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	Download & install Course material for the Jellyfish tutorial environment

The courses on this page are device-independent, that is, they should work on Macintosh, Windows(TM) or UNIX systems.
Course material for the Jellyfish system can be written once and used anywhere because all the file formats are standard types like text, GIF etc.

0 Before you start

You will need a computer which is connected to the internet using EtherNet or similar.

You will also need a Zip file extractor on your computer in order to acquire and unpack the files. If you do not have a Zip file extractor, click here.

You will also need a password to access these files. The password can be obtained by writing to Advance Education staff ae@maths.uwa.edu.au.

How to install a course

1 Set up a basic FlyingFish system on your server

If you have not already done this, click here to find out more.

2 Download a zip file for a course

See below for a list of the courses available.

You will need to pass a security check.

To make this discussion more concrete, let's assume that you wish to download and install the Dynamics_100.zip course.

3 Unzip the zip file

When the file Dynamics_100.zip is extracted you should see a new directory on your hard disc called Dynamics_100.

4 Quit your server

If your FlyingFish server is running, shut it down before doing the next step. FlyingFish has some internal caches which may not be properly initialised if you change the course material while it is running.

5 Put the course directory in the right place

Put the new directory into your task directory. This is the directory nominated in the Jellyfish.ini file and is c:\FlyingFish\task\ by default.

6 Check it out!

The top level body.html document (at the root level of the task directory) may not have a convenient link for you to click on. In this case simply append the name of the new course to your system address like this:

http://[your server address/jellyfish/Dynamics_100/

Note that the trailing / is significant!

First-year Engineering Dynamics

Click here to download: Dynamics_100.zip

Size: About 2.5 Mb

Contains 200 Java problems covering everything from motion in a straight line to forces in realistic mechanisms. This is the award-winning course developed by Prof. Brian Stone of UWA and has been used at UWA since 1995.

Click here to download: updated java applets for Dynamics, Aug 2001 version (About 800kb). Some corrections and new features. Compatible with FlyingFish v1.84 and above.

Pathology 330

Click here to download: Pathology.zip

Size: About 30 Mb

An early version of a course in the identification of cancerous breast tissue. Contains innovative drag-and-drop Java problems as well as some unusual multiple-choice questions. Developed by Dr Moira Maley of the UWA Dept. of Pathology.

Engineering 101

Click here to download: Engineering_101.zip

Size: About 6 Mb

Contains 200 Java problems in the fields of Statics and Dynamics. Based on course material by Prof. Brian Stone and Dr Ken Kavanagh of UWA. This is the introductory course in Engineering Mechanics at UWA and has been used since March 2000.

Vibration lecture notes by Prof. Brian Stone

One degree-of-freedom and two degrees-of-freedom vibration

Click here to download: Vibration.zip

Size: About 2.3 Mb

This is NOT a Jellyfish problem set: it is a short text as a web site with embedded animations. Some probems are included but they are not networked to the Jellyfish server.