GetSmart

GetSmart

standalone version: http://feathers.dlib.vt.edu/~rshen/ConceptMap/GetSmart.html

web version: http://boris.dlib.vt.edu:8080/aicm)

Thanks to support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSDL program, Virginia Tech is working with the Artificial Intelligence Lab of the University of Arizona to develop the GetSmart system, a digital library service with support for ConceptMaps.

The GetSmart e-learning tool will be used to assist students during the semester. The web-based portal provides several services, including: (1) course content information: syllabus, outline, course slides, assignments, lecture notes, etc., (2) “concept map” creation facility for representing learning processes and outcomes, and (3) search and analysis tools for information technology research. Detailed information will be provided to assist students in working with GetSmart, including for chapter study and research project documentation.

Regarding individual concept maps that you turn in:

• Only if the map name starts with "Chp" will this work. Otherwise the GTA will not see what you turn in.
• For the start, you would use "Chp1", for example.
• If your map is detailed, and you do it in parts, use some clear scheme like Chp1, Chp1a, ...
• So the GTA knows who drew the map, put an additional node in the upper left corner of the map with your name, in form "Last Name, First Name". Thus, for the instructor, the node would be labelled "Fox, Edward".

Regarding printing so you can show your map to your group, there are several ways to avoid the problem with truncating the righthand side.

• First, you can use Page Setup, shift to Landscape, and then print.
• Second, you can have each map be a bit smaller, and link from a master map (e.g., Chp1) to several subsidiary maps (e.g., Chp1a, Chp1b).
• Third, you can do printing on your own. For example, you can use Alt+Print Screen and then paste into a Paint window and then print from that.

To learn more, work through the GetSmart tutorial - in Word http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs5604/f02/GetSmartTutorial1.doc) or PDF (http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs5604/f02/GetSmartTutorial1.pdf)

To understand GetSmart terminology, and to see how it is used in classes, see GetSmartTerm.

For more information, contact the graduate student involved in this project at Virginia Tech: RaoShen

For use of GetSmart in CS5604 Fall 2004 see InformationStorageRetrieval.

For use of GetSmart in CS4624 Fall 2004 see MmConceptMapsB.

For use of GetSmart in CS4624 Spring 2004 see MmConceptMapsA.

For use of GetSmart in CS4624 Spring 2003 see MmConceptMaps.

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Old info on use of GetSmart for CS5604 in Fall 2002:

• Please see the plans regarding how GetSmart will work at VT - GetSmartPlans.
• To use GetSmart, get an account, and then connect to the GetSmart server at http://boris.dlib.vt.edu:8080/aicm/index.html
• Students in Arizona use instead http://ai8.bpa.arizona.edu:8080/aicm (or http://128.196.40.221:8080/aicm)

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