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Internet Access without the Internet

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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Internet Access without the Internet

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  1. Internet Access without the Internet Cooper Christian Chris Smart

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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 www.moodle.org

  6. 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 www.webreaper.net

  7. 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 www.easyphp.org

  8. 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 www.nvu.com

  9. 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

  10. Issues that may arise • Technical problems • Finding web sites that “harvest” well

  11. 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

  12. Thank you for your time

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