Note to tutors: You should not attempt to install and make use of these downloads yourself (unless you will also be performing the IT Admin role!). Get your IT support people to download, install and configure WLab for you.
Note to IT support staff: You really should go through the documentation before attempting to use these. You are unlikely to get any of this running without doing so!
Source code can be downloaded from the SVN repository, svn://wlab.paulneve.com. See Obtaining the WLab source code for details.
The current binary release of WLab is below (this includes the modified TightVNC applet): http://www.paulneve.com/wlab/WLab.war
If you will be rolling out the WLab system outside your institution, you will also need the modified version of Jumpgate. See here for details.
WLab was originally the subject of a dissertation project for MSc Informatics at Kingston University between May-September 2010. A PDF of the complete dissertation can be found here.
Many of the concepts behind WLab were first discussed in a submission for the module Research Methods 2. during the same MSc Informatics course. This document can be found here.
A poster presentation regarding WLab was delivered at the ALT-C: Into the Rich and Strange conference in September 2010. The link to the entry conference website can be found here. To access the materials you will need to log in, so for your convenience the poster can also be found here and the accompanying article for the poster is here.