Running Launcher

The pane on the left is an Explorer pane (for navigation and organization), while the pane on the right is the Description pane. Note also there are tabs at the bottom of the Launcher window that can change what is displayed in the panes. These tabs often refer to a collections of materials.  For more material we have developed, see Chapter 15, "Authoring Curricular Material," of the book: Open Source Physics: A User’s Guide with Examples [W. Christian, Addison Wesley, 2007.]

The About tab gives an overview of the programs and curricular materials contained in this package. 

Go to the File | Open Internal menu item to access the following modules:

osp_spins: the default, loads the main splash screen.

osp_spins_ex: loads all the spin exercises.

osp_spins_tutorial: loads only the Tutorial tab.

osp_spins_all: loads all the materials.

osp_spins_about: loads the About tab.

Select a tab at the bottom of the Launcher window to navigate to the material located in another tab.

To launch a particular part of this Launcher package, navigate to a launchable node, one with a green arrow.  Double-click that arrow and a program will launch. Click the “Run” button to see this example animated. To move on to something else, simply close this program, and select another node.