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Installing
software on classroom workstations
Providing the software
tools that are part of the New Model Course in Applied Quantum
Physics so that students can use them in the classroom can
often be difficult, and depends on a variety of situations. Below,
we outline possible ways in which you can take information from
the CD-ROM and make it available to your students.
Note: The descriptions of non-web based
methods below assume that you have a CD-ROM on a computer. If
your classroom workstations do not have CD-ROMs installed, use
a floppy disk to transfer the files from a machine that does.
If you have neither CD nor floppy disk, then you must use networking
to transfer the files.
Photoelectric
Tutor
This program must be purchased from Physics
Academic Software (WWW) and installed on individual machines.
Visual
Quantum Mechanics
To run VQM on the classroom machines,
you can use two methods. Both require that your computer's browsers
(Netscape or Internet Explorer are recommended) have the Macromedia
Shockwave (WWW) browser plugin installed.
If you are connected to the world
wide web,
then you can drag the URLs below to the desktop, and students
can run them off the web
If you are not connected to the web,
then you can do the following. Using your computer's file manager
(e.g. Windows Explorer or the Macintosh Finder), go to the CD-ROM
and the directory "NewModel" --> "software"
--> "vqmplugs." Place the three programs in this
folder on the desktop of each computer in the classroom. Students
then drag them into the browser to run them.
Physlets
To run physlets in your classroom, you
can use two methods. Note that both of these methods will only
work on Windows computers, Macintosh OS X (not yet tested, but
assumed to work), and Macintosh computers (pre OS X) running
HotJava,
available from Sun Microsystems.
If you are connected to the world
wide web,
then students can link directly to the physlets located at
http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/qm/qmcourse/NewModel/software/physlets/Eigenvalue4/mainmenu.htm
If you are not connected to the web,
then you can do the following. Using your computer's file manager
(e.g. Windows Explorer or the Macintosh Finder), go to the CD-ROM
and the file "NewModel" --> "software"
--> "physlets.zip." Place this file on the desktop
of each computer in the classroom. Unzip this file, and it will
create a folder containing two folders within it. Point your
browser at the file "Eigenvalue4" --> "mainmenu.htm"
to start run the physlets locally.
Spreadsheet
physics
The spreadsheets used in the Fourier
Transform tutorial run in Microsoft Excel. They have been tested
on most versions of Excel (97, 2000 on Windows, 98, 2001 on Macintosh).
They have not been tested in OpenOffice or StarOffice, though
they should open. Some translations (specifically in the graphs)
may fail.
Using your computer's file manager (e.g.
Windows Explorer or the Macintosh Finder), go to the CD-ROM and
the file "NewModel" --> "software" -->
"spreadsheet.zip." Copy this file to the computer desktop
and unzip it. Students will then have access to a folder with
the two required files in it.
MUPPET
These programs will work only on computers
capable of running DOS. Newer Windows machines cannot run the
MUPPET programs. The programs have not been tested on Macintosh
computers running DOS in Virtual PC or any other emulation environment.
Using your computer's file manager (e.g.
Windows Explorer or the Macintosh Finder), go to the CD-ROM and
the directory "NewModel" --> "software"
--> "muppet." Copy this folder to the desktop. The
file "egavga.bgi" is required for any of the programs
to run.
CUPS
Utilities
This program will work only on computers
capable of running DOS. Newer Windows machines cannot run the
CUPS utilities. The programs have not been tested on Macintosh
computers running DOS in Virtual PC or any other emulation environment.
Using your computer's file manager (e.g.
Windows Explorer or the Macintosh Finder), go to the CD-ROM and
the directory "NewModel" --> "software"
--> "cups." Copy the two files located in this folder
to the desktop. The program is "1-D lattice" while
the data file is "qm_polar." The full software package
is available for purchase from Wiley
(WWW).
MBL
materials
These materials must be purchased from
Vernier Software (WWW).
For more information on modifications required to run the MBL
version of the probability tutorial, contact Michael
C. Wittmann.
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