School+Learning+Environment

=Setting up the school environment.=

LiveLAMP
Obtain an old PIII or even a PII computer ([|system requirements])

Install LiveLAMP - put in the LiveLAMP CD and following the prompts
 * http://www.livelamp.org/doc.php
 * Install Screen shots - http://www.livelamp.org/screenshots.php

DHCP issue - by default LiveLAMP uses DHCP to get an IP address. In a chool this could mean that this address changes from time to time and you then need to have a mechanism for informing the students. Andrew (GHS IT student) made use of the [|LiveLAMP users forum] to resolve this to a fixed IP

Go to the page that lists all of the student accounts and passwords - best to copy this into a spreadsheet and record student names for each account **(Need an example link here)**

Filezilla ftp client
sftp is needed to transfer files to and from the LiveLAMP server. Filezilla handles sftp, is a great ftp program and is also free open source software.

Students need to create a connection for themselves within Filezilla but SHOULD NOT STORE THE ACCOUNT PASSWORD in the Filezilla settings.

Edit the advanced settings for this account to use PHP DESIGNER 2006 as the default editing tool. This will allow students to edit files on their LiveLAMP space without the need to edit locally and then upload. (Right Click and then choose Edit on any file on LiveLAMP)

PHP DESIGNER 2006
While PHP files can be edited with any text editor, having a tool which highlights code and helps to make sure that parenthesis are closed etc is useful

PHP Designer is not open source but it is free for us to use.

PHP Designer can be setup to include access to the PHP manual from within the program interface.

What this all looks like from a student perspective.
