Getting Started

You can get the UP installer at http://up.ucsd.edu/download/. Double click on the .exe file.

If the installer indicates that you already have UP installed, you must remove it, then restart the UP installer. You can do this by going to the Control Panel (from the Start menu) and selecting "Add or Remove Programs." From this window you should remove Ubiquitous Presenter (or Classroom Presenter) and the Instructor Mode Add-in (2 separate items in the Add/Remove Programs list).

The .msi installer will guide you through the setup process, allowing you to choose the destination directory and which users the installation will be applied to. For Windows XP machines, SP1 and SP2 are required.

Getting a Classroom

UP works through a web-hosted virtual classroom, where all your lectures (including ink made in class and student active learning submissions) are stored. To create your first classroom go to http://up.ucsd.edu/request.php to request a login. Once you have a login, you can make additional classrooms through the "Manage Your Classrooms" link.

Creating Lectures

UP's lectures use the ".CSD" (Conferencing Slide Deck) file format. You can create .CSD's in two ways:

PowerPoint (plugin required): Use the option "File → Export to CSD and Web." After saving the lecture on your own computer, you will be asked to choose your server and log in. You should use the server http://up.ucsd.edu/ and enter your username and password. Then you will be given a window in which to select your classroom and name your lecture.

DeckBuilder: You can use the DeckBuilder application (installed with UP) to transform slides into .CSDs from non-PPT formats. Click here for directions on how to use DeckBuilder.

At this point your lecture is viewable on the web. You can use the web-based instructor account to control access to and features of each lecture (go to http://up.ucsd.edu and login). Students will be able to see your lecture after they create a UP login and enroll for your class. Here is a set of directions you can give to students.

Starting a Lecture

Double-click on your saved .CSD lecture to launch UP. (Note: You cannot directly open a PPT file in UP as you can in Classroom Presenter 3.0.) When you start UP you will be prompted to connect to your classroom on the web. (You can always connect later by selecting "File → Sync to Web...") Enter your instructor username and password when prompted. You will be shown a window of your classrooms, once you choose a classroom, you will be shown the list of lectures in that classroom. Select today's lecture. You're ready to go — all of the ink that you add to the slides during lecture will be archived on the web! Note: If you want to check if your lecture was placed on the web, use a web browser (Firefox).

I have to lecture in a room with no Internet connection. What can I do?

Projecting a Lecture

Ubiquitous Presenter uses the extended monitor mode of Windows XP to project a different display than the instructor sees. Hence, you do not connect to the digital projector using Function-F5 (or however your machine indicates). Instead you will tell the Windows operating system to extend your windows desktop onto the second monitor. This "second monitor" is, in this case, the projector. The student view will be extended there.

Specific details can differ by machine model (some systems have shortcuts to do this which are really useful in class -- it's worthwhile to look into it), but all systems can accomplish this by:

• Plug in the monitor cable.
• Right click on the windows desktop (your background).
• Select the "Properties" menu item from the pop up menu.
• Click on the "Settings" tab.
• Click on the box marked 2 in the gray window.
• You should now be able to put a check mark in the box "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor".

On some Tablet PC models you may have to do this each time you connect to a projector, on others you may only need to do this once.

FAQ and troubleshooting projection problems

Lecturing Without Pre-made Slides

You also can lecture from blank slides. First, you must create a lecture to hold your slides, which can be accomplished two ways:

Before class
1. From the home page click "Manage your classrooms".
2. Under "Create Whiteboard Lecture" select your classroom and enter the name of your new lecture.

Then, to start lecturing from your new classroom:

1. If you have not already done so, open Presenter and log in.
2. Select the new lecture.
3. Click on the whiteboard icon to move to the whiteboard deck. Create more slides in your whiteboard by clicking on the forward arrow button.

OR

At the beginning of class
1. Open Presenter, select "Sync to Web...", log in, and then select "New Whiteboard Lecture".
2. Name the lecture, and then select Okay
3. Click on the whiteboard icon to move to the whiteboard deck. Create more slides in your whiteboard by clicking on the forward arrow button.

Now, any ink that you add to the blank slides will be viewable on the web.

Active Learning with UP

UP provides a framework within which you can interact with your students -- both during and outside of lecture time. Students, through a web site, choose a method of interaction by clicking on a web link. They can interact by voting (selecting a radio button), typing a text input, or with "ink" -- using a Java applet to draw. These submissions are both sent to the instructor for in class review and are stored alongside that slide for students to review later. Additionally, the student submission capability can be left on after class or enabled before class to support Just in Time Teaching. Click here to watch a brief video clip on how to do active learning using Student Submissions.

• In class when you are ready to have students participate, click on the icon that is an envelope with wings. It should change from having an "anti" symbol in red to having a check mark in green.
• When new submissions are available, a "New Submissions Available" option will appear on the menu bar (in text). Click on it, and the submissions will be loaded into the "Student Submissions" deck and will automatically change your filmstrip view to the Student Submissions deck (though it will not change the slide displayed on the screen) The "Student Submissions" tab at the bottom of your filmstrip view identifies this deck.
• You can now preview (touch and hold with the Tablet pen) student submissions (and scroll through them in the filmstrip view). To select a submission to show to the class, tap on it. If more submissions arrive on the server, you can click on "New Submissions Available" again to get the new submissions added to the deck.
• Polling:

  If you are using polling, any new votes will be added to the old votes for this slide and shown as a new copy of a graph in the Student Submission deck. When a student interacts with the polling interface, a blank copy of your current slide is automatically loaded into the Student Submission deck -- so that you can see what each of your options were as you are reviewing the graph.

• To go back to your lecture slides, select your lecture deck tab in the bottom right corner.