David: Thank you for your interest. I have your xxxx@viral.academy <mailto:xxxx@viral.academy> email from your posting. If you’d like another, please contact me offlist at proth...@earthednet.org <mailto:proth...@earthednet.org>.
My biggest problem right now is figuring out why two foreign students using Windows 8 had problems. The Japanese student had pixellation problems that seemed to appear on the screen captured image. Another found a crash that I can’t duplicate, but he described what happened and it may be able to be fixed if I do more error testing in my code. If you have any suggestions on how to get this tested without using/abusing students in classes, please let me know. In the future, I hope you can give me some feedback on the kind of student management that would be useful. The version that is being used right now was a very preliminary one. I am going to set up so I get a log of each student’s computer and OS type when they log in, and a better bug reporting system. Also, I will implement some kind of system that will bundle and send a student’s homework to a specified teacher. This kind of login for a specific class will be a separate module that will let me reconfigure the software easily for different applications. Regards, Bill Prothero > On Jul 17, 2015, at 11:52 PM, David Bovill <david@viral.academy> wrote: > > William - thanks for the link. Please add me to the list. I'd be interested > in using this material in teaching, and help with any code. It is a subject > that I am very interested in. Great work! > > On 17 July 2015 at 21:48, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: > >> PS: >> The app I am developing is targeted at high school and college >> introductory Earth Science classes and is focussed on getting a range of >> data that supports the theory of Plate Tectonics into student hands. These >> data support realistic scientific investigations and science writing. Some >> of these tools will be incorporated into future versions. The app is unique >> in that it allows easy access to a wide range of Earth data that otherwise >> students have to get from various other web sites, which takes away time >> they might spend on thinking about the meaning of the data. I have used a >> version of this software written in Adobe Director, in large introductory >> Earth Science courses at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to >> anchor science writing and peer review activities. My web site contains >> links to publications describing my activities. >> >> This app will be free to all and I would love to have a few teachers who >> are willing to work with me on it. >> >> If you are willing to look at the app and potentially use it in your >> classroom, I will inform you of new versions and future plans. Also, I will >> welcome (whether you are a teacher or now) suggestions and ideas for >> improvement. >> >> Best regards, >> Bill Prothero >> >> William A. Prothero, Ph.D. >> University of California, Santa Barbara Dept. of Earth Sciences (Emeritus) >> Santa Barbara, CA. 93105 >> http://es.earthednet.org/ >> my new project link <http://earthednet.org/ptExplorer/Cover.html> >> >> >>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 2:07 PM, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> Folks: >>> I have an application that is being used by a class of Earth Science >> students and get failure reports from two who use Windows 8. One lives in >> Australia and one lives in Japan. The app works fine on Macintosh. I’ve >> also tested it on my own installation of both Windows 8.1 and 7, 32 bit and >> 64 bit versions. I can’t get the reported pixellation of the map and screen. >>> >>> I’m wondering if it is something related to foreign installations. The >> symptom is extreme pixellation of images captured with the "export >> snapshot” command. I live in the US. >>> >>> So, I wonder if somebody with Windows 8 would be willing to download the >> app and try it, and perhaps give me an idea of what might be going on. If >> it’s a bug in “snapshot”, it would be important to be reported and fixed. >> Otherwise, I’m pretty stuck on figuring out what is going on. >>> >>> Here are links: >>> Windows zip file of the app: < >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/lsn087vrhstxvg4/PT_Explorer-Windows.zip?dl=0> >>> Pixellated Image sent by a student < >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/m2frv9i0dg7mxtp/Explorer%20in%20Windows%208.1.pdf?dl=0 >>> >>> >>> Thanks for any help or feedback you can give me. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> William A. 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