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1. EX INIS General En Hp Classes E Courses First Name Carona connect to camith Complete Hame Carona Smith SE Object Name Casmith Oparsons kiwhitmar Homepage Protile ee Br Description Log On Script mahom E Mail weedman tblue tpalmer tamith New Entry Default Extended Ea 5 Eb C Change Password Account is disabled 4 EE xa EE Fb PE sfa ob C User cannot change Password i Teacher INIS System Password never expires a Search CH gg Room Status changed State Add Object Student Domain SOS Logon Name administrator Access privilege SystemAdmin privil The following restrictions apply e It is not possible to create 2 or more users with the same name within an organizational unit e This also applies to students in classes e Itis only possible to create users with the same name in different classes Extended User Properties The UserAdmin module allows system authorized users to define the additional properties of created users which are of significance for later work under INiS Default Extended E vives When creating users via the UserAdmin module a distinction 1s made between the system administrator and user administrator If none of these properties are defined for the user the user is considered a default teacher by INiS for whom only limited rights are available Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 143 The d
2. Lauren Andrews Properties Megan Rain Megan Show Password Sophie weedman Theodor Blue Tom Palmer Homedir Thomas Smith select the student you want to create new esamen ticket for Create new ticket In the window select the student that needs a new ticket and click the button Renew exam ticket The student can then log on as an exam user Ending exam mode To keep the students from being logged on each time as exam users you need to end the exam There are several ways to end the exam mode Click 7 Start lesson select the class in which you wrote the exam and then click Start lesson Alternately when leaving the INiS teacher interface you are asked if you want to end the exam mode 70 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Installation Guide INiS 5 RDT Global Version 5 0 Classroom Management amp Multimedia eLearning Suite Manual INiS 5 Installation Guide e 71 General This part of the manual is intended for the system administrator who sets up the network and installs INiS Requirements Before starting the installation of INiS you should make sure that you meet the following installation prerequisites Please make absolutely sure that you have made a back up of all your important data and files of the computer you intend to install INiS on e Although unlikely it is possible that due to user error or an interrupted installation you may lose or corr
3. Lock screen J i Send message T E Chat Geroge Parsons Run at Student s PC arant access ta URL Open URL Analyze URL View Event log File ai User properties Internet Online Activity Log You can open any site on the list by selecting Open URL from the context menu right click If your access policy is set by the Positive list you can also add a barred site through the context menu using the Grant Access to URL menu item If you would like more information about why a particular site was barred you can select the Analyse URL option to drill down to the reason why the Content filter has denied access to this site Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 29 z Screen demonstration Pressing the button starts the demonstration of the teacher s workstation for the highlighted users The teacher s desktop without the INiS window will be transferred as default The arrow leads to a selection of active programs which can be alternatively selected My Documents US 24 bmp Paint toom bmp Paint In this case only the selected program will be transferred This is useful for teaching using a targeted approach such as sending an MS Word window in half screen size to the students This allows the student to work on his document with the assistance of the teacher If this is not required the application can be switched to full screen mode If no students are highlighted the de
4. Send distress call Priority iy dy Text Could you please allow me access to the Internet Send Cancel In this dialog the student is able to define the priority of his message There are three priority levels available You will receive the information that an alert has been raised via a symbol in the user list INS RDT Trainingscenter File View Lesson Internet Private He A SE John ie er NE Plank i8 Ea Could you please allow me access to the Internet 43 Geroge Parsons yi Tom Falmer 3 Sophie weedman M8 Katie Whitman In order to read the content of this message you need to move the mouse over the relevant student and rest it for a little while for the message text to appear in a note window Activating the chat mode with this student will reset this message automatically Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 43 GA Internet unlock lock optional The INiS Internet Module allows you to restrict visits to certain websites or block Internet access completely You can also select whether to apply the access rules to everyone connected to the current INiS room or to a group or single student INiS RDT Trainingscenter File View Lesson Internet Private System Help ab gt re F E ee gt amp Le e3 aby Unlock Internet moss g iA E sy a 2 s A vg a Fg vA Lock Internet e Unlock Internet 8 John Mil 1 Filter through Positive List ohn Mi
5. The simple drawing functions available are Red Textmarker Right Pointer CJ Error symbol ail Yellow Block Question symbol _ __ Red Block ry Information symbol Eraser Tool used to delete all drawings Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 41 Printing The following information can be printed via the menu File Print INS RDT Trainingscenter System View Lesson Internet Private View Room View print jobs i TE Application log file 1 Thomas Black Internet log file 2 Cathy Smith I Geroge Parsons 3 Tom Palmer cs Sophie W eedman 2 Katie Whitman Print Menu Student Lists View of room This provides a quick overview of all users that are currently logged on to this room View print jobs Is used to print a list of all current print Jobs started by the users Application log file Used to print a list of all active applications started by each users Internet log file Prints a list of all websites visited by each user Student lists Use this function to print a list of all the students logged on at a given moment Please note Depending on your settings the printout will give the names of the current workspace computer names user names IN1S Names or IP Address 42 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Call for assistance function A student can draw attention by selecting the INiS symbol in the Windows toolbar calling function The following dialog appears
6. Within the Classes directory a sub directory is created for each class and each course with the respective names of each The directories INiS and Exchange can be found here as well as a directory for each student of the class with each student s name The student directories are released under the user names of the students and entered for them as Home directories in the ADS Within the Teacher directory a sub directory with the respective teacher s name is created for each teacher The Teacher directories are released under the user names of the teachers and entered for them as Home directories in the ADS Located in the New directory is the mandatory profile of the New User Creation user New Changes to this profile are no longer necessary once the UserAdmin has been installed The exam directory 1s basically structured just like the student directory In contrast to the student directories an exam user Jon Miller Jane Kirk Tom Black only has access to the directories My documents Incoming and Log The directory log is only used by INiS to store the exam log 184 e Appendix Manual INiS 5 Set up of the User Directories Various directories are created for each user under his Home directory The content of these directories is explained in the following list LD Cookies While surfing the Internet Internet Explorer gathers logon information presettings etc for different pages for the respecti
7. Workstation environment 99 Workstation Icons in Room Overview 13 Workstation Icons in User Names List View 11 200 e Index Manual INiS 5
8. Filter for Identifiers within UserAdmin UserAdmin is equipped with several filters These ensure that invalid symbols for UserAdmin objects are replaced by valid ones Under normal circumstances invalid symbols are replaced by an X Using the warning report you can retrace possible changes whilst exporting for example When directly entering UserAdmin objects in the Object View the filters are activated immediately after leaving the respective field Customizing UserAdmin The toolbar and the main menu can be adapted to one s own needs This is done using the Customize menu item Tools Customize The custom settings made are reset after leaving UserAdmin Note If a system administrator makes custom settings they will be saved and are subsequently active for all users of UserAdmin Thus the SystemAdmin can hide functions or regroup functions for himself and for all other users Important UserAdmin Files Various configuration files are available for UserAdmin DefaultConfig txt The DefaultConfig txt is a configuration file for printing and exporting DefaultGroups txt The groups for all UserAdmin objects which are automatically allocated when creating a new object are stored in the DefaultGroups txt Groups can be stored for the following objects Teachers Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 155 UserAdmin special teacher with additional rights SystemAdmin special teacher with addit
9. If a server based profile for the user is noted in the ADS but it is not yet available the local profile will be transferred to the server when the user logs off and therefore to the Roaming Manual INiS 5 Appendix e 189 Profile of the user If the profile entry is missing in the ADS this type of profile is also called a temporary profile since apart from caching mechanisms of the operating system it is basically recreated each time Since local profiles are based on the profile of the default user applications contained herein are not yet correctly configured This causes the system to respond like a newly installed Windows computer after the logon The Windows Tour appears when Office starts up the Installer appears Internet Explorer asks for connection information etc Roaming Profiles Server based profiles In order to make this possible they are made centrally available on a server This means that roaming profiles accompany their user as he changes from workstation to workstation In order to make this possible they are made centrally available on a server The location of the profile is noted in the user information in the ADS Roaming profiles are transferred to the local workstation when the owner of the profile logs on and then updated on the server when the user logs off This type of profile is therefore best suited for use in schools since students and teachers work on different computers from one class to the next d
10. Manual INiS 5 RDT Global Version 5 0 Classroom Management amp Multimedia eLearning Suite release date 27 05 2005 The information contained in this document may change without notice and represents no obligation on the part of the Ramcke DatenTechnik GmbH The software which is described in this document is made available under the accompanying license agreement and may be only used in accordance with the conditions contained in such agreement It is unlawful to copy the software onto another medium unless this is expressly permitted by the license agreement This manual in whole or in parts may not be reproduced copied or transmitted for any purpose in any form or with any means whatsoever electronically or mechanically without the expressed written permission of Ramcke DatenTechnik GmbH Program copyright 1989 2004 by Ramcke DatenTechnik GmbH All rights reserved Manual copyright 2004 by Ramcke DatenTechnik GmbH All rights reserved First Print August 2004 The company and product names contained in this Manual are registered trademarks All other trademarks are the property of the respective companies Printed in the United Kingdom Contens Introduction Welcome to INiS Version 5 User registration Classroom Overview Screen transfer File browser Explorer expansion only with the UserAdmin module Exam mode only with the UserAdmin module Protection Policies HDGUARD Add on modules
11. Multicast or Broadcast If this problem occurs in Multicast mode then this indicates a problem with the Switch or Hub used In Broadcast mode the use of Switches may lead to such problems These disturbances may become apparent when the teacher s screen is transmitted broadcast to all of the others A Switch has to register these Broadcast Packages and relay to the other ports Computers There are Switches that are technically unable to handle this amount of Broadcast traffic Please check with your hardware dealer what steps can be taken as far as the Switch is concerned to ensure that Broadcast Packages are transmitted quickly and undisturbed to all stations within your subnet Normally you should set INiS transfer mode to Multicast If for any reason you need to use the Broadcast setting you may need to exchange the relevant Switch or replace it with a Hub Stripes at the Recipient s Screen Usually this has two possible reasons The transmitting computer is much faster then the receiving computers so other PCs in your working environment cannot keep up This will result in not all screen packages being evaluated and displayed at the receiving PC Missing packages show up as fault spots during image build up Remedy Under System gt Settings gt INIS Configuration set the slider for Composition of Workstations in the Network to suit your environment Manual INiS 5 Appendix e 195
12. Network Neighborhood gt Properties When selected the editing of Computer name and Workgroup parameters 1s not longer possible as the corresponding tab will be hidden Deactivate PopUp menus for desktop icons and in Explorer window If selected PopUp menus for desktop icons and in the right window of the Windows Explorer are disabled Right clicking desktop icons and accessing various editing functions of the Windows Explorer will no longer be available Do not allow changes to Active desktop Select this item to keep the user from changing Active desktop settings The display settings for the contents of the Active desktop can not be altered or deleted any more 92 e Configuring Manual INiS 5 Deactivate Command Prompt If selected the user will no longer have access to the DOS Command Prompt Please note that you must restart your system for the applied changes to take effect Distribute policies The Registry settings defined with INiS Policies are initially stored on the teacher s workstation in the SMILEPOL INI file To transfer and apply these to the student workstations you must select the Distribute policies menu item The current settings are transferred to all student workstations on which INiS is currently running You can include subsequently added workstations by repeating this action when required Please note that in order for the transferred settings to become effective you must disable HDG
13. and to for instance shut down an application Erase entries from Documents folder on Windows shut down By selecting this check box all current entries in the Recent Documents folder of the Start menu will be deleted from this list on system shut down this prevents the next user from tracking which documents the previous user has been working on Explorer smile policies 2 File Edit Help Start Menu Explorer Miscellaneous AWEOrUn Automatically play music CDs after insertion Allow Autorun For data CDs Hide selected drives on Desktop in Explorer ay Mo Floppy in drive 4 B CD ROM drive open or empty Explorer tab of the Smile Policy editor 90 e Configuring Manual INiS 5 In the upper part of this view you will find two items that enable or disable the Autorun functionality If selected the respective function is enabled and data CDs or audio CDs with Autorun ability will start or play automatically In the lower part all available drive letters are listed with the respective accessibility symbol Setting a check mark in front of a drive letter will remove it from view in the Windows Explorer window and the My Computer window The information behind the drive letter can either display the network path of the drive or in case of removable media the current status of the drive Miscellaneous smile policies File Edit Help Start Menu Explorer
14. ie Solitaire Spider Solitaire existing rules AR Microsoft Word Note An application can only appear once in a rule The folders and applications identified with a gray icon cannot be added to a rule Note To drag and drop press and hold down the left mouse key on an application in the configuration window Then while holding down the mouse key drag the application over the gray area of the rules form To complete the action release the left mouse key and the application will be added to the rule Note Rules that have yet to be processed shown in the top window are not inherited during the release Only save a rule when it is going to be used Manual INiS 5 DesktopControl Module configuration e 123 Editing the extension list The DesktopControl configuration allows you to edit the extensions to be displayed for the INiS shell expansion Collect distribute files see picture Collect results to C Documents and Settings administrator My Documents Collect results from Collect results into this directory Student Homedirectores Active w CAD ocuments and SettingsadministratorshMy Documents Lal Only files from today Acrobat Reader 5 1 Windows Media Player Internet Explorer Lf I J bd A mime Description for this results The following files can be collected x Already collected results Count Size Info Sellected files To edit the extensions to be displayed click the Extensions
15. Change the slider step by step from identical to mixed or very mixed until the screen transfer becomes consistent The Very mixed option will only affect the so called Screen demonstration The further to the left the slider is set the more the transmitting computer will be slowed down Stripes on Teacher Screen If you get stripes when fetching the screen because the student s computer is faster than the teachers you can do the following Edit the SMILE INI configuration file in the program directory of INiS on the teacher s workplace Add the following lines Look32 LookGetDef P01 WO1 R00 C00 If the result still isn t acceptable you can now increase the value of the second parameter step by step until it becomes acceptable LookGetDef P01 W03 R00 C00 or LookGetDef P01 W10 R00 C00 Loss of data packages Due to network disruption data packages can get lost These may cause image corruption during screen transfer Disruption can be caused by the malfunction of network interface cards NICs faulty or not correctly configured Switches Hubs defective cabling weathered cable connectors defective shielding non suitable network sockets etc Remedy Check the physical components of your network systematically A sensible first step would be a visual check Is every cable plugged into the correct socket Especially with older BNC connectors corrosion oxidation or slack contact
16. Designing the room 87 Positioning workstations 87 Deleting Workstations 87 Editing Policies 87 General Notes 87 Settings 88 Start menu 89 Working principle 89 Explorer 90 Miscellaneous 91 Distribute policies 93 Activate de activate INiS Autostart 93 Enable disable INiS User Log on 93 Changing the System Password 93 Important Keep your password safe 94 Configuring the Teacher workstation 94 Configuring the IP Address 94 Configuring the Screen Transfer 96 Workstation environment 97 Room Configuration 97 General Settings 98 File Locations 98 Configuring the Student Workstation 100 Settings 101 Network Configuration 102 Check for Updates 102 Updating Students 102 Internet Modul configuration 103 Licensing the Internet Module 104 Activating Deactivating the INiS Internet Module Students 105 Configuring Internet Filtering 105 Configuring the Content Filter 106 Analysing an URL 107 Configuring the Positive list 108 Standard Settings for the INiS Internet Module for Students 109 DesktopControl Module configuration 111 Licensing the DesktopControl Module 112 DesktopControl Module Overview 113 How does DesktopControl work 113 Manual INiS 5 Contens e v Configuring application access Manage Applications The Meaning of the Icons Configuring Dynamic Access Adding new applications User defined Applications Defining rules Editing the extension list Setting the default configuration for student PCs Copy Protection DOS Lock Saving
17. INiS as a Trial Version Limitations of INiS UserAdmin in the Trial Version Limitation of HDGUARD in the INiS Trial Version How to use this manual Overview Terminology Screenshots Using INiS Start INiS User Interface Function bars Symbols in the function bar Userlist Workstation Icons in User Names List View Selecting users Room Overview Room Overview Workstation Icons in Room Overview Desktop Overview Desktop Overview Viewing all screens File browser File operations with individual students File operations with several student s Print Overview Printer Control is required Process overview and navigation Terminate Application Shut down student workstations Run at Student s PC Online Activity Log Internet Control is required Screen demonstration End Screen Demonstration Remote control Screen Transfer Locking screens Clipboard exchange Manual INiS 5 AnAnAnAnB BB BWW Lo D D ND ND HO Contens e iii Send message 32 Opening the chat window 33 Multichat 33 Speech Transmission 36 Prerequisites 36 Announcement 37 Phone Call 37 Setting the Volume 38 Problem Solving 38 Video Transmission 39 Video presentation 39 Video conference 40 Video monitor 41 Problems with the video source 41 Paint Box 41 Printing 42 Call for assistance function 43 Internet unlock lock optional 44 Lock Internet 44 Filter through Positive list 44 Access to URL 45 Filter through Negative list 45 Content filter 46 Unlock Intern
18. Integrated filter Control Control Protection HDGUARD User registration User registration INiS administers the students who will logon during the session with either their Windows login name or an assigned Smile name Usually a login name consists of the students first name and surname For networks where individual user identification is not required or wanted INiS will use the PC name or the IP number for display Classroom Overview The INiS classroom overview can be started from the teacher workstation It 1s possible to choose to either display the overview as a graphical representation of the room itself or to simply reduce this view to a list of the active users The teacher can now perform all support and safety functions of INiS through the support overview The support overview also provides a viewing mode with which the teacher can look at the active programs on the students desktops It is also possible to end applications directly from the teacher s workstation Screen transfer This includes the visual support functions INiS uses a new way of high speed transmission which can be used for almost real time broadcast of video streams 2 e Introduction Manual INiS 5 Thus the teacher can send his screen contents to all students to demonstrate an exercise or retrieve one or several students screens onto his desktop allowing the teacher to see whether a student is following the lesson or 1s occupied wi
19. Windows AT 4 0 ServicePack 4 Windows 2000 Windows sF Deactivate Lock Workstation Deactivate Change Password Deactivate User Logoff Deactivate TaskManager Additional Keys Decative Registry Editor Hide Desktop icons Deactivate BeepOneErraor Do not allow changes to Display Properties Hide Network Neighborhood icon Hide Identification tab in Network Neighborhood gt Properties Deactivate PopUp menus on Desktop and in right Explorer window Windows NT 4 0 2000 XP Do not allow changes to Active Desktop Deactivate Command Prompt Miscalleneous tab of the Smile Policy editor In the upper part you will find four keys that are only applicable to NT based operating systems Windows NT 4 0 2000 XP Each entry relates to a setting or menu item of the NT TaskManager which can be activated or deactivated to customise and restricted the user s option to interfere with the system control functions of the TaskManager Manual INiS 5 Configuring e 91 Deactivate Lock Workstation If selected the workstation can no longer be locked Deactivate User Logoff If selected the logging off function for the current user is disabled This will prevent users to log off and on under a different name Deactivate Change Password If selected the user can not change his personal password using the TaskManager any more Deact
20. 2 NTUSER MA 1024 May 17 08 50 Size Type File Operations with multiple Students x CEA Distribute Collect Delete Thomas Black Thomas Black 192 168 0 203 File browser The student s file system will be displayed within the left hand window for the highlighted student The right pane displays the teacher s workstation as an Explorer window These windows can be sized individually 16 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Firstly you have to select an active student from the left hand list to get access to the respective files If a workstation is not present in the network for example if it is turned off this will be indicated in the following form INS RDT Trainingscenter MES File View Lesson Internet Private System Help 2 mla aus AL EI BASE a 2988 8 ngee m TE E 53 John Miller i Thomas Black Filename i 6 9 thlack on INiS Pro Server Tanja H Eu an User does not run IMIS oo 1 Geroge Parsons E E Favorites 3 Tom Palmer 9 Incoming i Sophie weedman T M Katie whitman Size Type File Operations with multiple Students A 3 x Distribute Collect Delete Thomas Black Thomas Black 192 168 0 203 File browser with attachment to a PC that is not in the network In case of an active highlighted student it will always be changed to the so called exchange folder see chapter Folder for exchanging files Exchange folder The window of the teacher s workstation ac
21. 2000 XP HDGUARD does not support dynamic hard disks which are available only for Windows 2000 XP This will not affect most users as basic disks are the most common If dynamic disks have been set up on your computer you will have to change them to the basic type manually To do this first backup all data on your dynamic hard disks Remove all of them using the Windows built in Disk Administrator in Computer Management When this is done set them up again as basic hard disks 168 e HDGUARD Manual INiS 5 Swap File or HDGUARD Partition In the case where a previous installation of HDGUARD was installed on the PC an HDGUARD partition may already exist on it Such HDGUARD partitions will work fine with HDGUARD 3 For new installations it is not necessary to have such a partition instead it is recommended to use a Swap File The Swap File is usually located on the protected partition 1 e the partition which will forget permanent changes The allocated size can be somewhat smaller than the protected partitions as only the recent changes and not all the protected data will be stored in it The maximum file size can be set from inside the HDGUARD Config Wizard or from the advanced configuration dialog HDGUARD can assign an automatic value based on the size of the protected partitions HDGUARD Area on Windows 2000 XP Systems HDGUARD for Windows 2000 XP uses a Swap File to record changes The size of that file may vary from a minimum of
22. 200MB up to a user specified maximum normally 2GB to 3GB It may be placed on a hard disk partition of your choice however for optimal performance it is recommended to be placed on the same partition as the one set to be protected Make sure there is enough free space on the hard disk and run a defragmentation before activating HDGUARD Alternatively a hidden partition as opposed to a Swap File mandatory for legacy Windows systems of similar size can be used HDGAURD Area on Legacy Windows HDGUARD for Windows 95 98 ME or NT requires a separate partition used for redirection purposes See chapter below Protected Partitions Each hard disk partition accessible from the Windows File System can be protected by HDGUARD As long as HDGUARD 1s active no changes made to those partitions will be permanent and will be restored upon a reboot HDGUARD can protect up to a maximum of 5 partitions when installed on Windows 2000 or Windows XP When installed on Windows 95 98 ME or NT4 HDGUARD can protect a single partition only Configuring HDGUARD form INiS To configure HDGUARD from the INiS Classroom Management Console you have to log in to the system through System gt Login to system Please make sure to change INiS system passowrd from its default value demo to a customised password see General Notes on System Settings and Changing the System Password Now select System gt HDGUARD gt Configure HD
23. Deactivating the INiS Internet Module Students For the INiS Internet module to be used in student workstations it first needs to be activated from the teacher workstation INiS must first be started on the corresponding student workstation In addition HDGUARD must be deactivated If you use Windows NT Windows 2000 or Windows XP make sure that you are logged on as a user with ADMINISTRATOR rights After the INiS Internet module is activated or deactivated on the student workstation from the teacher computer the student computer must be restarted for the changes to be effective If you activate several modules in a session one subsequent restart is sufficient After restarting the globe icon in the systray next to the clock will indicate that the INiS Internet module has been activated at the student workstation The INiS Internet module can also be activated or deactivated at any time by navigating the menu as follows System gt Internet module gt activate deactivate students Configuring Internet Filtering The configuration of the Internet filter should be done in 2 stages First define the keywords and phrases that should be included in your Content filter list and thendecide on the domains and web addresses that you wish to enable access to by default Positive list Then begin with the actual filter configuration To start the configuration select Configure Internet Filtering from the System gt Intern
24. Documents Fie Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help ae pack r De search E Foes Hab Folders x Mame Size Type Date Modified E Desktop AB Test File Folder 5 17 2005 3 07 PM E my Documents TJamt2003_06_018 pdf 131KB Adobe Acrobat Dok 4 13 2005 1 24 PM 4 My Computer amt2003_10_022 pdf 142 KE Adobe Acrobat Dok 4 13 2005 1 24 PM E A 314 Floppy 4 S Local Disk C1 CD Documents and Settings Bia My Documents Test Expand Program REcycLg Explore CA System Open E co WINDOY Search E 4 CD Drive D E S thlack on TMi E S zon 2000sr Send To Cr Control Pane Le My Network Plac j Recycle Bin Le ClassExchange Delete Ca Student Exchang Rename g Return this files to students Cur Copy Properties A new window appears Return results from C My Documents Test Return results from this directory Results are returned to the following students Cathy Smith Geroge Parsons Description of selected results John Miller Lauren Andrews ust not returned results Sophie weedman Date Tom Palmer 571772005 68 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 It is much easier to distribute work than to collect it To distribute work just click Distribute When distributing work no additional setting options are available After work has been distributed however you are asked if your copy of the work should be deleted This is particularly recommendable when t
25. Homedirectory For the purpose of easy handling this is assigned a drive name letter Typically the drive name H for Home is used for this purpose and therefore also in the case of INiS 182 e Appendix Manual INiS 5 When creating users INiS also automatically creates these Home directories They are always released under the user names and the UNC path to this directory in the ADS at the user s location is entered as the Home directory As with the set up of the ADS INiS also follows a prescribed structure when creating user directories KZ inis Classes i Examen Qi NiS CD New Teacher The five directories INiS Classes Examen Teachers and New are created under the basic directory of the UserAdmin installation Manual INiS 5 Appendix e 183 The creation of users classes and courses constantly develops this structure INiS D E a a a Classes E C Et Et HE Teacher Profile Templates Students SystemAdmins Teachers UserAdmins Exam TC12 athy Smith Li Cookies Favorietes Incoming INiS My Documents Recent Templates Sophie Hope E3 New Cookies Favorietes Incoming INiS My Documents Recent Templates LA Profile Exam L TC12 In addition to a number of configuration files the INiS directory above all contains templates for the user profiles of the various user groups students teachers etc
26. IN Adjust size Setting the HDGUARD Area Visibility Often it is more secure to hide your security measures This makes HDGUARD and your computer less attractive to compromise You may customise the visibility of HDGUARD by either selecting a template Visible or Invisible or by checking the appropriate options Welcome a a E Licensing Visibility Password For configuration or display of the current state of HDGUARD it is possible to Y HDGUARD Area display various links or status windows is ibilit Miscellaneous Custom Finish MW Desktop Icon MW Quicklaunch bar M Start menu Entry CAUTION Removing this entry may make it necessary to start the HDGUARD directly From the HDGUARD program folder M Display Splashscreen if HDGUARD is activated M Show Systray icon for HDGUSRD status MW Display status window for HDGUARD if mouse above Systray icon HDGUARD Visibility Miscellaneous These are some advanced options regarding the Windows user logon and HDGUARD master in most configurations these options should be left as default v Pere Miscellaneous Licensing v Password Hide last user in log in dialog vi HDGUARD Area M Confirmation dialog for converting a FAT partition visibili v e een HDGUARD master related settings Finish M Powerdown for remote shut down by HDGUARD master TTL for network communication 3 255 3 HDGUARD Configuration Miscellaneous Tab 172 e HDGUARD Manua
27. INIS System gg Room State Add Object Student Domain 505 Logon Name administrator Access privilege SystemAdmin privil General First Name Last Hame Complete Name Object Hame Homepage Description E Mail connect to Password Protile Login Sept Default Extended L Change Password Account is disabled C User cannot change Password Password never expires Status changed Entering the first name and last name is mandatory the Profile and Connect To fields cannot be edited After saving the object these entries are completed by the UserAdmin module and can no longer be changed here All other input fields can be individually edited Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 139 SE Linux Server restricted mode ME File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help F e D SEL SEL IHU P 4 a Gl ge a E4 INIS General Member of Home Directory Intemet Desktop Printer Manual Exam it gg Classes E3 ie Courses First Name connect to IH lt camith Complete Name gparsons Object H kwhitmar P weedman E Mail thlue tpalmer tamith 1 cwhite E fee Default Extended H 6b EE Fa EE x7b i FE sia EE 8b a Teacher l INIS System d Search CH gg Room Show Object Student Domain 505 Logon Name administrator Access privilege SystemAdmin privil In the Descript
28. INS RDT Trainingscenter File View Lesson Internet Private System Help ge i m 2 John Miller i WI Lauren Andrews r ys homas Black Thomas Black 2 Cathy Smith Geroge Parsons 2 Tom Palmer Sophie Weedrnan Katie Whitman ee Tom aly Ce a PL ophie weedman ye Andrews stl __ 1 Thomas Black Thomas Black 192 168 0203 8 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Function bars The educational functions are performed via function bars which can in part be taken out of the overview Switching from room overview into desktop overview provides a comfortable way to work with other applications in parallel with INiS In the desktop overview only the toolbars remain active and stay permanently in the foreground The space gained by hiding the room overview can now be used for other programs INS RDT Trainingscenter File View Lesson Internet Private System Help 2 UES sos EESTI O 27938 2 amp ae m a Symbols in the function bar Qi Change between User and m Redirect screen Application list w abg Start lesson E Lock screen ves Lesson options E Exchange clipboard Al View room ei Send message F fi View desktop z Chat mode Lu View all screens Multi chat ect Filebrowser Speech transmission m F View print jobs Video transmission Process overview and navigation Internet un lock View online log file Desktop un lock TE Demo
29. INiS through the System menu Since these settings should not be available to every user a password is requested when this menu item is selected If you are running the demo version or running INiS for the first time this password is set to demo Please Note If you are using INiS in combination with HDGUARD you must change this password from its default value to a password of your choice Otherwise HDGUARD will remain in trial mode on your students PCs i e limited to 30 days and as it is not password protected anybody will be able to change HDGUARD settings After entering the password the system setting menu items will be available to you System Help Logout From system gt L ri Edit policies in Distribute policies HDGUARD i INS Autostart a Internet Module d Desktop Control d Printer module d 2 User Admin d Change system password Licensing A Settings E Update Install k INiS System menu items Important Note In order to perform any set up tasks the system administrator must identify himself via the menu System System log on Selecting this menu will prompt you for the password You can only move workstations to their appropriate position in Room Overview using drag amp drop during the first set up after you have logged on as system administrator To deactivate the System settings functions again select System log off from the System menu 8
30. In this folder you can create your own directory structure e g categorised in classes programs or topics Please ensure that the path for the exchange folder is the same for all users in an INiS room This also requires that the created path for the exchange folder is available to all users Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 19 After the installation the default exchange folder is set C incoming You should customise this folder depending on your requirements and your network structure The following settings are possible e Exchange folder on HDGUARD protected drive e g C incoming On an HDGUARD protected drive distributed files can only be saved until next restart Please note It is not possible to save your files permanently when using this option e Exchange folder on the non HDGUARD protected data drive e g D incoming The files can be saved permanently on the local data drive You should consider this option if you don t have a network server where all files are saved e Exchange folder on an user directory of the file server e g H Every user gets a home directory on the server Distributing files The exchange folder is located on the local hard disks of the non HDGUARD protected drive D for example D exchange You need to highlight the files you would like to distribute to the students at the right side of your file browser in this example the files excercisel xls and excercise2 xls Drag t
31. O Start Menu C2 WIND a O Recent RS Templates These directories are rerouted from the profile directory of the user to the Home directory by folder rerouting They are initially empty The templates directory is an exception This 1s initialized by a copy of the files in the profile template In addition to the described directories the user registry is copied from the profile template as NTUSER DAT or NTUSER MAN directly into the profile directory of the user Manual INiS 5 Appendix e 193 Reset relax password specifications under Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server To relax the password guidelines under the Windows 2000 2003 server it is necessaryto make the following presettings in the safety guidelines for domains Start the Safety Guidelines for Domains tool via Start Programs Administration on the server and change over in the structure to the password guidelines field Here the maximum password age the minimum password length and the minimal password age must all be set to 0 These settings are made in the processing mode on the right side After double clicking on the respective guideline you can either deactivate the checkbox Define this guideline setting or enter a 0 as the value for the active guideline Below is an example for the Minimum password length guideline To activate the changes change back over to the higher ranking node Safety settings The changes are e
32. PC With these controls you may change the volume settings for your local PC Be careful though because this will result in a system wide change of volume 1 e it will change the volume for the playback of a music CD as well Here the teacher may only change the settings for Recording the stundent only for Playback Phone Call Starting a Phone Call on the teacher s PC will bring up the following window identical for both the teacher and the selected stundent IHi Speech Transmission Play Record Volume Control Microphone Yolume n Volume Selected Phone Call With Phone Call the settings for Recording and Playback can be manipulated by both participants for their own workstation Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 37 Setting the Volume Please note that the various audio components Microphone Aux Line in etc listed in the drop down list boxes depend on what audio drivers are installed on your system and thus may vary from those displayed here Playback Settings You can pick any one of the audio components installed on your PC from the drop down list box under Playback Please make sure that the first entry here volume is not disabled by having checked the Mute Select check box Push the slider to its topmost position Should the playback be to loud lower the slider gradually until a convenient volume level is reached Now select Wave from the list box and proceed in the same way All other entries in the
33. PC you will see a small globe symbol in its system tray The student will receive a pop up notification detailing the change to the relevant Internet settings This notification will disappear after a short time If you hover your mouse pointer over the globe the current status will be displayed Internet is locked ik After starting INiS the Internet access is locked by default Internet is unlocked Ta If the Internet is now subsequently unlocked the status icon will reflect this change when the mouse pointer is placed over the globe icon Internet is unlocked White List If Internet access is granted using the Positive list the applied filter is displayed in brackets after the status Internet is unlocked Content Filter Tee If Internet access is restricted by Content Filter an additional filter icon is displayed in the system tray TEE If Internet access is restricted by Negative list an additional filter icon is displayed in the system tray Manual INIS 5 Using INiS e 47 4 Un Lock Applications opional The DesktopControl Module allows the teacher to lock or unlock applications dynamically and to define which applications will be available for each student at the start of a lesson This prevents any interruption or delay from the beginning and enables the lesson to commence immediately There are two different ways of locking or unlocking applications from
34. Profile man directory depending on the presettings of UserAdmin Common files are saved in the exchange directories of classes and courses Rights in the Directory Structure In addition to the depiction of actual directories documentation of access rights is also a factor in considering the INiS directory structure The access rights to the described directory structures are automatically assigned by INiS when creating users classes and courses The following lists describe the authorizations granted by INiS to the above directory structure for INiS system groups class course groups and individual users Only groups users who actually have authorizations are included in these lists The authorizations are specified for the highest directory in each case from where they are handed down to the sub directories Subdirectories excluded from the handing down process are listed in addition The description applies to Windows domains and accordingly to installations on Novell file servers The cited releases only apply to Windows domains Manual INiS 5 Appendix e 185 Authorizations to access the INiS Directory OS Groups INiS Admins Full access Gj ProfieTemplates INiS UserAdmins Revie ll Students Read execute DT E SystemaAdmins List folder contents K Ga Teachers Read DT Ep User Admins i Released as Inis Group INiS Teacher Fullaccess O Revise SSE Read exe A List folder contens D Read N Wwe
35. Student s PC Properties d Settings Delete Station View Event log File nistrator al User properties Context Menu of Student Workstation in Classroom Management Console Please note The Settings menu item will by available only if you have logged in through System gt Login to System at the teacher s workstation beforhand If the student PC in question is running and INiS is started the Configuration Dialog will appear for that student PC If the PC isn t powered up yet or INiS is not being executed on that PC the ConfigurationDialog will not be displayed 100 e Configuring Manual INiS 5 Settings Here you may modify INiS startup behaviour Configuration of Student at 192 166 0 707 Settings Network configuration Internet Module Student Login Use IMIS login Show active user on desktop Login Student s PC automatically with following name Cancel Configuration Dialog for Student Workstation Please note Configuration of the INiS Autostart feature 1 e setting INiS to be started automatically on Windows Startup can be set through System gt INiS Autostart menu item The button Apply to all causes the currently made settings for the student PC selected to become valid for all student PCs logged in to INiS at that time This function is available only if the Use INiS login option is activated Use INiS login If this checkbox is
36. X Printer un lock Remote control Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 9 Userlist INS RDT Trainingscen File wiew Lesson Internet a2 tS ala 6e m 63 John Miller PL Lauren Andrews PL Thomas Black PL Cathy Smith PL Geroge Parsons PL Tom Palmer gf Sophie weedman 48 Katie Whitman During use the labeling of the student list can be switched between the following modes i Computernames 69 Usernames INiS Names b IP Addresses The INiS name is usually chosen by the student and is entered in a log on window accordingly To enable this user registration has to be activated during INiS configuration If no INiS name is defined the User name will be the Windows log on name Please note If various students log on to Windows using an identical name e g the Guest account the User name will have no particular meaning In this case the user registration via the Smile name is strongly recommended Please Note If the user registration has not been activated during the installation process the user name will be the Smile name regardless 10 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Workstation Icons in User Names List View The icons displayed next to the user name in User Name List View are meant to inform the teacher that a student has e g inserted a CD ROM or plugged in a USB Stick at their workstation The following incons are displayed in addition to the user names in User Na
37. and then logged on again as an exam user When an exam user logs on the PC symbol in the room overview changes to 4 This allows you to see if an exam user is actually logged onto the computers Renewing an exam ticket Each student in an exam is given an Exam ticket at the beginning of the exam Each student participating in an exam needs a valid exam ticket When the student logs on to a computer for the first time the ticket 1s redeemed and hence looses its value The student is unable to log on to a second computer Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 69 Example Thomas is taking an exam He has a friend on another computer in a different room who wants to help him When Thomas logs on he redeems his exam ticket His friend cannot log onto a different computer for the exam since Thomas ticket is no longer valid The exam ticket also keeps students from getting undesired help from the outside Students are prevented from logging on outside of the control of INiS for example on a notebook or WLAN because the exam users are given a randomly generated password not known to anyone especially the helpers when the exam ticket is assigned Sometimes a computer may crash or an exam user may accidentally log off In this case the 9 student s exam ticket will need to be renewed To do this click Lesson options Memberlists of classes courses b5 r Print Cathy Smith Add Student G roge Parsons Kate Whitman
38. applications used in lessons will be installed on the teacher workstation as well as on the student workstation To select an application for setting its access rights simply choose one from the list of installed applications on the teacher s workstation There will certainly be some applications that should never be used by students during a lesson INiS enables the system administrator to set these applications to Always locked status Please note Applications which are Always locked cannot be unlocked by a teacher without administrator access and will not appear in the teacher s list of applications with dynamic access The system administrator must initially define which programs should be e Always locked e Dynamically accessible or e Always unlocked for the user This one off default configuration is set from the system menu item Manage Applications Manage Applications When you select this option you will see a preview window of the teacher s view The left window pane will later display the application status As there are no applications yet defined this pane will be empty 114 e DesktopControl Module configuration Manual INiS 5 Unlock application Preview Manage Applications If you click on Edit for the first time the INiS DesktopControl will scan all installed applications on the teacher s PC INiS DesktopControl 2 You are starting INS Desktop Control First time To
39. as distributors of the rights required in connection with Music course work exchange directory A prerequisite for membership in a Workshop course 1s that a student has been added to a class Teacher The teachers are created here Their status is determined by their Theodor Black membership in one of the system groups Teacher User Admin or Cathy Smith System Admin 3 Michael Fly Student Under this OU additional OU s are created for the created classes TC12 The students of the class can be found under this The class OU s TC13 merely aid in structuring within the ADS Students receive the Sophie White necessary rights both individually and from their class group There is fi PeterBlack a special nextClass OU in every class OU This contains information relevant to class transfers INiS Syste In this OU the basic groups of INiS INiS Teacher INiS Student New INiS Admins and INiS UserAdmins as well as the Creation of new INiS Teacher users New are created INiS Students INiS Admins INiS UserAdmins Informatics At first only general and account related information such as user name first name and last name display name password and password options are set for the users created via INiS Additionally depending on presettings the profile entries for the users are also set In this way a connection is created between network users and their files Homedirectory and Profile M
40. box you will notice that the first three fields of the module keys will be automatically filled in for you You will need to complete the last two fields with the codes supplied to you Licensing INiS professional The license dialog of INiS professional is initially the same as the dialog for INiS Enter the school name and license key into the fields of the basic license and confirm the license dialog by clicking OK Make sure to precisely reproduce upper and lower case Manual INiS 5 Installation Guide e 81 The INiS professional license dialog then appears NS Licensing Please enter your licensing information which is supplied with your license card Professional license 20 User 9 used Name Licenses on detail SOON MOCK AEE 20 Clients OK Cancel Licensing INiS professional Note To license INiS professional the INiS UserAdmin module must be set up since the license data cannot otherwise be saved The module can be set up under the non licensed demo version or after licensing Once the INiS UserAdmin module is set up and additional rooms are connected to the installation these rooms are automatically licensed 82 e Installation Guide Manual INiS 5 Adding new licenses After entering the license key you can add additional licenses by clicking the Add button to retrieve the menu item Licensing INS Professional Mame SN 1254 11254 11254 1234 11254 OK Cancel Add
41. button Update for existing users This overwrites the user profiles with the profile template The button Update for existing users overwrites the user profiles with the profile template For users with non mandatory profiles the user s personal settings may be overwritten When profiles are shared the function Update for existing users is not available Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 165 HDGUARD INiS 5 RDT Deutschland Version 5 0 Classroom Management amp Multimedia eLearning Suite Manual INiS 5 HDGUARD e 167 If you have chosen to install HDGUARD during INiS setup only the files necessary for HDGUARD to function have been copied to your PC In order to protect your PC against unauthorisied changes of any kind you will have to configure and activate HDGUARD explicitly after INiS setup is finished and you have restarted your PC If you are familiar with HDGUARD already you may skip next next paragraphs and continue with Configuring HDGUARD form INiS If HDGUARD is entirely new for you please do read the following carefully What is HDGUARD HDGUARD 1s security software that restores a system to its original state simply by rebooting HDGUARD works by preventing permanent changes on your hard disk drives HDGUARD does this by automatically restoring the original state of the computer after every reboot Even if the current user has removed or changed the contents of fil
42. button M The following window opens editing extension list By unchecking list entry the application will be removed From the extension list CIRE Application name Extension Acrobat Reader 5 1 AcroExch FOFDaoc i fdf Windows Media Player croE xch Document i pdf Internet Explorer POxFileType pds WordPad MFC Application Acro xch RMFFil rmf Hotepad Acro Exch sFOFDoc i sfd Windows Movie Maker Microsoft Word For Windows Microsoft Paint Run DLL as an App Microsoft Accessibility Wizard Microsoft Access For Windows Microsoft WetShow Rex Windows Explorer Windows Backup Utility E Performance Monitor Command L Microsoft HTML Help Executabl Clip Gallery 5 0 Helper Application Windows MT ClipBook Viewer Microsoft Excel For Windows Outlook Express Microsoft Outlook Windows Font viewer Genigraphics Graphicslink Th Microsoft Photo Editor Windows Progman Group Conver MapInfo Data Installer For Micros se nf w all val vail nf w ww all ww ww all nf val ww val val nail call ww 124 DesktopControl Module configuration Manual INiS 5 In the list on the left all of the previously found programs are cited and their extensions can be displayed in the right view window with a left click By removing the check before the corresponding entries they are no longer shown in the INiS shell expansion Collect distribute files Setting the default configur
43. directories of the students If you have defined your own classes and courses they will be displayed under Own classes courses This option is then automatically activated When you switch to All classes courses all the classes and courses will be displayed that are set up on the server This option is recommendable for example when you are substituting for a colleague and want to administer a foreign class or course 56 e Using INiS Manual INIS 5 Lesson options s The following administrative functions are called up under the lesson options e Print class and or course lists e Set up new students e Reset student passwords e View student home directories e Start Automatic new user creation e Collect students for courses e Renew Exam ticket Note The lesson option functions are only available after you have started the lesson or an exam Create students There are several ways to create students You can manually set up a student at the teacher s station or activate Automatic new user creation and the students will set themselves up We recommend that you create students via the Automatic new user creation function when you work with a class the first time and no users have been set up in the class If you want to subsequently set up individual users in the class for example the user was sick during automatic new user creation use the New student function Automatic new user creati
44. document to change or set the HDGUARD password Resizing or moving the HDGUARD Swap File HDGUARD must be deactivated to perform any of these operations Be sure to deactivate it and restart your system before continuing Open the advanced configuration dialog and uncheck the Swap File checkbox Check the Swap File checkbox for the new location If you intend to resize the file this will be the same partition A size selection dialog will pop up Set the size and press ok Close the advanced configuration dialog and activate HDGUARD Submitting a bug report In the case where your HDGUARD installation or usage doesn t behave as expected we would greatly appreciate any feedback you may have You can report this feedback online or by printing a bug report form Manual INiS 5 HDGUARD e 175 Go to the Advanced Configuration dialog and select Help gt Feedback gt Bug Report to fill in the bug report form It s also available online at http www pc protection net 8080 feedback bugreport php 176 e HDGUARD Manual INiS 5 Appendix INiS 5 RDT Global Version 5 0 Classroom Management amp Multimedia eLearning Suite Manual INiS 5 Appendix e 177 Introduction to User Administration using INiS UserAdmin The method in which the INiS UserAdmin module handles the administration of users and groups in the ADS is described below In addition to the actual administration of objects in the ADS this also appl
45. from granting rights to his directory to another user 188 e Appendix Manual INiS 5 Authorizations to access the Exam Directory El Taiz Group INiS Teacher Full access K El Gi Richy Baumann Revise E E My Documents Read execute BC C Incomin List folder contents K Sic Red CS 5 Write D Shared as username User Examuser Full access U Revise CC Read execute CO List folder contents Read CSC Write S y O Users and Profiles In addition to the organization of individual and common files there is one more significant feature of the UserAdmin regarding the administration of system files and directories needed for a user These determine the set up and appearance of the desktop and start menu as well as the individual configuration of applications for each user The amount of information is referred to in its entirety as User profile or for short Profile Profiles are of particular relevance locally to Windows and in the network once a user logs on Windows checks whether a profile exists for a user at the time of the user s first logon to a Windows workstation If this is not the case a new profile will be created for the user based on a local standard profile p p unconfigured Special attention must be paid to the user profiles since their existence and concrete configuration can determine whether logon is successful or unsuccessful either during the initial logon or the first start up of an application T
46. it on the connected workstations Hence after you have successfully registered your DesktopControl module the following prompt will appear Do vou want to register the components necessary for the Desktop Control module at the students workstations Please ensure that HDGUARD is deactivated and that vou are logged in as user with Administrator privileges Register your module on connected PCs 112 e DesktopControl Module configuration Manual INiS 5 Locked applications will be displayed with Stop Symbal With Windows sP this may cause some problems Do vou want to display these icons anyway Important Please ensure that you have activated the DesktopControl module on the student workstation otherwise you will not be able to control or block applications Please Note You will need to de activate HDGUARD before registering the DesktopControl Module For Windows NT or Windows 2000 XP you also need to be logged on locally using administrator rights to succeed with the registration The activation status of the DesktopControl module on student workstations can be modified at any time To do this simply go to the menu item System gt Activate de activate DesktopControl Module Student to toggle the status You will need to restart each workstation to activate the changes to the system DesktopControl Module Overview The INiS DesktopControl Module provides the teacher with extensive control over which appl
47. menu allows you to remotely shut down student workstations John Miller 30 Pinball for Windows Sp a Document WordPad fa Video presentation Lock screen Send message Run at Student s PC alll ala Terminate application Microsoft Excel Book Yahoal Microsoft Internet E Shutdown workstation Printers and Faxes May Computer Shut down student s PC It will depend on the PC as well as its power management configuration whether the PC shuts down and turns off completely or automatically carries out a restart Warning The shutdown of a student s workstation may result in loss of working data if not saved beforehand You should therefore use this feature with extreme caution Please Note If no particular student is highlighted all active PCs will be shut down Run at Student s PC From the context menu of any one student s workstation icon the item Run at Student s PC is available This allows you to comfortably execute arbitrary files at that student s PC The look and feel of this dialog is equivalent to the Run feature available in the Windows Start Menu Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 27 Run at Student s PC Enter the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows wall open it for vou Oper OF Cancel Browse Run at Student s PC dialog If you are using the IniS DesktopControl add on module this dialog w
48. must not be in use at the time of being selected 1 e its owner is not logged on It is a good idea therefore to create special users for maintenance of the profiles and to use their profiles as a template Before selecting a template as a profile template all of the applications installed should be started and any necessary configurations should be completed This is necessary so that users to whom the profile template is assigned do not make the configuration themselves This would turn out to be difficult particularly in the case of mandatory profiles since the configuration would not enter the user profile permanently and thus the configuration would be demanded again each time the user logs on Login script If desired users can automatically be assigned a login script whilst it is being created Password The password specifications define the standard values of the respective password flags when creating a new user Default groups Under certain circumstances rights extending beyond those automatically assigned by IniS are required in order to be able to work with specific resources programs printers CD s databases etc To allow for this situation users can be automatically added to additional groups through which the required rights are assigned during New User Creation Update for existing users If you have defined a new profile template and you want to use it for existing users you can do this by clicking the
49. o g A O ins Come INGA cules i E ProfieTemplates INiS UserAdmins Revise Write NI Shared as Group INiS Teacher Full access LJ StudentsProfile INiS Student Revise L TeachersProfile Read execute IK UserAdminsProfile sac execute To the profile directory of List folder contents x the respective group Read x Write oo O Authorizations to access the Central Profile Directories Liser4omins System AdminsProfile Authorizations to Class Course Directories Go WE INiS Admins Fullaccess TBC rai INiS UserAdmins Revise Tez INiS Teacher Read execute TBC TG13 List folder contents X T14 Read OA Te15 Write Shared as Classes E Teiz INiS Admins Full access TC ms INiS UserAdmins Revise H E Richy Baumann INiS Teacher Read execute D Ro Henze Class group List folder contents D a Rea oo N ic Thomas Lietmann Write ge Tom Walter Shared as Class name 186 e Appendix Manual INiS 5 Authorizations to Access Teacher Directories Ses Teachers Groups INiS Admins Fullaccess LC La Bernd Koch INiS UserAdmins Revise GQ Hans Eberhard Stricher Read execute TC GQ Michael Nordmann List folder contents DT Go N l G nel Read Shared as Teacher E la Teachers Groups INiS Admins Full access CST Sierd Koch INiS UserAdmins Revise ______ o K Co
50. on System Registry level All values which refer to the Start menu or other Windows settings are adjusted here The various settings which can be implemented with INiS policies are described in greater detail later on in this document The IniS policies cannot be considered as absolutely safe The Windows system makes it possible to partially circumvent them with corresponding devices i e hacker tools from the Internet This is why these policies represent only the first stage of the INIS safety concept However they still have a significant importance Policies help you to switch off certain system functions that are then not visible or accessible to the student This provides fewer possibilities for distraction thereby increasing concentration and learning potential There will still be options open to interfere with the system maybe to make changes on a computer causing it to crash or even to fail completely This is when the second safety stage HDGUARD comes into play Settings When you start the INiS policies the current configuration of your computer will be automatically displayed You will find the menu item Save Export File in the main File menu Clicking on this item will save the current configuration of your Registry key set in INiS policies to a file You can use this file to reset the current configuration to previously saved settings by selecting Load Export File in the File menu It also allo
51. protection is also deactivated so that applications can also be created when Borland Delphi is compiling To define a rule click the button Rules in the configuration dialog The following window opens Manual INiS 5 DesktopControl Module configuration e 121 Rules program linking Rule name Es Please drag drop application here which you want to group into a rule existing rules To add applications to a rule they need to be dragged and dropped from the configuration window to the rules form The first application of a rule determines the name of the rule To save a rule click the save button above the applications in the rule Application Access Administration SEs Rules program linking Microsoft word Acrobat Reader 5 1 Microsoft Access 26 Microsoft Excel Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint of Microsoft Word gu MSN Explorer ie gt Windows Messenger desktop New Office Document g E Open Office Document ry Set Program Access and Defaults B Desktop Hj HE OLE Objects existing rules sw System Files Se User Z G Microsoft Word WORDTCOR ESE 122 DesktopControl Module configuration Manual INiS 5 Existing rules are shown in the bottom area of the rules form and can be selected for processing by double clicking them Rules program linking Rule name oe tal Minesweeper Q Pinball
52. screens Similar to the workstations in the room overview the screens are evenly laid out by name The screen areas contain the current screen content of the students and are frequently updated INS RDT Trainingscenter File View Lesson Internet Private System Help 08 John Miller PL Lauren Andrews gf Thomas Black 8 Cathy Smith gf Geroge Parsons gf Tom Palmer PL Sophie Weedran PL Katie whitman Geroge Parsons ee oe ae ee a iTO 4 80 H Oe ne ea Thomas Black Thomas Black 192 168 0 203 Viewing all screens Talim HE E HEB WJ jo CP Number of screens selection You can use the button in the bottom right hand corner below the scrollbar defining the number of screens to be displayed simultaneously The viewing window is adjusted automatically to the number of screens selected Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 15 2 File browser As well as providing features for transferring screen contents and communicating with students INiS also offers a function for exchanging files with students For this purpose INiS has a special File Manager which can be selected from the toolbar You can access the local disk drives of your students directly with the INiS file browser except floppy disk drives You can copy individual files from the students drives to your teacher s PC copy files from the teacher s PC to the students PCs delete files on the student s PC and create folders You can also use it to clean th
53. the Programs menu INS version 5 0 Activate Autostart Would you like to start IMIS on Windows logan Back Cancel You can choose to display student workstations by their computer names Windows user names IP addresses or Smile user names on the teacher s workstation Since the Smile user name cannot be retrieved from system data there is a setting to display a dialog at each start of INiS to query the designated user name This can be activated or deactivated using the next installation option 78 e Installation Guide Manual INiS 5 INS version 5 0 Activate user identification Would you like to use the INIS user identificatian this bos 18 unchecked INIS will use IF address or Computername for chent identification please consult your user guide for advantages and disadvantages of using user identification Back Cancel Next you can decide whether you wish to install HDGUARD IMPORTANT If you decide not to install HDGUARD at this point of INiS setup it is NOT possible to do so separatly afterwards You will have to reinstall INIS completey in order to make use of HDGUARD at a later stage INS version 5 0 Install HOGUARD Would you like to install the HOGUARD Windows 95 98 ME or NT 4 0 users are advised that partition separate to the main system partition must be created either prior to or after installing HOGUARD This partition ts required to ensure full HOGUARD functionalit
54. the creation and maintenance of user objects under INiS in Windows domains After setting up the UserAdmin module the user administration can be called up via System User Admin User administration and Linux Server restricted mode Sl ES File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help iP GE Gl Ol ae amp Y amp amp amp Classes Courses Student Teacher INIS System Search Roam Count T State Show Object Main Container Domain SOS Logon Name administrator Access privilege SystemAdmin privil Processing Modes There are two different processing modes are identified and defined in the user administration under INiS They are the View mode and the Processing mode View mode No UserAdmin data can be changed in this mode It is only possible to observe the datasets This is the standard setting after starting the UserAdmin module The button with the magnifying glass is highlighted light blue in this mode Processing mode In the editing mode the data of respective INiS objects can be changed When in active status the icon is highlighted in color The following objects may be edited e Classes e Courses e Teachers 136 UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 e Student Creating Objects with the INIS UserAdmin Module New datasets are created according to a uniform procedure for all administrative INiS users Within UserAdmin the objects are added to the system by activating the C
55. to collect the required data for adding as users in the domain structure The data entered by the user must always be confirmed by pressing the Continue button inise Hew User Wizard Create new user Welcome to INIS New User Creation This wizard will guide you through the process of creating new user and prompt you to enter all data necessary IF pou don t have user account in the network vet please click Next to start New User Creation IF You have a user account already and have started New User Creation accidentally please cancel this wizard by clicking Cancel and log in to the network with pour User M ame Next gt Cancel The start screen for New User Creation informs the users being added about the further progression of the menu driven dialog If the Assistant has been started inadvertently the process can be canceled again at this point On the second screen the user must enter his first name and last name 58 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Hew User Wizard Personal details Please enter your first name and your last name here First name Theodor Last name Blue This information will be used for display purposes as well as for your home directory lt Back Next Cancel After confirming the entries another screen appears which lists in the top field the logon names in the domain assigned by the system Hew User Wizard User information Please enter appropriate
56. to the respective course in the Tree View Or you can select the respective courses in the List View and then drag them to the respective students in the Tree View It is also possible to make course student allocations by dragging the respective objects within the Tree View Changing Objects Objects can only be changed in editing mode When doing so the following must be considered Student If the object name of a Student object is changed the Share for the respective student is re set In addition if the complete name is changed the Home Directory of the student must be renamed The directory must not be being accessed at the time Teachers See Students Transferring Students You also have the additional possibility of transferring a Student object to another class To do so select the respective Student object in the Tree View and drag it onto the desired Class node of the Tree View It doesn t matter whether you drag it onto the desired Class node below the Classes node or below the Student node The student is transferred It is important to note here as well that the Shares must be re set and the Home Directory must not be being accessed You can also transfer several students at once into the same class To do so select the respective students in the List View and drag them to the respective class in the Tree View Courses If the course name is changed the Share must be re set In addition the Home Directory of the c
57. user data User logon name T Blue Password Confirm Password Please keep this information in mind exact because you will need it to log on to the system later on lt Back Next Cancel At this point the user must assign a password of his choice If the entered passwords are not identical the Next button will not be active The user can log on to the domain using the combination of logon name and password once New User Creation is completed Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 59 In the summary that follows the user can check his information No changes can be made here they can only be made by going back to previous input screens inis Please check the following information before finishing cr ation of 4 new User Hew User Wizard Summary our first name Theodor our last name Blue our user logon name TBlue IF the information is correct please click Finish to continue lt Back Finish Cancel New User Creation is completed when the user presses the Finish button Automatic new user creation at the teacher s station At the teacher s station the student data are displayed in the window Overview of new students The teacher can detect the progress of the creation of a new user by the change in font color on his support overview As soon as the necessary entries have been made by the user and the student has confirmed his or her data in the last dialo
58. what you have said just before there is something wrong with your audio cofiguration that has nothing to do with INiS Please make sure everything is plugged in properly some microphones and headsets have a separate ON switch Make sure the most current sound card driver is installed Check the settings in the Device Manager Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt System gt Hardware Tab gt Device Manager gt Sound video and game controllers In case the settings for your sound card reads something like Legacy Device or Emulation Mode please deactivate these With some sound cards the Duplex Mode has to be activated separately Please check this using the Device Manager see item 4 Check whether your sound card is listed as the Preferred Device in Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Sounds and Multimedia gt Audio Tab gt Sound Playback and under gt Sound Playback on the same tab Make absolutely sure that the device listed here does not have anything like Legacy or Emulation somewhere in its name 38 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Video Transmission You can use the video transmission function to transmit video images for example from a webcam or PC microscope from the teacher PC to the student PC Video presentation Se Video conference Sa Video Monitor Video presentation EM video presentation n the video presentation the video source connected to the teacher s comp
59. with administrator privileges Unable to register status monitor Mode remains unchanged This message appears when trying to activate HDGUARD HDGUARD can only be activated or deactivated by users with administrative privileges The students workstations are not reported as active the red X at the workstation s icon is visible The student and the group the student belongs to as well as the teacher need full access rights to the following registry key HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE VBS SMILE The teacher s workstation does not save the configuration of workstation icons in Room Overview The teacher and the group the teacher belongs to as well as the students need full access rights to the following registry key and all subsequent sub keys HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE VBS SMILE Smile Autostart can t be activated deactivated Autostart functionality for INiS is provided by settings in the Registry The user currently logged on under Windows NT 2000 XP needs full access rights to the following registry key HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION RUN The policies I m distributing do not become valid INiS manipulates the following Registry entries hence it is compulsory to have full access rights to these keys and their subsequent sub keys HKEY CURRENT USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Manual INiS 5 Appendix e 197 HKEY CURRENT USER Software Microsoft Windows Cu
60. you would like to see Set the appropriate checkboxes If you set a Swap File while another has already been set the original one will disappear You may set up to 5 protected partitions 174 e HDGUARD Manual INiS 5 Use the menu bar for configuring additional options such as setting the password reporting bugs and viewing the online manual HDGUARD 30 day evaluation copy ole File Extra Help E RAMKE UGQH2K7PL Partition 1 Partition 2 s El Information El Information a Mame cr Mame Test E LEE File System NTFS File System NTFS Size kByte 4 166 206 Size kByte 15 615 486 Mounted Yes Mounted es Status to be protected Status Hot used HOGUARD Swap File Partition 1 4 l Information S Mame File System Logical Disk Size kBytel 120 053 713 Mounted Ho Status Mok used Harddisk 2 HDGUARD Advanced Configuration Dialog Click the and symbols to tell HDGUARD which partitions to protect and where to place its Swap File Advanced Functions Imaging Cloning an HDGUARD PC Be sure to deactivate HDGUARD before cloning A PC actively protected by HDGUARD should not be cloned since it will result in data loss on the target system After the cloned machine has been started HDGUARD may be activated manually or by using HDGUARD master Changing or setting the password Use the HDGUARD Config Wizard or the advanced configuration dialog described earlier in this
61. 0722 Documents and Settings Cprof May 01 05 51 i i of Programme Feb 18 2002 H G Aek g LIWINDOWS PENTa 00A U Py System Volume Information gt a WINDOWS Send files to multiple Students C gt My Documents a TEE E nl Mame Size Type l Next Cancel Tejamt2003_06 018 131KB Adobe crobat Dok 4 Tejamt2003_10 022 142KB Adobe Acrobat Dok 4 Please select Students Lauren Andrews Select all Cathy Smith Dismiss selection Geroge Parsons Tor Pamer Next stark process Sophie Weedman Cancel fend proccess Katie Whitman Select student The following window displays the status of the copy processes using a progress bar Send files to multiple Students C My Documents al Cancel John Miller Uploading Lauren nd uploading Cathy Smith uploading Copy status display When all processes have been completed the Cancel button changes into Finalize When a copy process has completed Done appears in the third column of a line If an error occurs during the transmission a corresponding error message will be displayed in the third line Clicking the button Finalize closes the status window Manual INIS 5 Using INiS e 21 Send files to multiple Students C My Documents a V Finalize John Miller Lauren 4ndr Cathy Smith Copy process successfully completed Collecting files To collect the files you have distributed to the students
62. 164 Login script 165 Password 165 Default groups 165 Update for existing users 165 HDGUARD 167 What is HDGUARD 168 Software Prerequisites 168 General 168 Windows 2000 XP 168 Swap File or HDGUARD Partition 169 HDGUARD Area on Windows 2000 XP Systems 169 HDGAURD Area on Legacy Windows 169 Protected Partitions 169 Configuring HDGUARD form INiS 169 Welcome 170 Licensing 170 Password 171 HDGUARD Area 172 Visibility 172 Miscellaneous 172 Activating HDGUARD 173 Basic Functions 174 Activate or Deactivate HDGUARD 174 Apply Changes 174 Configuring 174 Config Wizard 174 Advanced Configuration 174 Advanced Functions 175 Imaging Cloning an HDGUARD PC 175 Changing or setting the password 175 Resizing or moving the HDGUARD Swap File 175 Submitting a bug report 175 Appendix 177 Introduction to User Administration using INiS UserAdmin 178 What is the ADS 178 Which users are administrated by UserAdmin 178 User and Group Structure of the UserAdmin 179 UserAdmin objects and their attributes 180 Directory Structure of the UserAdmin 182 Users and Profiles 189 Reset relax password specifications under Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server 194 Working with Multiple NICs 194 Problems with the Screentransfer 195 The Screen remains grey 195 Some Computers are Skipped During Transmission 195 Stripes at the Recipient s Screen 195 Stripes on Teacher Screen 196 Loss of data packages 196 HDGUARD problems 197 The partition table is not displayed on t
63. 19 PM Thomas Black has entered the chat ChatClient 34 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 All events regarding the chat are listed in the bottom line of the chat window The configuration window is displayed by pressing the button The windows of the students and teacher look very similar User in chat room Standard Lauren Andrews Thomas Black Font size Separators Deactivate chat Save Chat Test Manage chatrooms T The option Deactivate Chat does not appear in the student version The button Manage Chatrooms is called Select Chatroom in the student s version Both buttons open the windows described above Select Chatroom teacher or Select Chatroom student A part of the window can be displayed or removed by the button Configuration This function contains settings such as font size and split screen line Save Chat text allows you to save an input in a file Only the teacher has the possibility to deactivate the chat in every chat room Clicking the INiSChat symbol L in the toolbar with the right mouse button ends the chat C Display Minimize 4 Close When the chat server is running on the teacher s workstation this icon is displayed Hint Pressing the F2 key shows the timestamp of every input Hint The whole text of a chat input can be copied to the clipboard by clicking on a chat entry with the right mouse button Hint If a chat input contains an Internet address e g http www rdt
64. 2 pct Copy confirmation Toolbar Functions ar ST 218 G Teacher s toolbar The buttons Save 4 and Delete Ex appear after highlighting a file You can either transfer the highlighted files to your teacher s PC or delete a file on the student s PC Above the directory list you will find a dropdown list box where you can change to the current disk drive on the student s PC Please notice that you always have to change to the exchange folder by accessing a student s PC for the first time If you access a disk drive when no disk is inserted the directory list will stay empty If you access a directory which is not logically available then the root folder C will be used The button on the left hand side is used to switch to the student s root directory The pi button is the next higher directory level The button is used to switch to the exchange folder The button is for creating a new directory on the student s PC These buttons are located on the right side of the teacher s window File operations with several student s Folder for exchanging files Exchange Folder In the settings of the teacher s workstation the system administrator defines the folder for the exchange of files This folder is called the Exchange Folder The exchange folder is the starting point for all file operations involving several students Multiple copy functions are only possible in this exchange folder
65. 3 Setting up the courses 4 Allocating the students to courses The UserAdmin Objects Various objects are defined within the UserAdmin Specific actions are possible for each individual object e The Class object e The Classlists object Contains the Class objects e The Teacher object e The Teacher lists object Contains the Teacher objects e The Student object e The Studentlists object contains the Student objects e The Studentclasses object contains the Studentlists objects e The Course object e The Courselists object contains the Course objects e The System object contains all system groups stored in INiS e The Systemlists object contains the System objects 154 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 User Groups Three user groups exist in UserAdmin They are e Teachers e UserAdmin e SystemAdmin The functions for use of UserAdmin are limited depending on a user s membership of one of these groups Teacher permissions A teacher can edit students and student course allocations He can also print out students and courses SystemAdmin permissions All functions of the UserAdmin are available to the SystemAdmin UserAdmin permissions The UserAdmin has all of the rights of the SystemAdmin except for e The UserAdmin cannot carry out INiS classic import e The UserAdmin cannot maintain any Exchange e mail accounts e The UserAdmin cannot create a SystemAdmin e The UserAdmin cannot change a SystemAdmin
66. 6 e Configuring Manual INiS 5 Room Overview There is no special menu item for designing the room overview and positioning the workstations After you have enabled the system settings by entering the system password you can work directly on the room overview You can design the background of your overview window to ressemble your classroom layout In addition a grid is displayed in the room overview that makes it easier for you to align the workstation symbols Designing the room When you start designing the room you will notice that the program used is the default program on your system linked with the file extension BMP Usually this will be the PAINT EXE program from the Windows accessories group But other programs can also be registered for BMP e g Paintshop or Corel etc Simply double click in the room overview Changes in the picture become effective at the next start The room picture is stored in your Smile directory under ROOM BMP By default the Room Overview background is set to display the INiS default texture Positioning workstations Newly recognized workstations are initially displayed as icons in the left upper corner of the room overview When you display the room overview for the first time you will notice that all icons are stacked ontop of each other You can now position these by simply dragging the icons one by one to the position on your screen corresponding to the location in the room Again you have to be lo
67. A dialog window then opens offering two options At this point there is a selection option to collect either all of the registered active students into a course or to collect only those who have been previously selected by the teacher on the support overview Collect members tor course Collect all active students into course Collect members Collect selected students into course Cancel 62 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Collecting students for a course is done using the Collect into Course button Printing class and or course lists Under Lesson Options you can also print out the information stored in the system on students from individual classes or courses After selecting a class or course in the combination box the members of this object are listed in the lower part of the screen Printing is activated by pressing the Print button The class name the object names the complete names the first names and last names of the students are printed out in table form Selecting Students for a Class Click the lis button in the user list to select all users of a class or course in the room overview If you click on the symbol na with the mouse the following menu opens All DS LE Xx a El x6b ki Here you can select which users in the room overview are to be marked If you select the class TG15 for example all students who belong in the TG15 class are selected in the room overview and additional suppor
68. As with remote control the ESC key ends this function 30 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 E Locking screens With this function INiS offers the possibility of temporarily locking the screens and keyboards of either single or multiple students to attract their attention Once locked the students will see a black screen with a message The button image changes for the teacher and the same button can be used to release the student screens As is the case with the video function individual students or groups can be addressed here Clipboard exchange Sending the clipboard to all or to selected students is another new educational function of INIS This function can be useful in many different situations e Working on an exercise could lead to the situation where some students become stuck on one particular part With Clipboard Exchange the solution for this part can be sent to the students The information can be delivered bit by bit This allows the students to work out next steps of the solution on their own e A scanner is connected to the teacher s PC The teacher can scan a picture and send it via clipboard to the students This picture can be inserted directly into any image editing software to be used by the students This allows the students to use devices of which there is only one available per classroom The students have the option to continue working with their own clipboard content A student can select betwee
69. Black Thomas Black 192 168 0 203 Active processes and applications at student PCs Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 25 Terminate Application This overview can also be used to shut down selected applications or processes on student PCs from the teacher s workstation To do this you highlight the relevant student and click the right mouse button to display the context menu John Miller Video presentation Lock screen Send message Run at Student s PC Microgsalt Excel Book l ahoa Microsoft Internet E Printers and Fases Mi Computer Shutdown workstation Shut down student s application To immediately close any processes at the student s PC select Terminate Application This function is useful if you want to for example shut down unauthorised processes or if the student is unable to shut down a particular process himself Warning Under certain circumstances ending a process or application can lead to loss of working results or data for the affected student You should therefore use this feature with caution Unlike the screen overview which only shows the active screen the process overview provides you with information about processes or applications running in the background This way you be aware of other probably illegal processes such as a student downloading files from the Internet through an FTP client 26 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Shut down student workstations The context
70. Blocks or releases that have already been set are not affected User defined Applications User defined applications can also be manually added via the dropdown menu of the switch Enter new Application Access Administration Sele H ry F Programs Refresh automatic A H Accessories i Add new automatic TI Startup Zubeh r Add user defined Internet Explorer TES Outlook Express This may be necessary when the program in question has not been detected automatically during the scanning process This happens if it is neither present in the Start menu nor on the desktop or Windows folder This is also necessary when the application is only present on the student but not on the teacher s workstation POOLE desktop After you have clicked Add the following prompt appears Add Application Description Executable File Add application Please enter a name in the description field If the application is installed on the teacher s PC then you can select Browse to locate the appropriate executable yourself If the application is installed on the student PCs only just enter the name of the executable you do not need to include any path information the name of the executable will suffice 120 e DesktopControl Module configuration Manual INiS 5 Add Application Description Microsoft Publisher Executable File mepub exe Browse OF Cancel Specify
71. Click on the Permissions button In the windows which follow the group Everyone and the fields Full access Change and Read should be selected e Change to the Security tab and remove all of the listed users except for the Administrator Give the administrator Full Access to this folder Setting up In every room in which you wish to use the UserAdmin module it must first be set up in INiS To do so log onto your domain as Administrator on the teacher workstation and start INiS Open the menu item UserAdmin gt Set up in the INiS System Menu Logout from system AS o e d Laadministrat TE i Edit policies Distribute policies HOSUARD INIS Autostart Internet Module Desktop Contral Printer module Change system password Licensing ul Settings E Update Install An Assistant will appear and will ask for all of the required information for configuring the ADS and the file system in sequential order Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 157 INIS User Admin configuration wizard Configuration of User Admin Module Welcome to User Admin configuration The wizard will guide you through the configuration of INS User Admin In the course of this process vou Will be prompted for all information necessary to manage Students Teachers Classes and Courses as well as for setting up an appropria
72. Content Filtering all open Explorer and Internet Explorer windows on the student PCs will be closed 46 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Unlock Internet This restores the unrestricted access to the Internet All filters will be set to inactive Application Restrictions and Compatibility The function Lock Internet and Filter through Positive list can be applied immediately and are browser independent regardless of whether you use Internet Explorer Netscape Opera etc More so the functionality is not limited to the browser but also extends to controlling the access in FTP and Email clients The function Filter through Negative list and Content Filter is currently only available for Microsoft Internet Explorer As soon as you select the Content Filter all open Internet Explorer windows on the student PC will be closed to allow the Content Filter to become active The online activity log provides a quick status overview of all connected PCs For technical reasons 1t is not possible to restrict Internet access during file exchange via the File Browser or during Video Screen broadcast This is a temporary requirement of the Windows Explorer during which unrestricted access to the Internet is granted The student PC will return to its restricted settings as soon as the file exchange or the Screen transfer is finished System Tray Status Indicator After the successful activation of the Internet Module on a student
73. D Password Dialog Please note When using HDGUARD in combination with INiS any password set here will be valid only temporarily This new password will work ONLY if you DO NOT start the HDGUARD Configuration Dialog from within INiS and will be VALID ONLY UNTIL you start the HDGUARD Configuration Dialog from within INiS After having started the HDGUARD Configuration Dialog from within INiS the HDGUARD password will be set back to the INiS System Password Manual INiS 5 HDGUARD e 171 HDGUARD Area The HDGUARD Area may be a Swap File or an HDGUARD Partition In terms of security both equally protect your computer HDGUARD Partitions are mandatory for a Windows 95 98 ME or NT installation whereas either may be used for Windows 2000 or XP Choose either automatic assignment or manually select a partition to be used for redirection of all changes Check the box to manually define the size of a Swap File v hhii HDGUARD Area v Licensing Password HDGUARD requires storage space to log temporary changes made during a MAIHDGUARD Area Windows session Visibility Miscellaneous If Automatic Assignment recommended is selected HDGUARD will reserve the Finish space required on the Operating System partition Selecting Manual Assignment lets you define the partition for as well as the size of the area reserved for HDGUARD C Automatic Assignment recommended fe Manual Assignment Drive Size Free FileSystem ast 16 GB FAT32
74. GUARD All to call up to following dialog Manual INiS 5 HDGUARD e 169 HDGUARD Please select HOGUARD mode BE HOGUARD Protection deactivated Configuration complete HDGUARD Main Window For first time users we highly recommend using the Configuration Wizard Clicking on the equally labeled button you will be propmted for a password Please enter your INiS System Password here since it will be the only one valid for HDGUARD itself as well as the Configuration Wizard Welcome Ne LE Corde Wierd RTL The Config Ward wall confining all rod Gattis Far HOGA Tha Mira nine rh Cour ton fr OS a pdd ira Bom hee Pr Une D a cache Frac 08 Firvrbh cipky ei fort of a dei Da correer Config arise vies Fort Este Corps ttiki aiy ko tre a emery Cort Das tue best Er iei yin cline ty Bo he Core ne configu ce dti Yay Can rare rh Conf Ar oira ae lek ad gate Enfin in Ae rar rer corre Clicking er notes tation be pas iiy all stri mc aber Click She crepe Eaytion in Pe Kresge k corrr 60 Gil amd infor mation Abowd amp cor ai er Pluie digk chii Go leet with the Song eho Cofiguration Wizard Welcome Dialog On the left f the above dialog you see a list of steps that you may either go through chronologically by clicking the Next button in the lower right corner or directly jump to by clicking on the appropriate entry directly in the list Licensing Please Note The two steps immediately following this Welcome d
75. INS version 5 0 License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement License Agreement Ramcke Daten Technik GmbH of Alte Landstrabe 14 0 23643 Nentz ROT 16 the manufacturer and respective owner of copyrighted Software which is in particular but rot exclusively designed for the Use in Schools and educational institutions The Enduser wishes to make use of such Software ADT grants the use of such Software to the Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement IF you choose No the setup will close To install IMIS you must accept this agreement InstallShield Back es Ho The next step is the installation of the INiS program files Either select the required installation folder for this or confirm the folder suggested by the set up program Manual INiS 5 Installation Guide e 75 INS version 5 0 Choose Setup destination Select the folder for your INIS installation Setup Will install IMIS tn the following folder To install to this folder check Mest To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder C Program Files MIS Browse Cancel You will now be prompted to select the set up type of the workstation as teacher and student workstations require a different set of INiS files to be installed INS version 5 0 Setup Type Choose the setup type that b
76. INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 159 2 INIS User Admin configuration wizard Path Setup for Directory Please enter the information for User and Group management Domain INISPR 0 Foot Container for IMIS Class Container for Teachers Teacher Container for Students Student Container for Classes Classes Container for Courses Projects Courses 00 Back Cancel The first step is the configuration of UserAdmin in the ADS The specific OU s under which users and groups will be administrated are determined here The assistant suggests the log on domain as the target domain and fills in the other entries with the INiS presettings Correct the basic container if needed and modify if desired the sub containers for teachers students classes and courses Then proceed by pressing Continue 160 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 2 INIS User Admin configuration wizard Naming of standard groups i n Please enter the desired names for Standard Groups and Users of the User Admin module Administrators Group INiS Admins Usenadmins Group INiS U send mins Teachers Group IN IS Teacher Students Group INiS Student User for New User Creation Her Cancel UserAdmin adds users to different default groups depending on the type of user The designations for these groups can be changed on the next page of the assistant The groups and the New user are created in the INiS System OU under t
77. S 5 The student will usually receive an error message generated by the program he is working with e g Word may produce the following error Please note As the error messages are created by the application that is running it is not possible to exhaustively list all the potential messages You can assume if a program produces an unusual or cryptic error message after an attempt has been made to access a locked application through this program that the access denied response of INiS is misinterpreted by this program and subsequently that error can be ignored Status Refresh on Student workstations If a teacher changes the application status on the connecting PCs INiS will refresh the desktop and Start menu on the student workstation to reflect the changes made This occurs automatically and does not require any user intervention It is however due to network speed possible that for a short period of time the desktop icons disappear from view This is quite normal and the icons will reappear soon after reflecting the updated application Status Please note Due to technical reasons all desktop icons are automatically adjusted to their closest Windows standard size 16x16 32x32 or 64x64 over time the screen is refreshed after a status change If a student attempts to rename an application or to copy it to a different location the following warning will appear X Access denied The current operation could not be completed due act
78. The following information belongs to a coursestudent object Field property Import Variable Required field Required field Required field Manual INiS 5 Appendix e 181 Student object Import name student The following information belongs to a student object Home page Optional homepage Account disabled Optional accountDisabled Account property My documents Optional mydocuments Password does not Optional dontexpirepasswd expire Directory Structure of the UserAdmin Apart from the administration of users and groups INiS also assumes organization of user files with UserAdmin Users have access to different types of files in a Windows system The individual files mainly represent results of their work Under certain circumstances system files determine the appearance and configuration of applications and Windows itself Common files are used by several users of a group in extreme cases all users With the exception of common files this information can generally be found at the workstation where the user is working Since HDGUARD as a component of INiS prevents permanent storage of files on the local computer and since users in schools students and teachers perform their work at workstations that are constantly changing it makes sense that permanent storage in the latter case is on the central server The directory in which Windows users store their files centrally 1s generally referred to as a
79. They are different from one another with respect to their authorizations and can perform different types of system maintenance There is a difference between INiS Admins and INiS UserAdmins and INiS Teachers The information below will describe how these different users can be added to the domains and which differences exist with respect to their authorizations 140 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 Note Before system authorized users can be entered using the UserAdmin module in the current delivery version of the INiS software the Domain Administrator must be added manually to the group of INiS Admins at operating system level This is carried out using the administrative tool Active Directory Users and Computers After logging on to the system as administrator or equivalent user on an INiS Teacher PC and starting up INiS additional users can be set up Creating Teachers under INiS Users in the Teachers group under INiS are created according to a uniform principle Once the UserAdmin module has been started change over to the Teachers list and into the processing mode via the main node INiS Linux Server restricted mode Sele File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help t Rejent a aE BE EF INS a a a Classes g g Courses eergerg ikelling imeier lonbaume mgerberding planggert ppetersen HI Student ew eergerg g amp ikeling imele g lonbaume amp mgerberding al pl
80. UARD and ensure that no other system policies i e Mandatory Profiles for instance are active at this time It is therefore recommended that the policies transfer is carried out before HDGUARD is enabled or that HDGUARD is disabled temporarily when changes to the policies are to be transferred Since Windows Explorer evaluates the new policy settings only on its initialisation the workstations must be restarted in any event to enable the new settings You should have by now made the necessary precautions in the computer BIOS to prevent boot up from removable media such as floppy disks or bootable CD ROMs Also please ensure that you have selected boot up protection for Win9x ME during installation Activate de activate INIS Autostart During the INiS installation you have already defined whether INiS should be started every time the PC is started or not If you have decided not to you will be able to later activate this from the Start menu in the INiS program folder Provided HDGUARD is disabled on the student workstations you can modify the autostart feature of INiS on all connected student workstations Enable disable INiS User Log on You have also decided whether a user name must be entered at the start If this setting is disabled then INiS uses the Windows user name as a Smile name Similar to the autostart feature above you can use the Start menu in the INiS program folder to modify the INiS log on settings on all connected stude
81. UserAdmin uses the ADS to perform user administration designed for schools Although this ultimately involves the creation of users groups and OU s in the ADS typical school related terms such as student teacher classes and courses are used in the UserAdmin and in INiS Precise knowledge of how these terms are implemented from the inside within the ADS is not necessary for daily operation or for the normal end user Despite this the implementation 1s described below This knowledge is very important for the system administrator involved or for supporting specialized companies particularly in the event of a fault If in addition to INiS another user administration is being used for instance for users of the administration of the adult education centre nightschool etc then this knowledge is particularly important so as to separate and identify the different types of users and structures INiS generally recognizes four types of users They can first be roughly divided into students and teachers Teachers are further sub divided depending on their responsibilities into INiS teacher INiS UserAdmins and INiS SystemAdmins and hold different access rights respectively The subdivision of these user types is carried out by means of the different position within the ADS as well as by different group memberships and access rights Although in principle it is possible to create UserAdmin compliant users directly using Microsoft progra
82. Wa passed net Keywords Description Title Body 404 Mot Found Cefault Shares keywords cracks crackz WATEZ s rlale serial codes worldstopsites password pirate pirates Has Cor org het passwordcorp passwordhg pleasurezone zone pleasure fuck microsoft models party inss fucked search SEXY Other Errors Analysing an URL The list in the left hand pane lists the sites Explorer style by their classification If the site 1s in the Restricted sites branch you will see a further breakdown of which element has failed the test Each entry has a context sensitive menu which you can open with a right click on the entry Select the option you require from the pop up menu The right hand pane displays the offending HTML Element You can add one or more of the keywords listed to your list of restricted words by right clicking the word and selecting Add to restricted keywords Another possibility to analyse websites is to start the Configuration of the Internet Filter and then open a website in Internet Explore Any page you open in the Internet Explorer will subsequently be analysed As the list of tested sites may grow rapidly you can always purge this list by selecting the Delete option Please note that this will delete all entries in the list Manual INiS 5 Internet Modul configuration e 107 Configuring the Positive list The Positive List tab configuration enables a system adm
83. a memory stick or a CD With the Distribute work function INiS automatically copies the collected files into the student directory Protection Policies During a lesson it is often essential to lock certain functions of the student PC This reduces the possibilities of being diverted and helps to quickly reach the actual subject of the lesson Certain system settings or printer configurations can be concealed from student access For this purpose INiS uses the Windows Registry in which these key values are changed to reflect such access restrictions This is the first safety stage As there are always options under Windows for Insiders to manipulate the Registry it is still possible to circumvent certain settings For this reason INiS provides a second safety stage HDGUARD Manual INiS 5 Introduction e 3 HDGUARD HDGUARD protects the PC reliably against permanent changes A predefined boot condition is restored automatically after a restart of the PC Even if the users have performed deletions or file changes these are automatically reverted to their previous state This guarantees a high level of system security and simplifies care and maintenance Add on modules INiS incorporates an interface through which further educational modules are integrated INiS nternet provides several convenient features in connection with Internet access Access to the Internet can be centrally locked or released from the teachers worksta
84. an be changed during the lesson It is recommendable to use restrictive settings by default to prevent expensive resources such as color printers from being used without authorization since students can print faster than the teacher can block printers Set up the INiS PrinterControl under System gt Printer module You first need to log on to the system for the system menu to be activated Under Administer printers Restrict print jobs and Configure header you can create default settings that take effect when INiS is started Select Send default to save the settings as defaults and send them to all the students Manage Printers Under the menu item System gt PrinterControl gt Manage printers select the printers that are blocked or released by default This is the setting that is automatically used when the teacher starts INiS and it initially applies to administered students as well Manual INiS 5 Print Module configuration e 131 IS Printer Sharing Available printers i Lock all Wy Suto HP Laserdet 4 on 20005A vea Acrobat POP Wit ea me Unlock all OF Cancel In the printer list check the printers to be released and confirm with OK If this setting is to be used automatically for all working students it must be sent to the student workstations via System gt PrinterControl gt Send default Restrict Print Jobs Define the default restrictions for released
85. and transferring the default settings Print Module configuration Licensing the Print Module Registering the Module on Student Workstations Configuring the Print Module Manage Printers Restrict Print Jobs Configure Header Send Default UserAdmin Modul configuration User Administration Processing Modes Creating Objects with the INiS UserAdmin Module User Groups under INiS Extended User Properties The INiS Admin The INiS UserAdmin The INiS Teacher General Information on Operation Processing Modes UserAdmin User Interface Navigation within UserAdmin Objects Changing Objects Deleting Objects Printing Objects Extras Transferring Classes Quick Creation of Objects Importing Objects Exporting Objects Importing from INiS classic General Information Setup of the Data Structure User Groups Filter for Identifiers within UserAdmin Customizing UserAdmin Important UserAdmin Files Setting up the UserAdmin Module Prerequisites Preparations on the server Setting up Set up the first room Setting up additional rooms Activating UserAdmin for students Presettings of UserAdmin vi e Contens 114 114 116 118 120 120 121 124 125 127 127 128 129 130 131 131 131 132 133 133 135 136 136 137 140 143 144 144 144 144 144 145 147 147 149 149 150 150 151 151 152 153 153 154 154 155 155 155 155 156 156 157 157 159 162 163 163 Manual INiS 5 Profiles
86. anggert a ppelersen thlack fH INiS Systern fi Search gg Room Count a State Show Object Teacher List Domain 505 Logon Name administrator Access privilege SystemAdmin privil Once the function Create New Dataset has been activated you will arrive at the following input screen Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 141 Linux Server restricted mode File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help Afr CARS BY Ye Hi A l EX INIS General Hl op Classes yee Courses a Student EEr 4 Teacher wy eergerg ood ikelling IMEIET g mad lyonbaume A First Name Michael connect to Last Marne McFly Complete Name Michael McFly Object Mare McFly Login Soit Homepage Profile mgerberding i planggert 4 ppetersen E Mail A black EA New Entry 7 Description fH INiS Systern Search 4 gg Room Default Extended L Change Password C Account is disabled L System Administrator E C User cannot change Password User Administrator Password never expires Status changed State Add Object Teacher Domain 505 Logon Mame administrator Access privilege SystemAdmin privil The first name and last name of the new user being added must be entered on the right side of this input field These two fields are mandatory fields After the first name and last name have been entered the UserAdmin module automatically completes the fields Comp
87. anual INiS 5 INIS User Admin configuration wizard Select Installation mode i n e Ss Setting up Directory and File Structure i one time procedure for each Domain Do vou want to configure User Admin in this Doman for the first time or do you want to jon an existing Doman Operating Systern O Windows ADS C Netware NDS f Linux LOAF Struktur fe MiS Professional f User Adminis being configured in this Domain for the first time f This Room joins an existing installation of User Admin INIS Root Directory of the existing installation SERWER S Share INIS B Cancel You cannot make any changes in the following dialogs they only provide information as to how the UserAdmin was set up The UserAdmin module is now completely configured and is available with full scope of function Please also follow the instructions in the next chapter on activating the UserAdmin module for students Activating UserAdmin for students In order for the UserAdmin module and the associated expansions in Explorer exchange directories to be available to students the selected settings must be transferred to the student computers when setting up the UserAdmin module In the menu select Activate system UserAdmin students As is the case with other modules all the student computers in the room must be in INiS and HDGUARD must have been deactivated beforehand Presettings of UserAdmin Creating users in INiS d
88. anual INiS 5 Appendix e 179 UserAdmin objects and their attributes When adding users classes and courses in the UserAdmin module all the required data are requested However the UserAdmin module still has extensive import options For this reason required and optional attributes of the various types of objects will now be described The following types of objects affect the importation of users and groups Student class course teacher coursestudent The following objects can be imported for these objects Teacher object Import name teacher The following information belongs to a teacher object thomepaget Password Optional password changepassword User Administrator System Optional systemadmin Administrator Picture of the object picturepath My documents Optional mydocuments Password does not Optional dontexpirepasswd expire 180 Appendix Manual INiS 5 Class object Import name class The following information belongs to a class object Field Name Field Property Import Variable Required field objectname description Transferring to a Optional nextClass class Picture of the object picturepath Course object Import name course The following information belongs to a course object Field property Import Variable Object name Required field objectname description Picture of the object picturepath CourseStudent object Import name courseStudent
89. application In some cases executable components for an application may not appear as such in the Start menu For example The shortcut bar of Microsoft Office MSOFFICE EXE is included as a shortcut in the Start menu The shortcut bar includes links to other applications e g Word WINWORD EXE As this could be started form Windows Explorer itself you will need to define both executables for dynamic access in order to lock and unlock either later on To complete the configuration for your application access simply select the Finish option from the top toolbar You will then return to the Preview window Defining rules Rules can be used to create dependencies between specific applications The Application links affect the other applications governed by the rule when the rule defined application is released the first use of a rule Note Rules are only inherited when the application is released so that applications that are not released can be blocked in a rule Example Borland Delphi is added as rule defined to a rule and Microsoft MSDN is added as another application to the rule When Borland Delphi is released then MSDN is also simultaneously released In addition to linking applications you can use rules to define the status of the DOS block and copy protection Example Copy protection is deactivated in the existing rule for Borland Delphi If a teacher releases Borland Delphi for the lesson copy
90. assword After a security question that you must confirm with Yes the user s password is reset 2 Should the password of user be reset Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 61 User properties You can also display the user s properties in Lesson options The user properties can also be retrieved via the user context menu in the room overview Properties of User Lauren Andrews Login name landrews Full name Lauren Andrews Homedirectory AT anja landrews Mernber of b5 INIS Student Reset password Among other things you can see which courses the user is in this dialog The corresponding course is displayed under Member of You can also reset the password here You can also open the personal directory of the user by clicking the button Home directory The teacher gains direct access to the content of the respective home directory via the Home directory Lesson options button of a marked user In this view you can look at the content and make changes e g delete copy or create content Collecting students for a course In addition to the classes you can collect logged on students from one or more classes for a course First the course in which the students are to be collected must be activated with the function Start lesson Then open Lesson options Select the course in which the participants are to be collected And click the Collect button
91. ation for student PCs After you have defined which applications are locked and which have dynamic access you will see a preview of the application access screen as it will appear to the teacher during a lesson Unlock application Preview Ed E i Start Menu Eu Programs E3 Gu Games TES Acrobat Reader 5 1 j Microsoft Access j 26 Microsoft Excel j Microsoft PowerPoint FR Microsoft Word L Start Menu Set defaults At this point you will be able to set the default options for each of the applications when INIS is started on a student PC The following example illustrates how to set the configuration so that the Microsoft Office applications are locked as standard 1 e the teacher must unlock these before the students can use the applications But we also want to independently give students access to Excel with the option for the teacher to block this later on if required Manual INiS 5 DesktopControl Module configuration e 125 Unlock application Preview WORDICOM EXE Peele EZE Select multiple applications Change to the explorer mode and highlight the application you wish to lock by default right click with your mouse and select Lock from the context menu The Explorer style display is designed to make the navigation of your applications easier The more applications you set for dynamic access the more cluttered the view can become You can also sort the entries in the right
92. atus bar General status information can be found in the status bar in the bottom most part of the UserAdmin main window Navigation within UserAdmin The following actions can be used to navigate within the data see Tree View Clicking on objects within the Tree Structure Changes over to the respective element that has been clicked Double clicking on objects within the list elements The respective element is opened Note e Student object Any particular Student object can be accessed only if you have previously selected the corresponding class object or course object from the object tree on the left hand pane Then you may either expand the class or course node and select the student directly from the tree view or highlight the class or course node in the tree view and the double click the student on the right hand pane Objects Creating Objects Within UserAdmin the objects are added to the system by pressing the New User Creation button When doing so the following must be considered The objects and directories for the new UserAdmin object are created only after the new object has been saved Objects that are not saved are not created Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 147 Class object The following information can be maintained for a class 1 Name Name of class 2 Description Description of class 3 Subsequent class Into which class the students should be transferred in the case of an auto
93. cting archives which are also based on executables then you should de activate the copy protection Please note If you are a system administrator you may want to point this fact out to your teachers when implementing your INiS policies DOS Lock Another standard setting as part of the base configuration is the so called DOS Lock This lock is used to prevent the execution of batch files with the extension BAT or shortcuts to linked DOS files PIF and general programs with COM extensions The DOS Lock is set via the following button Unlock application Preview oo of ETET de DOS Lock is deactivated ee seen MS DOS based programs een Ki Microsoft Word can be run by Students Zs Hii FE bd imram F k eee ni D DOS Lock PIF files are not always easy to detect as they may be hidden in program folders rather than being in the Start menu but they will still need to be treated by the DesktopControl module in the same way as Windows executables To simplify the access settings the DOS lock provides an easy function to lock or unlock all PIF files with one click The DOS lock should only be de activated by default in cases where the students work predominantly with DOS files during a lesson and need access to files with extensions as detailed above Manual INiS 5 DesktopControl Module configuration e 127 WARNING If you de activate the DOS Lock you will not be able to prevent the copying of files f
94. d functions of Windows Explorer Copying Files via Drag amp Drop The simplest and most illustrative way of copying files is Drag amp Drop This can be done in both directions from the teacher s workstation to a student and vice versa Student Katie Whitman gg T Tr CE keg jal bes E 3 CF any 3 C My Documents H 344 Floppy tA A B s Local Disk C1 Filename lamt2003_ 10 022 pd Em jDocuments and Settings n a amt2003_06_018 pdf 134130 0 Program Files Ci RECYCLER La System Volume Information ly WINDOWS Li D Om Pein PO Mame Size Type A Documents and 5 File Folder C Program Files File Folder RECYCLER File Folder System volume I File Folder 3 WINDOWS File Folder 4 Fala TPE RAT AKR MSN Rath File Copying via Drag amp Drop We assume that you are familiar with Drag amp Drop but just in case to copy files using this method you have to highlight these in the source directory and drag it over the target directory here the teacher s whilst holding down the left mouse button It is possible to copy several files at a time as well 18 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 The shape of the mouse pointer will tell you when to let go of the files to drop these at the desired position A confirmation window will appear confirming where the selected files are listed Confirm Copy 1 Copy Files to C Documents and Settings CifMy Documentsfamt2003 10 02
95. d to make the navigation of your applications easier The more applications you set for dynamic access the more cluttered the view can become You can also sort the entries in the right windowpane alphabetically by application or executable by clicking on the appropriate listing header If you double click on an entry in either windowpane it will be located and highlighted in the other pane Simply click Apply to change the settings for Microsoft Office on the connected workstations Unlocking Applications from the Applications List If you click the button in the INiS Toolbar the following Pop up menu will apear allowing you to switch between a Users List and an Applications List f E E aoar Pop up menu to switch between Users List and Applications List Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 49 INS RDT Traimngscent File View Lesson Internet 3 21 a ee Oo po Gi start Menu Gu Programs E ua Accessories Qu Games m Microsoft Access g 28 Microsoft Excel tty ES Microsoft PowerPoint M Microsoft Word Applications List Now you can select one or more application s from the list and either lock or unlock them by clicking the respective icon After you have changed the lock status of an application you have to transmit the changed lock status information to your Students PCs by clicking Only then the changed status will become valid for your Students workstations Copy Prot
96. define settings the system first needs to scan For programs Do vou want to start the initialisation now fit could take some timet This will result in a list of all Start menu and Desktop entries For operating systems that are based on Windows NT technology the scanner will as well as listing the programs available to all users include the programs available to the current user It furthermore scans for all OLE Servers ActiveX components and the files in the Windows folder Depending on the complexity of your software installation this process may take a few minutes Manual INiS 5 DesktopControl Module configuration e 115 Application Access Administration Start Menu OLE Objects See System Files Mi User TEE Application s found All applications found are displayed in an Explorer style dialog Application Access Administration E ol Ed T Games T ADGUARD T INS T Microsoft Office Tools EF Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer Sa Microsoft Binder A Microsoft Office Language Settings feed Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar p Microsoft Photo Editor Je Acrobat Reader 5 1 j Microsoft Access j fe Microsoft Excel j LY Microsoft Outlook j E Microsoft PowerPoint j Microsoft Word AS Windows Messenger OR MSMSGS EXE TEE Detailed view From here the system administrator can set the default configuration with ease All applications are marked with green icons as a default after the
97. dent is created in the class of the current student e Student lists object A student is created in the selected class Editing In the editing mode the data of the respective INiS object can be changed This includes both the object information and the file information This function is only active for the following objects e Class object e Course object e Teacher object e Student object Quick creation New objects can be created in Quick Creation available through Extra gt Quick Creation in UserAdmin menu in table form This function is only active for the following objects e Class object e Course object e Teacher object e Student object Student objects can be very conveniently created using the functions of the main module They can also be created using Import UserAdmin User Interface The UserAdmin interface is set up in the following manner On the left side is a Tree Structure that contains all of the relevant objects of UserAdmin On the right is a List View that can be used for navigating In addition the UserAdmin objects are displayed on the right side The main menu can be found in the uppermost section of the Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 145 UserAdmin window underneath which is the toolbar The status bar can be found in the lower section of the window Object View The Object View 1s available for the following objects e Class object e Course object e Teacher object e Student
98. e D file partition from files no longer needed INiS also offers the possibility to distribute files to several students at the same time with just one command function This function is called Distribute Files For transferring similar files from several students to the teacher s workstation you can use the so called Collecting Files function The file browser is embedded in the surface of INiS You get a two window display that enables you to copy files to individual students using drag and drop This is closely related to the Windows Explorer functionality File operations with individual students When you start the INiS file browser using the button in the toolbar the following screen appears INiS RDT rainingscenter EIB File View Lesson Internet Private System Help 2 OS GAS eSeWatrto 7ress 2 2 gale m 8 John Miller Sc SIT LS D i Pa auren Andrews SLA RTE NES ETL EEJ TTE ETA 4 Thomas Black Filename Size Date E p tblack on INiS Pro Server Tanjay Hit GI Gorge Perno ees QT om Palmer J Application D lt DIR gt May 10 06 36 E ES incoming B e Weedman Desktop lt DIR gt May 17 08 49 l An mnan My Documents lt DIR May 1 05 44 J MetHood lt DIR gt May 10 06 36 C PrintHood lt DIR gt May 10 04 24 CSendTa lt DIR gt May 10 06 36 C Start Menu lt DIR gt May 10 06 35 Templates lt DIR gt May 10 04 24 NTUSER DAT 1024 May 10 15 47 2 NTUSER MAN 786432 May 11 09 48
99. e code and a valid license to use the INiS PrinterControl The module requires at least version 3 of INiS This version must be installed on all workstations You can either unlock your Print module whilst installing the software or by selecting System gt Licensing to access the licensing screen If the licensing option in the system menu is greyed out you will need to log in to INiS using your system password to enable access to the licensing screen To unlock the Print Module please enter your license code in the INiS PrintControl section of the licensing screen Die Eingabe entfallt wenn Sie ber eine INiS Professional Lizenz verf gen da diese bereits die Freischaltung aller Module beinhaltet IMIS Licensing Please enter your licensing information which is supplied with your license card Base license 4 User Name RDT Trainingscenter SM AAS AA AM AAA AA Additional Modules IMIS Internet 4 User SM AAAS ARE LANCE INiS Desktop Control 4 User SM AAAS ARE AXE INiS Print Control 4 User SM AAAS AA INiS UserAdmin Control 4 User SM MAAA ALA AUX Ok Cancel Licensing the Print Module After you have successfully registered your Print module the following prompt will appear 130 e Print Module configuration Manual INiS 5 Do vou want to register the components necessary For the Printer Control module at the students workstations Please ensure that HOGUGRD is deacti
100. e have to have the following format Display name executable file Example Windows Explorer c windows system32 explorer exe Mount English Coach 2000 CD ROM c scripts coach vbs Warning The program path must be accessible to the students exactly as indicated Desktop Control on the student workstation A locked application will appear on the student workstation with a red cross above the application icon the cross will disappear as soon as the application is unlocked again S 7 r yii T gid h My Documents Microsore Word E DE is MV computer Microsoft Excel a a i hy Menor e Places New Office Document Open Office Document Re ire FR Accessories lan Games Documents lan Startup F4 Acrobat Reader 5 1 A Microsoft Access Search Microsoft Excel A Microsoft Outlook Help and Support Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word l Outlook Express Windows Media Player Programs Settings Run Windows XP Professional Start menu and desktop on Student PC The student cannot start the locked application If a student attempts to start a locked application the following warning message will appear E The application WINWORD EXE is locked Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 51 Application specifc warning If an application is unlocked by default and a student has already started this application then the student will be able to continue working even if
101. e system and starting up the user administration In this menu it is possible to transfer classes carry out a fast creation of certain objects and carry out extensive importing and exporting of data These functions are explained below 150 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 Tools Help Lo Promote Class _ er re Fi Import From Text File ao Import From Excel WO Import From PictureCD We Import From INS classic pi Export To Text File gt Export To Excel File Transferring Classes UserAdmin provides an automatic Class change function to promote Students at the end of a school year If this function is activated all students of a respective class are transferred into their respective next class The merging of subsequent classes as well as the ring transfer see glossary of classes is possible here If a subsequent class has not already been specified in the Follow up object box when first setting up the classes this must first be updated in the respective Classes General tab in UserAdmin To carry out the transfer activate the Promote Class button in the Extra menu You will be asked to confirm whether the transfer should be carried Select Yes and the transfer of students to the subsequent classes is initialized Notes When calling up the Promote Class function from the Extra menu UserAdmin moves the Home Directories of the students This function should therefore on
102. earlier you have to click the button Collect on the toolbar The same window for selecting the students as in Distribute Files appears The contents of the student s PC will be displayed in the status window Please Note This process may take some time depending on the number of files in the student s directories so please be patient When all files have been located on the student s workstations the following dialogue appears Collect files from multiple Students x Existing files at Teacher PC in folder H incoming will be deleted without further confirmation Please select files to be copied from Students folders Filename r Hiincominglamk2003 10 022 pdf wf FT Lincomingamt2003 06 016 pdF OK Cancel Collect files Every single file on the selected student PCs is displayed in the list of all files In the example shown above you can see that file excercisel xls is currently saved on one student PC The files to be collected can be selected from this list Clicking OK starts the copy process Please note The existing files in the teacher s exchange folder will be overwritten without warning A subdirectory for every student will be created in the teacher s exchange folder The 22 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 names of those subdirectories are made up from lt currently displayed INiS name gt sign lt PC name gt for example Cathy Smith S07 The files will be copied to th
103. ected if the drivers are installed or if the error occurs with other programs that use such a video source Paint Box A number of additional symbols appear in the task bar of Windows during the screen transfer Additionally you get a further toolbar in INiS This is the INiS paint box It can also be opened in the view menu separately from the screen transfer INIS Paint Tools PUB DOYS INiS paint box tool bar You can use the Paint Box features to draw in your current application for instance to annotate particular elements or to illustrate certain steps of the application The drawing function is not just useful for illustrating an on screen demonstration but also to guide through a demonstration using a projector or large scale data display The drawing function is easily accessible As with other drawing programs you choose at first the type of function or tool you wish to use by selecting it from the toolbar Then 1f you have an active application running in the window that you want to draw in you need to hold the SHIFT CTRL key in order for the application not to interpret your drawings as an instruction to itself This tells the INiS Paint Box to use such actions and tells the running application to ignore these The drawings are inserted into the active window and not just overlaid so even if the active window is moved the drawings will move accordingly and if the window is minimised the drawings are also minimised
104. ection Clicking the icon activates or deactivates the Copy Protection If you need to copy or rename files during a lesson you may need to de activate copy protection This is an important default setting as it is when activated designed to prevent the copying or renaming of executables for the purpose of circumventing the access rights settings You can change the copy protection status simply by clicking the corresponding button If you are working with programming tool such as Borland Delphi it s recommend to deactivating the copy protection DOS Lock Clicking the icon activates or deactivates the MS DOS lock The DOS lock prevents older MS DOS based applications and the Command com from being executed Start at Student s PC When clicking the icon Run at Student s PC you may start an application remotely on the selected Students PCs Before you can use this feature the list entries have to be configured by the INiS System Administrator Using this feature lets you remotely mount a CD image on your Students PCs for example Clicking the icon brings up a dialog that lets you select the application s you d like to start on your Students PCs 50 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Configuring Start at Student s PC To add items to the Start at Student s PC list you ll have to create a simple text file within INiS program folder and rename it shortcuts st Entries within this text fil
105. ectories and files visible in the figure a user profile also contains the user specific part of the registry This is located directly in the profile directory as a NTUSER DAT file The directories available in the profile depend on the operating system being used and in certain cases on the software installed The most important default directories are briefly described below 190 e Appendix Manual INiS 5 L Application Data Application specific files Manufacturers of applications decide in individual cases which files should be saved here Cookies from Internet Explorer Links and files that are located on the Desktop 9 My Documents Standard directory for storing files and documents that a user creates In some instances the directory may include other sub directories for images music etc Internet Explorer Favorites Internet Explorer temporary files O Recent Links to documents most recently used NTUSER Mah User specific part of the registry HKEY CURRENT USER saved as a file as NTUSER DAT or NTUSER MAN depending on the type of profile Older applications may save application settings in the WIN INI file or other INI files In such cases the profile includes an additional Windows directory which includes the user specific versions of these files In principle this type of local profile 1s identical to the server saved profiles After all server saved profiles are also copied to the local computer
106. ecurity reasons the password will stay the same even after re installing the software This is to prevent anyone without the necessary credentials to re installing the software in an attempt to overide any settings Configuring the Teacher workstation Configuring the IP Address If your teacher workstation contains more than one network card use the Network tab to configure the preferred card for INiS 94 e Configuring Manual INiS 5 IMS configuration at Teacher s PC Room Screen Transfer Network configuration Internet Module Folders View Which IP Sddress is to be used by INS Currently used IP Address 197 168 0 203 Base Port IMIS uses multiple ports for its communcation Starting with Base Port 60 additional ports will be used 40000 1 Ports used 40000 40060 Loarmnmunication Singlecast recommended for Wireless LAN Multicast Broadcast Apply Cancel Change the IP settings The Base Port box allows you to change the standard port settings of INiS In some rare circumstances it may be necessary to change the port settings to use a different range INiS will use the selected number as the starting port number for its range of a further 60 ports 1 e in the default setting 40000 40060 If the BasisPort is changed it must be done the same way on all workstations in a room Please note that a specific sequence must therefore be maintained when these settings are changed 1 Make sure that all works
107. em System gt PrinterControl gt Configure header These settings are used as defaults by the teacher when INIS is started IMiS Page Header contiguration Add the following tema to Page Header Mame w Class Room Details Date The appearance of a header depends on the activated options The following figure illustrates the precise dependences Name Date Cathy Black 5a on 501 Monday 5 April 10 23 Class If this setting is to be used automatically for all working students it must be sent to the student workstations via System gt PrinterControl gt Send default Send Default After the default settings are selected they can be sent to the student workstations via System gt PrinterControl gt Send default For these defaults to take effect the student workstations must be in INiS when the defaults are sent and HDGUARD must be deactivated The sent settings immediately take effect after a student logs on The settings only apply when no teacher is working in the classroom When a teacher 1s present the settings made during the lesson take priority Manual INiS 5 Print Module configuration e 133 UserAdmin Modul configuration INiS 5 RDT Global Version 5 0 Classroom Management amp Multimedia eLearning Suite UserAdmin Modul configuration e 135 Manual INiS 5 User Administration The User administration area of the INiS User Admin module is very important for
108. entries from Documents Folder on Windows shut down Start menu tab of the Smile Policy editor Working principle By clicking on a menu item holding the mouse button down and dragging the mouse to the desired position you can move the selected entry either from the left to the right part of the window remove or vice versa add When you let go of the mouse button this entry will either be moved to the respective position or you will be prompted that the selected entry can not be moved for technical reasons Within the Additional Keys box in the lower part of the window you will find four additional keys that have the following use Add new entries to Documents folder By deselecting this check box you will prevent new entries in the Recent Documents folder of your Start menu e g if you open a Word document a text file or a picture Manual INiS 5 Configuring e 89 Allow user to apply changes to Start menu Windows 98 2000 ME XP After deselecting this check box the user will not be able to personalise the Start menu Renaming or moving entries is now denied Deactivate PopUp menu for Start button and TaskBar Selecting this check box will disable the PopUp menus the menus that pop up if you right click an icon for the Start button and all icons in the TaskBar It will then no longer be possible to access the PopUp menus of applications shown in the TaskBar
109. epending on the type of user follows a fixed principle Nevertheless presetting can still be defined for several different pieces of information This definition is made using menu item System UserAdmin Presettings When calling up this menu item the following screen will appear Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 163 Default values for user administration Students Teachers Useradmins Systemadmins Exam Protile Temporary Roaming Mandatory Template C Documents and Settings din w All users ute shared copy of this profile Loginecript Password User must change password on next login User cant change his password Password never expired Default group memberships Assigned groups Available groups Domain Adrming ri Domain Lser gt Update for existing users OF Cancel Profiles Presettings for profiles logon scripts password handling and default groups can be defined here for the five types of users You need to be logged on as an administrator to create profiles In addition make sure that no users are logged on to the server while updating For profiles the type of profile can be determined first Temporary profiles are not stored on the server but diverted to a workstation from the default user s profile at the time of the first user logon Non mandatory profiles are stored on the server When a user logs on to a workstation this is transferred from the server t
110. er Access denied The web page evaluation is firstly carried out by checking the address of the page for any banned words The next step is a check of the page title and the included Meta Tags As a lot of dirty sites contain pictures rather than copious amounts of text all picture tags and alternative descriptions are scanned The last stage is the check of the actual page text content for banned words or phrases In order to maintain an adequate system performance only the first few lines of text are checked As with the Negative list this may have unwanted consequences On one hand it may be perfectly acceptable to have certain words appearing in a particular context e g sex likely to appear on biology education or aids awareness sites Or on the other hand you may have certain words appearing as part of a completely different word or phrase e g University of Essex It may also be that the banned subject only appears at the very end or bottom of the page where the filter does not scan for performance reasons Therefore it must be noted that the Content Filter can never be a complete protection against Internet abuse although a high proportion of unwanted sites are blocked The principle behind the INiS filtering is fairly conservative it will rather block too many than too few sites Please note The Content Filter works only with Internet Explorer Warning Every time the teacher activates or de activates
111. es these changes are not permanent In this way HDGUARD provides long term stability of IT equipment reducing both maintenance time and total cost of ownership The working principle is intentionally kept very simple since simplicity results in robustness HDGUARD redirects any access from the protected drives to its hidden HDGUARD area While the computer is up and running not even the operating system itself is aware of HDGUARD Therefore HDGUARD protects Windows from itself and on the other hand is completely non restrictive All the features of Windows and your applications work as if there is protection but there is As soon as the computer is restarted HDGUARD forgets all changes that were made to the protected hard disk partitions That happens in a fraction of a second and does not delay the computer s boot process HDGUARD is purely a software solution Neither hardware nor a dongle is needed Forget the screwdriver when talking about hard disk protection Software Prerequisites General Make backup copies of all important data Data can be damaged or lost by incorrect operation or an incorrect installation Ramcke DatenTechnik GmbH 1s not liable for any loss of data Make sure that the system is running free of faults Viruses corrupt files faulty hard disk drive sectors and similar problems can lead to issues when HDGUARD is activated By nature of the software any faults will occur again at every restart Windows
112. ese directories H Incoming he tblack on TNS Pro Server Tanjay H i Cookies H Favorites El gt Incoming H Geroge Parsons 508 Lauren Andrews S04 Ho INIS o My Documents Name Size Type Cathy Smith 507 File Folder C Geroge Parsons 508 File Folder Lauren Andrews 504 File Folder Collected files Print Overview Printer Control is required The print overview is an additional control function In the print overview you can see the student s print entries INS RDT Trainingscenter File View Lesson Internet Private System Help 2 URES BOP RSSEO F5e 2 5 PL en He FA John Miller Lauren Andrews http ann yahoo com auf Acrobat PO Pwriter Microsoft word Document auf Acrobat POP YW riter ME John Miller Microsoft Word Document auf Acrobat PDF Writer PL Lauren Andrews Document auf Acrobat POF Yriter s Thomaz Black 4 Cathy Smith PL Geroge Parsons PL Tom Palmer 44 Sophie Weedrman NB Katie Whitman Cathy Smith Geroge Parsons picture bmp lauf Acrobat POP YW iter Document auf Unbekannt Book auf Acrobat POP titer Thomas Black Thomas Black 192 168 0 203 Like the screen overview you can adapt the number of students per line to your own needs using the switch at the bottom right Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 23 John Miller http Atala wahoo com auf Acrobat POP titer Microsoft Word Document es Document auf Acrabat PO F Mm Demo Remote Cont
113. ess you obtain a full license Before you can access all System menu items or position stations in the classroom overview you have to select Login to system once from the System menu After opening HDGUARD monitor for the first time a splash screen will appear every time Windows starts This splash screen will have an eleven second delay until you configure a hidden partition in HDGUARD monitor To do this from the teacher workplace please go to the System menu HDGUARD Configure HDGUARD for all After defining the hidden partition the splash screen will only appear for two seconds and fades out afterwards Limitations of INiS UserAdmin in the Trial Version The INiS UserAdmin module is limited to managing a maximum 5 teachers and 5 classes in the trial version but is fully functional in all other respects 4 e Introduction Manual INiS 5 Limitation of HDGUARD in the INiS Trial Version In the trail version any user can configure activate or deactivate HDGUARD without being prompted for a password You need a licensed copy of INiS to ensure that HDGUARD can only be started or configured by entering the system password How to use this manual Overview This manual has been compiled to make it easier for either target audience may it be teacher or system administrator to quickly retrieve the information required Terminology The term teacher is used whenever an action is carried out from the main cont
114. est suits your needs Choose setup type Student computer Description Teacher computer Choose this option to install IMIS Student Installation if this 15 a PC connecting to the Teacher PC Back Cancel Next you need to define the room in which this workstation is located You can select from the predefined simple range Room 1 8 or define your own custom named room 76 e Installation Guide Manual INiS 5 INS version 5 0 Teacher Student Desktop Setup Please choose an enviroment designation for this Teacher Student Desktop installation Select a Room Number from the list below or define pour own This will be the room designation used for the Students PCs to connect to Please note that a Students PC will appear on the Teacher s Desktop only if they are in the same room Room C Room Roome C Room O Room C Room l Roomd l Room5 roa You will need to define custom rooms when installing more than the predefined 8 rooms but even if you only install a single room it is good practise to determine how future rooms should appear in your installation This will make additions at a later stage more logical and easier to install INS version 5 0 Create user defined room Please type in the designation for this room Back Cancel Please make sure that you specify the same room name for all PCs in the same physical room for instance Room 101 Only the students worksta
115. et Module context menu Manual INiS 5 Internet Modul configuration e 105 Configuring the Content Filter The Content Filter tab lists all words and phrases that if detected on a website will cause this site to be blocked Simply add new keywords by selecting Add from the command bar Unlike the Positive list it is not possible to add session based keywords to change the filter configuration temporarily in a lesson The filter list can only be modified through the System menu using administrator privileges Configure Content Filter Sees A Positive List Negative List Content Filter Test website Default Shares Restricted words used by Content Filter lt lt crack appz porn fuck blowjob cumshot Hither rose adultsite WOtzE fotze fick geil Add Delete Load Save Configuring the Content Filter 106 e Internet Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 Analysing an URL To simplify the maintenance of the Content Filter and Positive List INiS provides a tool to test the behaviour of the filter settings on a certain website Select the Test Website tab Enter the address of the website to be analysed in our example WWww pass4u net DAR Configure Content Filter A Positive List Negative List Content Filter Test website Websites tested for content WIAA Dass net Test Delete Unrestricted Websites Restricted Websites http
116. et 47 Application Restrictions and Compatibility 47 System Tray Status Indicator 47 Un Lock Applications opional 48 Un Lock Applications Using the Unlock Application Icon 48 Unlocking Applications from the Applications List 49 Copy Protection 50 DOS Lock 50 Start at Student s PC 50 Desktop Control on the student workstation 51 Status Refresh on Student workstations 53 Un Lock Printer optional 54 Lock amp Unlock Printers 54 Configuring the Page Header 54 Limit Page Outputs 55 Working with the INiS UserAdmin Module 56 Starting the lesson 56 Lesson options 57 Create students 57 Automatic new user creation 57 New student 61 Resetting the password 61 User properties 62 User properties 62 Home directory 62 Collecting students for a course 62 Printing class and or course lists 63 Selecting Students for a Class 63 Explorer expansion Namespaces 64 Copying Files to all Students 65 Collecting files 66 Distributing files 68 Collecting and distributing files in INiS 69 Exam mode 69 Installation Guide 71 iv e Contens Manual INiS 5 General 72 Requirements 12 Recommended System Requirements 72 INiS Usage Restrictions 73 Managing Multiple Rooms with INiS 73 INiS Installation 74 Uninstalling INiS 80 Updating INiS 80 Licensing your software 81 Licensing INiS professional 81 Adding new licenses 83 Licensing HDGUARD Integrated in INiS 83 Configuring 85 Basics 86 General Notes on the System Settings 86 Room Overview 87
117. f the teacher worstation IMS configuration at Teacher s PC Network configuration Internet Module Folders Wie Settings Room Screen Transfer Teacher Login wv Start INIS automatically at Windows Startup Lise INIS login Login Teachrer PC automatically using the following name Set as Standard in Selection List Usernames ki Appli Cancel Set logon options As with the student workstations settings you can also set the autostart and logon options for the teacher workstation Tick the relevant check box to enable this option If you have both options selected you will be able select the default name with which the teacher workstation is to be logged on Type in the user name you wish to use in the corresponding field The drop down list below defines which list to use for selecting the log on user name File Locations This tab allows you to define the default folder to be displayed when starting Windows Explorer This setting will be used for the teacher workstation as well as for all connected student PCs The pre configured setting is C incoming 98 e Configuring Manual INiS 5 IMS configuration at Teacher s PC settings Room Screen Transfer Network configuration Internet Module Folders File exchange Folder for fle exchange Hsincoming suo Display Exchange folders and Student folders in Qpen Save di Appli Cancel File exchange default folder settings You can also browse for a loca
118. ffected in the context menu using Reload see below This function only applies to the Windows 2000 server For the Windows 2003 server safety settings must be updated using the command line command gpupdate Note The above screenshots were created on a Windows 2000 server The setup should be carried out in the same manner on Windows 2003 systems Working with Multiple NICs In the event that you have more than one network card installed in a computer usually the teacher s desktop you have to specify which card INiS should use to communicate with the classroom This also applies if you have Dial up amp AOL adapters or ISDN cards installed To set the correct IP address select Settings from the System menu and select the address from the drop down list box on the Network Configuration tab If a student desktop uses multiple NICs you need to modify the WIN INI file located in your Windows folder e g C windows or c winnt Enter the following lines INiS Smile PrimaryIP xxxx xXxxXX XXXX XXXX For XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX please use the IP number of the network adapter that is going to be used to connect to the INiS classroom If you do not include this entry INiS will always select the first available from the list of installed network cards Please note After you have changed the IP settings you need to restart the teacher s workstation You will notice that the PC icon in the overview st
119. folder called Exchange Directories in which the Informatics and TG15 classes can be found All students who have registered for the respective class can access the exchange folder In addition the Student directories folder in which all registered students are listed is located there Within these folders you can as usual send files to the students using the Windows functions copy and paste or you can collect files from the students 64 e Using INiS Manual INIS 5 Copying Files to all Students My Documents File Edit View Favorites Tools Help sack amp Search E rater ria Folders Name Size Type Date Modified Desktop RECYCLER File Folder 5 12 2005 8 12 4 G My Documents 11KB Microsoft Word Doc 516 2005 9 34 A RECYCLER 4 My Computer E a My Network Places Recycle Bin la Class Exchange Fo Les LICK Gor Le Cathy Smith Lg Geroge Parsons Le John Miller Lg Katie Whitman Le Lauren Andrews Le Sophie weedman Lg Tom Palmer Simply drag the file that you want to copy to all registered students to the student directory and then change over to the INiS window The following dialog will then be displayed in INiS Distribute files to students Distribute this files to selected students Exam doc John Miller Distribute Lauren Andrews Cathy Smith Geroge Parsons Later Tom Falmer Sophie vy eedmari Cancel Kate Whitman In this windo
120. found in the student folders The Size column indicates the overall size of the files with this name Mark the files here that you want to collect A summary of the files to be collected 1s displayed below the list Collect work in this directory This is the target directory into which the collected files can be copied Select a folder of your choice such as a memory stick If you activated the function via the context menu of a folder this folder has already been entered here Information on this work Enter a name for the collected files This name is used to create a folder under which the user directories are generated with the collected files Warning If collected files to be taken with you are subsequently copied to another medium copy the entire folder with the name indicated under Info In addition to the actual student files you can also find additional information here required for later distribution of the work Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 67 Distributing files After you have collected files for example to correct them you can also use INiS to distribute them The files are then automatically copied to the correct student directories To redistribute the files open the folder in which the work is saved Folders containing collected files are displayed in Explorer as briefcases with students Click the right mouse key on the collected work and select the context menu entry Distribute this work Tr My
121. g by clicking Finish the color of the font changes from red to black You can now check the student data and change it if necessary EA INIS Overview of new Students in Class b5 Sil Ed lS er First name First name Theodor Last name Last name Blue User logon name User logon name TElue First name First name Last name Last name User logon name User logon name Student has logged on for the first time Log on new Student Cancel After you have checked all the user data click on the Accept student button 60 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 New student Se Individual students in a class are also created in the dialog Lesson options As was the case with Automatic new user creation select the class in which the user is to be created Click on the New student button A window is displayed in which you can enter the data of the new student After confirming with Ok the user 1s created on the server Create Student Class bo OF Firstname Thomas Cancel Surname Smith Username Smith se Password Homepage Resetting the password You can reset the password for individual students with the Password button in the lesson options The user is then able to log on without a password Windows then asks him or her to enter a new password To reset a password select the class in which the user is located Then mark the corresponding user and click P
122. gged on as administrator to do this You can determine the alignment left right above below of the workstation label under Settings using the context menu of the workstation Deleting Workstations Workstations that are no longer required in the Room Overview can easily be deleted Simply highlight the required station and select the Delete station option in the context menu Please Note When selecting fetch all screens during installation you may receive a rare List index out of range error This happens when new students appear on the teacher screen which have not previously been registered on this workstation To correct this close the INiS teacher workplace and restart it to refresh the view Editing Policies General Notes If you work with a domain structure under Windows NT or Windows 2000 policies are provided by copying user profiles from the Windows NT 2000 server If you now try to set policies with INiS these are most likely to be invalidated or overridden by the system guidelines of a server located profile each time An in depth documentation on Windows NT guidelines can be found in the Knowledge Base www microsoft com under the keyword Guidelines for Windows NT 4 0 profiles and guidelines Manual INiS 5 Configuring e 87 INiS policies give you the possibility of restricting the actions of your students to a minimum or to adapt it to your own requirements INiS policies works
123. global com a menu item appears when the right mouse button is clicked This opens the corresponding web site directly in your Internet browser Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 35 Speech Transmission With INiS the functions for Speech Transmission are seprarated into two modes Announcement The teacher can transmit a spoken message to either all students or to previously selected students The students may only listen in this mode Phone Call In this mode the teacher can talk and listen to one student This connection is bidirectional just as a phone line cop Announcement Phone Call To be able to use Phone Call the teacher has to select an active student from the Classroom Management Console Prerequisites If you want to use INiS Speech Transmission feature the following hardware has to be available at every workstation e A sound card capable of Full Duplex mode these days Full Duplex is standard with sound cards e A microphone for the teacher if you want to use Announcement only e Microphones for each student if you want to use Phone Call We strongly recommend using headsets to avoid interference and or high noise levels resulting from speakers 36 e Using INIS Manual INiS 5 Announcement When the teacher starts an announcement the following window will be displayed INIS Speech Transmission Eg Record Microphone Yolume Selected w Announcement at teacher
124. h as Internet access or shared printers and file depositories If multiple segments subnets are bundled on one central server you can achieve the same result either by binding the IP Stack to the network adapter the required number of times i e assigned multiple IP addresses to the network adapter one for each segment subnet or by using multiple network adapters If a central switch is used setting up multiple VLANs Virtual LANs is recommended as well This has to be supported by the server s network adapter as well as the switch Note If you use this kind of segmenting you may under certain circumstances have to use routing between your subnets to make sure that all physical rooms use the shared Internet access The consequences for an INiS installation in multiple rooms may be large data packets impacting on the rest of the network especially given that the screen transfer functions of INiS Manual INiS 5 Installation Guide e 73 transmit large amounts of data We therefore recommend segmenting your network on a per room basis INIS Installation Before you start with the actual installation of INIS it is necessary that your IP network is set up completely You should also ensure that you have completely removed any previous installation of HDGUARD or INiS from your system before installing the current version Important note for Windows 2000 or Windows XP users You must log on at the workstation as Administrator to ins
125. he HDGUARD monitor 197 Problems with standard Windows Domain users 197 Index 199 Manual INiS 5 Contens e vii Introduction INiS 5 RDT Global Version 5 0 Classroom Management amp Multimedia eLearning Suite Manual INiS 5 Introduction e 1 Welcome to INIS Version 5 There has been a major increase in the use of networked PCs in education and vocational training in the recent years Whether in School Universities for the workplace or adult training and lessons with the aid of PC networking the Internet services are brought directly to every workstation At the same time a well configured network provides a multitude of possibilities to change the way learning and teaching with new media is perceived making it more efficient and interesting INiS has been designed for small and medium sized networks in schools companies and training facilities With the aid of INiS you can support other users from your workstation and communicate with them in a simple manner To keep the installation and maintenance expense at a minimum INIS is equipped with a two stage safety concept which ensures that users at the workstations cannot make any uncontrolled permanent changes The following diagram explains the individual function blocks of INiS Administration Support functions Safety functions Graphical User Amin Realtime support automatical screen overview usermanagment transfer Internet Desktop Printer Policy
126. he files via drag amp drop to the button Distribute on the bottom left Please Note A mouse click to the button Distribute opens a file selection window In this window only one file can be selected Student John Miller a kes i Leb le EE Me Documents Filename Size Date Hh 316 Floppy a Dokumente u lt DIR gt Febi 2002 Es Local Disk C Links lt DIR gt Apr 26 07 22 H Documents and Settings Cprof lt DIR gt May 01 05 51 O My Documents Programme lt DIR gt Feb18 2002 WINDOWS lt DIR gt Feb 18 2002 FA AUTOEXEC BAT O Feb18 2002 Z CONFIG SYS Program Files LC RECYCLER La System volume Information Q WINDOWS Feb 18 2002 a Size Type l element 131KE Adobe Acrobat Dok 4 amt 003 10 072 142 KB Adobe Acrobat Dok File Operations with multiple Students lt Distribute Collect Delete Distributing files After releasing the mouse button you can select the students which should receive the selected files Simply highlight the requested students using your mouse and the CTRL or the Shift key 20 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 You can also do this by dragging a frame with your mouse Opening the context menu with the right mouse button and selecting the command Select All will select all students Student John Miller g cE ST M ee 2 CE aT TE Filename 2e Date Hh 344 Floppy 433 J Dokumente u Feb 18 2002 ms Local Disk C Links Apr 26
127. he previously selected basic container The New user serves as the log on name for the creation of new users and is created without a password Proceed by pressing Continue Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration 161 INIS User Admin configuration wizard Path Setup for File System i n e Ss Please enter the paths in which the INS files and the files of your Classes and Users are to be managed Please enter these paths according to UNC convention Server Share File Root Directory for IMIS MSERVERSS hare Directory Name INS Root Directory for Teachers MMSERVERSShare 00 BI Directory Mame Teacher Root Directory for Students SERVER Share 00 a Director Name Classes Back Cancel The next task is the configuration of the file system First select the UNC path on your INiS release as the basic path This basic path will also be adopted as the basic directory for teachers and students You can also change this if desired on releases on other hard drives or servers as necessary When your configuration is complete you can conclude the set up process by pressing Finish Setting up additional rooms If the UserAdmin module has already been set up select the entry Connect to existing installation In the field Installation path enter the folder in which the UserAdmin is installed and attach the INiS folder Example Server INiS INiS 162 e UserAdmin Modul configuration M
128. he reason for this is that many applications e g Microsoft Office check to see whether an individual configuration has already been completed for the logged on user In certain instances if this is not the case the application will first display a message with a more or less extensive dialog for configuration This can cause inexperienced users in particular to become very confused resulting in the start of the first lesson being significantly delayed To ease this situation new users in IniS are assigned standard profiles specified by the System Administrator Essential items of application configuration have already been covered in these standard profiles enabling a new user to start the applications unimpeded Before we go into more detail regarding setting up and dealing with standard profiles some basic information about profiles should first be presented This includes in particular using Windows with the profiles Overview of User Profiles Windows is familiar with three different types of user profiles Since several of them are suitable in principle for use in schools and all of them are supported by INiS UserAdmin we would like to briefly describe these variants We will use both the English and the German designation for this Local Profiles local or temporary profiles Local profiles are created based on a default user during the initial logon of a user to a workstation unless the user already has a server based profile
129. he work was originally collected in your home directory on a computer not protected by HDGUARD since these files unnecessarily eat up memory over time Collecting and distributing files in INiS The file collection and distribution functions are also found in the INiS tool bar under the File administration menu Exam mode When writing an exam it is frequently undesirable for students to have access to their files in the home directory To prevent this INiS has an Exam mode In exam mode a temporary exam user is created for each student on the server Each of the exam users is given an empty home directory and is assigned a jointly used binding profile In addition the exam user cannot load data from his normal student directory Starting an exam To activate the exam mode go to the INiS toolbar and click the symbol 2 Start lesson Then select the class or course in which you want to write an exam Then click Start exam You are then asked if files in the exam folders old exams should be deleted INS Mode of examen P J Should existing Files in examen directories be deleted If you answer Yes all the files in the exam folders are deleted The students first log on with their normal account names in the Windows logon screen The users are then automatically logged on as exam users If a student has already logged on before the exam mode was activated the student is automatically logged off
130. his icon shows you that the corresponding workstation is up and running and a student is logged in to INiS on that workstation The student s PC is now available for all educational functions you may want to perform This icon is displayed if on the student s workstation HDGUARD is installed and activated This icon is meant to inform you that one or more INiS Add On Modules are not activated on the student s PC To get detailed information on which modules are inactive move the mouse pointer to the icon and let it hover above it for approximately three seconds A pop up text similar to the one below will appear This computer is in class exercise mode Using INiS e 13 Desktop Overview By switching from room overview to desktop overview it is possible to very conveniently work with other programs in addition to INiS In the desktop overview only the function bars remain active and permanently present in the foreground The space where the room overview was which has now been freed up can be used for other programs Desktop iew E INIS teacher Student Geroge Parsons Exchan Tom Palmer 3 Sophie Weedman PL Katie Whitman ty Fa Fi m ca aia ep E FI gs asd w Ej 3 Si g a 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 INIS Teacher 14 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 les Le tat 5 CE Viewing all screens Initially the room overview is replaced by the reduced size display of the students
131. ialog Licensing and Password are relevant only when using HDGUARD as a stand alone application and 170 e HDGUARD Manual INiS 5 are listed here for technical reasons We highly recommend you skip these two steps by clicking Next Please DO NOT try to enter a license key here If you have licensed your INiS version the dialog below will explicitly state that a valid license key has been provided already but WILL NOT display any characters in the related input boxes AUGUARD Conlie Wizard oe TE Licensing O Paseword A valid license key for HDGUSRO has already been entered HOGUARD ares O vies lit Plaase aner the license key provided an your license agreement MECAILreoLE Finish Cony Etre nat Cf Lg cree kiy all be depli ba pret abe oP thay Gere baby HDGUARD Licensing Dialog Password The next step allows you to set a password for HDGUARD s Configuration Dialog as well as for activating deactivating HDGUARD Welcome Licensin Password No password has yet been set HDGUARD Area Visibility To protect your configuration against unauthorised access it is mandatory to Miscellaneous define a password As soon as a password is defined de activation of HOGUARD Finish can only be done using this password The password can be customised at any time using the HDGUARD or HDGUARD Config Wizard New Password adelaide heed Security BRR RRR eE M Hide password HDGUAR
132. ications a student is able to start or which are blocked during a lesson Most modern PCs have by default a range of software pre installed but not all are necessary in each lesson As this software is available to anyone logged on to the computer it is more than possible and sometimes just a matter of time before it provides a welcome distraction from the lesson at hand The effort needed to get every student to focus again on the core subject combined with the ensuing delay usually means that valuable time is lost before a lesson can commence The DesktopControl Module allows the teacher to lock or unlock applications dynamically and to define which applications will be available for each student at the start of a lesson This prevents any interruption or delay from the beginning and enables the lesson to commence immediately INiS DesktopControl works dynamically unlike conventional methods for example Group Policies to control applications This means you can use your mouse to lock applications which were accessible a moment ago and vice versa The student does not have to restart the PC or even log out and in again Similarly the initial DesktopControl configuration carried out by the system administrator is done with a few simple mouse clicks How does DesktopControl work The DesktopControl application access is controlled through the filename of the relevant application executable e g notepad exe or calc exe Therefore fi
133. ies to the administration of directories the assigning of access rights and the relationships between the items of ADS and the file system of the server What is the ADS The ADS Active Directory Service is a shared database in which the files and their hierarchical relationships to one another are stored In the case of a Windows 2000 domain users groups servers computers and other objects of the network are administered there The primary advantage compared to older procedures of user administration is the protection against breakdown provided by replication and shared administration of the ADS This means that the ADS need not be installed on one particular server but can be distributed redundantly over several servers Another advantage of the ADS is that the administration of objects comparable to a file system is hierarchical This means that within the ADS in addition to the actual objects there is a folder structure in which the objects are grouped according to certain aspects These folders within the ADS are called organizational units or OU s for short The operating system Windows 2000 Server Advanced Server Windows 2003 Server provides different programs for the administration of the ADS The most important one for the administration of users can be found in the program menu under Administration and is called Active Directory Users and Computers Which users are administrated by UserAdmin The
134. if all workstations in the network have a similar graphics and processing power If these parameters vary within your network you can modify the Screen Transfer environment to suit your individual conditions Identical All workstations are identical as far as graphics adapter capabilities and CPU processing power are concerned Mixed The workstations differ slightly from one another e g Pentium II 300 to Pentium III 700 Very mixed The workstations differ considerably e g Pentium I 200 to Pentium IV 1800 You can find additional information for trouble shooting screen transfer problems in the Appendix Room Configuration The Room tab enables you to set in which virtual logical room the teacher workstation should be placed As per the initial settings during installation only students in the same virtual room will appear in the teacher s room overview IMS configuration at Teacher s PC Network configuration Internet Module Folders View Settings Room Screen Transfer To which Room would you like to assign this PC Room Room Room Room Rooms Room Room Roome Custom Room Custom Room Poom 10 Appli Cancel Change room Manual INiS 5 Configuring e 97 If you wish to select a custom name or a name which you have pre defined as part of your installation strategy please check the Custom Room radio button and type in the name in the field below General Settings Here you can set the start up options o
135. ifferences regarding the authorizations of individual user groups is explained in more detail below The INiS Admin Members of the INiS Admin group have higher ranking authorizations within the user maintenance under INiS As the only system authorized users they may change the status of other users of the Teachers group as they desire as well as being allowed to create additional users of the INiS Admins group It is also possible for them to create change or delete all of the objects being managed in the UserAdmin module The INiS UserAdmin Members of the INiS User Admin group are to be seen as equal to members of the INiS Admin group with the following restrictions e No changes can be made to the properties of members of the INiS Admin group There are viewing rights only e Data import from INiS classic and the Delete all data function are deactivated The INiS Teacher Members of the INiS Teacher group only have access to the Course and Student objects via the UserAdmin module You can view all of the courses that have been set up and the assigned students by double clicking on the course list in the Tree View It is also possible to access their Home Directory INiS Teachers do not have the authority to recreate or delete courses By expanding the student class list and the course list INiS Teachers have the following possibilities for maintaining objects e Existing courses and classes as well a
136. ill be expanded to display all executable available at the teacher s PC The extended dialog shown below will be displayed only after the teacher s PC has been scanned for executables using System gt DesktopControl gt Manage Applications Run at Student s PC Start menu Programs 5 New Office Document La Open Office Document Desktop Sg User Enter the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it for you Oper OF Cancel Browse Run at Student s PC dialog with registered DesktopControl module Note In contrast to the Lock Application feature applications that need a full path to be executable and are located in a different directory at the student s PC cannot be called upon by this function 28 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 E Online Activity Log Internet Control is required You can get a complete overview of all sites visited by the students by selecting Online log file from the View menu All site visits with denied access either through the Positive list or the Content Filter are displayed in red Sites with access permission are marked in green Lauren Andrews WAY yahoo Corm Ww yahoo corm Demo LS a1 ying corm WA hotmail Corn loginnet passport com n 2 Redirect WAAL MICTOEQ com I microsoft com WIAA apple COM 2 wa Remote Contral Video presentation Video conferencing
137. ill displays the old IP address To change this you need to firstly remove the icon of the teacher PC from the room overview Log on to the system by entering your password and right click the icon The icon will not be highlighted although the context menu is still available 194 e Appendix Manual INiS 5 Select Delete workstation from the context menu and exit INiS The next time you start INiS the PC icon will display the correct IP address as long as the IP is valid for the network card and it has been entered into the WIN INI file Problems with the Screentransfer The Screen remains grey Please check that all computers are set to the same colour depth resolution We suggest trying to reduce the colour depth to 16bit at 800x600 pixels screen resolution to check functionality and then gradually increasing it to the desired settings Check your IP Configuration It is possible that an IP Number is assigned to a specific Class Net A B or C but has been provided the wrong Subnet mask Make sure that the selected IP Number is from a non public Class C IP range For example 192 168 0 x where x is a number between 1 and 254 with a Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Use the latest drivers for your graphics card Check your user manual or manufacturer website for information how to obtain and install these Some Computers are Skipped During Transmission First you will have to check which transfer method was chosen for INiS
138. in a dialog A two part window with split input for the teacher and student appears All entries in the window are transferred directly to the relevant chat partner The student cannot end the chat mode himself but must wait until the teacher does this Chat window Teacher Have you finished with these excel calculations Student Lauren Andrews es Shall hand them in now Multichat The multi chat function of INiS allows a chat involving several users at the same time You can create several chat rooms to allow students in different workgroups to communicate with each other This function is started by pressing the button To create Chat rooms the teacher selects New Pressing OK starts the multi chat Please select a chatroom Select a chat room or manage chat rooms Room 0 user Chat room selection teacher PC Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 33 These virtual rooms can be entered by selecting the chat tool from the Smile icon in the system tray of the taskbar and choosing a chat room amp Send emergency message AA Start chat it Select Clipboard d Event log file Please select a chatroom Room 0 user Chat room selection student PC Messages can be entered in the input line After pressing the ENTER key all users of the chat room see the created message INS Chat Client Teacher User Lauren Andrews Hello everybody homas Black Hi Lauren our message 1246
139. include all suffixes for this domain in the Positive List Use the Delete button to remove an entry The Save options allows you to export your settings to a text file that you can import again at any time using the Load option Standard Settings for the INiS Internet Module for Students When a student logs on to INiS without the teacher having started INiS Internet access is generally blocked This presetting setting can be adapted as needed via the configuration dialog right mouse click on an active student computer then select the setting Configuration of Student at 197 166 0 704 Settings Network configuration Internet Module Lock Internet at INIS Start up Internet is unlocked Internet is locked Internet with Positive List Cancel Configuring the default Internet setting Select the first radio button Internet is accessible so that the students have full access to the Internet after INiS is started This setting applies until the teacher computer starts INiS and selects a type of Internet access for students differing from this setting You can also configure a positive list here that is based on the student computers You can adopt the centrally configured positive list see Configuring the positive list by selecting the radio button Import default positive list for the student computer s PLEASE NOTE You cannot start with an activated negative list or content filtering PLEASE NOTE When
140. ing INiS To uninstall INiS start the INiS setup program from the CD The setup automatically checks if another version of INiS has already been installed If the setup program finds INiS on the computer the existing INiS files are removed Confirm removal of all components Do you want to completely remove the selected application and all of its components Cancel Updating INiS To update the teacher computer start the setup from the INiS CD or from your download folder First the previously installed INiS version is uninstalled After this version of INiS is uninstalled setup restarts The current version of INiS is then installed Make sure that INiS is installed in the same directory from which it was just uninstalled All the INiS settings are kept such as the license or the UserAdmin setup When the teacher is updated an update package to centrally update student computers is also installed To subsequently update the student computers you need to be logged onto all computers teacher and student computers as a user with administrative rights Perform the following steps on the teacher computer e Deactivate HDGUARD on all student computers Make sure that INiS is started on all the computers e Start INIS on the teacher computer If it is already running shut it down and restart it e Log on from the INiS system menu and select System Update Update students The student computers are then updated As soon a
141. ing a license Licensing HDGUARD Integrated in INiS If you have selected to install HDGUARD during INiS setup at first only a 30 day trial version of the software will be installed To fully license your version of HDGUARD please proceed as follows e Change your INiS System Password from its initial default demo to a password of your choice This new password must not be demo e Start INiS on all Student PCs and log in to INiS 1f necessary e Open the HDGUARD Configuration dialog through System gt HDGUARD gt Configure HDGUARD all and assign a hidden Partition or an HDGUARD Swap File as described in the paragraph Configuring HDGUARD below Now your HDGUARD is fully licensed Please note If prompted for a license key in the course of the HDGUARD Configuration Wizard DO NOT enter any information in the respective input boxes Manual INiS 5 Installation Guide e 83 Configuring INIS 5 RDT Global Version 5 0 Classroom Management Multimedia eLearning Suite Manual INiS 5 Configuring e 85 Basics The configuration steps described here generally represent a once only process which is performed directly after the installation of INiS You can always change the configuration settings later on This is usually required if further computers are added to the network or if hardware components have changed General Notes on the System Settings You can access the system settings of
142. inistrator to define domain entries or IP addresses which will be enabled by default and are therefore always accessible Configure Content Filter a CIE F Content Filter Test website Detault Shares Positive List Meet Li 127 0 0 1 localhost 505 192 168 0 192 168 0 203 224 7 0 1 Add Delete Load Save Configure the Positive list You can add new entries by selecting Add from the command bar The following prompt appears Add an unrestricted address URL Enter Domain WIAA apple Com DK Abbrechen Add a Positive List entry You should enter all domain names that you wish to grant access to by default e g your school homepage or www curriculum online gov uk but also IP addresses such as the IP of your proxy server that may be required for your Internet connectivity Please note Enter only the domain or IP address without the protocol prefix e g http A useful feature is the option to work with wild cards If for instance you want to give access to a website of a big organisation for instance www bigcompany com you may wish to grant 108 e Internet Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 access to the subsidiary sites such as www bigcompany co uk as well This is particularly practical in cases when the local domain redirects automatically to a global domain In our example the appropriate wild card would be www bigcompany the asterisk will now
143. ion field additional information can be entered for this student object The input fields E mail and Homepage are of a documentary nature If a logon script is to be carried out when the student is logging on it must be entered in the Logon Script field The features of the User Account can be changed in accordance with Windows standards in the lower part of this input screen You can enable the user to interactively change the password he selected using the Change Password button It is also possible to assign a new password to the user using the Password input field e g in case the user has forgotten his system password 4 buttons can be found on the right side of the input screen which can be used to set up individual properties of the user account These correspond to the specifications of the operating system and should only be changed by experienced users The possibilities described above for manually typing in student objects into the system are available to members of the user groups INiS Admins INiS User Admins and INiS Teacher and are used to maintain previously set up student objects Another option for adding users of the Student Group to the system is the Student New User Creation under INiS The procedure is described in another chapter User Groups under INiS There are three different types of users under INiS who can all make changes in the INiS UserAdmin module and are grouped together in their respective user groups
144. ional rights Student Class Course Import txt The Import txt is an example of an import file for the TextImport of UserAdmin This can serve as a template and be customized to one s own needs Import xls The Import xls is an example of an import file for UserAdmin Excellmport This can serve as a template and be customized to one s own needs SmartExcel txt The fields for all UserAdmin objects which are supposed to appear when exporting to Excel are stored in SmartExcel txt SmartFile txt The fields for all UserAdmin objects which are supposed to appear when exporting to a file are stored in SmartFile txt SmartInsert txt The fields for all UserAdmin objects that appear in Fast Creation are stored in the SmartInsert txt SmartPrint txt The fields for all User Admin objects that are supposed to appear during a printout are stored in SmartPrint txt Setting up the UserAdmin Module To use the INiS UserAdmin module it first needs to be set up on the server The following chapter describes setting up the module on a Windows server To use the UserAdmin module on a Novell or Linux server follow the instructions in the separately obtainable setup documentation Prerequisites The current version of UserAdmin supports Windows 2000 and 2003 servers as the network operating system and Windows 2000 XP as the client operating system To set up the UserAdmin you need a Windows domai
145. ivate TaskManager If selected the user will not have access to the TaskManager at all and consequently the easiest way to shut down an application will be blocked Within the Additional Keys box you may select a couple of additional keys that can restrict the user s range of actions even more to provide effective protection against abuse Deactivate Registry Editor This option allows you to control whether or not a user should have access to the Registry using the Regedit tool It 1s strongly recommended to always select this option to prevent editing and meddling with the Registry by experienced users Hide desktop icons Select this item to prevent quick access to files or other objects on the desktop Consequently all desktop icons are removed from view Deactivate BeepOnError If selected the system speaker is deactivated and the typical beep on every error is suppressed Do not allow changes to Display Properties Select this item to keep the user from changing the Display properties settings Settings such as resolution or color depth are vital for several screen transfer features and will cause malfunction of these features when set incorrectly Hide Network Neighborhood icon If selected the user can not access the Network Neighborhood via the related desktop icon preventing the exchange of files with other users through file amp print sharing Hide Identification tab in
146. ivating the Recreate dataset button the view of the screen changes and the properties of the students to be added can be entered on the right side 138 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 Linux Server restricted mode File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help R e Rm o B H E Ee INS FH gp Classes Gl Courses Et Student GES EE E 6b H sa EE 7b a 8a H x8b camith gparsons kwhitman landrews mirain maha weedman tblue tpalmer tamith New Entry F4 Teacher fh INIS Systern eg Search CH gg Room State Add Object Student General First Marne Last Name Complete Name Object Mare Homepage Description E Mail connect to Password Profile Default L Change Password C Account is disabled C User cannot change Password Password never expires Status not changed Domain administrator Access privilege SystemAdmin privil Once the first name and last name of the student have been entered the INiS UserAdmin module automatically completes the fields Complete Name and Object Name Linux Server restricted mode File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help aed EF INS Him Classes E e Courses a Student a b5 Fol w Ea a Eb EE sra a 7b a 8a xSb camith gparzong khitmar landrews marin mosh weedman tblue tpalmer tamith New Entry cag Teacher fl
147. ive restrictions Warning Access denied Depending on the operating system a separate system generated message may appear This message may vary in its content and is not controlled by INiS Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 53 4 mee heel Un Lock Printer optional The INiS Print Module enables you to control the print operations of your students A toolbar is used to set the printer access rights for all connected students limit print outputs and to configure document header settings for print jobs Lock amp Unlock Printers The menu item Unlock Printer is used to set the access rights for the printers installed within the INiS classroom The dialog box displays the printers found and the ticked printer s can either be locked or unlocked depending on your requirement IS Printer Sharing Available printers i Lack all vw oy Suto HP Laserdet 4 on 20005 A r wy Acrobat POP tit fei Acroba riter Unlock al OF Cancel Printer availability If a student tries to print to a locked printer the following error prompt will appear 6 Acrobat POF Writer is locked Warning message Configuring the Page Header This option enables you to include the students details with every print job The header area of a document can be set to include basic information such as date student name or classroom to quickly match up a printed document with its creator The Configure Page header o
148. l INiS 5 When your done making your adjustments to HDGUARD s configuration please click the Finish button to apply your changes immediately Activating HDGUARD Activating or deactivating HDGUARD from your INiS Classroom Management Console depends on whose HDGUARD is to be delt with the students or the teacher s For the student PCs HDGUARD you ll find a corresponding menu item in the INiS System menu System gt HDGUARD gt Activate HDGUARD Students or System gt HDGUARD gt Deactivate HDGUARD He Logout From system p y E a z A ep amp Le Edit policies Distribute policies HDGUARD Configure HDGUARD All Ins Autostart ME Activate HOGUARD Students Internet Module do Deactivate HOGUARD Students 2 Desktop Control TEE fon Worm ASE Printer module d ai User Admin d Change system password Licensing h Settings E Update j Install d Activating Deactivating HDGUARD on Student PCs For the teacher s PC this can only be done through HDGUARD s main configuration dialog When HDGUARD is configured it may be activated by a single click Run HDGUARD you ll find it depending on the visibility you ve chosen on the Desktop inside the Start Menu or even when completely invisible in the program folder selected during installation Press the Activate button to activate HDGUARD The system will then reboot and HDGUARD wil
149. l be active upon restart In the same view HDGUARD may be deactivated Manual INiS 5 HDGUARD e 173 HDGUARD 30 day evaluation copy D Configuration Activate Deactivate Apply changes EESE HOGUARD Protection deactivated Configuration complete Activating Deactivating HDGUARD on Teacher PC Basic Functions Basic Functions are accessible directly from the HDGUARD application Activate or Deactivate HDGUARD Choose Activate or Deactivate from the main window Apply Changes This function allows you to deactivate HDGUARD instantly and without a reboot All changes made to the system since the computer was last restarted will be written to the protected partitions permanently Use this function only if you re aware of all changes made to the computer since the last restart Configuring Config Wizard The Config Wizard is recommended for usual configuration tasks like changing the password resizing a Swap File or changing Visibility However protecting more than one partition requires you to open the Advanced Configuration dialog described in the following section Advanced Configuration The appearance of the Advanced Configuration dialog is very much like the configuration dialog of previous HDGUARD versions Hard disks including their partitions are displayed with essential information and options Click the plus sign located next to the Information and Status headers to select the view
150. les which are linked to an application will not open as long as the source application is blocked If for instance the Text editor notepad exe is locked then you will not be able to open any file with the extension txt unless this extension is linked to another application Manual INiS 5 DesktopControl Module configuration e 113 Or if you block Set up files setup exe all program installations which are started with a setup exe file are prevented regardless of the drive or folder from which the executable is triggered In order to prevent students from simply renaming the blocked executables e g setup exe into setupl exe INiS DesktopControl write protects the files so that a renaming attempt is prohibited See also Configuring default settings Any attempt to overcome or to interfere with the teacher s accessibility settings will return a certain error message This error message is system or application defined and its content depends on how the application interprets the Access denied message from INiS In some cases it is possible that an application does not understand this error and will produce an error message that seems strange in the context of the events The system administrator should explain this side effect to the teachers to make them aware that some error messages are not real problems but connected to INiS access policy settings Configuring application access We assume that all the
151. lete Name and Object Name once updated by left clicking in an empty input field MIE Linux Server restricted mode File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help IR eu KE Be a te EE et poe amp Q Ee INIS General mm Classes Ho Courses gh Student lg Teacher l eergerg Complete Hame og ikeling Object Name MMcFly oa imeier lonbaume 6 mgerberding g planggert in 4 ppetersen E Mail First Name Michael connect to F Last Name McFly Michael McFly Login Sept Homepage Profile Description 4 tblack V2 New Entry Hy INiS System TE Search Hl gg Room State Add Object Default Extended L Change Password L System Administrator L User Administrator Status changed 505 Logon Mame Account is disabled C User cannot change Password Password never expires administrator Access privilege SystemAdmin privil The entry displayed in the Object Name field is the valid user name which when used in conjunction with a password will allow the user to logon to the domain later At this point the Object Name can be changed and the suggested syntax altered as necessary 142 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 Note It is possible to add several users with the same name The UserAdmin module creates a revised Object Name see below Linux Server restricted mode File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help Are He a Pa i HE A go gt
152. list box are ignored for Playback We recommend to check the Mute Select check box for all entries you do not use to minimize possible interference This is explicitly true for the Microphone entry during Playback since this does not deactivate the microphone s recording ability but sets the microphone s own playback volume to zero i e the volume you ll hear your own voice with when speaking Caution There are some PC where Mute Select must not be selected Therefore you should give checking this box a try If it doesn t work please simply uncheck it again Recording Settings Select Microphone from the drop down list box under Record Push the volume silder to its topmost position and then check the Mute Select check box Note You may transmit a currently played back audio file using the Speech Transmission feature Simply select the Record Mixer list entry check the Mute Select check box and your Wave or MP3 file is transmitted to your students Problem Solving Please take the following steps in case you should experience difficulties using INiS audio features Simple microphone test is the d thingy plugged in allright Go to Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt Entertainment gt Sound Recorder In the Sound Recorder s window press the record button the one with the red circle and talk into your microphone for about five seconds Then stop the recording and press the playback button If you do not hear
153. ller 9 Lauren Andrews Filter through Negative List g homas Black we Lock Internet Thomas Black amp 2 Filter through Content Filter i Eiter through Positive List M8 Cathy Smith 8 Geroge Parsons Filter through Negative List 08 Tom Palmer 8 Sophie Weedman D Filter through Content Filter _a 8 Katie Whitman Tan Baines a J a z f 2 Internet drop down menus in INiS You can change your Internet settings from the drop down lists in the Internet menu or the Internet symbol on your toolbar You have 5 options to modify the Internet access settings of the connecting computers The 5 options have the following functionality Lock Internet The Lock Internet option prohibits all Internet access If a student tries to access any site an alert message will be displayed either that The site could not be found or that the Search Page could not be opened Internet Explorer Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer could not apen the search page Browser alert when the Internet is blocked Filter through Positive list The Positive List is designed for use in lessons where access to a certain small number of sites is desired You can for instance allow dedicated research from specific library sites only whilst at the same time prohibiting access to other sites that may due to their content provide an unfair advantage Please Note If an unlocked website contains links to other site
154. lor depth when starting INiS When INiS student computers are started the screen resolution and the color depth of the teacher computer are automatically used Use Multicast This option selects the method by which the screens are relayed to the students Use Multicast is the default setting If this option is deselected Broadcast is used for the transfer In case you use switches in your network Use Multicast should be selected Additionally Use Multicast prevents performance loss on workstations currently not taking part in Screen Transfer 96 e Configuring Manual INiS 5 Optimise Screen Transfer This setting is activated by default it causes INiS to treat the active windows in the foreground as higher priority thus resulting in faster display and better refresh rates for windows in the foreground This is particularly useful for transmitting animated content or video as part of your desktop This will also reduce the traffic and therefore the impact of screen transfer to your network You may notice sometimes a lag in transmitting the background images which may be interpreted as bad signal broadcast but is a side effect of the improved foreground transmission If you experience lag and poor background performance you may want to uncheck the box to improve the overall quality perception but be aware that this may also increase your network traffic significantly Workstation environment Screen Transfer works best
155. ly be carried out whilst no student Home Directory is being accessed 1 e no Students are logged in on their workstations All of the students of a class are transferred in each case You do have the option however of transferring individual students back or transferring them ahead of time Quick Creation of Objects Quick Creation enables the user to enter objects within UserAdmin in table form Quick Creation can be carried out for Classes Courses Students and Teachers objects Navigate within this menu using the mouse and the tab key Firstly the object group for which the fast creation is to be carried out must be marked in the left field of the input screen After pressing the Quick Creation button Extra menu the required entries can be made in table form on the right side of the input field The table can be extended using the Tab key in order to record more data After all of the data to be recorded has been entered it can be transferred to the system immediately by saving If any errors have occurred the user receives a warning and report so that the entered data can be corrected Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 151 Linux Server restricted mode File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help A EA E EF INS Class Name Description HN Classes 4 Class oe Courses ce Student ClassB Pe E ri Teacher E INIS System c Search e Specifying the class name is a mandat
156. m of display is intended to account for all list items if possible to be displayed on the right hand pane List An ordered list is displayed on the right hand pane Report The display of objects on the right hand pane is in the form of a report This display improves the overview of the objects added It has a negative effect on the display speed however Selection options in List View In list view you can mark objects e g with the mouse a to mark an object Select the object in the List View using the mouse button b To mark several related objects Click the mouse button next to an object in the List View Keep the mouse button pressed down Now move the cursor over the respective objects 146 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 These are now displayed with a dark background Release the mouse button You can now perform a group action c To mark several non related objects Press the CTRL key Keep the CTRL key pressed down Now mark each object individually in the List View The respective objects are highlighted with a dark background Release the CTRL key You can now perform a group action Additionally UserAdmin provides the following standard methods for selection a select all objects b deselect all objects c invert the current selection for all objects Main Menu All functions of UserAdmin are available in the Main Menu Toolbar Frequently used functions can be found on the toolbar St
157. matic transfer The information for the Home Directory is automatically stored in the system by UserAdmin and may not be altered by the user here Course object The following information can be maintained for a course 1 Name Name of course 2 Description Description of course The course information for the Home Directory is automatically stored in the system by UserAdmin and may not be altered by the user here Student object l First name 2 Last name 3 Complete name 4 Profile 5 Object name 6 Description 7 Log on script 8 E mail 9 Connect to 10 Home page 11 Password Special Features e Prior to creating the first Student object at least one Class object must have been created to which the Student can be assigned Teacher object See creating students In contrast to Students no Class object is required to create a Teacher object Moreover some additional information can also be noted which determines the membership in the group e System Administrator e User Administrator Log on behavior on the server can also be determined There are so called user flags for this 148 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 Creating Course Student Allocations Course students can only be allocated in UserAdmin if the respective courses and students are available You must also be in the editing mode To assign students to a course select the respective students in the List View and then drag them
158. may cause connection problems If this is unsuccessful you should next test whether your network settings are correct and compare to the recommended settings These tests are especially important with CAT 5 cabling on a 100Mbit basis If this still leads to no success it 1s sensible to set up a network with a very basic configuration two workstations connected with either a Cross over patch cable or a BNC cable If the image build up problem does not occur in this minimal configuration the network should be expanded step by step by connecting the remaining workstations subsequently until the defective component is identified 196 e Appendix Manual INiS 5 HDGUARD problems The partition table is not displayed on the HDGUARD monitor An Ultra ATA or RAID controller is being used This can occur when Ultra ATA hard disks are connected to a separate controller or when Raid controllers are used To troubleshoot reinstall the appropriate controller driver that is usually included with the delivered hardware When reinstalling the driver HDGUARD must be installed but not activated Cloning with the Microsoft Image Server When you use the Microsoft Image Server for cloning under Windows 2000 the partitions are not displayed under HDGUARD To solve this issue use a different cloning program Ghost or Image Cast etc Problems with standard Windows Domain users If you have problems with INiS that do not occur when you are logged on
159. me List View 41 Standard symbol for logged on users BY This is the standard symbol when no user is logged onto the student computer or INiS was not started dk This icon shows you that a student has either inserted a CD ROM or plugged in a USB Stick or has opened a network connection amp Ifa student has plugged in a USB device this icon will be displayed additionally next to the student s name This icon informs you that a student has inserted a CD ROM Selecting users You can use your mouse to highlight the user you whish to select The following rules apply to the general use of the educational functions e Ifusers are highlighted selected functions only apply to these users e If no user is highlighted the selected functions apply to all users Some educational functions like the Remote control Screen Transfer and Chat are an exception to these rules as they always require a highlighted user There are different ways of highlighting a user You can either highlight individual users by simply clicking on the user in the room overview or by highlighting them in the user list If you want to select several users at once you can highlight them all by pressing and holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard when selecting You can achieve the same by drawing a frame around the group of users you wish to select in the room overview with the mouse button pressed The users stay highlighted blue when the mouse but
160. me room e g Room 1 during set up Only the students workstations which are in the same room will be displayed on the teacher s workstation Should you have accidentally chosen the wrong room number for the teacher s workstation during set up you can subsequently change this from the menu item System gt Settings You must remember that you need a separate Base License Teacher Desktop for each physical room in order to install INiS in more than one room Dies gilt nicht wenn Sie INiS Professional einsetzten Furthermore you should make sure that ONLY ONE TEACHER WORKSTATION is set up in each physical room Most networks utilise Ethernet technology One aspect of Ethernet transfer is that all workstations share the same medium in this case the network cable There is no check on bandwidth availability and data packets spread across the whole network regardless whether the 2 connected PCs are standing right next to each other or are far apart This creates packet collisions and when detected these packets are discarded and have to be resent This principle is called CSMA CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access Collision Detection CSMA CD results in increased network traffic and a decrease in performance for all connected workstations This disadvantage of the Ethernet can be minimised by segmenting your network into smaller subnets although with this method some resources on the network may not be accessible suc
161. monstration is started for all active users The paint tools of INiS are also activated when starting the demonstration and the Paint box toolbar appears The functions of this toolbar are explained in the Paint Box section End Screen Demonstration Once the demonstration starts the button changes to End demonstration As is the case with Start screen transfer the demonstration mode can also be ended for individual programs Remote control The Remote Control button is used to grab the screen content of a highlighted student and to operate the student PC remotely This function is available only for individual students since the simultaneous remote control of several students would naturally be rather problematic Pressing the ESC key ends remote control Therefore during remote control the ESC key cannot be used with programs that are running on a student s workstation During remote control the mouse and keyboard of both the student and the teacher remain active To prevent interference from the student higher priority is given to the teacher Student commands only become effective if the teacher has not been using his mouse or keyboard for at least 5 seconds Screen Transfer This function is used to combine Demonstration and Remote control into one function The teacher controls the workstation of the selected student and its screen is at the same time transferred to the workstations of the other students
162. ms it is recommended that you create them using the INiS ADSIBrowser since it assigns to groups grants access rights etc automatically 178 e Appendix Manual INiS 5 User and Group Structure of the UserAdmin Upon installation of the UserAdmin module it is possible to determine the position of the users and groups administered by INiS within the ADS The default suggested by the set up is the OU Lesson The following description assumes that this suggestion has been followed Under the selected basic OU INiS creates five new OU s also called Containers Teachers students classes courses and INiS system These designations can also be freely selected when setting up and therefore merely represent a suggestion around which this description 1s oriented After setting up the UserAdmin the structure in the ADS is as shown in the following figure Class 6 Objekte Name TYP Teacher Organisationseinheit Classes Organisationseinheit 3 Courses Crganisationseinheit INiS System Crganisationseinheit Students Crganisationseinheit Exam Crganisationseinheit Classes User groups for the created classes are created here Additionally TC12 information on possible transfers and subsequent classes are created TC13 The class groups serve as distributors of the rights required in connection with work conducted as a class shared directory User groups for the created courses are created here The course groups serve
163. n the clipboard of the teacher and his own clipboard using the Smile Icon in the system tray The following menu appears after a right mouse click amp Send emergency message re Start chat Student E1 Select Clipboard Teacher t Help Event log File Selection clipboard student The student can paste the teacher clipboard at a later stage even if the student has pasted a different object or text on his own clipboard in the meantime Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 31 You as the teacher on the other hand are able to obtain the students clipboards by simply selecting a student G send Clipboard E Collect Clipboard Le Use local Clipboard Use Student Clipboard Control clipboard teacher You can always later on access the last clipboard obtained from a student again Send message You can send a message to be displayed on screen by using the button This message forces itself into the foreground of the selected students screen and must be confirmed before the recipient can carry on working Send message Please note four computed will be shutdown in 5 minutes Please finish whatever you are doing and save your work Send Cancel Sending messages 32 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 I I lu I dx Opening the chat window INiS has a built in Chat window which can be opened with the button With this the students and the teacher can communicate directly with one another
164. n with ADS installed The DNS server must be set up on the PDC according to Microsoft specifications in order for the server name to be correctly released from all workstations of the domain In addition all workstations must be included in the domain and DNS must be configured on the workstations In general enter the IP address of the Windows server as the DNS server We also recommend deactivating Offline files in the options of Windows Explorer since they can cause problems when rerouting folders 156 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 Preparations on the server In order to set up the UserAdmin module several preparations must first be made on the server You only need to carry out the following steps one time even if you wish to set up several rooms using the UserAdmin module e First log on as an Administrator for the Windows server e Then start the administration program Active Directory Users and Computers You can find this program under Programs gt Administration e Create a new Organizational unit OU there via the menu item Procedure gt New and name it Lesson e Open Windows Explorer and create a new folder called INiS on the data drive In general this is the drive on which the greatest amount of free memory is available e Right click on the INiS folder and then select Sharing and Security Share the folder with the name INIS e
165. nt workstations Changing the System Password We recommend for security reasons to change the system password after installing the software To do this please select the menu System after which you will be prompted to enter the current password demo and choose the option system password The following dialog appears Manual INiS 5 Configuring e 93 IMIS System password New password HA Confirmation Her OK Cancel Change system password Please enter a password of your choice and confirm this by retyping it in the field below After pressing OK your new password will be activated Please note If you are using INiS in combination with HDGUARD you must remember to change your system password to ensure complete HDGUARD protection on all your client PCs If you do not change INiS system password all HDGUARDs will remain in trial mode and cannot be password protected to avoid changes to the configuration or complete deactivation of HDGUARD Important Keep your password safe As with any password two things are absolutely vital 1 Make sure you do remember it It is best to write it down so you will be able to look it up if required 2 Keep it at a safe place locked away from access by unauthorised persons Don t forget it is the key to all your settings Warning In the event that you have lost or forgotten your password you will need to completely wipe and reinstall the system For s
166. ntered Every single line of the import file has a semicolon at the end The following objects can be defined within the import file e Student object e Class object e Course object e Teacher object e CourseStudent object 152 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 Special Features when Importing If no object name is indicated when importing students and teachers the object name will be generated automatically The following procedure is then applied The object name is by default the first letter of the first name followed by the last name If the object name that is formed in this case is already assigned the second letter of the first name will be placed in front of the last name This process continues until a unique object name is formed If it is not possible to generate a unique object name an entry will be made in the warning and report If an incomplete name is indicated when importing students and teachers the complete name will be generated automatically The complete name is First name space last name Importing from a Text File 1 Carrying out the Import action Extra Data Import from text file leads you to a file browser 2 Here you select the file to be imported and confirm with OK The UserAdmin objects are now imported 3 Iferrors occur after importing a warning report appears which can then be saved Importing from an Excel File 1 Carrying out the Import action Extra Data Im
167. o successive courses Students Student objects cannot be created until class objects have been entered Via System UserAdmin User administration you arrive at the following screen Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 137 Linux Server restricted mode File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help Eu eut 03 pq Classes FE Courses Courses Student Teacher IN15 Sustern Search H a Student gf Teacher E INIS System Search H Room State Show Object Main Container Domain SOS Logon Name administrator Access privilege SystemAdmin privil To add students to the system manually in this view please change over to the Student branch and extend the view by double clicking or by using the sign Linux Server restricted mode File Edit Search View Extra Tools Help i gt eu Kk E Ee INS z Egg Classes we Pis Courses Oparsons kav hitman landrews weedman Et Student DUT LM cemith ee vw b Qparsons Kkwhitran tpalmer tamith b landrews main mahom b sweedman thlue tpalmer 88 temith a 6a x6b ra w 7b aE 8a MEE sb Ee d Teacher H INiS System Search CH gg Room State Show Object Student List 505 Logon Name administrator Access privilege SystemAdmin privil The students already assigned to the class whose properties can be processed here are listed on the right side of this view see below After changing over to the processing mode by act
168. o the workstation and updated on the server when the user logs off as necessary Mandatory profiles are likewise stored on the server When a user logs on the profile 1s copied from the server to the workstation However changes are not transferred back to the server When selecting mandatory profiles the joint use of the profile template for all users of a user group can be activated In this case not every user receives a copy of the profile template but instead the INiS template directory is entered directly as the profile path in his user information Folder rerouting ensures that the directories My documents Cookies etc are created and used in his Home directory 164 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 The template for the profile template 1s not used directly for newly created users Rather a snapshot of the profile is copied into the template directory of INiS and this copy is then used for the profiles of new users With this copying procedure authorizations in particular are adapted to the user registry and settings e g for My documents Profile templates are stored in the INIS basic directory on the server and in the ProfileTemplates Students ProfileTemplates Teachers ProfileTemplates UserAdmins and ProfileTemplates SystemAdmins directories Both local profiles and any server based profiles can be used as templates for the profile templates One requirement however is that the selected profile
169. object The properties of the respective object are displayed on a number of tabs in this view The General tab in the upper part of the right hand pane contains the basic data of the given UserAdmin object e g the object s name The second tab either labeled Member of or Members shows the relations of the given UserAdmin object within the system s organizational structure The given UserAdmin object s home directory and its subdirectories can be viewed and browsed through via the Home Directory tab When switching to editing mode within the Object View an additional status bar appears at the lower end of the right hand panethat provides you with information on the editing status of the UserAdmin object currently selected not changed or changed Tree View The Tree can be used for navigating within UserAdmin To do so click on the corresponding node in the Tree You can also navigate using the cursor buttons on the keyboard List View The lists can be used for navigating within UserAdmin By double clicking on the respective symbol in the list you arrive at the element It is also possible to start group actions by selecting multiple elements Forms of Display for Lists Various forms of display are stored for lists Icon The list items are displayed as icons on the right hand pane This is the default setting for UserAdmin Small icons In case of large numbers of list items this for
170. ocked as DesktopControl and its security aspects require Windows Explorer functionality for instance to start applications or prevent renaming files If you would like to restrict the Explorer you should better use INiS policies to make changes to the student settings The Dynamic access option allows teachers to change the access rights for the relevant application dynamically without interruption 1 e whilst students are working on their computers Please note A locked application is only locked after INiS has been started You should activate the INiS Autostart function if you need the lock to be active directly after the system has started Manual INiS 5 DesktopControl Module configuration e 117 Configuring Dynamic Access Application Access Administration A Microsoft Office Language Settings Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar ay Microsoft Photo Editor LE Acrobat Reader 5 1 j Microsoft Access j 4 Microsoft Excel j A Microsoft Outlook j ES Microsoft PowerPoint j Microsoft Word Set the status to Dynamic access The following example demonstrates how you can set the access rights for Games and enable dynamic access for its programs by the teacher Highlight the Games folder with your mouse or keyboard You can now change the status by either e Clicking the right mouse button e Selecting an option from the top toolbar After you have set the Games folder to dynamic acces
171. of the above mentioned objects is selected in editing mode the delete function depends on the tab position of the object If General is selected and Delete is pressed the entire object is deleted If Members or Member of is selected only the respective object s membership is deleted Printing Objects To print objects the respective objects must be selected in the List View The Print button must then be pressed All information regarding the specified object s is printed The following objects can be printed Teacher object The respective Teacher is printed Teacher lists object One or more teachers can be selected The teachers are printed Class object The respective class is printed Class lists object One or more classes can be selected The classes are printed Course object The respective course is printed and students belonging to the course Course lists object One or more courses can be selected The courses are printed Student object The respective student is printed and the courses which the student is attending Student lists object One or more students can be selected All of the selected students are printed StudentClasslists object One or more Student lists objects can be selected All of the students of all selected Student lists objects are printed Extras The Extras menu item of the UserAdmin module is available to members of the Teachers group after logging on to th
172. okies Read execute CT COT My Documents User Teachers List folder contents DT Favoretes Rea Incoming Write IMIS Profile Recent Templates Shared as User name i Manual INiS 5 Appendix e 187 Authorizations to Access Student Directories Groups INiS Teacher Full access gt Richy Baumann Read execute Eh Cookies List foldercontents X Ci My Documents Read o X Favorietes Wie LD 9 Incoming ee EEE SSE O Co ms User Student Profile man Full access Revise TC si Read execute K Shared as User name List folder contents X Read CTC Write TC Fl Ga Richy Baumann Groups INiS Teacher Full access Cookies Revise TC My Documents Read execute CT Favonetes List folder contents ss X Incoming Read Omg Write SD Poe OCC SE Pe User Student Full access EC FREE Revise EC Templates Read execute List folder contents X Read CTC Write oo O I G Richy Baumann Groups INiS Teacher Full access E Cookies Revise TC D My Documents Read execute ho List folder contents Read XI Write XI EE ee a E SS O D skate aa User Student Fultaceess 0 ro Revise SE D PrintHood Read execute R Sendro Lis folder cons 8 iG Start Menu Read o E i WINDOWS a _ Recent C5 Templates e The Home directory of a student has a special feature He has almost full access there but is not authorized to change authorizations This prevents a student
173. on Memberlists of classes courses b5 Print Cathy Smith Add Student Geroge Parsons Kate Whitman Lauren Andrews Megan Rain Megan Show Sophie weedman Tom Palmer select the class where you want to add students via automatic creation Automatic creation select the course to collect members for Close Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 57 To automatically create a new user go to the INiS toolbar and click Lesson options Select the previously activated class in which the student is to be created The new user can only be automatically created for one class and not for courses Click on the New user creation button The window Overview of new students then opens in the teacher s station Automatic new user creation for students To create new users it is necessary for the Clients to be located in the Windows logon screen The word new must be entered as the user name The password field remains empty Note If users have already confirmed the New User Creation dialog before New User Creation has been released by the teacher they receive the following message Automatic user creation Please walt until the automatic creation i activated Cancel Cancel leads the user back to the Windows logon screen and any additional information can only be entered after release by the teacher After the release of New User Creation the users are led through various screens which serve
174. ory field for the Quick Creation of classes while the description is optional The same applies for the Quick Creation of courses e For the Quick Creation of students the respective class must first be selected e Teachers users properties can be changed in the editing mode of the UserAdmin module Importing Objects General Information UserAdmin provides function to import data from different source files These files must have a certain structure When importing the import files are analyzed from top to bottom This means that Class objects must be placed before the Student objects of the respective class In addition the Course Student allocations can only be carried out if the Course objects and Student objects are placed before the CourseStudent objects Every single line of the import file is analyzed and should therefore have valid import data and descriptions An object description is always one single line An object is always one single line Structure of the Import File Import files are always structured in the following manner Object description The object description first indicates the type of successive objects Which object fields are to be imported is also stored A semicolon separates the individual entries from one another Objects The objects always refer to the preceding object description Content must be stored for each field in the object description The content can also be zero If so only a comma is e
175. ourse is adjusted The directory must not be being accessed at the time Classes When the name of a Class object is changed the Home Directory for the object must be renamed The student directories can also be found in the class directory Neither the associated student directory nor the class directory may be being accessed Deleting Objects The following must be kept in mind when deleting objects Since when deleting objects the associated directories of the objects are also removed they must not be being accessed Furthermore Classes may only be deleted when they no longer contain any students Thus in order to delete a class the respective students of the class must either be transferred to another class or deleted Objects can only be deleted in editing mode or in the New User Creation mode Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 149 The following objects can be deleted in UserAdmin e Teacher object e Class object e Course object e Student object A Student s membership in a Class or Course i e the respective Class Student Object or Course Student Object can be viewed and annuled from the respective Student s Member of tab This is done by marking the respective Class es Course s and then selecting Delete In addition CourseStudent objects can be deleted in the respective Course This is done by marking and deleting the Student objects from the Member tab of the Course Note If one
176. port from Excel file leads you to a file browser 2 Here you select the file to be imported and confirm with OK The UserAdmin objects are now imported 3 Iferrors occur after importing a warning report appears which can then be saved Exporting Objects You can carry out the following exports Text export All UserAdmin objects are exported into a text file The structure of an export file is the same as that of an import file The export file can therefore also be used for another import Excel export All UserAdmin objects are exported into an Excel file An extra worksheet is available for each object group Importing from INiS classic Importing from INiS classic can only be carried out by a System Admin Manual INiS 5 UserAdmin Modul configuration e 153 Tools Help Lo Promote Class ue BCE 222 _ ort Fi Import From Text File ao Import From Excel go Import From Pictureco We Import From INS classic p Export To Text File gt Export To Excel File Start the import function from the menu Extra gt Data gt Import from INiS classic in UserAdmin and then follow the instructions on the screen General Information Setup of the Data Structure Sequence of Data Setup The various objects of UserAdmin should be set up in the following form 1 Setting up the teachers and classes 2 Setting up the students The students can only be created if the associated classes are available
177. printers by navigating to System gt PrinterControl gt Restrict print jobs This is the setting that is automatically used when the teacher starts INiS and it initially applies to administered students as well IMS Restriction of Print outs Restrict total number of Print outs Cancel You can restrict the number of printouts per student This forces the students to use resources economically The same holds true for the option Limit size of printout This prevents students from printing large jobs such as manuals without authorization During lessons print jobs are often unintentionally sent several times because the students do not see the printer immediately responding This can occur when the printer is in a warm up phase or when the server to which the printer is assigned is doing something else The option Prevent multiple printouts of documents prevents print jobs from being unintentionally sent several times You can set the time that must pass before the print job is resent If this setting is to be used automatically for all working students it must be sent to the student workstations via System gt PrinterControl gt Send default 132 e Print Module configuration Manual INiS 5 Configure Header To clearly associate a student with printed pages from a jointly used printer especially during exams INiS allows you to print a header on each page The header content can be set under the menu it
178. ption will prompt you with the following dialog to define your settings Tick the box alongside the required header detail and press OK to confirm your choice 54 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 IMS Page Header configuration Add the following tema to Page Header OK Merve Cancel Class Room Details Date Page Header Name Date Cathy Black 5a on 501 Monday 5 April 10 23 Class H Limit Page Outputs The Limit Page Outputs function provides direct control over a printer and how it will react to print commands submitted by the students IMS Restriction of Print outs Restrict total number of Print outs Lancel Print Outs Limits The first option allows you to limit the total amount of print Jobs per session The amount defined 1s the maximum permissible per user and contributes to a more economical use of your printer The option to Restrict size of Print outs is also designed to improve economic but with a slightly different approach This setting will limit the maximum page count per print job to prevent unauthorised printing of large documents such as user manuals The last option tackles a problem frequently encountered in lessons the issue of accidental or deliberate multi prints This may be because the printer is still in the process of warming up or the delay before printing starts is perceived as too long and the command is sent again The Prevent multiple Print out s
179. r the ProfileTemplates directory are sub directories for the profile templates of students teachers UserAdmins and System Admins The following graphic shows an example of setting up a profile template for students Manual INiS 5 Appendix e 191 E Profile Templates Examen Desktop C NetHood D PrintHood SendTo Start Menu Templates SystemAdmins 2 Teachers C Useradmins As can be seen from this graphic an INiS profile template merely contains the directories which contain the user specific Windows and application configuration Temporary files local settings which are not taken into account during synchronization of profiles between server and workstation are initially not included in the profile at all The folders that contain user specific files my documents cookies favorites etc are likewise not included in the profile You will be rerouted by automatic folder rerouting to the respective directories in the Home directory of newly created users It is thus also possible to configure the settings of the Desktop Start menu etc as mandatory without the possibility to make changes and simultaneously allow permanent storage of work results via My documents Folder rerouting is already anchored in the registry of the profile template by INiS This enables all users of a user group to enjoy direct joint use of this profile when working with mandatory profiles This al
180. reate new dataset button You must be in the processing mode to do this The button that is first deactivated changes color to green in this mode It is also possible to call up this function via Processing Processing modes New User Creation from the menu bar Definition of the available objects under INiS UserAdmin Classes The following properties can be defined for a class Name of class A unique designation for the class is entered here The Object name field is a mandatory field The created class can only be saved if a designation has been assigned Description of class A description of the class can be entered here additionally This is not a mandatory field A created class can also be saved without this explanatory description Transferring to a class The next class to which the students should be transferred during a change of school term is determined here This field is not a mandatory field either The Members and Home directory flags cannot be edited during the initial set up of a class Changes can only be made after saving the object The UserAdmin module automatically stores the information regarding the Home directory It is not possible to enter a user here Courses As is the case for classes the object name and an optional description can be entered for a course that is still to be set up The Home directory is generated by the UserAdmin module Members of courses cannot be transferred t
181. rence is started by the teacher The received video images are visible in the larger section The images taken by the local video source are shown in the small section This makes it easier to adjust the video source If there is no source this area automatically disappears The status of the most important video conference functions is shown in the status bar at the bottom edge of the window The status bar is divided into four areas Status of the network Status of the local The number of images The number of images connection video source If a sent per second via the received per second via If a connection has source was found the network connection is the network connection is been established the IP number of images per shown shown address of the other second sent by the party is shown source is displayed Camera Settings Source F Camera Format Video source driver windows are opened under the options Camera and Format Settings can be adapted there for most of the drivers such as sharpness brightness contrast resolution etc 40 e Using INiS Manual INIS 5 Video monitor Pe HE hele The video monitor is identical with the video presentation However with the video monitor a video source connected to the student computer is transmitted to the teacher computer Problems with the video source If your video source is not found or cannot be started check if the video source is properly conn
182. rol Redirect Video presentation Video conferencing Lock screen Send message Chat Cathy Smith Run at Student s PC picture brp auf Acrobat POF Book auf Acrobat PO Frit View print job Delete print job View Event log File ai User properties All of the students print jobs are listed here They can be viewed or deleted using the context menu Deleted print jobs are shown with a line through them Note The name of the student and the date are not shown in the print overview The header is only on the printout 24 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Process overview and navigation With the help of the process overview the teacher can get a review of the applications and processes currently running on the student workstations You can use the View Processes button to retrieve an overview of the processes on these workstations INS RDT Trainingscenter File View Lesson Internet Private System Help 2 BSA eee RaASeO 4773 2 e amp PE e9 Ae Ts John Miller Lauren Andrews 3D Pinball for Windows Space Cadet Solitaire PU John Miller Document WordPad gf Lauren Andrews gf Thomas Black MA Cathy Smith PL Geroge Parsons 1 Tom Palmer if Sophie Wfeedman HT Katie Whitman Cathy Smith Geroge Parsons Microsoft Excel Book Document Microsoft Word Yahoo Microsoft Internet Explorer picture bmp Paint Printers and Fares My Computer Thomas
183. rolling desktop as this is usually the teachers desktop we assume the same for the purpose of this manual Student is used in the context of the connecting users Although in many cases where a system administrator is also a teacher or vice versa we have used the term system administrator to highlight the difference between configuration and day to day operation Screenshots The screenshots supplied in this manual show the INiS on screen dialogs with all additional module licenses registered If you have not licensed any further modules the corresponding menu items and taskbar icons will be missing Manual INiS 5 Introduction e 5 Using INiS INIS 5 RDT Global Version 5 0 Classroom Management amp Multimedia eLearning Suite Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 7 Start At this stage we assume that INiS is completely installed and the initial configuration has been performed Firstly we will describe the teacher s workstation We will discuss the individual function blocks and provide information on their use INiS User Interface After INiS starts the user interface shown in the following figure appears on the teacher workstation The INiS user interface is divided into three areas The INiS toolbar the user list and the support area Generally speaking the support functions provided by INiS are displayed in this support area After INiS starts the room overview automatically appears in the support area
184. rom a DOS prompt as the Copy protection will not work for command com The DOS Lock will be activated as standard on each student PC if the system administrator has activated DOS Lock in the default settings Although a teacher can temporarily de activate this setting during a lesson if required Saving and transferring the default settings After you have completed your default settings press the Set Standard button to save the new settings and to transfer the defaults to all student workstations currently connected to INiS Please Note You will not be able to keep these settings permanently if HDGUARD is active please remember to de activate HDGUARD before transferring your settings You can transfer your settings at any time by selecting Send Defaults from the System gt DesktopControl menu Once the defaults have been set the Unlock Application dialog will be displayed when the teacher starts a lesson 128 DesktopControl Module configuration Manual INiS 5 Print Module configuration INiS 5 RDT Global Version 5 0 Classroom Management amp Multimedia eLearning Suite Manual INiS 5 Print Module configuration e 129 Licensing the Print Module Note Remember that the INiS PrinterControl in contrast to other modules can no longer be used in Windows 98 The INiS PrinterControl was developed to deal with the special needs of working with lessons IMPORTANT You need a releas
185. rrentVersion Policies HKEY CURRENT USER Control Panel If you are using server based profiles within your Windows NT Domain the local policy settings configured in INiS will be overwritten by the server side restrictions 198 e Appendix Manual INiS 5 Index A Activate de activate INiS Autostart 95 Activating Deactivating the INiS Internet Module Students 109 Announcement 37 Applications 48 C Call for assistance function 43 Changing the System Password 95 Clipboard exchange 31 Collecting files 22 Collecting students for a course 62 Configuring 87 Configuring application access 118 Configuring the Page Header 54 Configuring the Screen Transfer 98 Configuring the Student Workstation 102 Configuring the Teacher workstation 96 Content filter 46 Copy Protection 131 Copying Files via Drag amp Drop 18 D Deleting Workstations 89 Desktop Overview 14 DesktopControl Module configuration 115 Distribute policies 95 Distributing files 20 DOS Lock 131 E Editing Policies 89 Enable disable INiS User Log on 95 Ending exam mode 70 Explorer expansion 64 F File browser 16 File operations with individual students 16 File operations with several student s 19 Filter through Negative list 45 Filter through Positive list 44 Function bars 9 Manual INiS 5 G General Notes on the System Settings 88 H Home directory 62 How to use this manual 5 INiS User Interface 8 Installation Guide 73 Introd
186. s you will notice that all dependent entries in the same folder have also changed their status 118 DesktopControl Module configuration Manual INiS 5 Application Access Administration as Solitaire a fal Spider Solitaire Microsoft Office Tools Hearts ff MSHEARTS ERE Lock an application permanently Other entries that may link to the same executable will be marked with a greyed out dynamic access icon These will not appear in the teacher s status window but will also depend on the access rights setting for that executable In our example we want to have Hearts locked for students and we also want to deny the teacher the option for unlocking it Hence we need to lock Hearts permanently Application Access Administration Bee Games Sa FreeCell eV ho Internet Backgammon Internet Checkers PP Internet Hearts a Internet Reversi a Internet Spades at Minesweeper a Pinball ja Solitaire a kA Spider Solitaire 1 HDGUARD 1 Microsoft Office Tools Hearts MSHEAR TS ESE Status change Manual INiS 5 DesktopControl Module configuration e 119 Adding new applications You can search the system for newly added links from the dropdown menu of the switch Enter Ek CT Programs Refresh automatic e T Accessories Add new automatic Startup Fubeh r Add user defined desktop i Internet Explorer The new links are then added to the existing user list
187. s on a different domain you will only be able to access these sites 1f they are also included in the Positive List Access to URL Every teacher is able to add more sites to the Positive List as required during a lesson After the Internet access through Positive List has been activated you can add new sites via the menu item Grant Access to URL in the Internet Module drop down lists d Filter through Positive List of Filter through Negative List L Filter through Content Filter Le ia d Add websites The students can immediately access the recently added site Access to URL URL access is granted to WAL apple com wv Open at Student s workstation OK Cancel Address dialog This function can also be used to directly add the address of a website a teacher is currently visiting to the Positive List To do this select Grant Access to URL whilst the desired site is open in the active browser window and the address entry will be automatically entered in the dialog box Please note Any addresses that are subsequently added manually will only be valid for the current session only When the Internet access status is changed from access through Positive Lists to a different policy the manually added sites become locked again If the policy is later set to Positive List again the access rights will default to the pre configured list see Configuring the Positive List Filter through Negati
188. s the computers are finished updating they are automatically restarted Then reactivate HDGUARD on the student computers 80 e Installation Guide Manual INiS 5 Warning These instructions only describe the general procedure for updating Additional steps can be necessary depending on the version Make sure to follow the update instructions accompanying the new versions Licensing your software After the initial installation INiS is only installed as a 4 user trial version valid for 45 days In order to unlock the full version you will need to enter your license code in the dialog box which appears the first time you start INiS You can also access this option later on using the menu System gt Licensing INiS Licensing Please enter your licensing information which is supplied with your license card Base license 4 User Mame ROT Trainingscenter SH MAAA AAA AA A AA Additional Modules IMiS Internet 4 User SM MAAA AA AA INIS Desktop Control 4 User SM KRAN m SR INiS Print Control 4 User SN AA ARR TRAAN INIS UserAdmin Control 4 User SM MARA TEREN TAAA OK Cancel Enter License information in this dialog Make sure to enter your license code exactly as printed in your license documentation If you enter a wrong code you will have to enter it again otherwise you will only have the functionality of the demo version Please note You can license your Add on modules using this dialog
189. s the members of each can be viewed e Students can be added manually to or deleted from classes e Students can be transferred within classes using the drag and drop method e Students can be assigned to courses or removed from these courses again General Information on Operation Mouse operation Move the mouse indicator onto a button This can be an icon or a menu item Click the left mouse button and a new screen opens or the menu pops up Keyboard operation Keyboard commands in the menu items are identifiable as one of the letters is underlined Processing Modes UserAdmin provides a defined set of work modes Only certain actions can be performed in different work modes In this way working with the UserAdmin can be done in a controlled manner 144 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 View No UserAdmin data can be changed in this mode It is only possible to observe the datasets After starting up UserAdmin is in the view mode New User Creation By selecting the New User Creation button an empty screen for the corresponding INiS object is displayed This function is only active for the following objects e Teacher object A new teacher is created e Teacher lists object A new teacher 1s created e Class object A new class is created e Class lists object A new class is created e Course object A new course is created e Course lists object A new course is created e Student object A new stu
190. scanning process This is to indicate that all applications are currently unlocked The Meaning of the Icons The following overview explains the meaning of the icons To display this window simply select the question mark icon from the bottom toolbar 116 e DesktopControl Module configuration Manual INiS 5 i Permanently locked t not displayed in Unlock Application Dialog Permanently unlocked i not displayed in Unlock Application Dialog E Dynamic Access is displayed in Unlock Application Dialog ay Dynamic Access is not displayed m Unlock Application Dialog Mi Cannot be locked ry Lock states contained in folder Meaning of the icons The RED icon signifies an Always locked application When set the relevant application will not be accessible from student PCs and the teacher will not be able to unlock it For this reason this application will not appear in the teacher s application status dialog The GREEN icon indicates that the application can be started on the student PC by default The teacher cannot lock these applications and again these will not appear in the status display If the icon of an entry is greyed out the entry cannot be locked This may be for one or more of the following reasons e A folder does not contain any further entries e The linked application is connected to Explorer exe e The link is dead IMPORTANT Windows Explorer explorer exe is part of the system and must not be l
191. so makes making central changes easier and saves storage space for the storage of the profiles When working with non mandatory profiles joint usage is not possible since any updating of the profile by several users would of course cause total chaos in certain circumstances even contradictory changes in the profile User Profiles of INiS Users Assuming that profile templates have been defined in the presettings of the INiS UserAdmin the available profile template for the respective user group is automatically copied into the profile directory of the user when creating a new user The name of the profile directory is based on the presettings In the case of non mandatory profiles the name of the directory is Profile and for mandatory ones Profile man Also for mandatory profiles NTUSER DAT is renamed to NTUSER MAN This is the point at which Windows first detects that it is a mandatory profile The following graphic illustrates the origin and set up of an INiS user profile 192 e Appendix Manual INiS 5 E tea INiS INIS a Lokale Profile E G ue I PrintHood i H E WINDOWS System dmins OO Teachers L UserAdmins Li SendTo O NetHood E Sat Mer T8 A FrintH ood O Templates TT SendTo Richy Baumann gt Cookies 4 O My Documents t O Favorietes i 9 Incoming E 8 ee Data B ms Desktop eG man MetH ood Pe Application Data TES Desktop
192. students work without the teacher the displayed status of the globe icon in the taskbar is Internet is blocked by default Manual INiS 5 Internet Modul configuration e 109 DesktopControl Module configuration INiS 5 RDT Global L BF au Version 5 0 Classroom Management amp Multimedia eLearning Suite Manual INIS 5 DesktopControl Module configuration e 111 Licensing the DesktopControl Module Important You will need a license code and a valid license in order to use the DesktopControl module Before you can use this module you must either unlock it when installing the software or by selecting System gt Licensing to access the licensing screen Enter the license code in the INiS DesktopControl section of the licensing screen Licensing is not necessary with INiS Professional since this version already has licenses for all modules IMIS Licensing Please enter your licensing information which is supplied with your license card Base license 4 User Name RDT Trainingscenter Sh MAAA AA TAA TANA AA Additional Modules IMiS Internet 4 User SH MAAA AA AA INiS Desktop Control 4 User SM KAAN ERAR m LA INiS Print Control 4 User SM MAAA AA RAA INiS UserAdmin Control 4 User SM MAAA AA AA Ok Cancel Licensing the Desktop module You will only be able to use the INIS DesktopControl module on the student PCs if you register or activate
193. t functions such as switching the screen to non display become available Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 63 Explorer expansion Namespaces Using the Namespaces you have the option to access the home directories of the students from the teacher s computer and to distribute files to all students with a simple mouse click In addition you have the option to access a common exchange directory of classes You can carry out these functions comfortably from Windows Explorer or via the Desktop Lauren Andrews File Edit View Favorites Tools Help sack a Search E reser TE Address e Lauren Andrews a ae Folders x Mame Size Type Date Modified Ej Desktop O Cookies File Folder 6 12 2005 6 11 AM E G My Documents Favorites File Folder S12 2005 6 11 AM P My Computer Incoming File Folder 6 12 2005 6 11 AM aj My Network Places GIMIS File Folder 6 12 2005 6 11 4M Recycle Bin My Documents File Folder 6 12 2005 6 11 AM Sl lag Class Exchange Folders Recent File Folder Si12 2005 6 11 AM E eed b5 Templates File Folder S12 2005 6 11 AM Lei k1 m 6a Leaf b E Le Student Exchange Folders Lg Cathy Smith Le Geroge Parsons Le John Miller G Katie Whitman E Le Lauren Andrews Cookies Favorites CO Incoming INIS My Documents Recent Templates Le Sophie weedman Lg Tom Palmer E E Explorer with a view of the Namespaces In this figure you will see a
194. tall INiS Please note Make sure that you complete all installation and configuration steps using administrator rights this also includes HDGUARD set up and policy configuration Please note Make sure that you familiarise yourself with the rights required to run INiS see Notes on Windows NT User Accounts To install INiS start the set up program through the corresponding link from the Program CD This set up must be performed for all workstations working with INiS A dialog for selecting the installation language appears Apart from the appearance of the set up program this also determines the language in which INiS will be installed Select the language for this installation from the choices below Cancel After the set up program has initialised please select Next from the Welcome screen to start the installation 74 e Installation Guide Manual INiS 5 INS version 5 0 Welcome to the installation of INS This setup will install INIS on your computer To upgrade this version to the number of licenses that you have registered for please start the INIS Teacher Desktop log in to IMIS via System Log in to System and select System Licensing from the menu Please note In order to install the software you must agree to the license agreement Please read the agreement carefully before installing the software as with installing this software the license agreement becomes legally binding
195. tations in the room are logged on and have started INiS 2 Then load the settings of a student workstation in the room overview context menu of the workstation Then change the BasisPort and transfer this setting to all the workstations 3 Change the BasisPort in the settings of the teacher computer see above Close INiS on all workstations and restart Another setting that can be made on this flag is the type of communication between the teacher and student workplaces The variations single cast multicast and broadcast are available Single cast should be used in radio networks to circumvent existing problems with access points when processing multicast and broadcast Each student is sent commands directly to his or her IP address Multicast should be used in switched networks to prevent command packages from being routed throughout the entire network and triggering problems especially on Windows 9x computers and unnecessarily increasing the network load in other rooms In order to use multicast the utilized switch must be compatible with the protocol IGMP Internet group message protocol With multicast only one package per room is sent to the multicast address transmitted to the switch from all workstations in the room Multicast is the standard for communication within INiS Manual INiS 5 Configuring e 95 Broadcast should be used as an alternative to multicast when switches or hubs are not IGMP compatible These different
196. te file stru Setting up of the file structure i one time process No changes can be applied later on Thus you should pay appropriate consideration to the layout of your file structure in advance Please note that you must be logged on as Administrator or an equivalent user to the Domain in which User Admin ts to be configured Please start the configuration by clicking Next Cancel Then a brief explanation is given regarding the purpose of the set up Simply select Continue at this point 158 e UserAdmin Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 Set up the first room INIS User Admin configuration wizard Select Installation mode i n oe Ss G Setting up Directory and File Structure 18 a one time procedure for each Domain Do vou want to configure User Admin in this Doman for the first time or do you want to jon an existing Doman Operating System f Windows A05 C Netware NDS Linux LOAF Struktur f NiS Professional Standard f AIS Professional Musterlosung f User Adminis being configured in this Domain for the first time f This Room joins an existing installation of User Admin INIS Root Directory of the existing installation When you set up the UserAdmin module for the first time select the entry The UserAdmin module is being set up for the first time in this domain Select Windows ADS as the operating system Confirm your selection by pressing Continue Manual
197. th other things It is possible to temporarily lock student workstations from the teacher s desktop by a mouse click to attract attention and focus the students on a particular issue In a special overview the teacher can see the screens of all of the students at one glance in order to directly monitor their progress and give specific support if necessary File browser The teacher can access the local drives i e hard disk drive CD ROM or mapped network drives on the PCs of the participating students directly from his workstation This way it is very easy to distribute files or coursework which has been prepared for the lesson to the students or collect the material again at the end It also provides for a convenient method of remotely exchanging files between students Explorer expansion only with the UserAdmin module You can directly access the student directories in Windows Explorer and in Open Save dialogs For example you can open student documents in Office without having to search for them In addition you can distribute files by simply storing them in the classes These files are then automatically distributed to all students Exam mode only with the UserAdmin module During an exam it may not be desirable for the students to access their data To prevent this just activate exam mode and the students will be assigned an empty home directory After the exam use the IniS function Collect work to copy the work to
198. the Teacher s workstation Un Lock Applications Using the Unlock Application Icon The second way to lock or unlock application 1s the mv symbol in the menuebar Unlock application E 5 Ed E TES Start Menu Er Muse Programs EI Gu Accessories EI i Games j Microsoft Access j 26 Microsoft Excel j Microsoft PowerPoint FR Microsoft Word Start Menu Unlock applications The Unlock Application function will display all applications that have been set for dynamic access by the system administrator Depending on the default settings you may have certain applications locked or unlocked as standard You can recognise locked applications by the RED icon and unlocked applications by the GREEN icon This pre configured setting can be changed as required after INiS has been started on the teacher PC 48 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Unlock application E m Ed ou Start Menu Ri Programs E3 Eje Accessories E3 Eje Games j Microsoft Access aE Microsoft Poy Run application m Microsoft Wo iF a Lack Microsoft Excel SLICONS EXE Select the application to be unlocked In our example if you want to unlock Microsoft Word you can change the lock status by either e Clicking the right mouse button e Selecting an option from the top toolbar After you have selected Unlock the application will be marked with a green icon Please Note The Explorer style display is designe
199. the teacher locks that application in the meantime The application will not be forced to shutdown which could result in data loss instead the student can save and close the open files However once the application is locked and has been closed the student will not be able to start the application until the teacher unlocks it again Please note Many applications under Windows act as OLE Servers which for instance enables Word to embed an Excel graph in a document It is important to remember that if Excel 1s locked that an Excel OLE Object will be locked too and the embedding of in our example the graph will fail iwi Documenti Microsoft Word File Edit Wiew Insert Format Tools Table Window Help D a ES Break q 100 a Page Numbers j a a oe Date and Time m AutoText lt a S A Field Symbol ia Comment ka Footnote Caption Cross rererence Index and Tables Picture Text Box File Object Create New Create From File Bookmark Object type CR Hyperlink Microsoft Excel Chart Display as icon Microsoft Excel Worksheet Microsoft Graph 2000 Chart Result Inserts a new Microsoft Excel Worksheet CL m object into your document OLE embedding If a student tries to embed an OLE object when the corresponding application is locked a warning message indicating the relevant source application will appear OLE warning 52 e Using INiS Manual INi
200. ticked students are prompted for entering their Smile name on INiS startup Please note The Login Student s PC automatically with the following name option is available only if Use INiS login is deactivated 1 e the check box is not ticked Show active user on desktop Activating this option causes a small identification window to be displayed in the upper left corner of the student s desktop Manual INiS 5 Configuring e 101 Network Configuration The Base Port box allows you to change the standard port settings of INiS In some rare circumstances it may be necessary to change the port settings to use a different range INiS will use the selected number as the starting port number for its range of a further 60 ports 1 e in the default setting 40000 40060 It is highly recommendet that if you wish to change the Base Port settings of your INiS room to do so first for the student PCs and then for the teacher workstation since the student workstations may become inaccessible from the teacher s PC when applying Base Port changes in reverse order Should a student workstation be equipped with two or more network adapters please see the Multiple Network Adapters in a Workstation paragraph for additional information Check for Updates To check whether an update to your current version of INiS is available please select this function INiS Check for Update Statue display Check for Update Use Pros
201. tion Additionally fully configurable content amp keyword filter and protocol functions are part of this module With the INiS DesktopContro l module all student applications can be dynamically locked or released by the teacher simply via mouse click The INiS PrintControl module can be used for controlling the use of the printer It is an effective way to prevent several students repeating the same print job and therefore blocking network printers or lots of paper being used In addition single printers can be locked or dynamically released The INiS UserAdmin module allows you to easily administer users in a domain on a Windows NovellNetware or Linux server Please visit our Internet site for more information about available modules and new expansions at http www rdt global com If you have any suggestions for future expansion modules or would like to see a particular feature integrated please contact us on support rdt global com INIS as a Trial Version You may test INiS as a trial version for a period of 45 days You should note that only a maximum of four PCs can be displayed Any additional PCs will not show in the overview To display different PCs you have to delete one of the three PCs displayed first click with right mouse button before selecting the next so that the maximum number of for PCs is not exceeded In the trial version the password needed to access the system menu is demo This password cannot be changed unl
202. tion by clicking the button A browser window will be displayed from which you can select the appropriate location Frequently it is rather awkward to access H Incoming In such cases the directory can also be located under My documents Enter H My documents Incoming Please note that the setting should be the same in all rooms of a large installation with INiS UserAdmin Displaying exchange and student directories in open and save dialogs This function adds the Open and Save dialogs of for example Microsoft Word The exchange and student directories are also shown in the dialogs Browse Look in Lai Student Exchange Folders w oO Hi E gt m a cathy Smith 124 Le Geroge Parsons Class Exchange Lef John Miller Folders Ca Katie Whitman Student Exchange Fold Desktop My Documents QI mue My Computer Files of type Programs Manual INiS 5 Configuring e 99 Configuring the Student Workstation Similar to configuring the teacher s workstation with INiS you can change the basic settings for any one stundent PC from the teacher s PC To bring up the student s configuration dialog select the Settings menu item form the student workstation s context menu in the Classroom Management Console F Kate Whitman M Demo 5 Remote Contral Redirect 8 Video presentation os Video conferencing ia Lock screen Send message Chat Run at
203. tion of the licensing screen The entry is unnecessary when you have an INiS Professional license since it already includes the release of all modules INiS Licensing Please enter your licensing information which is supplied with your license card Base license 4 User Name ROT Trainingscenter SM MAAA RC SERRE xe NE Additional Modules INiS Internet 4 User Sh MAAA AA AA INiS Desktop Control 4 User SM KRAN m m INiS Print Control 4 User SM ERAF AAA R M INiS Useradmin Control 4 User SM ERAF RE EN OK Cancel Licensing the Internet Module After you have successfully registered your Internet module the following prompt will appear Should the components needed to activate Internet Filtering be registered at the students workstations Please ensure that HOGUARD is deactivated and that you are logged in as a user with Administrator privileges Register you module on connected PCs 104 e Internet Modul configuration Manual INiS 5 WARNING You will only be able to use the Internet module after you have activated the license on the teacher workstation This will trigger the activation on all student workstations that are currently connected to INIS Please Note You will need to de activate HDGUARD before registering the Internet Module For Windows NT or Windows 2000 XP you also need to be logged on locally using administrator rights to succeed with the registration Activating
204. tions which are in the same room will be displayed on the teacher s workstation Should you have accidentally chosen the wrong room Manual INiS 5 Installation Guide e 77 number for the teacher s workstation during set up you can subsequently change this from the menu item System gt Settings Also you should make sure that ONLY ONE TEACHER WORKSTATION is set up in each physical room Please note For each physical room with a teacher workstation that is to run under INiS a separate Base License is required Please note If you wish to incorporate isolated workstations i e a single PC in a library you should group these in to a virtual classroom to be assigned to one of the 9 INiS classrooms available Please note In a large r scale network with several rooms it is advisable to separate these rooms by segmenting your network In this scenario you may assign an individual subnet to each room In case a common server is used for all rooms this segmenting may be implemented by using mutiple network adapters in this server or applying the VLAN virtual LAN technique To be able to use a common Internet access IP Routing may have to be configured on the server To have the functions of INiS always available you can set INiS to start automatically when someone logs on to the workstation This option is activated in the following dialog Please deactivate this option if you only want INiS to be started manually using
205. ton is released Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 11 Room Overview The workstations installed with INiS and the logged on users are displayed in the room overview In general the support functions provided by INiS are activated via this overview The room layout and the arrangement of the elements in the room overview can be adapted by the user as desired as explained in the chapter on configuration INS RDT Trainingscenter File View Lesson Internet Private System gt aes 0 493 O amp F John Miller T Lauren Andrews Thomas Black Cathy Smith Geroge Parsons Tom Palmer Sophie Weedrman Katie Whitman T Andrews Thomas Black Thomas Black 192 168 0 203 12 e Using INiS Manual INIS 5 Workstation Icons in Room Overview A number of slightly differing Workstation Icons represent different states of students workstations in Room Overview thus providing the teacher with a quick means to gather information on the status of the students PCs It is displayed for example whether or not HDGUARD is active on the respective student s PC Ks Internet module b Desktop module i Printer module not registered on this Pc Manual INiS 5 A workstation icon with a black monitor is displayed in any of the following three cases the respective workstation is not powered up at all or INiS is not started on a workstation running already or no student has logged in to INiS on that workstation T
206. tops multi prints for a certain time during which the print button is blocked The student can keep pressing the button but the command 1s ignored until the specified time has elapsed Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 55 Working with the INiS UserAdmin Module In the UserAdmin module you can easily maintain users on a server You can set up new users reset passwords or access student data Users created with the UserAdmin module are given a home directory on the server In addition the folder My documents is automatically routed to the home directory This chapter will describe working with the UserAdmin module for normal lessons Other important functions for the system administrator such as creating classes courses and teachers will be described in the next chapter Starting the lesson To use the functions of the UserAdmin module you first need to start the lesson In the INiS toolbar click on the button Start lesson The following window appears Start lesson Check the classes courses to work with DE A webs Start examen W ba Hz x66 Cancel Ba Erb fe x0 FFF xb All classes courses My classes courses In this window select the classes you want to work with and then click the button Start lesson Exchange directories for the corresponding classes are activated on the student computers In addition you can create new users delete the passwords of existing users or access the home
207. ts like the Windows Explorer The following rules are for the student s file window Double clicking a directory causes a change to this directory A double click on a single file displays a dialog from which you can specify the path where this file should be saved on your workstation The context menus for a selected file or directory can be reached by clicking the right mouse button The respective context menu appears In the student s file window the following functions are available Save File As Send File Delete File Insert and Create Directory Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 17 Student Katie Whitman e x Pet ay jd bels fia 3 C My Documents Filename 145137 Save File as 134130 Send File Delete File Create Directory Click to file with right mouse button The function Save File As is for saving a file in a selected directory on the teacher s PC Send File is for the other way round files can be sent from the teacher to the student selected Delete File is for deleting a selected file of the student s workstation The menu item Insert in the context menu is for copying files directly from the Windows Explorer to the student s workstation This menu item is only available if you have highlighted a selection of files in the Windows Explorer and selected the command Copy beforehand The context menu of the teacher s workstation contains all context menu standar
208. types of communication ensure that packages reach all the workstations of the current IP segments In larger networks virtual LANs or subnetting should therefore be used Configuring the Screen Transfer INiS uses a non fixed connection between transmitter and receiver via UDP Broadcast or Multicast to transfer screen information As with any dynamic connection the performance of the system will dictate the quality of the reception The screen transfer tab is used to customise the transfer settings for your system to achieve the best possible configuration IMS configuration at Teacher s PC Network configuration Internet Module Folders EU Settings Room Screen Transfer Screen Transfer Transfer complete Desktop v Adapt color depth at IMIS start up vw Use Multicast recommended v Optimize Window transfer recommended Configuration of room workstations J very mixed mixed identical Apply Cancel Screen Transfer Configuration Tab Transfer Complete Desktop INiS Screen Transfer allows you to choose between either transmitting the complete desktop of the teacher s PC or transmitting the windows of selected applications only The default setting leaves this check box unticked thus enabling transmission of selected applications Since the options below are relevant only when transferring the complete Desktop they are not available unless you choose to transfer the complete desktop of the teacher s PC Adapting the co
209. uction 1 L Lesson options 57 Licensing 174 Licensing your software 83 Limit Page Outputs 55 Limitation of HDGUARD in the INiS Trial Version 5 Limitations of INiS UserAdmin in the Trial Version 4 Lock amp Unlock Printers 54 Lock Internet 44 Locking screens 31 M Manage Applications 118 O Opening the chat window 33 P Phone Call 37 Playback Settings 38 Positioning workstations 89 Preparations on the server 161 Prerequisites 36 Presettings of UserAdmin 167 Print Module configuration 133 Printer 54 Printing 42 Printing class and or course lists 63 Problems with the video source 41 Process overview and navigation 9 25 Profiles 168 R Remote control 30 Renewing an exam ticket 69 Resetting the password 61 Room Configuration 99 Room Overview 12 Run at Student s PC 27 Index e 199 S Screen demonstration 30 Screen Transfer 30 Selecting Students for a Class 63 Send message 32 Set up the first room 163 Setting the Volume 38 Setting up additional rooms 166 Setting up the UserAdmin Module 160 Settings 90 Shut down student workstations 27 Speech Transmission 36 Standard Settings for the INiS Internet Module for Students 113 Symbols in the function bar 9 T Terminology 5 Trial Version 4 U Unlock Internet 47 User properties 62 UserAdmin Modul configuration 139 V Video conference 40 Video monitor 41 Video presentation 39 Video Transmission 39 Viewing all screens 15 W
210. upt your existing data RDT and its partner organisation cannot accept any liability for data loss or consequential loss of income due to any reason whatsoever e The minimum computer configuration is quite undemanding a workstation from basic Pentium CPU upward with sufficient memory RAM will be all that is required e The memory configuration depends on the operating system installed whilst with Windows 98 or ME 64 MB will be enough we recommend for 128 MB for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 support has since INiS Version 2 2 been discontinued e Whilst not strictly required it is advisable to apply the latest Service Packs SP for the appropriate release to ensure full compatibility with all drivers e For network use you will need a network adapter configured for IP networking under Windows 98 ME Windows 2000 Workstation and Windows XP Ethernet standard with installed WinSock 2 You can find an example of setting up an IP network in the Appendix e HDGUARD does not support dynamic hard disks under Windows 2000 XP e You will need to set your graphics card resolution and colour depth for all PCs which are to be connected by INiS to the same settings to enable screen transfer The current maximum resolution supported is 1280x1024 pixels e Minimum colour depth for each workstation should be set to 16 Bit corresponding to 65536 colours e You must have Internet Explorer 4 0 or higher installed on
211. uring lesson time Unless a user receives a functioning profile from the system support person before the initial logon the profile will be initialized with the respective side effects as described under Local Profiles Mandatory Profiles These profiles are very similar to the roaming profiles They too wander roam with the user from workstation to workstation The only actual serious difference is that changes to the profile when logging off are not transferred back to the server These profiles are therefore to a large extent static They therefore appear to be best suited for students since they are most likely to ensure logon and start up procedures run smoothly The only problematical aspect in this regard is that without special configuration of the profile individual user files are unfortunately also static so that no files can be saved permanently Fortunately this problem can be solved by configuring so called folder rerouting see below The Set up of User Profiles The easiest way to obtain a quick overview of the setup of a profile is to take a look in your own local profile directory For Windows 2000 and Windows XP this can be found under the name of the registered user under the directory Documents and Settings a G adcrinistrator E3 Application Data O Cookies Desktop Favorites O My Documents NetHood C2 PrintHood Recent Li SendTo Start Menu L Templates In addition to the dir
212. uter is simultaneously transmitted to the selected student The video presentation window opens for the teacher and students You can select the source for the video signal under the menu item Settings All of the installed video sources that can be used are displayed The active source is checked in front of the entry amp Broadcast Sel Transfer ER Wideo Source Microsoft WOM Image Capture w Stay on top wW Adapt videosize The participants can save individual images before transmission These can be saved directly as a file or copied to the Windows clipboard MISES Stations dde Save picture FE Copy picture F9 Picture settings w Stay on top w Adapt videosize The presently displayed image is saved in the folder My documents Video presentation by navigating to Settings gt Save still or by pressing the F8 key By selecting the menu item Copy still or pressing the F9 key the image is copied to the clipboard and can be processed with any desired graphics program such as Microsoft Paint Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 39 Video conference S vieoe emie u With the video conference function the teacher and a student selected by the teacher can establish a video connection On both stations images are recorded by a video source and sent to the other participant Video conference Conference Camera Settings Connecting 14 84 GFF This window is opened on both PCs when a confe
213. vated and that vou are logged in as a user With Administrator privileges Register you module on connected PCs Registering the Module on Student Workstations WARNING You will only be able to use the Print module after you have activated the license on the teacher workstation This will trigger the activation on all student workstations that are currently connected to INiS Please Note You will need to de activate HDGUARD before registering the Print Module For Windows NT or Windows 2000 XP you also need to be logged on locally using administrator rights to succeed with the registration The activation status of the Print module on student workstations can be modified at any time To do this simply go to the menu item System gt Activate de activate Print Module Student to toggle the status Configuring the Print Module A teacher can influence students use of printers through INiS PrinterControl In addition to releasing and blocking printers printing restrictions and individual headers can be defined Warning To use the printer control both the teacher and students must have the same printer setup The printer control deals with individually set up printers and not printer types For the printer control to work the printers must be set up at every workstation with precisely the same name By default the settings specified by the system administrator are used when the teacher starts INIS and these settings c
214. ve list The Negative list filter prohibits access to Internet sites which are specified in this list The student will not be able to access any content on these sites but will be able to browse other URLs which are not listed Using negative lists allows you to block specific pages Note that this option is only active in Internet Explorer Warning When you use the negative list to re filter all your students opened Internet Explorer windows will be closed Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 45 Content filter The Content Filter provides Internet security at the next level instead of looking at the address entry only it will evaluate the site content for entries in the filter list In principle all websites will be accessible unless an entry is found When access is denied the browser will display the following screen A Restricted Access Verbotene Adresse Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ae A r Z a x a A p Search SP Favorites 2 amp a LJ 3s Address res JC PROGRA 1 UNIS spyie meta v EJ co Links The URL of this website contains words or other content which has been restricted for viewing by your INIS administrator Die Adresse dieser Seite enth lt W rter oder Inhalte die vom INiS smile Administrator verboten wurden Klicken Sie hier um zur vorherigen Seite zur ckzukehren ZUGRIFF VERBOTEN lt Done Internet Brows
215. ve user These are saved in the Cookies directory in order to make repeated access to these pages easier and more user friendly 9 My Documents The work results of users are saved in the My Documents directory Depending on the operating system this directory is structured with additional folders such as My pictures My music etc Contains the Favorites list of Internet Explorer and other programs if needed This directory contains files handed out by the teacher via INiS Reserved for INiS specific configuration files CO Profile man Profile directory of user Depending on the selected type of profile the name of this directory is Profile man or simply Profile Contains links to the most recently opened files L Templates This directory typically contains user specific templates for applications such as Microsoft Office Now that the directory structure has been explained the directories can be sorted according to the subdivision into individual files system files and common files implemented at the very beginning Individual files are stored directly in the My Documents directory by the user indirectly as a side effect of using applications and also in the Cookies Favorites Recent and Templates directories System files which help in the configuration of Windows and the application environment of a user are saved in the Profile directory or
216. w click on the Distribute button The file will then be copied into all student directories If not all the students are present or 1f additional files are to be distributed you can interrupt the distribution by clicking the Later button Manual INiS 5 Using INiS e 65 If you select Cancel the file is not distributed Students normally find the distributed files in their home directory in the Incoming folder Since the location of the incoming folder is configurable students may also find it under My documents You can find additional information about your configuration from your system administrator Collecting files With the Collect files function you can copy work results files from all the students into a local folder This can for example be a folder on the server or a memory stick INiS creates a subfolder for each student in which the respective files are copied To collect the files go to Windows Explorer and click your right mouse key on a folder In the popup menu select the entry Collect work here Alternately you can retrieve the menu item Collect work from here in the context menu of the named room Student directories ex File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ae Back Q Search E Fae Fea Folders x Mame Size Type Date Modified Desktop RECYCLER File Folder 5 12 2005 8 12 Collapse C REC ry My Con Explore E Si my Met Open ca Rec
217. when a user logs on and updated on the server when the user logs off This particular circumstance poses potential problems however If the complete profile were to actually roam with the user then in time large even volume temporary data local settings and work results my documents would be copied back and forth As a result logging on and off would become slower and slower and network traffic would increase immensely To avoid this problem the server supported profiles offer two special features Temporary files are not updated in server supported profiles Folders with user specific files remain on the server folder rerouting Some of these measures are not offered automatically by Windows Folder rerouting in particular must be activated and configured via GPO s GroupPolicy Objects Folder rerouting means that the affected Windows directories are not in any way expected directly in the profile directory but the directory specified directly as rerouting will be used on the server The Set up of INiS Profile Templates INiS profile templates serve as a model for the profiles of newly created users When preparing the respective profile new users are thus spared the trouble of configuring applications and deactivating annoying bits of information In order to allow for the different requirements of the four user groups of INiS different profile templates can be created for each group In the INiS directory of its server unde
218. windowpane alphabetically by application or executable by clicking on the appropriate listing header or selecting multiple entries simultaneously WORDICON EE PPTICO EXE ALICONS EXE ACCICONS EXE Start Menu Status changed 126 DesktopControl Module configuration Manual INiS 5 In our example all entries for Microsoft Office have been marked and locked only the entry for Excel is set to Unlocked Copy Protection The system administrator needs to consider copy protection as part of the default settings This is an important setting as it is designed when activated to prevent the copying or renaming of executables for the purpose of circumventing the access rights settings To set copy protection simply activate it by clicking the corresponding button Unlock application Preview ig ml ae Ba Mame Copy Protection is not active on Student WD icici PCs Al executable fles can be created TT m E Microsoft P Copy protection The standard copy protection settings on each student PC will be set to activated if the system administrator has activated copy protection in the default settings A teacher can temporarily de activate this setting during a lesson if required As a ground rule copy protection should only be de activated in cases where a lesson requires the creation of executables such as in development and programming environments If you need this functionality or if you want to create self extra
219. ws you to distribute this configuration to the students of your Smile group With the menu item Apply to this computer in the Edit menu you can apply the current configuration to the computer you are working on You should choose the settings for your Registry keys carefully to ensure full functionality of your machine after these settings have been applied In the Help menu you will find a link to the Online Help System of INiS as well as a Note entry Clicking on this entry will display a PopUp window reminding you that you will need all necessary user privileges to the local Registry for the current user to successfully edit the configuration and apply your changes You can easily navigate through INiS policies with the tabs in the upper left hand corner and modify the configuration settings according to your personal needs 88 e Configuring Manual INiS 5 Start menu smile policies File Edit Help Start Menu Explorer Miscellaneous Programs Favorites My Documents Documents My Pictures Settings Control Panel Search Network and Dialup Help and Support Printers RUM a Taskbar San log off Turn off SJ Folder Options Active Desktop ve LA G Additional keys Add new entries to Documents Folder Allow user to apply changes to Start menu Windows 98 2000 ME P Deactivate PopUp menu For Start button and TaskBar Erase
220. y Please refer to your User Guide for more information Back Cancel If you are absolutely sure that you do not wish to use HDGUARD you may uncheck the installation check box in the above window nevertheless With leaving the box checked you will only copy the necessary files to your PC This does NOT automatically include configuration Manual INiS 5 Installation Guide e 79 and activation of HDGUARD though This will be done in another step after the PC has been restarted If your operating system is Windows 2000 or later the INiS setup is complete at this point To ensure a secure HDGUARD start up on Windows 9x systems two additional measures are to be taken here For one you will have to prevent the PC from being able to boot from Diskette or CD ROM by making the appropriate changes to the PC s BIOS settings Second the interruption of the boot process through various Hotkeys or key combinations has to be prevented The later will be done automatically by the setup program when you leave the box Secure Windows 9x Startup checked Now the Installation of INiS is complete It is advisable to restart the PC at this point in time and having set up all workstations move to licensing a full version of INiS and or making the basic configurations Note If you have purchased licenses for INiS Add On Modules these should be registered on the students workstations at this point of the installation process as well Uninstall
221. ycle Search i zal Class E Le Student My Documents ii Ug Collect students files to this Folder Copy Delete Rename Properties Another window opens 66 e Using INiS Manual INiS 5 Collect results to VilanjalttblackiMy Documents Collect results fram Collect results into this directory Student Homedirectones Active CMY Documents al 1 Only files from today Description for this results ee ee The sl files can be collected e Already collected results Count Size Sellected files Cancel This is the main window for collecting files It is divided into several areas Collect data from In this area you identify the folders where files are to be searched You have the following options Student folder active The files are searched in the My documents folder of all the logged on students Student folder all The My documents folders of all the students of the activated classes and courses are searched Exam folder Files are searched only in the My documents folders of exam users Select this option when you want to collect files after an exam Some filters are also available when collecting files For example you can look just for files with the current date or for specific files types The following files can be collected This area displays all the files that were found in the above cited folders The Number column shows how frequently the file was
222. your system If this is not installed the teacher s workstation won t display any tool bar icons also content filtering at the participants workstations will not be functional e For UserAdmin modul Network server under Windows 2000 2003 Server Linux or Novell NetWare 5 1 with ZenWorks 4 and later Recommended System Requirements For high quality screen transfer we recommend a homogeneous network and system configuration We also recommend that all computers including the teacher workstation are equipped with comparable hardware as far as processor speed and graphics adapter performance are concerned 72 e Installation Guide Manual INiS 5 Workstations with 400 MHz or higher and sufficient memory RAM depending on the operating system as outlined earlier INIS Usage Restrictions It is not recommended to install INiS on a central server under Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 or on a workstation that provides Internet access for other PCs in the network such as a proxy server This may severely restrict functionality and impair the performance of INiS Managing Multiple Rooms with INiS You must select during installation one of the eight virtual rooms provided in which the computer you are installing on should be placed or specify a customised room Please note that in order for all computers within one physical room to appear in the same virtual room after the installation is finished you have to enter all of them in the sa
223. yserver Check for updates This will check on the RDT Global websites for relevant files and suggest the appropriate action If you are using a proxy server to access the Internet please tick the check box and type in the IP address and port in the corresponding fields Updating Students This function is used to automatically update active student computers To do this an update package must be run on the respective teacher computer New updates to the teacher computer generally contain the update package for the student computers Before updating students HDGUARD must be deactivated on the student computers by navigating the menu steps System gt HDGUARD gt Deactivate and then reactivated 102 e Configuring Manual INiS 5 Internet Modul configuration INiS 5 RDT Global Version 5 0 Classroom Management amp Multimedia eLearning Suite Internet Modul configuration 103 Manual INiS 5 Licensing the Internet Module Important You will need an unlock code and a valid license in order to use the Internet module You can unlock your Internet module either when installing the software or by selecting System gt Licensing to access the licensing screen If the licensing option in the system menu is greyed out you will need to log in to INiS using your system password to access the licensing screen To unlock the Internet Module please enter your license code in the INiS Internet sec

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