Welcome to this spoken tutorial on Download and Installation of Vlabs.
In this tutorial we will learn, About ChemCollective website.
About ChemCollective online interface.
Download and run Vlabs on Windows 10 and Mac OS X v 10.10.5.
About Download and run Vlabs on Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04.
To record this tutorial I am using, Chemcollective Vlabs version 2.1.0-3D
Mac OS x version 10.10.5
Windows 10 Java version 1.8
Firefox Browser 61.0.1 A working internet connection.
To follow this tutorial, you should have knowledge of, high school Chemistry.
We need Java Runtime Environment to run Vlabs offline version.
To Install Java, please use the link shown below.
Let us begin.
Open your default web browser. In the address bar type, http://chemcollective.org and press Enter.
ChemCollective page opens.
ChemCollective website has online resources for teaching and learning Chemistry.
The website has a collection of Virtual labs, Scenario-based learning activities, Tutorials and Concept tests.
More information is given here.
On the right panel we have, Quick Links for Virtual Lab
Mixed Reception Game Stoichiometry Tutorials.
News and What's New.
On the left panel, we have two headings RESOURCES BY TOPIC and RESOURCES BY TYPE.
Under RESOURCES BY TOPIC we have links for various topics.
I will click on Stoichiometry link.
Under Stoichiometry Resource Topic we have the following subtopics.
I will click on, The Mole, Molarity, and Density.
A list of available activities for this topic open up.
Scroll down the list. The list contains Autograded Virtual Labs Scenario-Based Activities
Simulations Tutorials and Virtual Labs.
Similarly for each topic, various activities are available. You can explore the activities as per your requirement.
Now we will move on to RESOURCES BY TYPE.
Under RESOURCES BY TYPE, we have the following resources.
Now I will click on Resource type Tutorials link.
Tutorials page opens for the following topics.
Click on Stoichiometry drop-down link. Then click on the topic The Mole.
A new page opens with a video tutorial for the selected topic.
Scroll down the page to see practice questions for the same topic.
On the left panel we have links for tutorials under Stoichiometry topic.
Click on back arrow button to go to the previous page.
Now I will click on Virtual Labs resources type link.
A new page opens with a list of virtual labs on various topics.
Let us click on Stoichiometry drop-down link.
A list of experiments under Stoichiometry open.
On the right side of every experiment we have Get Info and Go links.
Click on Get Info link for Glucose Dilution Problem. A New page opens.
This Page has, Download Assignment, Download Offline Version and Go to Activity links.
Below the links we see the Description about how to perform the experiment. Then there is a table with various details.
Click on Go to Activity link to open the online virtual lab interface.
Glucose Dilution Problem Virtual lab HTML5 based version of the virtual lab opens.
Here we can perform the experiment if we are connected to internet.
Click on the link Introductory Video and Support Information.
Chemcollective HTML Virtual lab page opens in a new tab.
Please read the information below to help you get started.
This video explains how to use Vlabs online HTML5 version.
Now we will see how to download Chemcollective virtual labs for offline use.
Click on Glucose Dilution Problem Info page.
In the page click on Download Offline Version. Download the Virtual Lab page opens.
For Windows download, two versions are available.
First is for English and second is for International languages. The available languages are listed here.
Here is the link to download Virtual Labs for Mac OSX.
Scroll up to Windows section. Click on Download Virtual Lab for Windows button.
A dialog box prompting to the save the file opens.
Select Save File radio button. Click on OK button.
vlab.2.1.0 zip file downloads to Downloads folder.
Right-click on the vlab.2.1.0 zip file. Select Extract All.
Extract Compressed(Zipped) Folders dialog box opens.
Click on Extract button at the bottom to extract its contents.
Double click on the extracted vlab2.1.0 folder. You can see a list of files in the folder.
From the list of files double click on VLab.exe file.
Vlabs interface opens.
To download and run Vlabs on Ubuntu Linux OS, Download the vlab.jar file from the link given below.
vlab.jar file is available in, Download virtual labs for windows and Download virtual labs for Mac.
Run Vlabs on Ubuntu Linux machines using one of the 2 methods given below.
Method 1: Right-click on vlab.jar file and Open With Open JDK java runtime.
Method 2 : Open the terminal and navigate to the vlab2.1.0 folder
At the prompt type, java space -jar space vlab.jar
If java is not installed properly, method 1 is not appropriate.
Use method 2, if method 1 fails.
To download Vlabs in Mac OSX, click on the Download Virtual Lab for Mac button.
Dialog box prompting to save file opens.
Select Save File radio button. Then click OK button.
Save As dialog box opens. Retain the default name of the file and click on Save button.
vlab.2.1.0.zip file downloads to Downloads folder.
Double-click on the Zip file to extract the folder vlab2.1.0.
Double-click on vlab2.1.0 folder to see its contents.
In the folder double-click on vlab.jar file.
A dialog box appears. In the box click on Open button.
Chemcollective Virtual labs interface opens. Let us summarise.
In this tutorial we have learnt, About ChemCollective website.
About ChemCollective online interface.
Download and run vlabs on Windows 10 and Mac OS X version 10.10.5.
About Download and run Vlabs on Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04.
As an assignment, Download and install Chemcollective vlabs on your personal computer. Explore the interface.
Another assignment. Open ChemCollective home page in any web browser.
Explore the following Resource types.
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