Download LA System User Manual - Computer Graphics and Visualization

LA System user manual – version 2009­08­18
2. Installation
The LA system requires Mathematica version 6 or later to run. Mathematica is available for various versions of Windows, Linux and OS X. For more information on Mathematica, see [www.wolfram.com]. The LA system software is a set of Mathematica packages (.m files) which should be installed in a directory that is in the Mathematica search path for packages. For more information about installing packages, see See Mathematica documentation. Exercises are specified in Mathematica notebooks (.nb files). A set of exercises is provided with the LA system and should be installed in a single directory, and the name of this directory should be specified in the LA system configuration file. The configuration file:
The LAsystem reads configuration setting from file LAconfig.m. Some configuration settings that can be edited are: ExercisesDirectory: the directory where exercise notebooks can be found SolutionsDirectory: the directory where student results (finished exercise notebooks) are saved. LogsDirectory: the directory where log files (unfinished exercise notebooks) are saved. HintButton: set StepButton = True to show Hint button in main menu. StepButton: set StepButton = True to show Step button in main menu. SolutionButton: set SolutionButton = True to show Solution button in main menu. DevelopmentButton: set DevelopmentButton = True to show Dev button in main menu. AutoSelectAll: if AutoSelectAll = True then, when user does not make a selection, select complete formula when apply is pressed.
PunishHint: if True, then if hint button pressed, exercise will not be marked as finished.
PunishStep: if True, then if step button pressed, exercise will not be marked as finished.
PunishSolution: If True, then if solution button pressed, exercise will not be marked as finished.
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