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TAPPED
IN
Registration
Instructions
(complete before 12:00 noon July 13!)
(you may want to print this Web
page out to use while accessing the site)
** Note: Use Netscape 4.05 for these exercises.
Internet Explorer (3.0 or 4.0) has too many bugs with
TAPPED IN. **
ENABLING JAVA and JAVASCRIPT ON YOUR VERSION OF
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR OR NAVIGATOR
To use TAPPED IN properly, the version of Netscape
Communicator or Navigator you use must be "enabled" for Java and Javascript, the
language TAPPED IN uses for synchronous dialog. To
check this:
1) Open Netscape Communicator or Navigator.
2) GO to "Edit" then "Preferences..." in the top
Netscape menu.
3) Click on the arrow beside "Advanced" in the left
"Category" window frame.
4) Check to see if the boxes next to "Enable Java" and "Enable Javascript"
at the
right
have x's in them. If not, click in the boxes to put x's in
them.
5) Click OK to close window.
** TAPPED IN recommends at least 10,000 K minimum memory
in Netscape to run its JAVA effectively -- better 12,000 or
15,000 K. (Macintosh users only)
REGISTERING FOR A TAPPED IN
MEMBERSHIP
1) Click on the URL for TAPPED IN:
www.tappedin.sri.com
(Later, you can use the link to TAPPED IN under "Class
Communication" at the bottom of any course page to access
TAPPED IN.)
2) Click "Steps" under "Join Us" in the blue banner at
left
3) Click 1. "Become a member" at right.
4) Fill out the form. Select OTHER under PROGRAM, and
type "UIUC-CTER" in the field below PROGRAM.
5) In the verification field type "Jim Levin
j-levin@uiuc.edu".
6) Click "Submit Request" at the end. (You can modify
your information later if you wish.)
7) SRI will send an e-mail confirmation of your
membership along with a user log-in name and
password. This may take a while, usually less than
a day on work days.
LOGGING IN AS A
MEMBER
-- after you receive your member name and password
1) Click on the TAPPED IN link under "Class
Communication" at the bottom of any EdPsy 387 page.
(The homepage will do for now.) You'll notice that
the URL begins with moo not www.
2) Fill in your new log-in name and password.
3) You have two buttons underneath:
- Open a Web Window
- Connect via TAPestry (the JAVA-operated
window)
4) Try clicking the "TAPestry" option
first.
If your Netscape (4.05) crashes on you, try logging on
again. If the problem persists, try downloading
TAPPED IN's non-JAVA communication window. For Macs, this
is MUDDweller
. (See links under "Configuring Your
Macintosh"). For Windows, this is GMUD
or Pueblo. (See links under "Configuring Windows
95")
Using TAPPED IN
If all goes well, you should see two new windows
open:
- A Web window with a building diagram ("room map")
of the Reception area
- A smaller Java window, "TAPestry", which allows
you to type commands, move around the TAPPED IN world,
and communicate in real-time with others in TAPPED
IN.
You will normally be dealing with two separate windows in
TAPPED IN at the same time. These two windows will
automatically pop frontward or backward depending on actions
you take. An action you make in one should update the
other. To get from one window to the other, just click
on the window in the background.
Almost all typing of commands and "Chat" dialog will take
place in the TAPestry window (Java applet); movement
from room to room ("navigation") is most easily done in the
Web window, clicking on places you wish to go.
CHANGING YOUR USER
PROFILE
When you registered, you entered some information as
prompted. If you now would like to see that
information (what others will read about you) and modify it,
follow this procedure:
1) In the TAPestry window, type ID
<your log-in name> to see the current
information TAPPED IN has on you.
If you want to add or change something, type the
following in the TAPestry window ...
2) Type PASSWORD <old password> <new
password> to change your assigned password
3) Type DESCRIBE ME AS <your log-in
name is a teacher ...> with more
information about yourself. Others will read only
what you type after "AS".
Example:
DESCRIBE ME AS PaulS is the TA for Jim Levin's
EdPsy 387 course Ö
FINDING THE CTER ROOM (first
timers)
You automatically enter TAPPED IN in the Reception
area (unless you specify otherwise).
1) Click on the Elevator on the room
diagram of the Reception to move up and down the
"building". There are 7 floors in addition to the
Reception floor.
2) Click on 5th Floor, where the CTER office
is.
3) Click on Exit E (east wing).
4) Click on room E511.
5) In the TAPestry window, type:
SETHOME
This specifies the CTER room as your entry point after
log-in from now on. To get back from anywhere else
on the TAPPED IN site, type HOME.
6) Try a little navigation practice:
- Click on "out" on the E511 room diagram to
leave the room and go out into the hall. (You may
choose to wander a bit.) Click on E511 to go
back in the room.
- Type RECEPTION in the TAPestry window
to go directly ("teleport") to the reception area.
(The map window will update to show the Reception.)
Test your new "home" option, by typing HOME
from reception, or click on the Home link.
You'll find yourself back in E511 (our CTER
room).
- Click on Floorplan on the right side of the
Web window to see a plan of the entire CTER
building. You can click anywhere on it to go
there.
7) Type @QUIT to log off of TAPPED IN.
Here is a
"cheat sheet" of the basic TAPPED IN commands (and a few
more advanced ones, which you can ignore if you want).
For some advanced experience before Monday's tour, try
the site's Treasure
Hunt and read up on some Q&As.
to
Week 1 assignments page
EdPsy
387 homepage
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