Help for the Biomolecular Structures Tutorial
Current version:
- Updated the link for downloading Chemscape Chime
2.0, 2001-09-21
- Moved the tutorial to the www.lundberg.gu.se Web server
- Changed the database server from mSQL to MySQL
- Changed the server scripts from Lite (mSQL) to PHP
- Updated .html files for submission and administration of answers
1.18, 2000-04-27
- Updated the courses that use the tutorial
- Added features to the administration of the answers
- Updated the author's address
1.17, 1998-11-20
- Moved course info to quest.js
- Changed the pages for the Questionnaire and its administration
- Changed Course to Tutorial
- Changed Lecture to Lesson
- Changed some filenames and global variables to reflect the above
- Deleted the lecturePart global variable in index.html of the lesson parts
- Added alert saying that the database server is shutdown if mSQL=true in quest.js
- Fixed a button in the plastocyanin text
1.16, 1998-06-01
- Updated the pages for administration of answers to the Questionnaire
- Changed the directory structure for the Questionnaire
- Changed the JavaScript for the Questionnaire
- Split the old and new administration of the Questionnaire in separate directories
- Added htaccess files for the Questionnaire administration
1.15, 1998-05-10
- Simplified the database to a single table for answers containing the students names
- Changed the Questionnaire to reflect the above
- Simplified the process of "logging in" to the Questionnaire
- Limited the maxlength of the textfields in the non-electronic Questionnaire
1.14, 1998-04-08
- Reorganized the database to have separate tables for students and answers
- Changed the Questionnaire to reflect the above
1.13, 1998-03-01
- Changed the ButtonCallback parameter to the absolute name of the current
frame (necessary for Navigator 4.03)
- Shortened the frame names
1.12, 1998-02-10
- Changed checkChime() in intro.html to recognize Chime 2.0
- Simplified the lectures by removing most references to the Chime menu
- Changed the ButtonCallback parameter to include the name of the current frame
- Splitted the amino-acid table in two frames
- Started animation of the dodecapeptide at loading
- Introduced the terms "tertiary and quartenary structure"
- Added bonds to the Cu ion in plastocycanin
- Added purple as a synonym for magenta
- Added clarifying text to the ADH lecture
- Changed the initial orientation of adenosine to resemble that of AMP
- Skipped the + superscript on NAD
- Made a clearer distinction between the two versions of the Questionnaire
- Added a 5-graded scale to the evaluation
- Made use of msqlEncode() to avoid problems with quotation marks in the answers
- Udated my address
- Udated the description of the course
1.11, 1998-02-01
- Introduced the term "zwitter-ionic"
- Corrected Pro to an imino acid
- Added molecular masses to the amino-acid table
- Introduced the concept "double-bond character" to explain the stiffness of the peptide bond
- Internal hydrogen bonds do not contribute much to the stability of a protein but are
important for the native folding pattern
- Changed "occur" to "is present" at several places in the Nucleotide lecture
- Introduced the terms "Watson-Crick base pairing and Chargaff's rule"
- Introduced the mnemonic CORN for distinguishing stereoisomers of amino acids
- Added a reference to Branden and Tooze, "Introduction to Protein structure"
- (Thanks to Dr Ute Krengel for suggesting the above improvements!)
1.1, 1997-12-08
- Switched parts 4 and 5 in the Nucleic Acids lecture
- Created a separate PDB file for the anticodon in the tRNA lecture part
- Deleted the frames in the Questionnaire to simplify the coding
1.0 beta 9, 1997-12-02
- Sends the questionnaire to a database instead of as an E-mail
1.0 beta 8, 1997-11-30
- Changed H2 to H3 in text and figures
- Deleted help.js
- Redesigned navigate.html and navlect.html (more symmetrical,
simpler JavaScript)
- Added a (hidden) system frame in which common.js is loaded
(to avoid loading common.js in several frames at the same time)
- Changed all calls to functions in common.js
- Changed most Chime figures so that they are dynamically generated
(to decrease the number of files transferred)
- Changed the remaining figure legends so that they are dynamically generated
- Deleted legends.js
- Generated new PDB files for amino acids with correct atom names
- Redesigned part 5 in the amino-acids lecture to decrease the number of files
1.0 beta 7, 1997-03-03
- Changed the function checkChime() in intro.html so that it also works on Macintosh
- Updated the course groups
- Removed the clearing of the Questionnaire after submission of Email
- Changed the browser requirements to Netscape Navigator 3.01
1.0 beta 6, 1997-02-27
- Changed some of the Chime figures so that they are dynamically generated
- Changed most figure legends so that they are dynamically generated
- Changed the Date and Time format in the submitted answers
- Removed all references to external JavaScript files in the "root" .html files
- Changed the .html files in the "root" and in /help so that they can be
viewed in MSIE 3.0 without errors
- Added a control mechanism which asks the user to confirm closing of
the Questionnaire if the answers haven't been submitted
- Added a help page that briefly describes the course
- Added more resources to the Help/Resources page
- Added a counter to intro.html
1.0 beta 5, 1997-01-23
- Added a part on Molecular dynamics in the Peptides lecture
- Replaced all BODY TEXT="#800000",.. with initDoc() except in Amino acids part 5
- Made figure legends that change when pressing embedded Chime buttons
- Redesigned all figure frames as in the Nucleotides lecture
1.0 beta 4, 1997-01-21
- Redesigned all figure frames in the Nucleotides lecture
- Replaced all links in the Nucleotides lecture with buttons
- Redesigned the intro page and the page with the list of lectures
- Changed the copyright conditions
- Moved the global variables in quest.js to crsgrps.js
- Added text to the Nucleotides lecture
- Inserted links to lecture parts on 1st page of each lecture
- Changed lastUpdated() to display nothing when document.lastModified returns 1970-01-01
- Changed footer() to display "Version..." when document.lastModified returns 1970-01-01
1.0 beta 3, 1997-01-16
- Added an Index button to the lecture navigation bar
- Changed "Exercises" to "Questions"
- Corrected some errors in the text
- Changed "PALETTE=foreground" to "background" in all Chime EMBEDments
- Added instructions for users with only 256 colors in the Windows palette
(Help/Using Chime)
- Added a mechanism for displaying references
- Removed the Go! button from the Help selection list
- Added Help/Sources of info
- Warnings against double-clicks in Help/Navigation
- Updated info about Chime (v.1.0, Menu)
- Shortened the text in the first parts of the course
1.0 beta 2, 1996-12-10
(Used extensively by some 200 students in first-year undergraduate Biochemistry courses)
- Made a few additions and corrections to the text
- Bugfix: Pressing Enter in a form with a single text field result in a complete reset
- Changed the tetrapeptide to a better one
- Changed the type of the Personal Number field from password to text
1.0 beta 1, 1996-12-09
(This was the first version used by "real" students)
- Added lectures on peptides, proteins and nucleotides
- Added questions to the exercises
1.0 alpha 8, 1996-12-05
- Added a lecture on nucleic acids
1.0 alpha 7, 1996-11-29
- Made use of list boxes for selecting course and group in the exercises
- Added info about using a Mail Server in Help/Browser Requirements
1.0 alpha 6, 1996-11-27
- Added JavaScript code for E-mail submission of answers to exercises
- Added intro pages for all lectures
1.0 alpha 5, 1996-11-20
- Added exercises for the Amino Acids Lecture
- Small additions to the Amino Acids Lecture
1.0 alpha 4, 1996-11-18
- Warns if the users browser can't interprete JavaScript
- Warns if the user has MS Internet Explorer or a Navigator older than 3.0
- Put the Exercises in a separate window
1.0 alpha 3, 1996-11-14
- Made the HTML code compatible with older browsers
- More JavaScript
1.0 alpha 2, 1996-09-06
- Started to make use of JavaScript
- Restructured the directory tree
- Completed the Amino Acids lecture
1.0 alpha 1, 1996-09-05
- First version, only contains the Amino Acids lecture