Transcript Internet Access without the Internet - NC-NET

Internet Access without the Internet
Cooper Christian
Chris Smart
Purpose
Create an environment that presents the
way electronic communication takes
place on the Internet, without actual
being connected
 Provide a platform to serve as a
Learning Management System for
courses
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Equipment Used
Server
 Pentium III 1 Gigahertz computer or faster
 512 MB of Memory or more
 Running Windows XP
 Hard Drive space as needed
Client Computers
 Pentium III 1 Gigahertz computer or faster
 256 MB of Memory or more
 Running Windows XP
 Hard Drive space as needed
Software Used
Moodle, Modular Object Oriented
Distributed Learning Environment
 Web Reaper, program for harvesting
websites from the Internet
 EasyPHP, Program that provides web
server and data driven web pages
 Nvu, Website Creation tool
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Moodle
A full featured Learning Management
System with capabilities similar to
WebCT and BlackBoard
 Open source and available for use free
of charge
 Large, active community of users
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www.moodle.org
Web Reaper
Allows for “harvesting” of websites
 Works well for basic HTML websites
 Does not work for server-side websites
 Freeware program that is available for
use free of charge
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www.webreaper.net
EasyPHP
Provides the tools necessary to run
Moodle
 Provides MySQL for Databases
 Provides Apache Web server to server
both Moodle and other websites
 Provides PHP usage for Data driven web
pages
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www.easyphp.org
Nvu
Allows instructor to create web pages for
class to view in either Moodle or a web
browser
 Allows students to create websites
 Freeware available for use free of charge
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www.nvu.com
How this works
Setup of web server
 Setup of Moodle
 Harvesting of web pages
 Creation of additional web pages
 Posting of Harvested and created web
pages to web server
 Providing address to web server with
links to web pages
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Issues that may arise
Technical problems
 Finding web sites that “harvest” well
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Conclusion
Works well to provide a basic experience
of using the Internet as a learning tool
 Students enjoy the hands on aspect
 LMS helps greatly in organizing courses
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Thank you for your
time