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SHEILA

SHEILA

Pattern Collaboration

Operating Manual

W. J. Klinger

RVCC

2005

Pattern Collaboration

Operating Manual

This manual describes how to run the Pattern collaboration exercises. There are three programs that need to be run in an exercise.

1. PC Java Requirements

To run the exercises, you and the participants must be connected to the Internet and have the PC browsers configured to runJava. The exercises have been testing using Internet Explorer and the Microsoft VM.

2. PatternServer

The PatternServer must be running on the server before an exercise can be run. This section explains how to start the server program. Before you can run the server program, you must know what the socket (also called port) numbers will be for the game master and the player applets.

To start the game server at RVCC:

  1. login to rvcc2.raritanval.edu.
  2. type: cd /users/staff/wklinger/public_html/collaboration/Patternexercise
  3. type: java PatternServer <masterSocket> <playerSocket>
    If you do not enter the socket numbers, you will be prompted for them

If you have your own installation of the Pattern Exercise:

  1. login to the server where the PatternServer objects are installed
  2. go to the directory where the PatternServer is installed
  3. type: java PatternServer <masterSocket> <playerSocket>
    If you do not enter the socket numbers, you will be prompted for them

NOTE: you must have socket (port) numbers for the master and the players. See the technical manual if you do not know what these are.

3. PatternMaster

The facilitator/instructor of the exercise will run the PatternMaster. You will need to have a password.

At RVCC: to start the PatternMaster, open a browser window and enter the following URL:

rvcc2.raritanval.edu/~wklinger/collaboration/Patternexercise/ma.html

This URL can also be found by going to W. Klinger’s faculty web site and following the links to the SHEILA project.

If you have your own installation, open a browser window and enter the URL for your PatternMaster.

4. PatternPlayer

Each player in the exercise will need to run PatternPlayer.

At RVCC: to start the PatternPlayer, open a browser window and enter the following URL:

rvcc2.raritanval.edu/~wklinger/collaboration/Patternexercise/pa.html

This URL can also be found by going to W. Klinger’s faculty web site and following the links to the SHEILA project.I recommend that you have participants follow links from the SHEILA project rather than type in this URL.

If you have your own installation of the Pattern Exercise, have the participants open a browser and enter the URL of the PatternPlayer.

5. Downloading Java

Java run time environments can be obtained at DownloadJ2SE JRE. You will need to close your browser and then reopen it to start the new version.