Installation and Setup Installation and Set Up Procedure Installation and setup is quick and easy. Follow the procedures as described and illustrated on the following pages. Setup Procedure Unpack the iRespond Lite System Install the iRespond Software Perform Session Setup Battery Installation • iRespond Lite remote units arrive with two AA Energizer batteries already installed. Under normal use, a remote will run for approximately 130 hours before battery replacement is required.
Linksys USB Hub Setup • Attach USB cable to hub. Locate an available USB port on the computer and attach the other end of the USB cable to this port. Attach the power adapter into the hub. Plug the adapter into a standard electrical outlet. The hub will be automatically detected by the computer and is now ready for use. Base Unit Setup • Screw in the base unit antenna on the top of the unit. To maximize transmission, orient the antenna so that it sticks straight up from the unit.
Software Installation and Setup System Requirements The iRespond System runs on customer supplied WindowsTM -based desktop PCs and laptops. Please verify system compliance before proceeding. The WindowsTM-based system requirements: • 400 MHz or higher Pentium II processor • WindowsTM 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP • CD ROM drive • 1 free USB port • 10 MB available disk space • 128 MB RAM Installation and Set Up Procedure Software installation and setup is quick and easy.
Introduction After installing the software, it is necessary for you to set up user accounts, enter your class rosters, enter your test banks, and set up the remote units before a session can be started. This guide is a step-by-step procedure through those set up dialogs. Toolbar menu selection names and dialog names described in this guide are shown in green. Text entries and toolbar button clicks required by you are shown in bright blue. NOTE: All standard Windows™ conventions apply to iRespond.
Account Administrator Dialog The sole function of logging in as administrator is to create or edit your user accounts. When your user account has been set up, log out as administrator and then log back in using your user name. Then you can set up your Classes, Test Banks, and Remote Devices. From the main toolbar menu, select Tools/Accounts, and the Account Administrator dialog will pop up. This dialog displays a table of all user accounts. You may add, edit, and delete user accounts.
Set Up Classes Classes are set up in the Session Setup window after logging in as a new user (shown below). The Classes pane is located to the right of Session Properties, and Edit Classes is located in the lower right of the window. In these two panes new classes can be created and deleted, or an existing class can be edited. A step-by-step guide for entering and editing classes follows. Position the mouse pointer over a toolbar button to display its function.
Setting up a Class Roster: In the Classes pane, select the name of then Class in which to set up the roster. In the Edit Classes pane, click the New User button, or right click on the class name and select New User from the drop-down dialog to add a new student user to the class. In either case the New User dialog appears. o o Setting up Class Roster By PIN This dialog lets you enter the PIN, Last Name, First Name, MI (middle initial) and Student ID of a new student user.
• Converting a Username Class to PIN A class that was set up by Username can be converted to a PIN login class automatically by iRespond. o Right-Click on the Class name and select Convert to PIN Roster. The class is automatically copied and the new copy is converted to PIN. To obtain a listing of the students and their corresponding PIN numbers, select the newly created class in the Classes pane and in the Edit Classes pane click the Print button.
Set Up Test Banks Test Bank creation is accomplished using the Test Banks and Edit Test Banks panes in the Session Setup window. Together these panes provide an interface to author tests. These test banks contain the questions to be administered in a session. Questions can be edited and new questions added to an existing test bank. Additionally, each item can be augmented with an Objective and Remediation. Before conducting a session, one or more test banks should be constructed.
Procedure to Create a New Test Bank: • Set up a Test Bank o o o Click on the New button on the Test Banks toolbar. A blank checkbox and a highlighted file entitled New Test Bank* appear. Notice the Edit pane has changed from Edit Classes to Edit Test Banks and in that pane the new file name also appears with and asterisk (*). The asterisk indicates the file has not been saved. Right click on the new file name and select Rename from the drop-down dialog. Edit the file name as desired and then press enter.
o o For True/False questions, select True/False from the Template drop-down list. Responses A and B automatically fill in with True and False. Click on checkbox by A or B to indicate which response is correct (checkmark changes to green). Fill In questions are answered in the same manner. Click the checkbox to the left of response A, then click the S box to the right of the grayed entry area, and a Correct Responses dialog appears.
o After all test questions have been entered, go to the Test Banks pane of the Session Setup window. Ensure the Test Bank file name is highlighted and then click either the Save or Save As button on the toolbar. Once the file is saved, the asterisk disappears from the file name. Set Up Remote Devices The Remote Devices pane allows you to select the remote units to be used in a session. Each group of remotes can be named reflecting a classroom set, carrying case set, or any other useful identifying name.
o Click the Find Remotes button on the Remote Devices toolbar. The Finding Base Unit dialog appears. When the dialog displays Found 1 iRespond Base Unit, click the Done button. o o The Remote Collector dialog appears. Power on all remotes to be added. As each Remote Device is found and collected, a remote icon appears along with the Remote’s UID in the Remote Collector dialog. When all Remotes are showing in the Remote Collector dialog, click the Done button. The Base Unit will now shut off.
