About+CmapTools

//Some notes on getting and using CmapTools//

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=Getting CmapTools=


 * Go to @http://cmap.ihmc.us/
 * Click on the page icon under __downloaded__
 * This will show a text link. Click on the link.
 * A new window will open with downloading instructions. Just follow the instructions.
 * CmapTools comes with built-in help, and there is documentation available at http://cmap.ihmc.us

**NOTE:** You need the current version of CmapTools to access the Cmap server. **The most recent version is always recommended.**

=Instructions for using the Cmap Server=

The **CmapServer** located at Ryerson lets you upload/download cmaps (i.e. share and store them).

The Cmap server can be __browsed__ (read-only) via any web browser. To download/upload/edit concept maps, you **must** use CmapTools. The browsable version is updated automatically (cool!) whenever a concept map is saved to it.

Browsing the Server

 * 1) Start your preferred web browser.
 * 2) Go to http://deseng.ryerson.ca:8080.
 * 3) Follow the folder link for **ME8101 Winter 2011**. Students only have access to that folder.
 * 4) Following any link in that folder will bring up a web version of a concept map. Links to other maps or generic URLs are live and can be followed.

Uploading/Downloading Concept Maps
**To access the server:**
 * Start CmapTools
 * In the //VIEWS// window, click on the //SHARED CMAPS IN PLACES// icon (globe icon).
 * Scroll down to //RYERSON UNIVERSTIY (CANADA)// and double-click it.
 * This may take a couple of minutes
 * Double-click on the //ME8101 Winter 2011// folder.

**To access and edit** the maps available you need a **User ID** and a **password**. Prof Salustri will provide this information in class.

**To open a concept map**, just double-click on its name in the //VIEWS// window. Saving the map will save it back to the server.

**To save a concept map to the server:**
 * 1) Given a cmap you want to save to the server in cmaptools.
 * 2) Click
 * 3) Click the globe icon in the  popup (top right)
 * 4) Ryerson University should show up
 * 5) Double click down to your folder
 * 6) Click . A web version of the cmap is automagically generated.

**If you don't see Ryerson** when you click the globe: For more information on the server, see
 * 1) Find the  window
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Click the globe in the left sidebar (called )
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If Ryerson isn't in that list, click  (top right)
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Look for Ryerson in the popup that appears, click it, and then OKAY.
 * 5) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If **Ryerson** doesn't appear in the popup window menu:
 * 6) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Click on
 * 7) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Under  type, and then.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">http://cmap.ihmc.us/Documentation
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">http://cmap.ihmc.us/Support

=Add Web Links to a Concept Map=


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Open a browser and go to the URL you want to link into a cmap.
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Start the CmapTools client and open the concept map to which you want to add a URL.
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Click and drag the URL from the address box at the top of the browser, and drop it on top of a concept in the cmap.
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">CmapTools opens a dialog box to let you tweak the settings for that link.
 * 5) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">When finished with the dialog box, a link icon will appear at the bottom of the concept.
 * 6) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Save the concept map. The web-browsable version of the concept map is automagically updated.

Obviously, if the URL you drag and drop from your browser is a link to a wikispaces page (e.g. http://me810108.wikispaces.com/About+CmapTools), then you can link to wikispaces from a concept map.

=Linking a Wikispaces Page to a Concept Map=

This is done entirely within the wiki.


 * 1) Open a browser window or tab.
 * 2) Go to the wiki page in which you want to add a link to a concept map.
 * 3) Start an edit session on that wiki page.
 * 4) Open another browser window or tab.
 * 5) Go to http://deseng.ryerson.ca:8080.
 * 6) Navigate to the ME8101 folder.
 * 7) Visit the concept map you want to link to in the wiki page.
 * 8) Select the whole URL in the address box at the top of the browser.
 * 9) Copy it to the clipboard (Control-C in Windoze).
 * 10) Paste the URL of the concept into the wiki page edit session using the following format

Where undefined is the URL to the concept map you copied from the other window or tab. Note that the URLs to concept maps can be quite long.

Finally, save the wiki page.

=Got a question?= See the DISCUSSION tab of this page.