These are all the components necessary to run the basic content of the
RACHEL Educational Server from a USB external drive.
Please download and expand (unzip or tar) all necessary files.
If you don't want to use the self-contained USB Drive RACHEL version,
you can download the files in the [RACHEL Content] Section, expand and place
them in the document root of any web server (like Apache, IIS, etc.).
[RACHEL USB-Drive Version Runtime]
The following zip file contains the Rachel USB Drive self-contained
Web Server. The zipped directory includes all the MOWES server components
and tools ready to run the web server from a USB drive.
Any web content you place within its "www" directory will be available
through the web server. (See content available in the [RACHEL Content]
section below).
See sample utilization details at:
http://worldpossible.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72
("USB Drive Server Configuration" section).
- rachel_usb_server.zip
[RACHEL Content]
Basic Educational Content Components. The following directories and files
are to be placed into the "www" directory of the Rachel USB server or in
the documents root of any web server (as described above):
- index.html.tmp : Educational portal main page. It contains links to each
educational module. Can be modified to incorporate new content or change look and feel.
Rename it to 'index.html' before using it.
- rachel_banner.jpg : Image used by the RACHEL portal main page (index.html)
- wikip.tar.gz : Wikipedia offline educational version
- ebooks.tar.gz : About 3,000 eBooks from Project Gutenberg, organized by subject (Bookshelves).
- understanding_algebra.tar.gz : Algebra lessons.
- khansite.tar.gz : Hundreds of Video lessons on Math and Sciences.
- khansite.zip : Same as above but in Zip format (recommended for Windows).
- Mathexpression.tar.gz : Math course including video tutorials.
- ck12.tar.gz : High School level books on Math and science, in PDF format.
- hesperian.tar.gz : Publications on Health Care in remote areas.
- iicba.tar.gz : UNESCO's IICBA Electronic Library.
- olpc.tar.gz : OLPC Educational Packages.
- med.tar.gz : Medical Encyclopedia (U.S.National Library of Medicine)
- medlineplus.tar.gz : Medical Encyclopedia in Spanish.
- powertyping.tar.gz : Typing lessons.
- vedoque.tar.gz : Educational games in Spanish.
- musictheory.tar.gz : Music Theory Lessons.
IMPORTANT: If you want to verify the integrity of a downloaded file, to make sure
that it has arrived intact during the long download process,
their md5 checksum is listed next to their size.
- To verify the MD5 checksum of the downloaded file you can use in Windows a free
tool like WinMD5Free (www.winmd5.com).
- On Linux/UNIX/Mac you just run the md5sum command, like: $ md5sum khansite.tar.gz
Unpacking the RACHEL content files
on Linux/UNIX/OS X:
To unpack a tar.gz file:
tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz
on Windows:
Use a modern version of WinZip or 7-Zip
Note: Some of the above tar.gz or zip files are very large, and will take
a very long time not only to download them but also to expand them
in your computer. Be patient..
