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==Description==
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ClassroomBroadcast transmits the screen of the 'server' laptop to the screens of a number of 'client' laptops. Typically the teacher's laptop would be the server and the students' laptop theclients. ClassroomBroadcast is a low cost alternative to using a data projector. ClassroomBroadcast runs on the server laptop and a VNC client such as TigerVNC runs on the client laptops.
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==Installing==
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Install ClassroomBroadcast on the 'server' laptop from http://activities.sugarlabs.org/addon/4507
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ClassroomBroadcast also requires some additional software x11vnc
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To install x11vnc enter the following in Terminal
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sudo yum install x11vnc
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Install a VNC client on all the client laptops, in Terminal enter
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sudo yum install vnc

Revision as of 16:26, 25 November 2011

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Description

ClassroomBroadcast transmits the screen of the 'server' laptop to the screens of a number of 'client' laptops. Typically the teacher's laptop would be the server and the students' laptop theclients. ClassroomBroadcast is a low cost alternative to using a data projector. ClassroomBroadcast runs on the server laptop and a VNC client such as TigerVNC runs on the client laptops.

Installing

Install ClassroomBroadcast on the 'server' laptop from http://activities.sugarlabs.org/addon/4507

ClassroomBroadcast also requires some additional software x11vnc

To install x11vnc enter the following in Terminal

sudo yum install x11vnc

Install a VNC client on all the client laptops, in Terminal enter

sudo yum install vnc