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1. Administraci n Dejar la sesi n B squeda Avanzada Navegar Temas HOME My Curriki gt Contributions gt FIND gt CONTRIBUTE gt CONNECT Santiago Egido My Profile Profile Favorites Contributions Collections Blog Groups Mis Favoritos Find any contributions in the list below You can sort the columns headed Mis Contribuciones gt Title Last Updated and Access You will only see Access for your own Mis Colecciones contributions Mi Blog AEC TITS l LASTUPDATED ACCESS FILETYPE Mis Grupos ict a SOCIOS Y SPONSORS 22 Editar TAMA Applettest da ago 22 2008 Public ieee gt ACERCA DE CURRIKI Contributions 1 1 of about 1 SPONSORS You can modify your resources at any time The easiest way to find one of your own resources is to search for it in your My Contributions area within your My I2GEO area You will edit the resource together with its Information Settings and you will save them all at the same time You will get a warning if you try to leave the edition without saving your work There are the options of saving your work as a draft by setting the Access Privilege to Private or Protected so that no one except you respectively your group members will be able to view and edit it A particular kind of resource is a Lesson Plan which is a document explaining the contents of a lesson the amount of detail provided is up to you Lesson Plans are created just like normal reso2. This document contains a first version of a user manual addressed to teachers students and other end users of INTERGEO It explains how to search for resources how to become a registered member and how to upload and share ones Own resources The INTERGEO project is a European initiative that will serve a large variety of users with wildly varying degrees of knowledge in geometry working under different curricula and in many different languages While interactive geometry is a reasonably good example of a culturally neutral area sophisticated searching tools are required to meet the expectations of such a diverse target audience successfully the INTERGEO platform will include some advanced search tools that are currently being developed But INTERGEO goes beyond resource sharing it also aims at building com munities of persons interested in interactive geometry and related fields By concentrating a large enough number of interested persons software and docu mentation in one place it is hoped that the emerging networking will transcend language barriers software barriers curricula islands and even age groups This document explains how users can register publish resource collections manage blogs receive newsletters and collaborate on the platform INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 4 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 12G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 ne 2 Activities on the INTERGEO platform The I
3. e You can participate in the creation of a global education community It is necessary to be a member to have a blog and to add comments to other members blogs however you don t have to be a member to read blogs To register as a member click Become a Member at the top of the INTERGEO platform home page http draft i2geo net xwiki You will next see a screen titled Register to Join INTERGEO Complete the form with the required information When you click Save Information and Register you complete your registration and become a member of INTERGEO s community You need to confirm your registration by clicking on the Complete Registration link you will receive via e mail 5 2 Navigation through i2geo The pages on i2geo are organized in an intuitive way which will quickly become familiar so it is faster to explore the site than reading about its structure However in order to move efficiently through the i2geo pages you may benefit from knowing that all pages are divided in five areas the header the left menu the footer a location bar and the content area as shown in the following image interoperable Interactive Geometry for Europe Administraci n Dejar la sesi n INTERGEO HEADER LOCATION BAR gt FIND Y CONTRIBUTE Contribute Connect A Collect lesson plans Add or create Collaborate with other and curricula something new educators gt CONNECT gt m2GEo J pr SOCIOSY SPONSORS C
4. 12G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 Bar i2geo Review System An introductory page explaining how the i2geo review system works Contains options to rate resources Not yet functional e Connect Embraces the four options related to group management and feedback none of them are functional as groups are not working in i2geo About Connecting An introductory page with help options Featured groups Each month two groups are described in detail Search Groups by Subject For each subject a list of groups is offered Create a New Group Only for members e My I2GEO Only for members The options related to account manage ment are reunited here My Profile Here you can view and edit the characteristics of your account My Favorites The links to resources that you have marked previ ously as interesting This may be very useful if you are hunting for resources with the intention of creating a new collection My Contributions Provides lists with all the material you have contributed to i2geo This includes your uploaded files web links and blog entries Options are provided to view modify and delete this content Before deleting you may investigate whether other members have linked to your contribution from their own collections This is a very convenient way to keep track of all the things you have contributed to INTERGEO My Collections The resource collections you have create
5. f Capture live a video using a webcam 3 Fill in a form with Information Settings describing the resource You have to provide INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 18 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 12G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 ze SET REQUIRED INFORMATION PART 1 What details will best describe and present this resource in search results and other listings Fields with are required Title Q If you copied this resource update the Title to indicate how it is different from the original Description If you copied this resource update the Description to indicate how it is different from the original Trained Topics and Competencies type words of a topic or competency choose it with the arrow keys then choose it with enter a A title If you have copied and modified the resource in any way the title should reflect your changes b A description This is the text that people will see when they roll their mouse over a list of resource titles generated as a search result it should explain what the resource is or does as briefly as reasonably possible c A set of trained topics and competencies that is you have to choose some topics and competencies which describe what your resource is about This is extremely important in order for other users to be able to find your resource Trained Topics and Competencies 8 In order to select topics and compete
6. gives them additional capabilities As a registered member e You will have a Personal Profile page that you can use to provide infor mation about yourself to other members photo name city topics of in terest e mail address with options to make it public and opt in or opt out of INTERGEO mails You have the option of not letting other INTERGEO members see your personal profile e You can add learning resources to the INTERGEO repository e You can create add to and organize collections of learning resources When a new account is created it contains only one empty collection called Default Collection but you can create any number of collections and organize them by course subject homework set etc Collections can contain sub collections called folders e You can comment on resources that you find in the INTERGEO repository or on other members blog entries e You can edit resources that you find in the INTERGEO repository some permissions or ownership may be required INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 12 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I 2 G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 BDA e You will have a personal blog You can create a new blog entry anytime telling stories about your usage of the platform and the related technolo gies The world of blogs creates a gigantic discussion board each entry having its own URL e You can join groups of users with common interests and create mail lists
7. of documents and software requires indexation and retrieval using annotations that are expressible in many languages as has been explained in CMDD 08 Tools and media to support annotations and queries using these languages are in their final stage of development the SkillsTextBox auto completion fea ture can now be integrated this is documented on http draft i2geo net SearchI2G and pictures below and several annotated curriculum texts can now be used in HTML B Strecke x conaitre les propri t s des angles form s par deux parall les et une s cante 117 Know_properties_of_angjes_formed_by_parallel_ines_cut_by_transversal_ E organiser des donn es en choisissant le mode de representation adapt 51 Represent_data_in_choosing_the_appropriate_mode EI anlaulne an aniani mand una nla annenah n d nimala dis mintiant den d nimal ane un antine INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 8 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 me Trained Topics and Competencies oe Educational Levels eo Please press edit to modify this list Please press edit to modify this list Strecke Year6 Kreis 000 http 127 0 0 1 8080 Skills Text Box identify invariant ratios in Thales i Skills Text Box Editor Q utiliser les crit res de divisibilit Q construction d un triangle isoc lt Year 6 edit Instructional Component Type O Scroll to find the best option
8. In order to find them do not think only of the topics involved but rather of which abilities the resource attempts to develop You may find very helpful to think of verbs such as recognize decide inscribe derive construct deduce draw prove etc A set of educational levels courses to which the resource is ad dressed This text box works very much like the above described for competencies just write a work describing the levels a search will be done and the results presented select all those that apply Finally you have to select one Instructional Component Type this is you have to classify your resource as exercise text book lesson plan presentation etc INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 20 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I 2 G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 me 4 Edit the resource if you are creating it online You don t have to create and finish it in one go you can save it anytime and continue editing later 5 Complete the Information Settings that control who has the rights to this resource who can view or edit it whether it should appear in search results etc The field Rights Holder is required and will show your registered member name by default SET REQUIRED INFORMATION PART 2 Review and update the six fields below as needed Fields with are required Access Privileges Select Private to keep your material in draft until it is ready to be released into the re
9. L G INTERGEO Deliverable N2 D4 2 Basic User Manual The INTERGEO Consortium August 2008 Version submitted version of October 10 2008 Main Authors Santiago Egido Maths For More Paul Libbrecht DFKI GmbH Michael Dietrich DFKI GmbH Ss Project co funded by the European Community under the eContentplus Programme Deliverable D4 2 12G Basic User Manual 12G INTERGEO Project ref no IST 507826 Project title INTERGEO Interoperable Interactive Geometry for Eu rope Deliverable status submitted Contractual date of delivery M11 August 2008 Actual date of delivery August 31 2008 Deliverable title Basic User Manual Type Report Status amp version submitted version of October 10 2008 Number of pages 26 WP contributing to the de liverable WP4 WP Task responsible Paul Libbrecht Authors Santiago Egido Maths for More Michael Dietrich DFKI GmbH Paul Libbrecht DFKI GmbH EC Project Officer Spyridon Pilos Keywords teachers resources wiki user input search sharing platform License This document is available under the license Creative Commons Attributions Sharealike Germany 2 5 Cre08 INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 2 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 12G INTERGEO Contents 1 Executive Summary 2 Ac
10. NTERGEO platform i2geo aims at being the European platform on in teractive geometry Its main objectives are sharing of learning resources and formation of communities less obvious to the users another of INTERGEO s ob jectives is the development of a common file format to allow for the exchange of geometric constructions between various interactive geometry software systems The platform is run on the web and supports contemporary web browsers com pleteness being achieved for the Mozilla family and for Internet Explorer It is based on Curriki http www curriki org which is a modern learning resource platform with a broad scope i2geo is an adaptation of Curriki to the needs of interactive geometry Typical users of i2geo are teachers and students but parents education ministry officials and even software developers may also become users Any person can become a registered member INTERGEO provides its users with learning resources personal accounts com munity support software and documentation Community support includes personal profiles resource collections blogs and newsletters The upcoming group feature of the platform will enhance this by the definition of groups with forums news and shared content collections Personal accounts for registered members allow users to create learning resources and resource collections have blogs and manage the groups they are members of Some typical activities to be perfor
11. ONTENT AREA gt AYUDA gt ACERCA DE CURRIKI HIGHLIGHTS Bee August 12Geo Platform Going Alpha Welcome to the frst breaths of he intergeo platform Learn More LEFT MENU Privacy Polley Help Contact Us All content licensed Creative Commons Terms of Use Copyright The header contains the options related to your account and current session If you are a member and you are logged in your username will be shown together with the option of ending the session logging out and also only if you are an administrator you will see a link to the administration area If you have not logged in the options available will be INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 13 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO e two text areas to enter your username and password e a Remember me checkbox for your browser to remember your username and password on your computer so that you don t have to type them completely next time you visit i2geo e a Go button to log in with the username and password just typed in or filled in by your browser if you told it before to remember them e a Forgot Login link so that if you cannot remember your username or password you can request them to be sent to your mailbox e a Become a Member link to register and become a member this oper ation is described in the Registration section Also if your session expires because of a long period of inactivity you will see a no
12. You can sel by hitting the Ctrl PC or Apple Mac keyi Click here for definitions sed Activity Exercise Activity Experiment Lab SeCondaire Professionnel 1 Activity Graphic Organizer Wi it Secondaire_Professionnel_1 Activity Problem Set Book Fiction SeCondaire Professionnel 5 Integration of these tools and media is incomplete and actively being worked on by the members of WP4 in collaboration with the developers of the Curriki plat form Development screenshots can be seen above We expect the beta version of the INTERGEO platform to be finished and released to the public in September 2008 It shall be possible to annotate by required competencies and topics as well as trained competencies and topics and by intended educational level The integration involves changing the view and input of the educational contexts and subjects fields using the auto completion feature as well as enriching the search bar with this facility The realization of the encoding of the names and relationships of all compe tencies and topics of the complete math curriculum standards is under work in WP2 the French and Catalonian programmes are getting close to completion 3 4 Support for Interactive Geometry Media Interactive geometry constructions can often be played on the web Currently they can only be uploaded and downloaded It is highly desirable that the educational resources that can be created with the i2geo platform be also of
13. ck the Search button This method brings up a screen of search results Review the search results to locate pertinent resources 5 4 Creating and uploading resources 5 4 1 About resource classification and competencies When a resource is contributed whether created or uploaded it is necessary to classify it correctly so that other users will later on be able to find it 12geo does not use keywords to classify resources because of the variety of languages which can be used to search for resources Instead 12geo classifies resources by using topics and competencies A topic is something like triangle it looks like a keyword but is a mathe matical entity which appears so often in geometry books in all languages that translations and synonyms are well defined A competency might be regarded as an ability that is intended for the student to develop for instance Use triangle similarity Most competencies start with verbs such as identify use calculate decompose understand represent etc Resources are described through the use of topics and competencies later they can be searched through topics and competencies of course but also through keywords This is done through a complex process which uses 12geo s database of translated topics and competencies to decide which competencies are better related to an introduced keyword This is necessary so that people not familiar ized with competencies and curricula can find
14. d with options to manage them create new collection delete collection add resource to collection remove resource from collection etc My Blog Displays your blog with options to create new entries My Groups Lists the groups you are subscribed to with the option of unsubscribing e Partners and Sponsors Contains options to view i2geo s partners and sponsors a featured partners section and a partner resources section e Help Help pages including the Help Collection a resource collection on help a list of tutorials and contacts to provide for help e About i2geo Contains an overview of i2geo and a section with an nouncements about incoming features e Sponsors A small text block about the sponsors with links e Featured Member A small text block providing a short description of a member and linking to its page INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 15 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO 5 3 Finding resources A resource is a file or set of files that can be located within the INTERGEO repository A resource could be a program some class notes in doc format an HTML page containing links or many other things Files are displayed with icons indicating their type of document doc avi pdf etc There are multiple methods for finding resources in INTERGEO These methods will depend on exactly which page you are on within the INTERGEO platform i e whether you are in the main site or
15. does not intend to participate often but just wants to keep an eye and be informed A Contributor Participant is a mem ber that expects to be active within the group Every member defines itself as affiliate or Contributor Participant upon joining the group and this classifica tion can be modified later Every group has at least one leader leader When a group is created its leader is its creator The tasks of the leaders of a group are the following e Edit information about the group e Accept or deny membership requests only for closed groups e Control special content sections that are displayed in your group s pages INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 24 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 12G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 ne e Help to define and document best practices for the group e Edit and delete any group collections messages or specific member set tings in case it is needed e Customize the group A group leader will see more links and options when visiting the group pages typically Edit buttons You can edit and delete anything created in the group resources collections messages You can remove members from the group see current members and pending invitations and in closed groups you can see the list of membership requests both pending and denied There is a group of group leaders used for INTERGEO staff to help group leaders to manage their groups New roles can be created Fo
16. e D4 2 12G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 ne 3 Platform Implementation and Evolution The current state of the INTERGEO platform can be characterized as alpha in the sense that not all features are available It is not yet usable by teachers 3 1 First Steps Public Usage In order to start gathering users and initiate the sharing process of i2geo a first steps platform has been set up This platform currently visible at http i2geo net is based on XWiki just like Curriki but uses a much simpler approach than that of Curriki The objective of the first steps phase is to collect traces of interactive geometry that is links to externally stored constructions along with licenses and topic descriptions As of this writing more than 3000 constructions are stored on this platform The feedback on this process is worth reporting e Many interactive geometry authors are eager to register their construc tions which includes assigning them a license e Choosing the right license may be a difficult question in order to assist in this task we have provided and documented a list of individual licenses This has generated several discussions but still no agreement has been reached on which one of the available licenses should be the default license e Most authors are willing to upload their constructions as well but it seems as if there is not so much interest in this matter one possible reason is t
17. fered in an embedded form instead of just being downloadable this will make learning resources easier to access preview and compare and will streamline the process of searching for constructions A first approach to this effect is to allow embedding of Flash SWF animations and of Java applets with parameters Both of these features are supported natively in some versions of the editor currently in use and we are working to port them to the Curriki environment These improvements are expected to be used very much INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 9 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO The next step is to leverage the open source libraries made to parse the INTER GEO file format HKKMO8 for which we are waiting on implementors This will allow for automatic preview as well as streamlined uploading because a complete geometric construction made up by several files will be uploaded as if it was a single file 3 5 User Interface Adaptations and Translations In order for the platform to be recognizable as being i2geo as opposed to being Curriki graphical adaptations are needed A very basic graphical tuning has been achieved but we intend to also adapt the basic colors used on the platform replacing the vivid oranges and the faded blues of the menu by alternate color pairs The partner Maths For More is in charge of this process which should be concluded by the end of September Related to this process is t
18. hat the only possible actions are uploading and downloading e The list of categories currently offered in the first steps platform is too limited there are only about 20 domains of mathematics and this is insufficient for many purposes INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 7 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I 2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO 3 2 Evolution Everything described so far is fully implemented most of it has been inherited from Curriki the platform technology on which i2geo is based Some new features are to be added to Curriki in order for the INTERGEO platform to become a tool that supports interactive geometry in Europe well Unfortunately some of these improvements will not be concluded at the time of presentation of this deliverable The three main additions which are not yet functional are e replacement of the generic search tool by a cross curriculum search tool e several adaptations of the editing facilities to the particular needs of in teractive geometry media e visual customizations and translations to many European languages This is supplemented by an administration and editorial workflow which still needs to be developed and which will be presented in the next WP4 deliverable the Administrator Manual 3 3 A Cross Curriculum Search Tool A part of INTERGEO that is most innovative is the sharing of learning material that is inherently compatible with many languages and educational contexts Such an exchange
19. he absolute requirement to translate the platform to many European languages Curriki has a full translation to Hindi and partial translations French and Spanish Spanish and French will be activated for the beta release Since translation involves a network of volunteers the INTERGEO project has the intention of collecting task forces of enthusiastic teachers to help in both the realization and the feedback on the translation As a first phase the translation of the messages shall be done for the WP4 partners languages completion of French and Spanish realization of German then extended to the other INTERGEO partners as has been done for the first steps platform which was concluded a few weeks ago Later on the translation will be extended to trusted volunteers for other languages We intend to be more flexible than Curriki in adopting translations and therefore the feedback provided by the platform users will be used to raise the quality of the translations breaking the traditional usability claim that a partial translation is a useless translation 3 6 Editorial Workflows A successful central Web platform such as i2geo or Curriki shows a living com munity of contributors evaluators and re users Signs of this activity have to be provided so as to make the platform attractive and to stimulate its usage at least by best practice examples The Curriki team has understood this very well and employs a few people for this task We in
20. med on i2geo include e teachers searching for classroom complements learning resources e teachers uploading resources they made on their own interactive geometry constructions class notes homework sets etcetera e teachers uploading collections of resources a collection could include new resources resources previously downloaded from i2geo or links to anywhere else on the web 1The group feature is not fully enabled on i2geo currently but is available in Curriki INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 5 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO e education ministry officials uploading recommended learning resources or links e students downloading homework and class complements e math aficionados searching for fun problems and curious programs up loading treasure troves of rarities and programs they made by themselves e interested persons subscribing to newsletters and reading and writing blogs Topics encouraged to be discussed on the INTERGEO platform in clude but are not limited to geometry education software curricula and e learning e anyone with a question about geometry redirected to i2geo by a web link including search robots For a more extensive set of ideas on activities that could be performed on the INTERGEO platform or services that it could provide for some of them not yet implemented see http intern inter2geo eu node 13 INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 6 of 26 Deliverabl
21. mized by its leader The masthead contains an image which will be used as a logo to identify the group You can also create an optional Welcome section for your group s Home tab You can also edit the About messages at the top of the Messages Curriculum and Members tabs You may also wish to modify your personal profile to be seen within a group on the Members tab click on Edit Settings by your name to insert a bio 5 5 2 Searching for a group and joining Any member of INTERGEOcan join any open group just search for the group and click on the Join this group button You can request membership into a closed group which will be accepted or denied by its leader just by searching for it and clicking on its Request membership button You may receive an e mail invitation to join any group whether open or closed When you join a group you can choose to be an affiliate or a Contributor Participant Once you have joined a group you can see the messages from other members by going to the messages tab and clicking on View you can also send a message by clicking on Create after you click on Send you will be offered the option to specify to which roles is your message addressed to 5 5 3 Roles Each group has a set of roles to organize the activities of their members By de fault a group has only three roles leader affiliate and Contributor Participant An affiliate is a member which
22. ncies just type some related words a search will be performed immediately and the results dis played INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 19 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO Trained Topics and Competencies T type words of a topic or competency choose it with the arrow keys then choose it with enter identify parallel lines 8 identify parallel lines E solve problems using angle propertiesof intersecting and parallel lines 7 Use_properties_of_angles_formed_by_parallel_lines_cut_by_transversal EI linear equation 11 Ex PA You can choose a competency from the list just by clicking on it or by using the arrow keys to select it and then press Enter If you click on the book icon next to a competency a new window will open with information about it Fields with are required Q identify parallel lines x tiange x ae ll identify parallel lines Selected topics and competencies are displayed in a list you can remove one item by clicking on the x next to it If you click on the competency itself information about it will be displayed in a new window When a resource is contributed several competencies related to it should be mentioned so that the resource is adequately classified It may be difficult to find competencies which describe exactly what the resource is about but this is not needed several competencies that are partially related will be sufficient
23. ou can know something about the group members documentation documents and files 5 5 1 Creation of a group You can create any number of groups but you should check first to see whether a similar group already exists see subsection on searching for groups below In order to create a group just click on the Create a group option in the left menu of any i2geo page When you create a group you will be asked the following data Name it should be descriptive but short Description a two or three lines description of the group Web Address you can leave this blank to use the default i2geo ad dress It may be useful if the group name contains unusual characters or is difficult to remember Membership Policy open public or closed private to be de scribed later Subject and Level this has to chosen from the list of subjects and will be used when someone searches for an existiing group Language it will become the default language for anything done within the group resources collections folders curricula etc In the future it will be useful for searching groups and resources INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 23 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO e Default License Policy it will become the default for anything done within the group e Default Access Privileges it will become the default for anything done within the group After a group is created it may be custo
24. pository for general use E3 Public Available to anyone and any member can edit Protected Available to anyone but only you or your group members can edit this copy Private Only you or your group members can view or edit Hide from Search 7 Some content is not suitable for display in search results because it does not offer value to the community as a standalone element If this is such an element for instance a table that only makes sense within the context of a larger resource like a lesson plan please click below so this element will not appear in search results 3 O Do not show this element in search results Key Words T plot function graphs Language i Espa ol he Rights Holder s v Santiago Egido License Deed Planea he eure wow have read and sindemtand the Tarne nf lien und that inn hava the rinhtein anntrihute thie content x cma A 6 Review your selections and entries to the form and click Submit If you have completed all the required fields your resource will be created in the repository and you will see a confirmation message RESOURCE ADDED You have successfully contributed a resource You can now find this resource in My Contributions view Go to My Contributions INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 21 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO interoperable interactive Geometry for Europe G Welcome Santiago search
25. quickly what they are searching for INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 17 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 12G Basic User Manual 12G INTERGEO 5 4 2 How to contribute a resource In order to create a new resource you have to be a registered member be logged in you know that you are logged in when you can see your username in the header instead of the Become a Member option and follow these steps 1 In the left menu click on CONTRIBUTE then on Add a resource 2 Indicate how you are going to provide for the resource currently there are six options V CONTRIBUTE About Contributing Add a Resource I2geo Review System Collect interactive Add or create Collaborat A AD 4 PARTN Ih SPON This platforn by the intere under the eC proc commission mme WATCH I2GE Resources Members Grauns SE ADD To CURRIKI P MY 1261 What would you like to add Something I already have or know about amp A file from my computer A video want to upload A link for a great web resource ut Something want to make on Curriki Alesson plan I ll create using a template A resource I ll create from scratch A video I ll capture with my webcam th a interactive aeometr accross the alobe a Upload an existing file without video C b Upload a video file Provide a web link d Edit online a lesson plan e Edit online a resource
26. r instance in a group dedicated to writing a book it could be convenient to have author illustrator and proofreader roles Group messages can be sent only to members with some particular role this is a way to eliminate traffic To create new roles the leader of the group has to click on the Manage Roles link on the members tab INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 25 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO Bibliography CMDD 08 Albert Creus Mir Cyrille Desmoulins Michael Dietrich Maxim Hendriks Colette Laborde and Paul Libbrecht Inter geo Deliverable 2 3 Internationalized Ontology Techni cal report available at http www inter2geo eu files D2 3 Intl Ontology pdf May 2008 Cre08 Creative Commons Inc CC Namensnennung Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 2 0 Deutschland Available at http creativecommons org licenses by sa 2 0 de May 2008 HKKM08 Maxim Hendriks Ulrich Kortenkamp Yves Kreis and Daniel Marques Intergeo Deliverable 3 3 Common File Format v1 Tech nical report available at http www inter2geo eu files D3 3 Common File Format vi pdf July 2008 INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 26 of 26
27. sitif Traces 2008 jul 23 at 15 23 Paul Byache Www WW 79 na Thalar Tranne INNA ahr AR at 12 50 Linke arain amp d b amp 700 All of the above methods bring you to a screen of search results Review the search results to locate pertinent resources You can also find resources by the following methods e Review curriculum offerings under Featured Resources and Featured Partners both accessible from the left menu or from the visitor and member home pages INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 16 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 12G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 pus e Go to the About Finding amp Collecting page by clicking Find on the home page or selecting this option under Find in the left navigation menu There you ll see various options for accessing resources in the IN TERGEO s repository e If you find an INTERGEO member whose resources you consider valuable you can view that member s My INTERGEO area depending on the mem ber s settings there you will be able to view the member s available collections and contributions When you are working in the Currikulum Builder e Click the Build Up button under the Table of Contents and choose the option INTERGEO Resource This will bring up a search screen Enter or refine your search terms in the open field make selections for subject area educational level and instructional component type and cli
28. tend to follow their example The platform provides facilities to propose for nomination any educational resource which can then enter the list of candidates to sip into the featured resources and featured groups pages INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 10 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 12G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 nee 4 Conclusion The INTERGEO project is well on its way to provide a platform to support a European community of interactive geometry users The beta version of the INTERGEO platform is expected to be ready for testing in September Contri bution by the partners of at least their own 3000 constructions fully tagged is expected to start then The degree of success will depend on the amount of public usage to follow dissemination tasks are largely planned in WP5 INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 11 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO 5 Appendix User Manual This is not a complete user manual some of the features of the INTERGEO platform will be documented here when they become available on the web and some pages described here are not yet functional The manual is split into five sections registration navigation resource search ing resource creation and uploading and groups 5 1 Registration Users interested only in searching for resources do not have to register Regis tered members can upload resources and have a personal account which
29. tice in this area Between the header and the content area there is a breadcrumbs bar a text line such as Home gt About Contributing it indicates on which page you are within i2geo and provides links to go back in this example there are two links one to the Home page and another to the About Contributing page The footer contains links to the resources related to the platform itself Pri vacy policy The i2geo Help Collection a resource collection about i2geo help Contacts RSS feeds License Terms of use and Copyright The content area is the space dedicated to the actual presentation of informa tion as opposed to navigation The left menu contains the following options some of which may be available only to registered members logged in e Find Used to search for resources Currently there are five sub options About Finding amp Collecting A help page with several options Featured Resources A selection of the most notable resources and curricula Browse Resources by Subject An easy to use tool to search resources by field Advanced Search Not yet functional Reviewed Resources Resources getting good marks after evalua tion by the users e Contribute Contains three options for contributing to INTERGEO About Contributing An introductory help page Add a Resource Only for registered members INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 14 of 26 Deliverable D4 2
30. tivities on the INTERGEO platform 3 Platform Implementation and Evolution 3 1 First Steps Public Usage 2 22 220 3 2 Evolution se 6454 0 as ee a A AnD are 3 3 A Cross Curriculum Search Tool 3 4 Support for Interactive Geometry Media 3 5 User Interface Adaptations and Translations 3 6 Editorial Workflows 0 00 4 Conclusion 5 Appendix User Manual 51 Registration sssaaa 04 sandte 5 2 Navigation through i2geo 0 5 3 Finding resources 2 2 nn nn 5 4 Creating and uploading resources 5 4 1 About resource classification and competencies 5 4 2 How to contribute a resource 5 5 Groups 644 eee eben eae eee da PRO HS 5 5 1 Creation ofa group 5 5 2 Searching for a group and joining 5 5 3 Roles 2 Co oo nern Bibliography INTERGEO Consortium 2008 oO oo oOo N N Page 3 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 I2G 12G Basic User Manual INTERGEO 1 Executive Summary The INTERGEO platform is a web system designed to streamline the sharing of computer learning resources on Interactive Geometry that is software tools providing real time sharing of geometric constructions oriented primarily to teaching and practising The current platform is in beta development stage and can be browsed online at http draft i2geo net xwiki bin view Main WebHome It is named i2geo because of its future URL http i2geo net
31. urces but you have to fill a different form which includes new fields such as Learning Objectives and Procedures A resource collection can be used to group together several lesson plans forming a course plan 5 5 Groups A group is a place where some people can exchange messages and files related to a subject This subject can be very different from one group to another an open public group might be devoted to discussing the ideal curriculum for a course while a closed private group might be formed by teachers from a particular region sharing their local news Some groups have a lot of traffic number of messages per day but other groups might have only one message a month such a reminder of a monthly meeting A group provides e a messageboard INTERGEO Consortium 2008 Page 22 of 26 Deliverable D4 2 12G 12G Basic User Manual submitted version of October 10 2008 ne space for storing tools and resources collaboration tools for curricula creation options to include new members options to make group resources available to the whole INTERGEO com munity Roles can be defined within a group to organize the activities of its members Each group has at least one leader who is in charge of its maintenance Also every group has a page with five tabs home the home page of the group messages used to view and send messages to the group curriculum used to create the group curricula members here y
32. working in the Currikulum Builder From the main site you can look for a resource in the following ways e Use the simple text search available in the orange rectangle at the top of every screen Enter terms you wish to match and click Go e Click Advanced Search under the simple key word search to bring up a search screen where you can further define your search criteria Enter or refine your search terms in the open field make selections for subject area educational level and or instructional component type and click the Search button e Click Browse Resources by Subject under Find in the left navigation menu On the next screen select your subject of interest Search Query Thales in space All 3 Results 1 19 of 19 g Page Space Date Last Author Score Partage Thales Traces 2008 mar 24 at 19 09 Liouba Leroux ARI Reciproque Thales Thales 2008 abr 16 at 13 59 Liouba Leroux Www w g0 2008 jul 25 at 14 26 Daniel Mentrard www ww 90 thales geolabo 2008 jul 28 at 15 11 Paul Byache www wwg0 Thales Geolabo tableur Traces 2008 feb 09 at 22 59 Paul Byache w w ww 80 Thales Geolabo tableur Traces 2008 feb 09 at 22 59 Paul Byache Ww WW 79 ciproai e 5 a re 2008 jul 21 at 23 53 Jalil Haraki we ie amp 79 thales produit 2 nombres Traces 2008 jul 23 at 15 19 Paul Byache WwW WW 79 Thales quotient 2 nombres Traces 2008 jul 23 at 15 22 Paul Byache A k k 79 thales carre nombre po
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