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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.