HELP! * GREEN=global GREY=local Global HTML version of Foils prepared 4 April 1996

Foil 79 I.4:Current prototype of Teacher-Student Interactive Environment - WebFoil

From Web Technologies for Education Workshop on Education and Training Technology -- NIST -- 25 March 1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE
Early WebFoil prototype based on Netscape2 multiframe JavaScript is already operational at NPAC and extends initial HotJava Prototype demonstrated at Supercomputing 95.
Offers a hierarchical information model where contents in one frame can be scrolled and generate associated information module in main frame
  • 130 foilsets can be scrolled -- Information is abstract
  • foils within foilsets can be scrolled -- information is HTML or Gif version of foil
User has control of size, color, font etc and can save configurations
Can link notes, further information and audio to information page
Can be generalized to any hierarchically organized table with indices at each level
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, npac@npac.syr.edu

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