Instructions




System Requirements

Below are the minimum system requirements needed to take this interactive, multi-media based course.




Using the Bamba Player

Downloading and Installing the Bamba plug-in:

  • Download the IBM Bamba plug-in for Windows 95/NT or OS/2

  • Locate the tribamba.exe file you downloaded
  • If you cannot find the tribamba.exe file , go to the Find files option under the Start menu, type tribamba.exe into the window marked Named, then click the Find Now button.
  • Double-click the tribamba.exe file to install the plugin and Live Bamba application
  • Restart Netscape

Bamba Audio Player Controls:

Audio Bamba

The Audio Bamba panel has five buttons and a slider:

  • Rewind This button rewinds the clip to the beginning.
  • Pause This button pauses the clip at the current position.
  • Play This button selects a clip and begins playing it.
  • Volume This button causes a volume slide bar control to drop down. The slide bar can be dragged for different volume levels. To banish the slide bar, click outside the slide bar panel. The slide bar has the same function as the system volume slide bar, changing volume for all Windows applications.
  • About This button brings up a panel which displays Bamba information.
  • Seek This control allows the clip to be played from any position. It acts as a rewind or fast forward.

Test your Bamba Audio Setup:

Press the play button on the Bamba Audio panel below. You should hear an introductory message. If you don't see a Bamba Audio Panel below, you need to
download and install the plug-in. If you see the audio panel, but cannot hear the audio, try pressing the play button and turning on your speakers.




Working through the exercises:

What you need on your local machine

At the end of each section of within the course there are a set of exercises which you can work through on your own computer by following the steps outlined. You must have a version of the Java Developers Kit installed on your machine to try these exercises. You can
download the JDK from Sun Microsystems. The instructor of this course, Brian Watt, recommends that during the exercise portions of this course you should have three (3) separate windows open at one time. You should keep the browser window open, so you can see the steps of the exercise. In addition, you should open a second window for your java compiler, and a third window for your text editor. The steps are explained by the instructor assuming you are using the JDK compiler in a DOS window, and DOS edit or Windows Notepad as your development tools. You can use other Java Integrated Development Environments if you wish.

How to use the Virtual Blackboard Applet

The Virtual Blackboard applet, shown below, has a band of numbers across the top, which correspond to the steps of the exercise, which would normally be displayed in the frame above the applet. Moving your mouse pointer over any number displayed along the top of the applet will show the solution to that particular step of the exercise.
Try it below.




Navigating the course:

This course is meant to be navigated in a linear fashion, but the user can jump to any section at any time by using the course directory. To progress through the course you can use the "Next" and "Previous" buttons. If at any time there is another section you would like to refer to, you can use the "Site Map" button to go to the course directory. You can also use the "Home" button at any time to return to the beginning of this course. The image of "Ed" in the lower right hand corner of the content pages is always available to let you know where you are in the course. If you experience audio break-up at any time during the course, this is probably a symptom of web-congestion, and can be resolved by hitting the reload button.




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