat.
Everything you type is prefixed by thze word "say" and everyone else
will see what you type. If you check the radio button next to "normal"
you can type MOO commands, e.g. look me (this will tell you what you
look like) or look here (you will see a decription of the room. ) You
can also chat with the "normal" radio button checked, you just have to
type the word "say" before everything. The other radio button "emote"
allows you to enter body language, e.g. smiling, etc. Don't worry about
emoting for this first lesson.
10. Look in the WEB WINDOW on the right. You will see that you
are in a room called the ENCORE STARTING POINT. You can now
click on links in the WEB WINDOW to move to different rooms, or to
examine objects.
How to Use Tables
In the
Classroom in ScienceMOO
1. Click on the Instruction and Assessment Classroom.
2. You have now entered a classroom. If you look at the
decription of the classroom, you will see that there are tables in the
room.
3. Click the radio button next to "normal" in the lower
left. Now type the command to sit at a table. For example, if you
wanted to sit at table2, type
* sit table2
4. Now you are seated at a table. The reason we use tables
in ScienceMOO is that it reduces the chaos when we are doing a small
group discussion activity. The "normal" radio button is still checked.
You can chat with everyone else at your table only while you are seated
by typing the word 'say' followed by any text you want to type. You
need to hit the enter key before others will see your chat. Remember:
the word "say" always has to precede any text you type when you are
chatting.
5. If you want to speak to the instructor, or to the whole
class you have two options: 1) You can use the 'speakup' command, i.e.
type
* speakup hey
there everyone in the class, this is an announcement that everyone can
see
6. OR you can stand and then just type 'say' followed by
your text, i.e.
1. stand
2. say hey there
everyone in the class, this is an announcement that everyone can see
7. Hopefully by now you are comfortable sitting and
standing (make sure the 'normal' radio button is checked) and you know
how to chat. You just have to make sure that the word 'say' is in front
of everything. you can type in 'say' when the 'normal radio button is
checked' or if you check the 'say' radio button, the word 'say' is
automatically typed for you.