Author: |
Loren M. Winters |
Paper Code: |
DC10 |
Session Date: |
Friday, August 6 |
Session Time: |
3:45 p.m. |
Title: |
A Distributed Software System for Authoring Web-Based
Interactive Problems |
Abstract: |
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We will describe and demonstrate an authoring and
distribution system for Web-based, interactive physics problems.
We have designed the system especially for teachers who want to
create their own problems without having to code in Java or
JavaScript. The software consists of two applets, the designer
and the animator. These are distributed on demand from the
server to the Web client. The designer is the applet that a
teacher uses to author problems. The animator displays the
problem, generates trajectories, and provides whatever
interactive options the teacher has specified. Completed
problems are published to the server, where they are available
to students through a Web browser using the Java 1.2 plugin. The
software conforms to the new Java 2 specification.1 |
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