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1. Database Backup and Restore Wizard Backup Restore k Backuping or Restoring please wait BACKUP DATABASE successfully processed 185 pages in 1 400 seconds 1 078 MB sec BACKUP DATABASE successfully processed 185 pages in 1 400 seconds 1 078 MB sec Back Cancel Fig 8 23 Back up Restore successfully In fig 8 23 the progress and result of backup are shown Resource Manager e 75 76 Database Backup and Restore Wizard Backup Successfully All database backup files bak are placed in the Folder you selected Please pay attention to them To close this wizard click Finish Fig 8 24 Backup Successfully Fig 8 24 indicates the successful backup interface Other teaching tools Class Layout The Class Layout can adjust the student seating arrangement in the class according to the actual arrangement of the computers For each computer the student s name and gender can be set Teacher can see the student s status immediately from the teacher interface For the use of the arrangement please refer to the Teacher PC System Configuration Click Start of the Function list of Infinity DLL 4 0 to open Class Layout In the Tools bar all the function buttons can match to all the functions in the pull down menu They can be classified into 3 groups Other teaching tools e 77 78 Document Include all the operations of the class layout files File
2. 9 After the login account and password are correct student will go into Free Study mode All the multimedia files of the resource server will be listed out Teacher will let the student have full control of selecting or studying the files The left hand side of the student screen indicates the files of the resource server the upper is the tools and the right hand side is the content window infinity A YAO E fl A a AA Read gt y tinned a YA ag VOD zA ic demo mp3 Lesson 4 mp3 helicopter mp3 Ey Reading 9 STUDENT 00 00 00 e E 3 l Material Selection There are 4 buttons for 4 types of multimedia materials The lower part of the right hand side will indicate the directory of folders when one of these 4 buttons is pressed When one of the folders is selected the files in this folder will be indicated in the content window The procedure is similar to the Windows resource manager Student needs to double click the material icon to start playing During the material is playing in the content windows student can select other material by clicking the any of 4 material type buttons or any folder of the directory The current playing material will be stopped and the corresponding files will be listed out in the content window The arrangement of the files in the content window can be adjusted by right click in form of table below Small Icons w Large Ic
3. right click the Multimedia material to get the selection of Sub titles Editor 3 SubEdit File Edit Document Help EE Openvemot go Open local To open a multimedia file in the server or local directory add language then more than one language can be added 82 e To control the play back of the multimedia material click Pause or directly Add segment then other language can be appeared in that segment together with the voice of such segment 3 SubEdit C Documents and SettinesiAdministrator e tA tanta mpg File Edit Document Help E Open remote go Open local E POWE ith Find an Replace 18 Add culture Add segment Start Duration End PARE ERRATA English United States 0029 0010 0039 fi Helo fact O 0 1 0 00 78 OU Aa 7 What s pour name COSO 0010 00 90 FMU Tom My name is Tor 00134 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 4 0 0155 O 0 1 0 O 0 16 9 cm oy When Infinity DLL use this multimedia and plays back the sub title of that paragraph will be indicated Then click save to keep the sub title content Other teaching tools e 83
4. display name of that computer Delete To delete the computer or computers already added from the layout Lock Computer Select the button of Lock Computer the position of the computers is fixed and not allowed to move To click Lock Computer again then the locking function is removed Format When all the computers are located about to their appropriate position press Format to align the computers layout in good order of straight rows and columns Align in Row Align Lefts Select a row of computers click Align Lefts then all the computers of same level will be moved to the left Align Rights Select a row of computers click Align Rights then all the computers of same level will be moved to the right Make Horizontal Spacing Equal Select a row of computers click Make Horizontal Spacing Equal then all the computers of same level will be moved so that the space between computers will be the same Align in Column Align Tops Select a column of computers click Align Tops then all the computers of same level will be moved to the top Align Bottoms Select a column of computers click Align Bottoms then all the computers of same level will be moved to the bottom Make Vertical Spacing Equal Select a column of computers click Make Vertical Spacing Equal then all the computers of same vertical column will be moved so that the space between comput
5. hey meane re When students are reading files of formats for example TXT HTML gt WORD they can start the PC to read aloud of the content of the article T Student can click the pointer beside the oe lous then the student can start to select the engine of the Text to Speech Ifthe Infinity Text to Speech is purchased then the student can select the man s or woman s voice to speak and their speed can also be adjusted Infinity Text Speech is another product from Citi DIC an optional item which can read text in natural voice Open During Free Study student can open the file of local resource Student Interface Program e 55 Student under Control Mode Raise Hand 56 e When student PC receives the control command their PCs will have a Special Student Interface covering the original desktop screen Then students PCs will be within Under Control mode as in figure below Digital Language Lab A Raise Hand Student can ask for help by pressing the or Function key F12 A hand icon will appear at the teacher interface by the side of the corresponding student icon Teacher is aware of asking for help from that student F a Raise Hand When student presses again or Function key F11 the hands up icon of that student at the teacher PC will be disappeared Telephone Pairing Teacher can select Telephone Pairing for students to form pairs of groups so that they can carry out discussi
6. Teacher or Server components Teacher and Server components can be uninstalled through the short cut key Click Start then select Infinity DLL 4 0 and then select Uninstall DLL Configuration EB Configuration ee Dictionary a Class Layout H DLL Console g Resource Manager Sound Recorder 8 Subtitle Editor fe Uninstall DLL Or uninstall through the Change or Remove Programs option in control panel Student Client Student client cannot be removed through the short cut key or Change or Remove Programs option in control panel Under the tools folder in the installation CD run uninstall vbs to uninstall the student client When completed the installation click Start then from All Programs choosing Infinity DLL 4 0 and click on Configuration The default language of the DLL interface can be selected through the Configuration at the bottom left coiner display language can be chosen as below e Put L PAE English CHS is Simple Chinese gt CHT is Traditional Chinese ENG is English Teacher PC default NIC For Teacher s PC amp Student s PC If there is more than one Teacher PC in the same network environment we need to configure each student PC with registered Teacher PC This setting can be the computer name or the IP address of the Teacher PC Moreover if the computer has more than one network cards then we
7. and message typing area Function buttons Block Unblock Color and Save Main function e 27 Discussion STUDENT2 Discussion y oc Block Unblock Color Members Conversation A STUDENTI STUDENT 2 says A STUDENTZ Hello everybodyrerwrw STUDENT 1 says I am here Message Exam Exam is used for evaluating the students learning progress The Exam has different modes including Quiz Oral Exam Listening Exam and Writing Exam Quiz Press Browse to get the exam paper as in figure below The exam paper can be of WORD TXT gt PDF HTML or other formats Infinity DLL includes Quiz Editor which can be used to prepare the exam paper For the details of Quiz Editor please refer to Quiz Editor Exam Mode Quiz Settings Question one by one Auto go to next question Seconds Statistic 28 e For Exam Paper with Word Format For those exam papers using word format it is necessary to set the number of questions and the choices for each question In case the answer for each question is not set the system will ask The Set Correct Answer table is shown as below the correct answer can be clicked by the teacher During Quiz when the students click the answer this Set Correct Answer table will automatically check the student s answer one by one Set Correct Answer Sof ee ae De OD SE a CA UE EFE E CA ME spose era When
8. bookmark then the new bookmark will replace the current one In case to remove the existing bookmarks just press the Remove at the left hand side and then the bookmark which you want to remove Independent AV Display Window The DVR at teacher PC provides independent AV Display Window The size of the Window can be adjusted when drag at the corner with double click the screen to full screen size Press ESC to return the Window to its normal size Other Functions e 51 Student Interface Program Introduction 52 Student program has 2 modes of operation Under Control Self Studying TID Y Y j m i ya y J 4 Digital Language Lab 00 00 00 e E 9 When students are Under Control mode they are not controlled their PCs which are under control by the teacher During Self Studying students are allowed to browse the resource server Students can collect and play back the multimedia files for self learning Students can drag and drop the title bar to relocate the student interface The size of the interface can be changed by dragging the edge or the corner of the interface Tools Raise Hand Volume Control Dictionary D a g Raise Hand Volume Dictionary The buttons at the tool bar can initiate those common functions Raise Hand to ask for teacher s help Volume to open the System Volume Control Panel Dictionary to open the English Chinese Dictionary Help file Minim
9. need to choose one of them to be the default network card for the Infinity DLL system Introduction of Infinity DLL v 4 0 13 14 T Configuration Network Card E1000 192 166 1 52 Sound Amplifier I Restart Agent Console For Teacher PC only The setting is used for locating the main interface The main interface will be display on the second monitor by default to change the setting please refer to the following diagram T Configuration Teacher Console yop Sound aco about Position foal A p X horizontal coordinate Y vertical coordinate VOD server IP address For Teacher s PC amp Student s PC VOD server s IP should be configured during installation not need to be modified T Configuration VOD Server g Sound For Teacher s PC amp Student s PC This configuration is used to configure sound card and line in source In general Microphone Line in CD Audio can be auto detected by the system If Teacher PC will need to broadcast What U Hear function then you will need to adapt the line in source in the sound card In What U Hear adapt to recording line Usually it will be Stereo Mix or What U Hear Depending on the model of sound card if any problem please check the sound card chip set and ask Citi DIC technical support T Configuration Device Sou
10. of the multimedia materials can be adjusted with the tone remaining the same The speed varies from 50 to 150 of the original sound thus 0 5x to 1 5x G 10x Ce Volume control a the volume of the sound of multimedia materials can be adjusted Following control gt sspp SPSP sp 2 S represents the original sound track P represents the recorded sound track 3 modes for following the original sound of multimedia material SSPP Following the paragraph thus SSPP means to play the original sound twice and then start to speak twice SPSP Repeating the sentence SP Play and record one after another All these above 3 modes need a starting point This starting point can be set up by the bookmark Clearing the track will remove the content recorded in the sound track Waveform indication a y ae T 00 11 TS TT RRA FT ppa 00 09 00 10 oo ele P men ie mem e a i O dethfad a ate iene fi E TA a P HA TEN 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 0072 04 33 o A 1 0 EA Two waveforms will be indicated the upper one represents the original sound while the lower one represents the recorded down voice The zoom button can allow the teacher to magnify or reduce the magnitude of the waveform Bookmarks letear o 1 213 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bookmarks can be set during the playback following recording for the teacher to arrive at the point quickly There are total 10 bookmarks starting fro
11. of the same session To stop the speaking by clicking the same student 3 Intercom Press down the Intercom button to go into intercom condition then select any student to allow him to talk with teacher To change the intercom from the existing one to another simply by clicking other student To stop the intercom by clicking the same student again a Group Intercom Press down the Group Intercom button to go into the group intercom condition then select any student to allow teacher to join into existing group discussion This function can use in students grouping only For details please refer to matching table dss Call Session Press down the Call Session button to go into the call student in the same session condition then teacher allow speaking to all students of the same session To stop the call session by clicking the same button again dez Call All Press down the Call All button to go into the calling all students condition then teacher allow speaking to all students in the different session Click this button to broadcast teacher s voice to all students click the button again to cancel the call all function Auxiliary Tools e 39 Function table of Auxiliary Tools Trial status Teaching Grouping Exam Record Self Study Mentor fy p oo r 0000 o o Single Speak Y v o wno IN y o o Multi ee Y Y N N N Y Eo COMIDO a E A E Session All Remarks Y represents suc
12. original sound thus 0 5x to 1 5x e 1 01 08 Volume control the volume of the sound of multimedia materials can be adjusted Following control Cape SPS S represents the original sound track P represents the recorded sound track 3 modes for following the original sound of multimedia material SSPP Following the paragraph thus SSPP means to play the original sound twice and then start to speak twice SPSP Repeating the sentence SP Play and record one after another All these above 3 modes need a starting point This starting point can be set up by the bookmark Clearing the track will remove the content recorded in the sound track Waveform indication Ss ee ee ee 00 08 UNE 00 10 00 11 n r T A E Saran a 00 14 00 15 Two waveforms will be indicated the upper one represents the original sound while the lower one represents the recorded down voice The zoom button can allow the teacher to magnify or reduce the magnitude of the waveform Bookmarks clear 0l1 2l3 4 5 6 7 8 8 Bookmarks can be set during the playback following recording for the teacher to arrive at the point quickly There are total 10 bookmarks starting from 0 to 9 Each color will be indicated for different bookmark number The user does not need to press the bookmark number in sequence If the pressed bookmark number is not used then this bookmark can be used In case the position is named before with other
13. other user s keyboard at the same time to prevent interference Teacher can also view the remote control procedure if the teacher is not the controller AAC Exercises Teacher can control all the AAC exercises of all students at the same time First you have to choose the same video sound material from server or teacher local machine after the course starts all students will use our interface to open the material at this moment students are not able to control their own computer All functions initialize by teacher will be synchronized with the student PC if student will need to control to process by themselves teacher will need to unlock the interface for them Oral discussion is to divide the whole class into different groups and discussion is carried out within each group of students The method of grouping is assigned by the teacher according to the certain rules or let the students join in any group by their own The methods of discussion includes Auto grouping manual grouping advanced grouping Telephone and electronic chart For each methods of discussion there are different options for selection Auto Grouping Auto grouping is used a set of rules to group the class into different groups They include Row Column Neighbour and Random Discussion Mode Automatic Grouping Grouping Rule Random Students per group p Record discussion Collect recording 4 BIOS a Automatic Group
14. the article for the Exam and start the Exam Every student will receive the topic at their PCs and then start writing Teacher can set up the path to collect all the written articles After the Exam is complete all the articles will be returned automatically to the designated location set up by the teacher s path Teacher can then check the content of each article one by one Exam Mode writing al Writing Description Load This is a test message Path to collect writing 4 c Documents and Settil Browse Translation Training Translation training can help students to practice the translation from the audio material of any source During translation the student s voice can be recorded down or transmitted to other students for listening In case the student s voice is recorded down as a file and returned to teacher automatically teacher can decide to save this sound file There are 3 ways of translation practice in Recording Mode 1 Synchronous Recording 2 Segment Recording 3 Simultaneous Interpretation Synchronous Recording allows the students to undertake translation recording while they are listening to the original sound at the same time Segment recording allows the students to listen original sound first then stop the listening and start recording their own voice thus students will repeat the Main function e 31 32 procedures firstly listen then record until they finish all t
15. to other interpreters OK Cancel Teacher can click the Student Recording to allow the interpreter to record their voice and return automatically to teacher after the practice is completed Teacher also allows the interpreter to listen to other interpreters so that they can do the interpretation after they listen to other interpreter s translation during the practice Main function e 33 34 There are 3 modes of operation in simultaneous interpretation Conference Lecture AV The student participants can select to listen either the original sound or the sound from the interpreter or use the left right hand channels to listen to both original sound and the interpreter Conference Mode Recording Mode Simultaneous Interpretation wt Mode Conference av Delegates T STUDENTI dear y Interpreters La Mame Description i STUDE STUDENTS Es Add Edit Remove Clear tiy Advanced Options Teacher selects the students as the delegates and the interpreters The interpreters can select to carry out the translation of the conference of delegates Other students can listen to the conference or the interpretation or both simultaneously Lecture Mode Recording Mode ee II E A E s f Simultaneous Interpretation hal Speaker STUDENT v do Interpreters l E Ma
16. Delete to delete the folder of the directory For the category only delete those folders of the second class or below For the resource they can be deleted in lot A confirmation of delete will appear if not to confirm then the action of delete will be cancelled New Category to build up the new category under the current directory Import to import folder to the current category The resource is indicated by Name the name of the resource material can be changed Size the size of the resource material cannot be changed Date the date of importing the resource material Import Folder Select a folder to import the folder together with those sub folder therein to the server The same folder and the subfolder will be appeared The following figure indicates the window of the Import Folder Em Import Folder to Server a ER Tr ot E Cancel XK Delete open Mame Size Ey human voice wav 2 011 KB Ej Korean mp3 9 229 KB ES Putonghua mp3 10 313 KB 3 Items 21 MB 22 887 762 bytes Fig 8 3 Import Folder The number of files and total size are listed The Path is indicated with V to show the lower level directory For example the file is Mp3 in the Path of ATest then the final destination is MP3 Test Click Delete to cancel those files not used in the list After all the files are confirmed then start the Import During the Import of folders to Server the following dialogue box will prompte
17. Infinity DLL v 4 0 Digital Language Lab User Manual Copyright 1999 2006 CITI DIC IT COMPAMY LIMITED All rights reserved Hong Kong Unit 2001 05 20 F 8 Wing Hing Street Causeway Bay Hong Kong Tel 852 2512 0068 Fax 852 2512 0238 Shanghai Unit 2005 20 F Block D Shanghai Everbright Convention amp Exhibition Centre 80 Caobao Road Xuhui District Shanghai China P C 200233 Tel 86 21 6432 6368 Fax 86 21 6432 6316 URL http www citidic com hk Information in this document is subject to change without prior notice Note For any assistance from us during installation of Infinity DLL v 4 0 please contact us by email to servicesupport citidic com hk Table of Contents Introduction 8 NR A A E E A OE 8 What is Infinity DLL Digital Language Lab cc cccccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeees 8 Why choosing Infinity DLL Software Language Lab cccccccnnnininoninininininininininnnnnnannnnnnn 8 Introduction of Infinity DLL v 4 0 10 DOLD ale Regu renen S atte tilo 10 Hardware REQUENA 10 Network SCOUT S56 ect i cae i i ae Lo lie i el Cl ee 11 A A 11 A A A E A 11 A O A as oe E EN 11 DELVED CUM 11 asta Hardware DAYS tii 11 Pista donele AY a a 12 ROMOV rr asia aes E E E adda tlse ama titenit 12 Teacher Gr Server Components uc ia Seen Se 12 e nce ae E E ee ee E ee mee 13 Con TOU AIO he sase seas acer eae ee waders ss eons eae oad seta doc eens et ayede sees ean 13 Teacher
18. M or above Sound card 100MB Ethernet card Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server operating system Switch Fully support for IP Multicasting Network Structure Below is only the Infinity DLL network structure for reference for detail structure of the system please contact our reseller Installation LS Under the installation CD click setup exe to start the installation of Infinity DLL v 4 0 There have three options Client Include the Student client components on the student PC This option requires resource server address Teacher Manager Include the Teacher Management and console components on the teacher PC This option requires resource server address Server Custom For customized installation This option requires selecting the components to be installed All components will be selected by default Install Hardware Driver During the installation sometimes the Hardware Installation message appears and then click Continue Anyway to continues the installation Under Windows 2000 environment those installations may be requested to Introduction of Infinity DLL v 4 0 11 Note restart the PC you must click No to continue the Infinity DLL 4 0 installation Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware Genenc Display Card 2071 hat not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows RP Dell me why this
19. New User Import Users To import a number of users at the same time please refer to Import Users Prepay To set up the balance of the Prepay amount please refer to Prepay Statistic Remark For some schools they may need students to pay for the time when they use the system and resource materials Therefore Prepay is a useful tool to record down the payment from students and keep track of their uses New User As in figure 8 8 it is required to input the user name full name privilege and password To click OK to confirm adding the new user to click Cancel to Resource Manager e 67 68 cancel the new user There are 3 privileges Student Teacher and Administrator Student has the right to use as student terminal to browse the resource material Teacher has the right to use the administration tools to add or delete the resource material and carry out the statistic of the payment from students Administrator has the same right as Teacher but with the additional right to delete or add user 83 Full Name Privilege Student Password Confirm Fig 8 8 Add New User All the user names are unique another user cannot repeat with the same user name In case the user name was used before the procedure of adding new user will not be successful and the message will be indicated as below Duplicate Name Fig 8 9 Same User name Editing User Administrator can double click the list of user to edit the informati
20. Operation Include all the operation of Windows like New Open Save Save as Layout Properties Layout Properties Default Size OK Cancel Should be input the name and dimension of the layout Computer To construct a new layout file it is necessary to add computers which represent the student terminal thus the name of the computer and the corresponding the name and gender of the student Add To add one computer each time it is necessary to have the name of the computer and the name displayed in the teacher PC Computer Properties Computer Mame Jew Computer Display Mame New Computer cana Add in Batch In case the names format of computers are the same for example user01 user02 user60 then to use Add in Batch to set up the information of the computers at the same time thus saving a lot of time and work load Firstly it is necessary to confirm the naming order of the computers for example at the rule at the heading or ending Then the name will be added automatically How to add There are 3 ways to add by row column and random Itis necessary to identify the rule of naming order in the class is by row column or random Adding direction When Column is selected then the adding direction will be from left to right or from right to left In case Row is selected then the adding direction will be from top to bottom or from bottom to top Add in quant
21. PC default NIC For Teacher s PC amp Student s PC eee 13 Console For Teacher PC Only harron tas 14 VOD server IP address For Teacher s PC Student s PC ccccccccnnnnnnnnnos 14 Sound For Teacher s PC amp Student s PC cooooccoocccoconononononononnnonononnnnnonnnnnnnonoss 15 Video Capture setting For Teacher s PC or Server ccc cccccescseceesseceesseeeseees 15 TVA CTO SCS EE E ioc Baie I icc aa ci E ie ed E es Sia 16 RESTAN ns 16 Teacher PC system configuration is 17 Infinity DLL v 4 0 console 19 TINGS TEAC SE SE A E TIE E EN I E AE EEE A A A 19 Maim A ld he Eo 19 Additional function TO OIS ar 20 Audio AU SOUR esaa ta Pate hee yas 20 TSO ODD alle erates gatesa AE AE isa E Seen nal dae wena dace oe oaeaies 20 Classroom and Classico ictac a secs o do lo Met ei 21 Toate WAS SPS yin 21 Main function 22 TES AC A A E E 22 A A A A E A 22 A a ee ne ee ee T Neen ne ne 24 Remote COME Ol AAA a AR AAR 24 AAC E ETO OOS e E E E E E O A 24 DAA e ono 24 EUROS EU LOU Ey RM A Cea ene ace nme etree eer arm 24 Manual COUNT ie 26 Advance eroupine Optional jerre aE bit 26 A a adi ee lh o e Zi ROTA A A O A A A E 20 Woite Dodd 27 RARA tw een so eee aoa 21 A CE ERM Sent RN oe nem CTT E PE Camo EE E tees ome aCe Mer 28 A O O O O A atresia seen 28 a A 29 A ce E E ates eee ea eae eae 30 aliada A A sre PR cent Oo er cee eS 31 Tran S Atl Trainin 34 95 odtst natant Seles leu a a a ead 31 Synchronous
22. Recordlng oooonconcononooonononcnnnonononononononononononononononononononononononnnenonons 32 ESMERO RECON Senn a a A a SD 32 Simultaneous Interpretation sokn a a Acs as 33 SA eo eT Re een are E E E ee eee eee 36 CAMEO O e ha acta dee 36 O 0 kv caste tec Mirena RG Bere NE E Mere RO RE OnE E E eRe eee 37 Auxiliary Tools 38 MONOT gica a ena ie Sasa A Sasa eae 38 O NEA ECE mE ae Se ene an E ae eee eee ge A O 38 MA DE A e MenERPenr ter Ana see eheey See tree 38 ICON iar tie sakes A AT AE E 39 Interven OM ses ists ec chest ae rd aaa O encase Aaa led ait 39 Function table of Auxiliary TOOLS ii alias 40 Other Functions 41 AMC GUISE RECO daa 41 ANACO a aida 41 Mick COR es de aio de es de doo 42 o A O A ee e eee 42 Blocking Access to ted aa 43 ano SrCe rara E E A EE A 43 Montor e O 43 Montor ApPpACA1OA pia 44 QUISAS IMC iba 44 REMOVE hands UN ac aeian 44 JA aac tai a ae taal acl de 44 Star APD CAO OOO xn cS testa un A 45 a fe ae ee il OO RO ee eee 45 Collect File for students homework cssssseseseseeeesseeeeeseeeeseeeseseeeeeseeseees 46 Roi OCA MUAY o E 46 A ne 47 DPC CLI ING CIS Te Iie setae aatacundacs tata E N 47 Apure SCTE Cie 4 ceccs sy eo ere ba 47 Shortcut key Manas Cl cte caste cere o ell eta ie ah e es le 48 REMOS FANN dias 48 WV A OT A vcaasie Seca neat evens encase suen crassa tr aeetease eases caneenaeee 49 OTIC ALI in DUE a 49 Dieital Recorder atl acher PC iis ited orcs ii 49 M
23. ation practice is completed all the students recording will be returned to the designated directory Segment Recording Segment recording is in progress 00 00 00 1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E i 00 01 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 08 00 09 00 11 fer steve ttt iah ar IN J 00 00 00 32 Cisar o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 on ain 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a uty iP j Voz Student ica layback Clear Recording lt a 0 10x Ge Simultaneous Interpretation Teacher is required to define the source of the sound for interpretation thus from the teacher s microphone external AV local file or multimedia file Then teacher also sets up the number of interpretation channels and assigns the student as the responsible interpreter for each channel Other than the responsible interpreters all the students can free to select the original sound or any channel or both original and any channel simultaneously These students are able to select or change the channel at any time However all the responsible interpreters must remain the interpreters for the whole course of the simultaneous interpretation practice they cannot change their status During simultaneous interpretation teacher can have the Advanced setting as figure below Simultaneous Interpretation Advanced x Record translation i BROWSE Wo Allow interpreter to listen
24. d Free Study Channel on Demand is for teacher to set up the studying materials for students to select Free Study will provide more freedom for students to study they can select the materials located at the Resources Server Channel on Demand Teacher can set up the content of the Channels then start the Self Study There is no limit on the number of the channels On student side they can only see the list of the channels and then double click the channel to select the material Student cannot leave this environment and study other content Forthose multimedia materials the DVR will prompt out and let student record down their own voice Channel on Demand supports audio video text etc For setting up the Channels teacher can select the multimedia from the teacher PC Resources Server etc For the materials at the teacher PC the material will be downloaded and then playing while the material from Resources Server will be playing directly without the download process SS Channel On Demand w Channels Eir Title Type E English Lesson 1 Local Fil lt English video Local Fil Open Save Save Os After the teacher set up the Channel the content of the Channel can be saved for the next set up Fig 2 27 is the configuration for the Channel on Demand Free Study Free Study is to provide more freedom and control for students to study by themselves Students can freely select any multimedia material
25. d out Waiting Import File C Documents and pal Settings CTO Desktopi Sources Korean mps Pe Fig 8 4 During Import the folders Resource File Editing Double any resource file further information is listed and can be amended For example double click test mp3 the name can be changed and the comments can be added To click OK to confirm the modification or to click Cancel to leave this box without any change Resource Manager e 65 66 Resource 20 mem Path Video Atlanta mpg Size 42 804 KB 43 931 270 bytes Date 9 4 2006 2 23 16 PM Data e436ebs4 524f 1 1ce 9f53 0020af0ba7 70 Comments Fig 8 5 Resource material properties Click Edit to add sub titles onto the audio and video resource material For other type of materials there is no such editing function The resource material is indicated as below Name Name of resource material Atlanta mpg Path the Path of resource material saves in the server video Atlanta mpg Size Actual size of the resource material 42 804KB 43 831 270 bytes Date Date of importing the resource material to the server 9 4 2006 2 23 16 PM Data Data required for playing the material applicable only for audio and video material 2436eb84 524f 11ce 9f53 0020afOba 770 Comments Any comments remarks or detailed description on that resource material Click View to check the cont
26. eaching Teacher firstly selects one student some students or by default the whole class and then select any one of the buttons of this W WD column g le a m 7 eal Se Student Interface Teacher can open or close the Student Interface during the class Press 5 will prompt the following box Sl Show Hide Client Interface EBk Students ES Student Mame Computer Mame Status STUDENT STUDENT Client interface sho M Show client interface automatically when Console startup Shaw Hide Close Click Show client interface automatically when Console startup then the Student Interface will be appeared automatically on student screen The box shows the status of the Student Interface in all student screens Hide means to close the student interface then student screen will appear to its normal windows setting Show means to open and start up the student interface The student screen will be covered up by the Infinity Student Interface Blocking Access to Internet This function can block any student or all students to access to Internet For those students under control by this function will have mE next to the yo Blank Student Screen This function is locking the student screen with a special interface so as to keep the concentration of the student Such special interface s background color can be adjusted and the wordin
27. ed Launch Task Manager Ctrl Tab Blocked Ctrl U Blocked Left Win Unblocked Left Win L Blocked Lock Workstation Right Win Unblocked Right Win L Blocked Lock Workstation Add Clear Canc Remote Shut down Teacher can remotely control the students PCs in 4 modes Log off Shut down Restart and Lock computer Remote Shut down How Eo shuk down Log otf Lock Computer Wake on LAN Teacher can starts all the students PCs with this function Configuration Teacher can check the information of this software including the version number For detailed information please refer to Teacher Configuration of Configuration after installation Digital Recorder at Teacher PC Digital Recorder at the teacher PC is designed as independent player for multimedia teaching materials For different teaching modes the outlook of Digital Reorder changes accordingly so as to provide the simplest way of controlling the class For example during AAC Exercise the control buttons as introduced as below AAC Exercise S SS Sse a SS o SS SSS rae a Ao o po Media playing control JONAS from left to right Recap back to last paragraph play pause stop forward to next paragraph Other Functions e 49 50 Speed variation with same tone The speed of the sound of the multimedia materials can be adjusted with the tone remaining the same The speed varies from 50 to 150 of the
28. edis pla yine controlas 49 Speed variation with same tone cccccccsessssssssssssesssesseeeeseeseeseeeeeseeeeseeeags 50 O A 50 ia re eases tinned estate pela seein Rubella 50 WV AV CIO RM TCICAU OM ee 50 e A 51 Independent AV Display Window ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 51 Student Interface Program 52 A A A Cn Ret een ee oe 52 AKETO EEE NIESE EE ENEE AE A ASAE E ANSA EA A EEA 53 Rare H indiase qm o O EE EE 53 VOTE COMTO Master eect see 53 1B Fe 3 he A ne eS Ce POI ne Test Re PCE ann E 53 ITVS BIN AA II tana tentrenc E E O E E EE 54 ReadMore ener Seer ae 54 lE EEN A A cab 55 Student under Control Mode 96 Raise Handen Nai a laa Giada ge alae 56 Gn 57 Student Free Studying Mode 98 Material o AAA A 59 Materiak ls Sera ee cr ESN RE 60 Sdent Die tal RECORD SE cesha E ates atte erin ole So 60 Media Payne COmU Ol ssc ad 60 Speed VaAMIALION cetie N a NR 60 VOUM CONO LOA CM ETE A AET E ean 61 Nica A ree 61 DI il 61 Recorded SSA cda 62 OES aria dl 62 Resource Manager 63 A A ORS O E E 63 Resource Mana o mt abia 63 pore o A In O ade eds 65 Resource Fie EdD oia 65 User Account Manise Memeo AA A A 67 NOW U Sail id 67 O Se ean eee eee er ere ae 68 A nen acca ne waiea stu toa E A Wat pemesnuited ates dauntes An Wadoeanact teacatant 68 Prepay SUSO A E E e E iiee 70 CA O A ell rae hae A do O 70 REcords e are ieena e nO a e 2 A e E E EA 73 Database Dac kip ane RE no 74 Othe
29. elow Y e Er soe Un Quick launch bar Turn 90 clockwise From top to bottom Hide Quick launch bar open close student interface Block internet Lock screen monitoring monitoring application quick assist hand down remote launch URL remote launch application send file receive file send message Please refer to corresponding chapters for each function detail Classroom and Class On the interface the highlight blue section is the classroom and student status area Student will be appeared after login Teacher can monitor chose student or divide the class into sub class for teaching mode and no function is running Se Delete current class 5 gl Display the non classified student only Language switching At the bottom left of the interface there is an earth button which is the language switch button 9 Infinity DLL v 4 0 console e 21 Main function Teaching 22 e There are 4 different teaching modes Teaching Teaching is used to broadcast teacher s voice to the whole class the teacher can also let the student to view or listen to target student s screen or chosen resources Teaching Mode Broadcast Teaching w Broadcast teacher screen Electronic Pen Picture In Picture Courseware E acd ie YOD ES Browse C Local File Browse We can configure the following settings Broadcasting Teacher Screen When using teac
30. ent of the materials the system will use the browser by default except for audio and video materials For those resource materials in form of audio and video the digital recorder will be opened up Bookmarks can be added with the digital recorder The system will ask to confirm if those bookmark modifications will be save or not as figure below SubEdit Save current document before continue Fig8 6 Saving book mark User Account Management The figure is for User Account Management Similar to the Resource Management Interface there are Tools bar tree directory for folder indication and user list 3 Resource Tools of Infinity DLL E ol dr Refresh W Delete dr Mew Class dr Mew User qr Import Users dr Resources Users Stat amp Charge 5er 5 ManageriStudents Model Class One r Users Manager Mame Full Mame Privilege Level Prepay G Students Macia CA Student 0 00 Model Class One ac C1 B Student 0 00 0 Model Class Two 4cic cic Student 0 00 9 Teachers C1 D 1 0 Student 0 00 9 Administrators LE Server TEACHER1 Login admin Englis Fig 8 7 User Account There are some different from the Resource Management the User Account Management has additional columns New Class New User Account Impost Users and Prepay New Class To add new class within the current class catalogue New User To add new user within the current class catalogue the new user information is required to input please refer to
31. ents Other Functions e 45 46 Teacher can click Open file after sending then the target students will receive the file which will be opened automatically When teacher also clicks Return file after student close the file the files will be returned automatically to teacher after students edit or finish the work Collect File for students homework Teacher can use this function to collect the files from the student PCs in particularly to get those works done by students at home l Collect File AE Path ocuments Digital Language Labi Homework Files Browse Open Students E student Mame Computer Mame Status STUDENT STUDENT Uploading L 1 o Start Background Run Teacher firstly set up the path of the return file and then presses Start A dialogue box will prompt out at the students screens then students can put in the file for returning to teacher During the course of collecting the file teacher still monitors the status of every student Send Message Teacher can send message to any one or a group of students Teacher can keep and review the record of all the past messages Send Message r PP a Send Message Sent Messages Received Messages Ta STUDENT IY Allow student to reply iW Message display time out Seconds Teacher does not click Allow student to r
32. eply so as not to allow student to reply Teacher can also click Message display time out and set up the Tools duration of times in seconds then the message will arrive at the student screens The message will remain for the time set and then disappear For the management of the message teacher can make use of the Sent Messages and Receive Messages When press Tools at the upper part of the teacher interface the following tool bar of additional auxiliary functions will prompt out Student Register Capture Screen Block Shortcut Shut Down Wake On Lan Configuration Student Register There are 3 modes of student registration Manual input by students for those account already log on and computer name Student Register How to register Student name Student name Windows User name Computer name OMDOCET TAME OS clas Tale E Status STUDENT STUDENT Registering Background When teacher requires registration with Student name a dialogue box will prompt out in all students screen to ask student to key in their name and sex After students complete their registration the student icons in the teacher interface will have the indication of their names under the boy or girl icon accordingly Such registration can be saved as a file teacher can call up and use the same file for the same class to save time of registratio
33. ers will be the same Resource Recorder Resource recorder is a tool for teacher to prepare the materials in audio format Click Start in the function list of Infinity DLL 4 0 to start this tool 4 Resource Recorder a E Ea 1 00 00 00 00 00 00 44 1 Khz tero 4 A OE 10 04E i e E 10 046 K A cu 2 Sounds Digital Audio Microphone gt 6 Infinity DLL Other teaching tools e 81 1 To set up the time limit of recording When the time is reached the recorded sound will be saved to the specified directory 2 Play Record and other control buttons 3 Sound sampling rate selection click to have the pull down menu for selection 4 Volume control of left channel the waveform indicates the volume of the current recording sound 5 Volume control of right channel the waveform indicates the volume of the current recording sound 6 Input selection to get the source of sound For recording tape the cassette will be connecting the LINE IN of the sound card therefore LINE IN is selected Sub titles Editor Sub titles Editor is a tool to add the sub titles of the multimedia material When the material is collected by Infinity DLL system the sub titles will be appeared in synchronous with the materials If more than one languages then one language can be selected to appear Click Start in the function list of Infinity DLL 4 0 then open the Sub titles Editor Or in Resource Management
34. g can be changed by the teacher Teacher can have the preview as in the following diagram Lock Screen suelo Workstation Locked Default Prompt Text Color Background Color Preview Monitor Screens This function allow teacher can real time monitor the student screens and listen to the sound of their PCs Either one student screen 4 student screens in 2x2 or maximum 9 students in 3 x 3 can be displayed at the same time In case the number of students is more than the displayed number then the student screens will be displayed in sequence automatically Other Functions e 43 44 Monitor Application Students will run various applications in their PCs when teacher allows them to do so Teacher is still able to monitor the whole class by this function All the applications or games in use in each student PC will appear in the box as below in teacher interface z Monitor Process Seles Students A Student Name Computer Name Process STUDENT STUDENT asteroid exe Digital Language Lab Refresh Terminate Close Teacher can close such application in any student or students PC at any time by pressing the button Terminate Note Explorer exe cannot be closed by default Quick Assistance Teacher can remotely help any student by accessing the student screen and speaking the details Remove hands up After students hands up for questioning teacher can remove those hands ic
35. h auxiliary tool can be applied in that condition while N cannot 1 Teacher and students are within the same group it is not necessary to use such Auxiliary Tool Other Functions All Course Recording AV Control All Course Recording is to record down the sound and voice at the teacher PC during the class The sound file can be recorded down for reference Teacher presses the red button at the right hand bottom side to start recording and the timer will keep the counting of time To press the red recording button again the recording will stop and the timer will remain the counted time Press Empty button will remove the current recorded content Press Save button will save the current recorded content 00 00 00 e E S Note in case not keep empty of the recording it will keep all the past recorded files thus file number will be increasing until to empty it All the files will be saved in MP3 or WAV The AV Control interface is as below Press Ctrl U or in Audio Input to select IR Control button to start up the AV control Within Infinity DLL the AV Control interface can control those external AV equipment The control of various AV equipment will be different when the characteristic of each equipment changes Other Functions e 41 Supporting AV Control equipment C100D Quick Control Key 42 A column of control keys provides control functions of SE gt gt i multimedia t
36. he courseware there are two different scenarios For Media files and ACQ including audio and video source both teacher and students will use DVR to listen and watch synchronistically For other files like word document the teacher PC will use default application to open it and the student will use the user interface UI to open it During the function the DVR can only use Play Pause and Stop buttons and the time bar can still be used to locate the time slot The DVR of the student can only play the resources from the teacher and cannot control by them Teaching can support the following format 1 Asf and wmv file can be use for broadcasting from teacher PC but those formats are not supported by self study mode 2 Ac3 format will need Ac3Filter installed Installation pack is included in the CD the directory will be shown in the following document 3 Real format will need RealAlternative filter installed Installation pack is included in the CD the directory will be shown in the following document Main function e 23 Oral discussion 24 Screen Transfer Transfer the target student s demonstrator screen and voice microphone to all other students and teacher Moreover the Electronic Pen and the Picture in Picture can also be used if necessary Remote Control Choosing the controller and the one to be controlled remote control can remote control the other user s computer you can also block the
37. he translation For both translation practice teacher can fully control the students start and stop recording The original sound can be of any of the source from Teacher s microphone or source file as in figure below Recording Mode Synchronous Recording Orginal Sound f Microphone l Line In C VOD Browse C Local File Browse Function Control Collect student s recording BROWSE When teacher uses the microphone or Line in students can listen to this source directly When teacher uses a multimedia file then student will listen the original sound through the digital recorder After students finish the recording the recorded sound will be returned and collected in a designated directory Synchronous Recording Teacher can control all the digital recorders at the same time so that all students can start at the same time Students voice will be recorded down on to the student track of the digital recorder Teacher can set up the collection directory The file of recorded student s voice will be returned automatically to the designated location Segment Recording Teacher can control the all the students digital recorders through the control interface of Segment Recording at the teacher PC Teacher can control the listening of the original sound by pressing Teacher Speak and then start the recording at the student side by pressing Student Recording After the transl
38. hing the user need to decide whether to use teacher s screen or not If yes then all the students will receive both teacher s voice and screen at the same time There are two options for the teaching screen electronic pen and picture in picture Electronic Pen Provide teacher a way to write anything on the screen which enhance the method of teaching Picture in Picture Student will only use a quarter of the whole screen to view the teacher s broadcast and they can adjust the size of the window The function allows the student to perform other activities during teaching Disable student s keyboard and mouse Teacher can lock students keyboard and mouse during the class which can prevent any disruption from any students This function can also lock the Ctrl Alt Del of the student computers Courseware When using teaching the teacher needs to decide whether to use courseware or not The courseware can be an external AV video ACQ local files any media resources server For importing resources please refer to the chapter of resources management If the courseware is from external AV video then the teacher PC should equip with a video capture card If it is the media resources the supporting format please refer to the table below then the student can view or listen the resources directly from teacher s broadcast If it is other files then the files will send to local and open locally After choosing t
39. ial number will take effect after the Console being restarted conca If no serial number or a wrong serial number is input or no specific hardware key is installed then a warming message will be shown Infinity Digital Language Lab You are not authorized to use this software The system will automatically switch to Demo version vou are unable to use all Functions of this software Please confirm Have vou inserted the dongle Have vou installed the driver of the dongle Have vou input the serial number Is the dongle with validity period Teacher PC system configuration Teacher PC Console will need to be configured the classroom floor plane setting and some other setting after installation Open the teacher console press tools choosing the related setting from the tool bar Default Default setting can set up the default value of the most current use setting Teacher computer name This setting usually is set to local machine press local machine auto fill in local address Classroom floor plane Through Class layout and register student to set the class layout you can save and use that layout to display the class information About Class layout please refer to the relate chapter about Register please refer to Student register chapter Interface No need to modify Language No need to modify Infra Red control equipment If you have also bought the Citi DIC
40. in Administre Es gt Server TEACHER Login admin Englis Fig 8 13 Pre payment statistic Pre payment Statistic includes the tools for Charge New Search and the History of Payment Remark For some schools they may need students to pay for the time when they use the system and resource materials Therefore Prepay is a useful tool to record down the payment from students and keep track of their uses Charge From the Charge History the charge of the listed item can be calculated in two modes 1 one time payment and 2 account deducted from pre payment KES dr DE ES Cancel Al None Inverse iy Charge Rate ve Print al arge Rate 6 00 hr User Computer Date Duration Windows Login IP yadmin TESTO2 3 22 2005 10 03 AM 96 Min Administrator 192 168 1 118 admin TESTOS 3 21 2005 6 34PM 2 Min Administrator 192 168 1 122 admin TESTO 3 21 2005 3 52 PM 23 Min Administrator 192 168 1 118 admin TESTOZ 3 21 2005 3 46 PM 5 Min Administrator 192 168 1 118 Total Time min 0 00 hr Total Expense 0 00 Fig 8 15 Charge The Charge window allows to select the record of payment adjust the charge rate print out the payment record etc The tools bar of Charge includes OK Cancel All None Inverse Charge Rate and Print OK Confirm the calculation of the charge A confirmation box will be prompted out After the confirmation the charge will be recorded down In case of deduction the prepayment the
41. ing contains the following contents Group members Define the number of members in each group If there is any rest member the member will be classified in the last group For row or column setting the parameter has no use Discussion recording Define if the discussion content will need to be recorded Return recorded files If Record discussion is chosen you can define the path for the return files Automatic Grouping s parameters are shown as below Column Grouping across different columns Row Grouping across different rows Neighbours According to the number of group members group neighbour students together Random According to the number of group members group students together randomly Main function e 25 26 Manual grouping Manual grouping the number of members in group then choosing the group members manually Advance grouping optional Advance grouping allows more flexible grouping each group can have different number of member and speaker can be defined by the system also include the setting of using Electronic Chat White Board or Courseware Chose the member who will need to speak first press Select speakers and confirm then the chosen student will be the speaker then you can select the listeners and so on till everybody in the classroom is grouped Discussion Mode Advanced Grouping hd Select speakers OK CI Electronic Chat Wh
42. ion Select the authentication mode and connection option to connect to SQL Server SOL Server locat Connect using The Windows account information 1 use to log on to my computer Windows Authentication The SQL Server login information that was assigned to me by the system administrator SQL Server Authentication GO mames Password lt Back cancel _ Fig 8 21 Connecting to Server interface By default of using Windows Authentication to login if the password is set then SQL Server Authentication will be used to login using the Login Name for example sa and the corresponding password Database Backup and Restore Wizard Select Backup or Restore Option Select databases to backup or backup Files to restore Backup Restore Path on Server fe ibackup Browse Backup database to bak files Database on Server Database to Backup a C Restore database form bak Files in the path on server lt Back Cancel Fig 8 22 Backup and Restore wizard After login to the server successfully as in fig 8 22 then select the directory of the Backup Restore for example C packup To select the backup just select the information at the left hand side of the list which is required for backup The right hand side indicates the information going for backup In DLL sozi_dll must be backup To select restore then all files ending with bak will be restored into the database
43. it easily By using professional digital sound technology providing 48KHz sampling real sound quality with the advance console technology providing screen video broadcasting function With the rich teaching material contents break through the traditional teaching method motivate student s learning attitude providing an interactive learning environment Step by step installation method saving your time and energy simplify language lab maintenance procedures Low budget and high profit multi purpose room by just using the existing resources Introduction 9 Introduction of Infinity DLL v 4 0 Software Requirements Infinity DLL v 4 0 can be installed on Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Professional and Window 2003 Server Recommend the operating system of Teacher and Student PCs are Windows XP Professional and the Resource Server is Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server For the Infinity DLLv 4 0 installation the user must have local administrator right Hardware Requirements 10 Teacher PC P4 2 4GHz or higher processor 512MB of RAM or above 100MB Ethernet card Sound card Dual channel output display card Windows2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional operating system Student PC Celeron 2 0GHz or higher processor 256MB of RAM or above 100MB Ethernet card Sound card Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional operating system Resource Server P4 2 4GHz or above CPU 512MB of RA
44. ite Board Courseware CACO E VOD i Browse E Local file 7 Browse Record discussion Mv Collect recording ExpDocumes Settii prosa Electronic Chat Select if you would like to use electronic chat during discussion Write board Select if you would like to use white board during discussion Courseware Select if you would like to use courseware during discussion Record discussion Select if you would like to record the discussion content Collect recording Select if you would like to collect the recorded files you can also define the return path of the files Telephone Let students to have telephone conversation Each student can establish their own discussion group Teacher can monitor each group Chat room Infinity DLL provide chat room function Teacher can define the number of chat rooms and also the topic of each chat room Students are able to enter all chat rooms base on the topic In each chat room student can have their own conversation Teacher can monitor or enter any chat room anytime White Board White board is used to enhance interaction between the students Whiteboard A Freehand A Text Eraser Pl Color Line width NN Hello John Function buttons Freehand Text Eraser Color and Line Width Electronic Chat On the left hand side of the Electronic Chat there is a list of members in the chat room The right hand side is the conversation record
45. ity To add in quantity When a class has a layout of computers for example columns and 8 rows to add one column means to add 8 computers to add one row means to add 7 computers Computer heading code In case user01 user02 user60 are used to name the computers the heading of the computer code is user which is kept unchanged Then the number after the heading code can be adjusted as how to change while the ending code can be set in way of increase decrease or unchanged Computer ending code In case user01 user02 user60 are used to name the computers then the starting number is 1 which increases in figure thus in the format of 01 02 03 10 11 Other teaching tools e 79 80 In case user1 user2 user60 are used to name the computers then the starting number is 1 which increases in figure thus in the format of 1 2 3 10 11 In case the Ending code is in form of alphabet or words then it is similar to the Heading code Batch New Computers How To Mew C New a row of computers f New a column of computers C Random Prefix Type single letter How to change Initial value 4 Fdit Orientation C From top to bottom f From bottom to top Postfix Type Number How Eo change ascend Format AE ee E grows Initial value 1 cana Select the computer icon already added then press Edit to modify the
46. ize Windows and Close buttons are located at the right hand side of the Tool Student can ask for help by pressing 5 or Function key F12 A hand icon will appear at the teacher console by the side of the corresponding student icon Teacher is aware of asking for help from that student Raise Hand When student presses again or Function key F11 the hands up icon of that student at the teacher console will be disappeared Two ways to control the volume of the student PC in the special student i interface elume One is to click the icon to bring out the full system volume control panel the other is to click the pointer at the side then the volume control panel will prompt out which will control the volume of the recording It is a dictionary of 170 000 words from English to Chinese Student Interface Program e 53 Internet Read Aloud 54 eo Dictionary SOZI DLL Search dictionar dictionary dikf on eri 191 5 2005 SOZI Shanghai The student can key in the words in the input box and there are maximum 10 corresponding English words close to the input will be appeared at the lower side Press Go will display the corresponding Chinese explanation During Free Study students can surf web site of Internet They can press Internet then the Special Student Interface will change to web browser interface Students can key in the address in the URL then they can start surfing
47. m 0 to 9 Each color will be indicated for different bookmark number The user does not need to press the bookmark number in sequence If the Student Free Studying Mode e 61 62 pressed bookmark number is not used then this bookmark can be used In case the position is named before with other bookmark then the new bookmark will replace the current one In case to remove the existing bookmarks just press the Remove at the left hand side and then select the bookmark which you want to remove Recorded file saving Student can save their sound recording as a file or to empty the saving cabinet Others During VOD the digital recorder can identify the subtitle indication of aT different languages The student can use to control left or right arrow to switch the language indication from one to another Resource Manager Introduction When the Resource Manager is initiated the following box will be prompted out Resource Manager Login Username Password Server teacher Pace E English Fig 8 1 Login The user is required to key in the User name and password The server configuration was completed during installation the user can key in the name or IP of the server The icon at the left hand bottom side is for language selection By default the Username is admin and the password is admin Resource Management The following figure indicates the Resource Tool
48. me Description E E Add Edit Remove Clear X Advanced Options Teacher selects the students as speaker Similar to the Conference mode teacher also selects students as interpreters who will carry out the translation of the speaker Other student participants can listen to either the speaker or the interpreter or both the speaker and the interpreter simultaneously AV mode Recording Mode ee Simultaneous Interpretation bil Browse E e Local File l Browse Interpreters la Mame Description 01 STUDE STUDENTE 8 Add Edit Remove Clear A Advanced Options Teacher selects the source of sound which comes from the VOD or multimedia file of the resource server and then selects the interpreters Teacher can control the playback of the file The interpreters can listen the original sound and starts the translation Other student participants can listen Main function e 35 Self Study 36 o to either the multimedia file or the interpreter or both the file and the interpreter simultaneously Self Study for students is to use the materials in the Resources Server during class or after school For those multimedia materials students can use the DVR to practice their speaking ability the spoken content can be recorded down as a file Self Study has two modes Channel on Demand an
49. mplellserFour 123456 a samplellser5 SampleLserFive 123456 8 SampleUser SamplellserSix 123456 Fig 8 10 Import users Message 1 6 users has been added successfully Fig 8 11 Successful Import User indication In case the user name was repeated during Import User then only those users with unique names will be imported and the system will ignore those users with repeated user name For example there are 3 users to import namely test01 test02 test03 in which test01 was imported before After the Import User process only test02 and test03 are imported and test01 is ignored The following dialogue box will be indicated the import failure 1 Only 6 users has been added successfully Some user can t be added because of duplicating name Fig 8 12 Import failure Resource Manager e 69 Prepay Statistic 70 e The administration tools indicate the information and record of pre payment and statistics The used time by students is also recorded down 2 Resource Tools of Sozi DLL Er Refresh x I late r Charge i New Search LE History ae Export Resources Users Stat amp Charge G5tar iChargel All Linc hargech Ge Stat echaros Charge User Computer Date Duration Windows Li 9 All Uncharged admin TESTO2 3 22 2005 10 03 96 Min Administr 7 all Charged admin TESTO4 3 21 20056 34PM_ 2Min Administr Badmin TESTOZ 3 21 2005 3 52PM 23Min Administr 5 admin TESTO 3 21 2005 3 46 PM 5 M
50. n For the registration of class please refer to Teacher PC system configuration Capture Screen Capture Screen is other means of monitoring the student screens with records The screens of target students will be captured in snapshot from Other Functions e 47 48 time to time and sent to teacher PC Teacher can set the path of saving the file as well as the maximum number of snapshots and the interval Teacher can review the save files so as save time to keep monitoring at all time Capture Students Screen Snapshot interval Seconds 10 Max count of snapshots to keep 0 Start Stop Background Run Shortcut key Manager This function is to prohibit the students from using those shortcut keys provided by Windows platform for example Ctrl Alt Del gt Alt F4 gt Alt Tab The students will therefore not be escaping from the class with these shortcut keys Teacher can decide which shortcut keys can be remained for student use or blocked In addition teacher can update the record by controlling the latest developed shortcut keys Referring the figure below most of the shortcut keys are blocked but teacher allows students to us the Left and Right Windows 5 Shortcut Manager Shortcuts Shortcut Status Description Alt Esc Blocked Alt F4 Blocked Close window Alt Tab Blocked Switch Application Window Ctrl Esc Blocked Show Start menu Ctrl O Blocked Ctrl Shift Esc Block
51. n be seen from the figure below the activated student can be seen on the left hand side of the interface E 3 la alf E EN de Es del os Main function area The main function modules are located on the right hand side of the interface they include Teaching Discussing Exam Record and Self Study Infinity DLL v 4 0 console e 19 20 Teaching Discussion E Exam E Record ES Self Study Press the function key the button will light up the related setting will be shown at the bottom of the function area Press the key again the button will restore to normal to end the function and the system will return to normal status Press i st mey button to end the function Additional function tools On the top left coiner a tool bar contains general addition function such as Monitor Single Speak Multiple Speak Intercom Group Intercom Call Session and Call All For detail please refer to Additional Function chapter Audio input source At the bottom right of the teacher icon there is a list of input source selection button which is used to switch between different input sources from the sound card a 0 teh OR From left to right microphone line in CD in all sound what you hear and Infra Red control For how to set up input sound source please refer to Installation chapter and Sound setting Tool bar On the right hand side a Quick Launch bar is as b
52. ndMAx Digital Audio Microphone Microphone Line in Line In zj Zd J CD Audio waye Out Mix LA A A e Mlo What U Hear Waye Cub Mix EN oeme Video Captu re setting For Teacher s PC or Server For the Teacher PC or Server which has installed capture card with ACQ function you will need to configure the setting of the capture card For example audio source and video source S Video Composite etc Detail about the configuration is related to the capture card Press Setup the related capture card interface will pop up Choosing the signal source and the format PAL NTSC as the following figure Introduction of Infinity DLL v 4 0 15 16 T Configuration Teacher Console vob Sound ACQ about ccoo Han e Al se Diagnostics This function is used for checking the services which required for the Infinity DLL DLL screen transfer service a roll call service and VOD service are enabled and running normally It s always helpful to solve the problem Registration When the system is first executed at the teacher PC the system will notice the user to register Input the serial number or click the button to browse the register file After completing the registration the information can be checked through for more detail please refer to related topic Enter Serial Number Serial Number New ser
53. nfirm box is indicated as below Charge Confirm Charge Rate 6 00 Hr 0 10 Min Money Receivable 40 00 Money Received 3 30 Default Use Prepay 0 00 cana Fig 8 17 Charge confirm Money Receivable is calculated from the charge rate and the actual time Money Received is the actual amount of money to be received In case of Prepay the user account will be selected from the user list Different users have different amount of prepaid money When the amount of Money Received is more than that of Prepay then an error message is prompted out The payment record is not successful the amount of payment should be corrected Prepay setting can be carried out in the Account Management Thus select the user then click Prepay in the tools bar the figure below will be prompted out for modification of the amount of Prepay Prepay for admin Prepay Money 99 00 eh Cancel Fig 8 18 Prepay Money Record Search There are two default search ways AllUncharged and AllChargeo AllUncharged includes all record without paying the charge while AllCharged includes the record paid the amount For new enquiry use the New Search as figure below Search al New Search Mame Only this user admin Only this computer STUDENT Date between af 4 2006 2 58 PM 9 412006 3 58 PM le Only Uncharged Fig 8 14 Search For search input the name and other c
54. of the Resources Server or open any file from the local directory Student can also make use of the DVR to practice spoken language and record down his own voice For details of Free Study please refer to the Chapter of Student Free Study mode Teacher will not take any control during Free Study Main function e 37 Auxiliary Tools The auxiliary function is a group of commonly used language laboratory function may after enter in front of the curriculum or enters the curriculum to use Press down the use function according to gets up the stop function Monitor a Monitor Press down the Monitor button to go into monitor condition then select any student to monitor the sound which this student hears To change the current monitoring from the existing one to another simply by clicking other student To stop the monitoring by clicking the same student again Single Speak T e Single Speak Press down the Single Speak button to go into speaking condition then select any student to allow him to speak to the teacher and all other students of the same session To change the speaker from the existing one to another simply by clicking other student To stop the speaking by clicking the same student again Multi Speak Multi Speak 38 o Intercom Intervention Press down the Multi Speak button to go into multi speaking condition then select one or more students to allow to speak to teacher and all other students
55. on of the user including the user name full name and privilege In case the user name was used before then the window will not be closed until the user name is amended so that all the users are unique in the system In case forgetting the password Administrator can reset the user password In the user information window to input the new password twice and confirm then the new password is set for the user In case not to amend the password just leave the password box empty Import Users To import a number of users at the same time by firstly definition of the preset common information of the user files The system supports the following format one row of user description in word document with to separate their attributes For example SampleUser2 SampleUserTwo 123456 It represents the user is SampleUser2 with full name of SampleUserTwo and initial password is 123456 For detailed example please refer to the sample txt of the installation catalogue After selection of the Import Users the following window will be prompted out The user information can be modified After the information is confirmed the users are imported with the following successful dialogue box indicated Import Users ge ok DB Cancel X Delete ents and Settings CTD User Name Real Mame Password Ba SampleUseri Samplellsertmne 123456 Gis SampleUser2 SamplellserTwo 123456 E S5ampleUser3 SampleUserThree 123456 44 Ssamplellser4 Sa
56. on with the operation procedures similar to call some one by telephone To start Telephone Pairing student presses any student icon 2a Telephone STUDENT STUDENT2 During the calling student can press Hang up to stop the connection Hang up Dialing STUDENT STUDENTI STUDENT The receiver has the following interface the student knows the caller from the caller ID indication The student can decide to can decide to Accept or Decline STUDENT STUDENT In case the student accepts the call then the interface will be changed as below _ Hang up Taling with STUDENT Q STUDENTI STUDENT The receiver can stop the telephone conversation by hanging up the phone at any time Student under Control Mode e 57 Student Free Studying Mode 58 Students need to use the student client to start the Free Study they need to key in their in the login box as below User Name Password Server mediaserver The student needs to key in the correct User Name and Password The management o f the student account please refer to the chapter of Account Management In case student presses Cancel then student cannot log in the Server they will go to Special Student Interface for self studying as below 2 tejto k fini ty Da Digital Language Lab 2 STUDENT 00 00 00 e
57. onditions as below Only the user To check the record of that user Only the computer To check the record of that computer Date between To check the record of the duration between the dates Only Uncharged To check the record of paid or not paid The condition can be added on up of one another The searched result can fulfil all the conditions Charge History To press the Charge History to show all the records of the payment listed as in figure below Se Charge History Money Received Money Receivable Date 22 00 22 00 3 30 2005 1 49 PM 141 20 141 20 3 30 2005 12 24 PM 0 00 50 00 3 7 2005 4 18 PM 60 50 0 50 3 7 2005 12 20 PM 20 40 0 40 3 7 2005 12 19 PM 50 50 60 50 3 7 2005 12 17 PM 0 40 0 40 3 7 2005 12 15 PM Fig 8 19 Charge History The Charge History is for information or search purpose only Resource Manager e 73 Database backup and Restore The database backup and restoring tool is for the route tine maintenance to backup the database During abnormal condition the database can be restored The operation interface is as below Database Backup and Restore Wizard 3 Welcome to the Database Backup and Restore Wizard This wizard helps you backup restore one or more database on server You can also use this wizard to test the connection of SOL server Cancel Fig 8 20 Welcome Interface Database Backup and Restore Wizard x Select Connection Opt
58. ons List Details The student can use Function Key F5 to update the latest information in the resource server or directory Student Free Studying Mode e 59 Material Playing Double click the file the material will be playing automatically In case the digital recorder is supporting the multimedia material the digital recorder will be prompted out automatically The student can make use of the digital recorder to practise language by listening the content and speaking with their voice Their voice can be recorded down in the digital recorder To maximize the size of the content window to full screen just press the full screen icon located at the Tools or close button to close this content window ox Meses Press the close button at the right hand upper corner to close the material playing and return to browse the directory Student Digital Recorder The Digital Recorder is part of the program within the Special student interface which allows the student to control the recording independently The Digital Recorder will prompt out automatically when the media is of multimedia type 2 s 1 r i mmi LLL LIEZ ha i 00 24 10317 1 Clear 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ON Ale 6 Media playing control OW oo from left to right Recap back to last paragraph play pause stop forward to next paragraph Speed variation The speed of the sound
59. ons in the teacher interface by this button Open Web Page Teacher can assist students to open the same web page Remote Launch URL Input URL http jiw citidic com hkj Hilo hz 4 iiil gt l Launch URL in system default browser Teacher can key in the web address and preview the content first before sending to all students Start applications Teacher can assist students to start up the applications Remote Launch Application Applications Name Path Environment Variable Embe falca CAWINDOWS system32 calc exe owindir system32 calc exe Edema CAWINDOWS system32 cmd exe owindir system32 cmd exe id explorer CAWINDOWS explorer exe owindirvo explorer exe mspaint CAWINDOWS system32 mspain owindir oisystem32 mspai a NOTEPAD CAWINDOWSINOTEPAD EXE Yawindir NOTEPAD EXE O sndrec32 C WINDOWS system32 sndrec Yowindir o system32Z sndrec sndwol32 C WINDOWS system32 isndvol owindir o system32 sndvol i Add f clear Teacher can select the application and then apply running The students PCs will start up the same application Send file Teacher can send file to students with this function A Send File Seles Destination path 4 Identify the environment variable W Open file after sending Return file after student close the file OK Cancel Teacher firstly selects the path and the files more than one file can be sent to stud
60. r teaching tools 77 A e ER Ti A O A a acacia 78 Sn ee eee ae ee ee ere ene 78 PORT or E A E EE A E ATTE 80 RESUCITA e ie aa O TON 81 SES dO Pease a o le e o do el 82 Introduction About this manual All the installation steps configuration and operation of Infinity DLL v 4 0 are included in this manual And about the info of EXAM please refer to the Infinity EXAM User Manual This manual is based on the Infinity DLL v 4 0 full function version users should refer to the specify function s on this manual if purchased different version or DLL modules What is Infinity DLL Digital Language Lab Infinity DLL Digital Language Lab is pure software which is based on existing computer network environment without any specific hardware required it can establish a Language Lab Multimedia Learning Centre and Digital Reading Room together Itis a perfect solution with PC and software base solution for multi purposes learning platform Why choosing Infinity DLL Software Language Lab With the most advance computer hardware performance and multimedia technology pure software solution will become more and more common in the future Citi DIC is following the same concept with the experience in teaching software providing a pure software base language lab solution It contains the following advantages Using Function Oriented design concept divided teaching method into five modules with the user friendly interface user can use
61. recommended central control system please choose the right option Teaching Activity Call all after starting software After choose this function the system will activate the Call All function when the teacher execute the main console Auto detect on line student After activating this function console will auto detect the on line student if student turn off the computer or unable to login because of other reason student icon will be disappeared Please note that in case of receiving large file such as oral exam file you should turn off this function Introduction of Infinity DLL v 4 0 17 18 Keyboard We can configure the F1 to F10 function key on the keyboard to launch different functions of infinity DLL Do not use this shortcut Do not use this shortcut Broadcast Teaching Screen Demo Remote Control AAC Exercise Automatic Grouping Manual Grouping Advanced Grouping Server Set up server IP address Resource Server Server name or IP address ACQ Server Connect to external device machine which has installed the capture card usually will be teacher machine Authentication Able to check the current register file about the module using and other information for upgrading please press upgrade button and enter the new registration key About how to enter registration key please refer to Registration chapter Infinity DLL v 4 0 console Interface The teacher interface ca
62. required amount of charge will be deducted automatically Cancel Cancel the current Charge All Select all the records of the Charge None Cancel all the record selection Inverse Inverse all the record status thus those selected items will become not selected and vice versa to facilitate some individual records not selected in a lot of items Charge Rate Adjust the charge rate The modified rate will be indicated at the right side of the tools bar the charge is in hourly paid Print Print out the current content of Charge Preview function can view the content to be printed Note it is necessary to install the printer successful before this Printing function The Charge window indicates the current payment status as figure below 1154 Total Time 1 min 0 02 hr Total Expense 0 10 From left to right the current Charge from the total record total time and the expected total amount of charge Press Charge Rate a dialogue box will be indicated for the modification of the charge rate which is on amount per hour with maximum 1000 unit per hour The same charge rate per minute will be indicated too To confirm the modification press OK The corresponding modified charge rate is also indicated on the right side of the tools bar Charge Rate Charge rate 6 00 E I Hour 0 10 Min Resource Manager 71 72 Fig 8 16 Charge rate setting After confirmation of the charge rate the Charge Co
63. s file and return to the teacher automatically Teacher can listen these files after the exam finished During the Oral Exam teacher can control the students DVRs thus control the recording and playback of the previous recorded sound There are two modes of Oral Exam 1 Spoken Test 2 Broadcasting Oral Test Spoken Test Teacher s microphone will be used by default Students DVRs will record down the teacher voice Teacher starts the question by pressing Teacher Speak and then let students reply by Student Speak of which their voices are recorded down in their DVRs Teacher can continue the questions one by one and the exam will finish with all the questions and answers are recorded down Apart of using the microphone teacher can make use of the external AV equipments the source of the question to broadcast to the students Spoken Test Spoken Test is in progress 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Teacher Speak Student Speak Broadcasting Oral Test Teacher can select the multimedia material from the local PC or Resource Server and then broadcast to the students Teacher can control the start and playing all the DVRs at the students PCs by pressing After the test all the recorded files at the students PCs will saved and returned to the teacher automatically Writing Exam Writing Exam is to test the writing ability of the students Teacher can key in the topic of
64. s of the Resource Management The drawing provides the Tools bar Windows indication folder directory and status indication Resource Manager e 63 64 Resource Tools of Infinity DLL Ela tE Refresh x let rg New Category rg Import Y Import Folder dr Import Other Resources Audio Filesi Stat amp charge Name Size Date i jj human voice wav 2 811 KB 9 4 2006 2 23 PM H NewEnglish Ei demo mp3 4 618 KB 9 4 2006 2 23 PM 3 Test E Lesson 4 mp3 506 KE 9 4 2006 2 23 PM W Video Files tae helicopter mp3 1 252 KE 9 4 2006 2 23 PM Articles amp Texts ee ieOprer me i E Others Server TEACHER1 Login admin Englis Fig 8 2 Resource Tools In the Tool bar there are 5 tools Refresh Delete New category Import Import Folder and Import Other Window Switch has Resources for resource management Users for account management and Stat amp Charge for the cost statistics The grey color represents those functions not being used For example it indicates Resources are currently in use Status indication is at the lower part which has 4 column thus the number of the current resources materials the name of the local server LOCALHOST the name of the login account and the use of language Within the folder directory the user can select any folder of which the material file will be indicated on the right hand side 5 tools of the Tools bar Refresh to refresh the current indication
65. testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway Install dongle driver When installed the Teacher Manager components on the teacher PC plug in the dongle to teacher PC and run MicroDogInstdrv exe which under the add on DongleDriver folder in the installation CD Under the DongleDriver folder Please select English or Chinese folder to run MicroDoginstdrv exe to install the dongle driver During the installation Support 16 bit driver message appear you must click No to continue the installation The dongle must be connected on the teacher PC The dongle have two models one is connect to parallel port and other is USB port 1 Support Real file format rm 8 rmvb the RealAlternative must be installed manually Install realalt145 sfx exe under the prerequisite codec folder 2 Support ac3 file format avi the ac3filter must be installed manually Install ac3filter_1_01a_rc5 exe under the add on folder 3 Install Infinity DLL on Windows 2000 environment it request install the MDAC Version 2 8 Microsoft Data Access Component Install MDAC_TYP exe under the add on folder Remove 12 e
66. the table of the answer has been set this table can be saved Question one by one Student will answer the question one by one There are two modes 1 Automatic Switching click Auto go to next question and the time of duration for this question is also set Student will jump to next question after the set time 2 Manual Switching does not click Auto go to next question teacher can have the full control to jump to the next question at any time Teacher just press Next to start the other question Quiz 00 00 05 Previous v Next Statistic indication of the Result After the Quiz click Statistic the teacher can have the statistic results 33 6 based on the exam paper exam question or students to carry out the analysis The analyzed result can be saved or printed out for record Listening Exam Listening Exam is similar to the Quiz teacher need to upload the exam paper before the start of the Exam The only difference is that the exam questions Main function e 29 30 are in form of audio or video The source of these audio video materials can be coming from the button Teaching external AV equipment or microphone at the teacher PC It can also from the file at local student PC or Resource Server Oral Exam Teacher can control the DVR at the student PCs to start the Oral Exam The DVR records down the voice of the student which can be saved a

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