Installation and Setup Installation and Set Up Procedure Installation and setup are quick and easy. All remote units with styluses, the base and antenna, and the USB cable are contained in the carrying case provided. The remote unit battery charging system, power adapter with cords, and charging cables are packed in a separate box within the shipping container. Remove all components and follow the procedures as described and illustrated on the following pages.
iRespond System Setup 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.
Using the Base and Remote Units Function Key Power On/Off This key, located top-left, turns power on and off the unit. Once a session is established the key is disabled. Pressing this key simultaneously with the up-arrow cursor key will force a remote unit to power off. F1 Function This multipurpose key is used in combination with other keys. Also used to save settings in Configuration Mode. F2 Function The user may use this key to activate the soft keys in a session.
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.
• Set up a Class Roster using the Roster Builder Note: In order to use the Roster Builder, Remote Devices must be set up. If you wish to use the Roster Builder to set up your class roster, please skip ahead to: Set up Remote Devices. o o o o o o o o o o o o In the Remote Devices pane, click the checkbox to the left of the remote device group you wish to user. In the Classes pane, click the checkbox to the left of the class roster you wish to build.
• Set up a Class Roster using Instructor Software o o In the Classes pane, select the name of then Class you wish to create. 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. 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.
• Editing a Class Roster o o o To edit an existing username, right click on the name and select Edit User from the drop-down dialog. When the New User dialog appears, make the desired corrections and click OK to close the dialog. To delete a user, right click on the name and select Delete from the drop-down dialog. After all changes have been made, return to the Classes pane, ensure the class name is still highlighted, and click the Save 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 the checkbox for A or B to indicate which response is correct (checkmark changes to green). Fill In questions are answered in the same manner, leaving an underscore line where the information is to be supplied by the student. After entry of the Fill In question, enter the sentence (Select response A to fill in the blank).
o 15 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. The Remote Devices pane contains the toolbar buttons New, Open, Delete, Uncheck All, Save, Save As, and Find Remotes. Procedure to Set up Remote Devices: Remote Devices can be set up automatically using the Find Remotes utility, or manually set up in the Edit Remote Devices pane.
• Set up Remote Devices Manually using Edit Remote Devices. o In the Remote Devices pane, click the New Button. The New Remote Device dialog appears. In the Device Name box, enter the name for the Remote Device group. In the Device Type drop-down dialog select the type and click the Accept button (this Quick Guide is designed for the iRespond Advanced device type). o In the Edit Remote Devices pane, click the New button to launch the New Remote ID dialog.
