Design and Application of Desktop Cloud Experimental Teaching Platform

In order to reform the teaching and management traditional laboratories, and propel the informatization and intelligentization of experimental teaching, this paper constructs a new experimental teaching platform based on virtualization technology and cloud computing technology, for addressing the disadvantages of traditional experimental teaching platform. The new platform adopts Citrix XenServer for server virtualization, and builds an experimental teaching environment with Citrix XenDesktop. It involves various links of experimental teaching, such as experimental teaching arrangement, student experiment attendance and management, experimental equipment and network monitoring, etc. A convenient mobile laboratory is built by using mobile terminals such as mobile phones and tablets. With the online learning function, students can choose courses to study independently. The application of desktop cloud experimental teaching platform greatly improves the efficiency of laboratory management, realizes the dynamic management of experimental teaching process, and improves students’ independent learning ability and innovative practice quality. Keywords—Desktop Cloud; virtualization; experimental teaching platform; laboratory management