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TELL ME MORE® EducationWITH LINUX / NOVELL SERVER

TELL ME MORE EDUCATION WITH LINUX / NOVELL SERVER

In this case, you have to define a single Windows computer to install Tell me More Education Server Applications.

Requirements are these ones :

- Shared directory under Novell and network paths are UNC paths. Example : \\Name of the server \ Shared directory

- Use a computer with Windows to run Server Applications Software. During the installation,  Server Applications Software for Tell me MoreEducation ( called “Httpserver” ) will be installed on the server LINUX NOVELL FROM A WORKSTATION WITH WINDOWS .

This software will be installed near the Data Server for Tell me More Education.So, After the complete installation, the single Windows computer will runServer Applications Software installed on the server Novell or Linux.

SO, TO DO THE COMPLETE INSTALLATION OF TELL ME MORE EDUCATION, YOU HAVE TO START THE INSTALLATION FROM THE WINDOWS WORKSTATION WHERE YOU WILL RUNNING THE SERVER APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE FOR TELL ME MORE EDUCATION.

The stages of the installation are as follows :

- On the server, create manually a directory for the server of TELL ME MORE® Education shared with complete access. ( Shared with the “$” at the end if you don’t want pupils to see this shared directory from the neighborhood network).

- From the single WINDOWS computer, run the installation of Tell me More Education to install the server and the server applications of TELL ME MORE® Education in this shared repertory, by specifying UNC network path (Example: \\name of the server\ shared directory – NOT A LETTER G:\SERV7EDUC$ ).

- Server applications will be installed on the server and will be launched starting from the single Windows Computer.

- Run the installation of each station by indicating as HTTP server , the name of the computer chosen to install HTTP Server Application of Tell me More Eduction( Name of the computer you see on the neighborhood network )

On next pages, you will find a detailed description of the installation of TELL ME MORE EDUCATION.

To undestand how to install Tell me More Education, we added an example with the installation guide :

In our example, the server Linux or Novell you can see with the neighborhood network is called “SERVERNOVUX”.Then before running the installation, we created on this server a directory we called SERV7EDUC shared in complete access with the name SERV7EDUC$. Also, to install HTTP SERVER APPLICATION from a WINDOWS COMPUTER, we selected a computer : It’s name in the neighborhood network is XPWORKSTATION.

You have to notice that the server and the computer where the HTTP server Applications for Tell me More Education must be running to use Tell me More from other windows Computer.

Step N° 1 : Installation of the Server for Tell me More Education :

Run the installation of Tell me More Education, accept the license agreement and type your license number for Tell meMore Education. Click on “Next”; then the following screen appears :

Click on the “Next” button.

Tick or not the automatic cretaion of student accounts or the mailbow activation. These parameters could be modify later. Click on the “Next” button.

Select the interface language and indicate or not a password for the Administrator of the system for Tell me More Education – ( confirm the password if you typed one ). Click on the “Next” button.

Type the path of the directory for the installation of data server for Tell me More Education ( Your real Novell or Linux server ) and tick or not the copy of the installation cdrom onto the server. Click on the “Install” button.

The following screen appears :

The installation of the server for Tell me More Education is ended. Click on the “Ok” button.

The following screen appears :

You MUST click on the “EXIT” button to finish the installation of the server of Tell me More Education.

Step N° 2 : Installation of the Server Applications for Tell me More Education – The server Manager into a WINDOWS COMPUTER.

Run again the installation of Tell me More Education, accept the license agreement and type your license number for Tell meMore Education. Click on “Next”; then the following screen appears :Click on “Install server applications ( Tell me More Server, Server Manager ) instead of “Install the server”.

Click on the “Next” button. The following screen appears :

On this Window, you can change the installation directory. YOU HAVE TO TYPE AGAIN THE PATH OF THE SERVER OF TELL ME MORE EDUCATION; \\SERVERNOVUX\SERV7EDUC$ in our example. Click on the “Install” Button.

The following screen appears :

Click on the “OK” button and reboot the windows Computer. The application “HTTPSERVER” must be running as a SERVICE or as an Application <-> icone in bottom on the right of the screen according to your choice and the version of Windows.

If the operative system of the application server is Windows® NT/2000/XP/2003 and you wish to install the le HTTP server as a service, you must give the full network access to that service.- Go into the properties of the service.- Find the option "Open a session as".Example: on Windows® 2003, select "that account" and "AUTHORITY\Network Service"Example: on Windows® NT, select "that account" and "Administrator"For more information, please contact the Auralog technical support.

Step N° 3 : Installation of the clients applications for Tell me More Education on each single WINDOWS COMPUTER.

Run again the installation of Tell me More Education, accept the license agreement and type your license number for Tell meMore Education. Click on “Next”; then the following screen appears :Click on “Install clients applications (Admin Tools, Tutor Tools, Tell Me More, Lesson Copier ) instead of “Install the server”.

Click on the “Next” Button. The following screen appears :

In the zone “ Server Name”, YOU MUST SIMPLY INDICATE THE NAME OF THE COMPUTER WHERE YOU WILL RUN THE SERVER APPLICATIONS OF TELL ME MORE EDUCATION. In our example, it is the computer “XPWORKSTATION”. Click on the “Next” button. The following screen appears :

Select programs you want to install on the student computers at least “Tell me More” itself. If you tick the installation of Tell me More, the “Lesson Copier” program wil be automatically installed, that’s why you can’t untick it.If necessary, change the installation directory for the installation of these programs and then click on the button “Install”. The following screen appears :

Click on the “OK” button to finish the complete installation of tell me More Education.

(According to the version of Windows, an update of MDAC componants could be done. It is recommended to reboot the student computer after this update.)

STEP N°4 : Copy courses on the server.

Note that you could test quickly the use of Tell me More Education on a student computer : Insert a course cdrom into the cdrom drive of the sudent computer before setting copy of courses on the server of Tell me More Education.

( For more details about installation of courses for Tell me More Education, report to the installation guide.)