GGSD Program Details for GeotechniCAL Tutorial

GeotechniCAL Tutorial

Category	Educational
Publisher	University of West England
Platform	Win3x, Win95/98, WinNT
Status	Public domain
Description	The Tutorial package is part of the GeotechniCAL suite of Computer Aided Learning programs and contains the GeoTutor computer program and paper-based workbooks, which together introduce the principles of geotechnical engineering. For each task in the workbook, there is a corresponding part of GeoTutor to be selected. GeoTutor enables students to explore some of the important concepts by manipulating simple models and observing the effect. It contains activities, spreadsheets and self-assessment quizzes, linked to the hypertext reference information; all designed to support students working through the workbook tasks. The activity settings (including soil parameters and spreadsheet formulae), quiz questions and guided tours are stored in simple text files which can all be edited by the tutor.
Cost	Free evaluation version on WWW to UK educational establishments
Data formats supported	None stated
Supplier in United Kingdom	The GeotechniCAL Consortium