Tools & Aids
Course Builder
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Introduction | |||
What is Course Builder? |
Course Builder is software for custom packaging of the
e-Handbook material for teaching specialized courses. That is,
you can extract selected pages out of the e-Handbook and bundle
them into a single course. This course takes the form of a
set of HTML pages.
Course Builder runs as a Perl-based CGI script. |
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Getting Started |
It is assumed that you have already sucessfully
installed the
Course Builder and have activated the appropriate link on
the main Course Builder web page.
The first step is to click on this Course Builder link. |
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Initial Screen | When you activate the Course Builder, you should see something like the following: |
Page to Assemble the Course |
There are a number of features in this assembly page.
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Creation of a tar File or a WinZip File |
After you click the "Assemble" button, Course Builder initiates
the creation of the custom course.
The following image shows the save for a Unix/Linux platform. The Course Builder automatically generates a tar file. Tar files are the standard archive format for Unix/Linux platforms. For Windows platforms, Course Builder can be configured to generate a WinZip file instead. A file menu is presented which allows you to specify where you want to save the file. For the sake of discussion below, we will assume that we have saved the file to "/home/heckert/mycourse.tar". |
Some Additional Issues |
After you have extracted the course, there are a few issues
that need to be addressed.
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Known Problems |
The following is a list of currently known problems with
the Course Builder.
If you discover additional bugs or have any comments regarding the Course Builder, these can be directed to the e-Handbook team. |