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Table
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Jonathan,
Myrna,
Alana,
Esi |
Lauren Peyer,
Lindsay Cahn,
Brianna Paolino,
Melissa Gardner-Funes,
Jonathan Goldstein |
Kristina Zabierek
Christine Katwaru
Aminah Henderson
Freida Zavurov
Joel Heitman |
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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:7001.
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 link to
your 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.
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