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1. a Website Properties Website Properties l OK URL www acsJinksystems com View Cancel Description Advanced Properties Keywords acs inksystems Keywords are used to identify the website when blocking or redirecting it 2 Type in the website address under URL e g www acs linksystems com 4 Click View to check that the url website address is correct 5 Type in the Description e g SoftLINK this is optional 6 Click OK 184 SoftLINK 12 7 The url icon and description will appear under the Approved or Restricted List 1 Choose View Details 2 Right click a url icon in the List View under Current Web Site or All Web Sites 3 Choose Add to Approved List Or Choose Add to Restricted List 4 The url icon and description will appear under the Approved or Restricted List Note You can also add a URL to the Approved or Restricted list from the Co Browser Remove a website from your approved or restricted list 1 To remove a url from the list highlight the chosen url and click x Or Right click in the list boxes and select Remove Site Filtering Web Access Apply approved or restricted websites Restrictions can be applied to individual Students or all connected Students Students can view the current restrictions in the Student Toolbar 1 If you want to apply restrictions to individual Students select their icons in the List View 2 To apply these restrictio
2. 160 Copy Files and Folders From a Client to a Control 161 Transfer Files Between Clients ccceeeeeeee eee e cece seat eats ee eae enna 162 Deleting Files and Folders ccceeeeeeee cnet ididiin diada eae 162 Distributing Files iecit rtt hx na auia anas 164 Distribute Files to a Defined Group of Clients ssessssss 164 Distribute Files to a selected number of Clients sssss 165 Sending and Collecting Work sssssssem e 167 Sending WOFK CT 167 Collecting WOrK iesin aena in a Deed Dee uice tiq dle ee ale ede idee ie 169 Change the Properties of a Send Collect Work Operation 171 Remotely Launching Applications on Student Workstations 172 Launch an Application on a Student Workstation 172 Launch an Application on a Group of Students esesesse 173 Launch an Application on a Student Workstation While Viewing 174 QUICK Eaurnchiz iiie Eae eb see SX Le Nh ei SEES ENA Ee 174 User Defined TOONS wes sentdacs enne een Ren oen eR URS See eteds ea e M ORDEI 176 Adda aoro A T 176 RUN TOO prenn RRERRREREMERRRERRRiRR REFER ce dea a Ea iE 176 Edit a Tool isni iinan ideta tera iaaea eiia eiad eisai 176 Delete a Tooli sinis risiini siraan innra nna aseaaaeaeaaersateereerdadeaeneaaaedes 177 Rebooting or Logging Out Students sss 178 Reb
3. The individual sub menus and available functions are Stop and Play The Stop button is shown when you are playing a replay file and the Play button when the file is stopped Only one of these buttons is displayed at a time The file is played until the end is reached or the Pause Marker is encountered Rewind Start playing the file from the beginning if it is already playing otherwise moves the replay index to the beginning of the file Skip to Previous marker Moves the replay index to the previous activity marker or to the beginning of the file if there isn t one These markers are added at points when lots of activity was recorded at the Client 146 SoftLINK 12 Frame Advance Advance the replay index to the next frame Press and hold this button to Fast Forward though the replay file Skip to Next marker Moves the replay index to the next activity marker or to the end of the file if there isn t one Mute Turn audio on off within the Replay file Other Information The current time index is displayed to the right of these controls in the hh mm ss ms format The name of the Client that the replay was recorded on the date and time are displayed at the bottom of the window Replay Marker This marker can be positioned anywhere within the time frame of the replay file The marker is the small black triangle beneath the time index control Click and drag this to the position where you want the file to stop
4. 3 SoftLINK Manual x C Users ToddBroceus Desktop SoftLINKv12Manualdoc N e Create a resource list 1 Select School 4 Manage Student Resources from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Resources List window will appear 3 Select the required resource from the Available items list and either drag and drop to the Resource list or click the Add icon in the toolbar You will be prompted to enter a description and location for the resource 4 The order of the list can be sorted using the appropriate arrows 5 Click Save and specify a file name for the list once saved the resources will be displayed in the Student toolbar 235 SoftLINK 12 Student Journal SoftLINK provides a Student Journal this is an electronic record of key information that has been covered during the lesson The Student Journal is in the form of a portable PDF document allowing Students to refer back to it after the lesson Not only can the Tutor add notes and resources used during the lesson directly to every Student Journal the Students are able to add their own notes making this a truly personalized document The unique Student Journal offers a welcome summary for any Students who were absent from a lesson as well as a structured summary of activity for the Teacher Note PDF reader will be required to view the Journal By default the Student Journal is located in Windows Vista and above C Users Logged on U
5. Note You select the workstations to deploy to when you are ready to run the deployment Prepare The Settings For A Future Deployment 1 Choose Deploy Configuration from the Deploy Main window drop down menu 26 SoftLINK 12 The Deploy List dialog will appear Select the required Deploy option Package Client Configuration License File or Uninstall Click Properties and enter the required settings When all settings are entered click Close to return to the Deploy Main window Run The Deployment 1 Select the workstations to Deploy to See Preparing a Deployment 2 Choose Deploy from the Main window drop down menu Or Right click the selected workstations and choose Deploy 3 Select the required Deploy option 4 The Deploy Summary dialog will appear showing your pre defined selections You can edit these if required 5 Click Deploy to start the deployment Log Files When using SoftLINK Deploy information about each deployment whether a package install license update configuration download or uninstall is recorded This provides a useful reminder each time you use the utility of what you have previously deployed The information is stored in a Log File Viewing Log Files 1 From the SoftLINK Deploy main window select the Log Files tab SoftLink Class Control Deploy File Log View Help Mon Oct 26 11 03 26 192 168 16 113 Checking Client Version network ElLoo Files sec
6. Block Instant Messenger 1 Choose IM Block from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Block icon at the bottom of the Control window 2 The Messenger status for the Students will now show as blocked Clear Instant Messenger History Allows you to clear the Instant Messenger data from the List view This data is not deleted you can view this in the Instant Messenger history 1 Choose IM Clear from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Instant Messenger data will be cleared from the List view 108 SoftLINK 12 View Instant Messenger History This feature of Messenger Monitoring enables you to monitor the Messenger activity of connected Students and if required store or print a permanent record 1 In Instant Messenger View choose IM History from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Instant Messenger History dialog will appear This provides details of the Students Instant Messenger activity during the currently connected session pcile INVH368 Windows MSN Live Messenger earpjane hotmail com Message Received 14 27 17 18 INVH368 pcije INVH368 Windows MSN Live Messenger earmpjane hotmail com Signed In 14 25 13 18 SE Instant Messenger History pamm Show History for Selected Client s Al Clients Student Name Login Name Computer Name Instant Messenger User signed in Action Date Time amp Andy pcie INVH288 Windows MSN Live Messenger j eap netsupportsoftware com Message Received
7. Student Selection Use these options to pre determine the Students to connect to when the Tutor program starts and in what mode Note If a Name Server Gateway has been configured the Tutor program will use the details registered here rather than perform a browse across the network Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control Y Start Options Room Mode Start Options Connect to Students in Room Browse Mode Browse and connect to Students stating wth Fixed List Mode V Connect to a et cf Students This is a list of student user names Publish Claes Bublsh class and allow Students to join m ab Room Mode Connect to Students in Room s Allows you to connect to the machines in a given room Specify the room you wish to connect to Select from a list of rooms Allows you to choose from a list of rooms to connect to at startup Enter the required rooms and separate each value with a comma Prompt at startup You will be prompted to specify a room when the Tutor program starts 269 SoftLINK 12 Acknowledge Roaming Students Allows roaming Students to connect to your room Note The Room settings can be configured at the Student in the SoftLINK Student Configurator Browse Mode Browse and connect to Students starting with If this box is checked SoftLINK will browse and immediately connect to all Clients starting with the prefix set in the text box Fixed List Mode Connect
8. Son LINK lt fh Applied Cn LE Inc 20 Students Aliz e 42 SoftLINK 12 Arranging Student Icons 1 Select the Client icon and drag it to the desired position Locking Classroom Layout 1 Arrange the Client icons to the required positions 2 Choose Layout Lock Layout from the control window drop down menu 3 Client icons will be fixed in position and unable to be moved Note The current classroom layout can be printed select Layout Print Layout from the Control window drop down menu Setting a background As well as tailoring the position of Client icons in the Control List view to reflect the layout of the classroom you can choose alternative images to decorate the background and enhance the layout of the icons Note Background layouts support BMP PNG and transparent images To set a background 1 Choose Layout Set Background from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Set Background dialog will appear Set Background mm Background Image Browse L wy Jj Caneel Image postion on display N BotomRght v C Aion Clients to tiled images Help Background Colour Top SetColour _ Bottom 7 Set Colour 43 9 SoftLINK 12 Select the location of the image you wish to use The default BMP files are stored in the SoftLINK program folder A preview of the selected image is provided Choose Image position on
9. Uninstall SoftLINK Note The properties for each of the above can also be pre defined if it is not convenient to deploy immediately See Pre define settings for a future deployment Deploy a SoftLINK Package With the required workstations selected 19 3 4 20 SoftLINK 12 Choose Deploy SoftLINK Package from the Deploy Main window drop down menu Or Right click the selected workstations and choose Deploy SoftLINK Package The Deploy Summary dialog will appear f Deploy Summary This is a summary of the options you have selected Check the details and click Deploy to start You can change the properties of the deploy by clicking Properties Type Deploy SoftLink Class Control Package Dee Description E Cance SoftLink Class Control Pro Deploy License Details Licensed to AB Technical College for 110 Clients He loy Setup Files C Program Files Soft LINK Class Control Deploy Product Version 1V12 00 0002 Parameter File X S d This dialog provides a summary of the options you have selected for the deployment If this is a first time deployment text will appear in red to indicate that required information has not been entered Click the Properties button to enter or change the information for the deployment The Install Properties dialog will appear r o SoftLink Class Control Install Properties i General Options Acknowledgement Mes
10. ssususse 13 Setup a distribution copy of SoftLINK on a server ssssss 13 Install SoftLINK from a server onto individual workstations 13 Silent Installation sinisinta xh eR a Ea iE 14 Perform a Silent Install yaent innie inne aane eanan akaikata 14 Install Configuration Options Dialog eee 15 SoftLINK Deploy SoftLINK s Remote Install Utility ssssss 16 Starting SoftLINK Deploy sssssssm m 18 Preparing a Deployment sssssssssssese meme 19 Deploy a SoftLINK Package sessssssss mmm 19 Deploy a Client Configuration cceeceee cece eee eee e eaten eee teen eed 23 Deploy a SoftLINK License file esses 24 Remote Uninstall 22 7 2 ERR i e ER TRU OSNRR e 25 Pre Define Settings For A Future Deployment seseeeesee 26 LOG dicem p 27 SoftLINK Deploy Room Mode sssssssssse meme 28 STARTING SOFTLINK 30 SoftLINK 12 Starting SOftl INK 22 scidmaiet osse ptc ees p A AE cuit Tala Rate a 30 The Control Window eios erue or epe Re Ee Ere E E EEE ENa E EEEE EAE EE EGEA 32 Title ETE EE T A At 32 Meny cr peer rrr E 32 Ilem 33 QUICK VIEW Bal x2 e correr eei nte Cosi Ces cm n Deor CORE RR Eni 33 Lesson p M u weet a 33 Group BaPa E naaa E E pu since ieee 34 MILI PE 34 Status Bdl sn Sor ersten cnt Eno IS NEE xo muB EE 36 Node
11. 2 Choose Student Launch Application from the Control window drop down menu 3 The Launch Application dialog will appear f SoftLink Class Control Em aa Remove Properties J Execute only if the Client is logged on 4 Click Add 5 Enter the name and path of the application to execute at the Client Or Click the Browse button and select an executable application on the Tutor workstation 8 SoftLINK 12 Notes e Check that Client applications are stored in the same location as the Control to ensure successful execution e Ifyou want to launch a specific file with the application you must separate the two instructions with quotes For example C Program Files Microsoft Office Excel exe C My Documents Accounts xlIs Click OK The application icon will be displayed in the Launch Application dialog and saved for future use Note If you only want to execute applications to Clients that are logged on select the option Execute Only if the Client is Logged on Select the required application and click Launch Note Before clicking Launch you have the option to tick the Show Errors box This will notify you of any errors when launching applications at Students This option is only available will launching to multiple Students Launch an Application on a Group of Students 1 2 B Select the required Group tab Choose Group Launch Applications
12. Create Replay File at Client The Show session can be recorded and stored in a Replay file giving Clients the opportunity to playback the session at a later date Ending and Suspending a Show End the Show 1 Click the SoftLINK button Or Double click the Show icon on the taskbar Or Double click the SoftLINK Tutor icon on the desktop 2 This will display the Show Suspended dialog SoftLink Class Control Show Suspended Currently showing to End Name Description 2 Andy 7 came d Don Continue amp pad iPadair Show Loader 2 Jake Help 3 Click End Or 1 Right click the Show icon on the taskbar 2 Click End Show Or 1 Use the hot key combination CTRL ALT END Enable the Control to Continue working in the background while Showing 1 Click the SoftLINK button on the taskbar 2 The Showing dialog will be displayed 3 Click Continue 121 SoftLINK 12 The Control window will be displayed and the Title bar will indicate that the Show is suspended You can now continue to use the Control workstation without the Clients seeing what you are doing The Client screens will still display the previous Show Resume a Show while Suspended 1 Click Resume on the Control window toolbar Or 1 Choose Student Show Resume from the Control window drop down menu 2 Clients will now see the application currently displayed at the Control 3 The Showing dialog will be displayed on t
13. IP Address Port Comms Management Packet Interval CMPI secs 60 Event Log Files Location C Program Files x85 Soft LINK Class Control Max file size KB 1000 Browse C Comes 78 SoftLINK 12 Listening Port and Interfaces Listen on all IP interfaces By default the installed Gateway component uses the local IP Address es and communicates through Port 443 Listen on specified IP interfaces If the Gateway machine has multiple network cards installed you can add the specific IP Address to use Click Add and enter the required address Note The IP address of the Gateway machine and key will also need to be configured at both the Tutor and Student workstation Comms Management Packet Interval CMPI secs When configured for Gateway connections the Client workstation confirms its availability by periodically polling the Gateway By default a network packet is sent every 60 seconds but you can change this if required Event Log Files Gateway activity during an active session is recorded in a text file default GW001 LOG This can be useful for checking which Clients and Controls have connected through the Gateway Location By default the log file is stored in the SoftLINK program folder i e Wprogram files SoftLINK Class ControlNGWO001 log Select Browse to specify an alternative path Max File Size KB Over a period of time the log file could become quite large you
14. Note A Tutor Toolbar is also available which provides access to key SoftLINK features when the Tutor program is minimized 244 SoftLINK 12 Student Rewards SoftLINK provides the Tutor with the ability to Reward Students for good behavior During a lesson a Tutor can give individual Students a Reward in the form of a Star which is reflected on the main toolbar The number of Rewards a Student has can be viewed by mousing over the Student icon in Normal view Note The Student Toolbar must be switched on to use this feature Giving Rewards to Students 1 2 3 Select the required Student in the List view Choose Student Rewards Give a Reward from the Control window drop down menu Or Right Click an individual Student and choose Reward Give a Reward A star will appear on the Student Toolbar Removing Rewards 1 2 3 Select the required Student in the List view Choose Student Rewards Remove a Reward from the Control window drop down menu Or Right Click an individual Student and choose Reward Remove a Reward A star will be removed from the Student Toolbar Note All Rewards can be removed from a Student by selecting Student Rewards Remove all Rewards from the Control window drop down menu 245 SoftLINK 12 CONFIGURING THE STUDENT WORKSTATION SoftLINK Clients are configured using the SoftLINK Student Configurator from the SoftLINK Program Group
15. e A padlock will be displayed next to the Print view icon when there are global policy restrictions in force You can override the restrictions in the Tutor configuration 1 Choose View Mode Print View from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Print Management icon on the left hand side of the Control window ROCEUS PC e sg Web Co Browse Manage ss Windows 15 Soins z Applied Computer Systems Inc Pages Printer HP Officejet Pro 8620 N 223 SoftLINK 12 In the List view the Student icons can be viewed in two different ways Choose View Large icons Details or right click in the List view and select one of these options to change the layout of the Student icons When viewing the Large icons layout an icon is displayed next to the Student icon informing the Tutor of the current print activity If the List View is in Details layout a summary of the print activity for each Student is displayed The lower panes can be minimized to make more room for the Student thumbnails Click the button To keep track of print usage while in other areas of the Tutor program select Print Show Printers from the Control window drop down menu The printer icon will be displayed in all other views allowing you to see jobs as they happen pause delete and resume printing Notes e All printers will be displayed when you select S
16. show Joumals m Joumal Logo Browse logo appears at the top of the Joumal Enable Student Journal Activates the Journal for the Students Enable Tutor Journal If enabled a copy of the Journal will be stored for the Tutor to view Tutor Settings Margins mm If required you can adjust the top bottom left and right margins for the Journal Page Size Select the required page size for the Student Journal 294 SoftLINK 12 Font Size points Set the font size to be used in the Journal Jpeg Quality 0 100 Allows you to set the quality of images in the Journal this is set to 100 by default Journal Folder Specify where you want the Student Journal to be stored Journal Logo Allows you to add an image that will appear at the top of the Journal 295 SoftLINK 12 Show Settings The Show feature allows you to display the Tutor screen on all some or one of the Student s screens From here you can configure the settings for a Show Settings for Configuration So amp tLINK Class Control 4 5 Remote Control E View Screen Scrape Keyboard Mouse Max Colour Depth 256 colours high qualty Replay Files Show Holkeys is Send Physical Fort Fle Transfer F e PR User Interface Disable Touch support at Student during Show Tutor V Restrict Intemet access to approved sites only during show Student 15 SoftLink Assistant Group Leaders 15 Student Toobar 15 Joumal t5 Show mn rs Screen Scrape
17. sssessssse 108 Monitor Instant Messenger cssesssesseen nenne 108 Block Instant Messenger csssssssssesssen mmm nnne 108 Clear Instant Messenger History ssssssssssssrrrsssrrrrrrsrrrrrrnsrrrrrrsere 108 View Instant Messenger History ccceceeeee eect teen ee teen mnn 109 Keyboard Monitoring reiten tnn RExRRRR iaiia ENa 111 Monitoring ACEIVIC isis sucre zx ER Euer dann Dulce xe aine gae dake dake dee 112 Setting up Word Lists ice peni nix E Ex ini dea EE 112 View TYPING HISCOMY eR ET 114 Screen Capture ina jose cine linc cand deed nined cuales oie EEEE AAEE 116 Capture a Students screen while VieWING ceceee eee ee eee eee tees 116 Capture a Students screen while SCanning scceeeeeeee teste eens 117 Showing to Students svete ice te ero enne ERR AEE REEE wena MEA EERE MERE 118 Show a Control screen siiis escis krass wash RR ERR RA ERR MuR RAE 118 Ending and Suspending a Show ssssssssssee 121 SHOW LE ASR o E 122 Exhibit Showing a Student s screen on Student screens 124 Interactive Whiteboard cirein ainara detenti e hee Pa nai iaaii 126 Show the Whiteboard to Students sssesssrssssserrrrssrrrrresrrrrersers 127 Whiteboard Leader iiie ene nea da arn ERA RRRERE ARA ARR AREE 127 AnrotatingzScreenszz euism eres Du SEDE Du t HEURE 128 SoftLINK 12 Annotate a SHOW screen reac fede Cort RR dee a Eaa Ea ia ii 128 Annotate a scree
18. 81 To 100 Add Band Name Grading EJ 3 B Very Good 51 80 E 2 C Good 21 50 Delete 1 DOK 0 20 Canca Wee jJ Enter a name for the Grading Schema and add a Report Image This provides a pictorial indicator of how well the Student has done For example a Student scoring 20 might have one star appearing next to their grade someone scoring 80 four stars The image restricted to 32x32 pixels must be imported into the Resources database A default reportgrade is provided but you can create and import your own customized images if required Give each Grading Band a description and attach the appropriate mark Click Add to insert each Band into the list When all Bands have been added click Save Use the Edit or Delete buttons to change any of the items in the list You can view the grades each Student has achieved in the Test Reports Window 329 SoftLINK 12 Create Exam Having created a suitable mix of questions in the Question Editor adding those questions to an exam is a quick and easy process The Exam Wizard guides you through the process of selecting the required questions setting a time limit for the exam using your own grading system and including supporting information New questions can also be created during this process 1 Choose Exams Create Exam from the Designers drop down menu or click the Create New Exam icon General Information Optional details
19. Click the Help Request icon on the toolbar 2 The Help request window will open and list the Requests If there are any help requests pending since the last time the Control connected to the Client the Help Request window will be open as the Control initializes 3 By clicking on the View Client or Chat toolbar buttons you can reply to the Clients Help Request Note If a Student has raised an alert at the Tutor the Student icon at the Tutor will change color to notify the Tutor what alert has been raised green for work is complete amber for help needed and red for urgent help needed You can switch these alerts off in the Tutor configuration 159 Transferring Files SoftLINK 12 SoftLINK includes sophisticated File Transfer functionality that enables you to transfer files to and from the Control and Client Note File Transfer functionality can be configured by clicking the File Transfer icon on the toolbar and selecting File Transfer options Ready 14 Files 994 791 bytes D Jane File Transfer encima File Folder View Tools Window Help 9 Em Vu Open Create Previous Synchrorise Settings Hem Folder Folder Folders 7 Local Computer Contents of CA Fite E Bi Local Computer Name Type File Description Modified oe dell File Folder 29 03 2012 12 39 12 H imi c A L drvrtmp File Folder 20 01 2005 12 25 06 TT Hinte File Folder 29 03 2012 12 46 52 3 Jane File Fol
20. For more advanced options when converting Replay files a Replay conversion utility is provided allowing you to control video resolution audio quality start and end points of the video and much more Note The Replay conversion utility is installed by default when installing the SoftLINK Tutor or Tech Console You can also install the utility as a standalone component 1 Select Start Programs SoftLINK Class Control SoftLINK Class Control Replay Conversion Utility Note On Windows 8 machines right click in the Start screen and choose All Apps at the bottom of the screen Click the SoftLINK Replay icon The Replay conversion utility will open Browse for the required Replay file and set the required properties Click Start Encoding oN 149 SoftLINK 12 Show Application The Show feature enables you to display the Control screen to Students However if a number of programs are open at the Control there may be occasions when you want to show a single application in isolation 1 Choose Student Show Show Application from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click a selected Client icon and choose Show Application Or Click the Show Menu icon on the Control toolbar and choose Show Application The Show Application dialog will appear SoftLink Class Control Show Application TES Select which Application you would like to Show Application Sw _ J Select Cance Drag the icon to th
21. If you have applied a Grading Schema the marked grade along with any comments you added would also be displayed An index itemizing the points scored for each question is provided from which you can jump to each question to see how the Student answered 341 SoftLINK 12 The toolbar provides shortcuts to a number of additional features Show Results This enables you to show each Student their results and if required include the answers To display to all Students simultaneously highlight Students Reports in the tree to show to an individual Student select their name The Test Player will re open at the Student workstations enabling them to view each question in turn The window will indicate which questions they got right wrong or in the case of questions that have multiple answers partially correct If you have chosen to include the answers a Show Answers button will appear on the Test Player window enabling the Student to toggle between their response and the correct answers Show Report This option enables you to display the individual summary reports at Student workstations Print Report Enables the Tutor to obtain a printed copy of the Class and Student summaries Highlight the required item in the Tree and click Print Report When ready close the window to return to the Test Console dialog from where you can exit the test This will clear the results or reports from the Student screens Send to Journal A
22. Show is currently suspended None This Client Caes Name z Description amp Andy Do Q ipad amp IPadAir 2 Jake 2 Jason WARNING The Client leading the show will have full access to your Desktop Note If the Show icon on taskbar option has previously been selected you can create a Show Leader by right clicking on the icon and choosing Show Leader Click This Client and select the Client to make Show Leader Note The Show Leader will have full access to your desktop Click OK The message You are leading the Show will appear at the selected Clients machine Click Resume to restart the Show The Show Leader and Control can now interact together in leading the Show 123 SoftLINK 12 Exhibit Showing a Student s screen on Student screens With SoftLINK it is possible to Show the Control s screen to a number of connected Clients It is also possible to show an individual Student s screen on selected or all Students screens For example Client 1 has produced some work which you wish to show to rest of the class To Show a Students screen 1 Select the Client whose screen you want to show to the other Clients 2 Choose Student Show Exhibit this Client from the drop down menu Or Right click the Client icon and choose Exhibit this Client 3 The Exhibit dialog will be displayed Exhibit Client mem Ready to start exhibiting Client Moni
23. Title History Agerange 1415 Description Year 10 end of tem History test ClassGrup 10CT Notes Timed Exam vi Time Limit 01 00 Hours Minutes Grading Schema ge ve Net gt Cancel Help The first stage is to enter general supporting information about the exam Enter a Title and Description for the exam Choose whether to have the exam timed if so set the time limit hh mm You can use your own grading system by selecting from the Grading Schema drop down Decide whether to use the default scoring system you can assign your own scores to questions in stage two You can then add some optional information such as the age range or class group that the exam is aimed at Click Next when ready Note If you wish to use a Grading Schema you must first create one in the Exam Grades dialog 330 5 SoftLINK 12 Stage two is to select the questions for the exam Expand the tree in the left hand pane of the window and highlight the required question click the Add Question button The tree view can be sorted by Author Level Question Type and Subject Repeat this process until all questions are selected T B General Sort by Subject Level Type Score Question Title m Geography Hard Combo List 4 Choose the correct di lt 9 History Easy Drag amp Drop Text 3 Complete the followin GJ Dates A Multi Choice Listen to the music ar 9 Choose the correct year that these c
24. View Details 2 The Details List view will appear 3 Right click a url icon under Current Web Site or All Web Sites 4 Choose Close Browser The url will be closed at the Student machine and the url icon will disappear from the List view Note By right clicking on a url icon in the Approved or Restricted List the Tutor is able to close a url on all connected Students by choosing Close at Students Change the current Website running on a Student workstation 1 To change the current url running on a Student workstation choose View Details 182 oe n 2 SoftLINK 12 The Details List view will appear Right click a url icon listed under All Web Sites Choose Activate The newly activated url will now replace the current url running on the Student workstation The icon listed under Current Web Site will be replaced with the newly activated url icon Launch a Website on all connected Students 1 TUO IM Right click a url icon in the Approved Sites List Choose Send to Students The url will be launched on all connected Student workstations In the List view the launched url icon will appear in the current web site list Highlight a url in the Approved Applications List Drag and drop the highlighted url into the List view The url will be launched on all connected Student workstations In the List view the launched url icon will appear in the current web site list Setting up an Approved or
25. View current websites Set connection password Tutor badge displaying the number of currently connected Tutor Assistants 63 SoftLINK 12 Features supported on Smartphones 64 Support for Android and Apple iOS smartphones Send students a preset message Block Restricted websites Set Approved websites Block All internet access Lock Unlock student computers Logoff student computers Blank Unblank student screens Restrict student printing Set Approved applications Block Restricted applications Set connection password SoftLINK 12 SoftLINK Windows 10 Teacher App Provided in addition to the desktop Teacher application for Windows the native Teacher App is designed for installation on Windows tablets and touch enabled devices It is a complementary component and is available for download from the Windows Store Simplicity and ease of use are at the heart of the Teacher App and many of our core classroom features are provided within the new streamlined interface Present lesson objectives and expected outcomes Gather a student attendance register Monitor student help requests Lock or blank students screens to gain attention Monitor student screen thumbnails View individual students Chat and send messages to the class Monitor and restrict Internet use Monitor and control application use desktop and store Launch applications and websites on student screens Conduct quick end of lesson surveys Meas
26. When you perform potentially dangerous file operations such as deleting a folder or file you can make the Control display a Confirmation dialog box This helps prevent accidental loss of data If you are familiar with the User Interface you can turn these options off as required By default all the confirmation settings are turned on Folder copy Make the user confirm before copying a folder structure Folder delete Make the user confirm before deleting a folder structure File overwrite If checked displays a confirmation dialog before overwriting an existing file However if unchecked the confirmation message will still appear if system hidden files are about to be overwritten File delete Display a confirmation dialog before deleting one or more files Use Recycle Bin for local deletions when available All files deleted from the Local pane will be sent to the Recycle bin this is enabled by default Use Compression Check this box to enable the use of compression When you are communicating with a Client whether it is a File transfer View or Chat session the data being sent and received will be compressed This also provides a means of security as the data will also be encrypted 285 SoftLINK 12 Delta File Transfer Delta File Transfer improves performance by skipping the transfer of information that is unchanged If the file being transferred already exists in the destination folder only the changed parts of the
27. are also embracing new PC technologies and SoftLINK works flawlessly in Terminal Server shared resource virtual desktop and thin zero client computing environments SoftLINK Assistant A free component available from both the Apple and Android App stores the SoftLINK Assistant delivers greater mobility for teachers around the ICT suite and is also the ideal tool to allow teaching assistants to help with monitoring student progress The SoftLINK Assistant is compatible with iPads iPods iPhones Android tablets and smartphones Once installed on a device the app pairs with the SoftLINK desktop Tutor software allowing teachers the freedom to move around the classroom helping retain key control and monitoring of all student workstations and devices Teacher App Windows 10 Provided in addition to the desktop Teacher application for Windows the native Teacher App is designed for installation on Windows tablets and touch enabled devices Simplicity and ease of use are at the heart of the Teacher App and many of our core classroom features are provided within the new streamlined interface SoftLINK 12 Student for Android and iOS The School Student app for Android and iOS meets the challenges presented by the increased use of mobile technology in the modern classroom Enabling mobile learners to participate in SoftLINK managed lessons once installed on students Android tablets and iOS devices teachers can interact with and support
28. automatically locked There may however be other occasions when you want to lock Students keyboards and mice You can only Lock Unlock Students that are connected The keyboard and mouse can be configured to lock separately if required From the Control window drop down menu choose View Current Settings User Interface Student Lock Students 1 Select the Student s or Groups of Students you wish to Lock 2 From the Control window drop down menu choose Student Lock Keyboard Mouse Or From the toolbar choose Lock Or Right click the selected Student icons and choose Lock keyboard Mouse 3 By default a graphic will appear on the Student workstation informing them that you have locked their mouse and keyboard Unlock Students 1 From the Control window drop down menu choose Student Unlock Keyboard Mouse Or From the toolbar choose Unlock Or Right click the selected Student icons and select Unlock Keyboard Mouse Blank a Student s screen when locked 1 Choose View Current Settings User Interface Student from the Control window drop down menu 2 Check Blank screen when Locking mouse and keyboard Click OK 4 Select the Student s or Groups of Students you wish to lock Ww 90 5 SoftLINK 12 From the Control window drop down menu choose Student Lock Keyboard Mouse Or From the toolbar press the Lock icon Note If you View a locked Student the blank St
29. from the Control window drop down menu bar The Launch Application dialog will appear Click Add Enter the name and path of the application to launch at the Student Or Click the Browse button and select an executable application on the Tutor workstation Note Check that Client applications are stored in the same location as the Control to ensure successful execution Click OK The application icon will be displayed in the Launch Application dialog and saved for future use Note If you only want to execute applications to Clients that are logged on select the option Execute Only if the Client is Logged on Select the required application and click Launch 173 SoftLINK 12 Launch an Application on a Student Workstation While Viewing 1 2 3 4 Choose Client 4 Launch Application from the View window drop down menu Or Click the Launch Application icon on the toolbar The Execute at Client dialog will appear Select the required application and click Launch Select the application to launch or click Add to add a new one Quick Launch Ena bles you to launch an application or web site to Students without having to direct your way through the drop down menus nA xe Quick Launch Launch applications and web sites at students M Add Item g B m E InfoPath Access Publisher Excel i OneNote Outlook PowerPoint Visio Click Quick Launch on the toolbar Click Add I
30. in the boxes provided and click Add Or To edit an existing question select it from the list change the question and or the responses and click Add Note If you change the question it will be added to the list in addition to the original If you only change the responses the original will be overwritten To use the question in a Survey select it from the list and click OK The question will be displayed in the Survey pane ready to be sent to Students Note When you use customized responses in a Survey they will be attached to that question only If you want to make the responses available to other Surveys they need to be added to the default drop down list Click Manage the Manage Responses dialog will appear enter the required responses and click Add SoftLINK 12 Question and Answer Module SoftLINK s Question and Answer module is a unique collaborative tool that enables teachers to reinforce key learning points and instantly gauge student understanding during a lesson You can verbally ask questions to the whole class gauge student answers and understanding bounce questions around the classroom develop peer assessment opportunities as well as track rewards against both the individual and where appropriate teams 2am Q9 E x Q Sa EJ 1 9 400 225 Eo mail on AES uos iet Lock Unio tiw Note The Student toolbar will be
31. matching security key Browsing Subnets used when browsing for students When you are running a network with multiple subnets or addresses you need to configure the broadcast addresses for each effective network When a browse is performed the broadcast messages are sent to these addresses 265 SoftLINK 12 Accelerate Browse Increases the browse and connection speed to Clients This is set by default Note A warning icon will highlight machines you have been unable to connect to Mouse over the icon to display the reason why the connection failed Broadcast Settings Enable Broadcast Show and File Distribution When performing a show or distributing files to Students the screen information files are sent to each Student machine in turn Enabling Broadcast Show and File Distribution results in the screen information and files being sent to all machines simultaneously In some network environments where there is limited network bandwidth available or when broadcasting to larger numbers of machines this will provide significant performance benefits While reducing overall network traffic generated by SoftLINK using this feature will generate additional broadcast packets on your network It is recommended that you consult your network administrator before using this feature Note Show and File Distribution can be sent using multicast instead of UDP broadcast This means that the multicast packet will only be sent to
32. playing When the marker is encountered the replay stops and you can then press play to continue past it 147 SoftLINK 12 Showing Replay Files to Students Using SoftLINK s Show feature a Tutor can show a stored Replay file to any 1 148 number of connected Students Click the Show Menu icon on the Control toolbar and choose Show Replay Or Choose Student Show Show Replay from the Control window drop down menu Or Choose School Replay Files from the Control window drop down menu and select Show Replay The Show Replay dialog will appear ft Cs Cone on ery ES 8 Select the replay file to Show Replay fie Browse mmm Hep Browse for and select the required Replay file Click Show The Replay Window will open at the Tutor machine and start playing the Replay file to the selected Students Click End on the Replay window toolbar to end the show SoftLINK 12 Converting Replay Files to Video Files SoftLINK Replay files can be converted to video files allowing them to be played outside of SoftLINK on a range of media players Replay files can be converted to WMV and AVI formats Converting Replay Files 1 Select School Replay Files from The Control window 2 The Replay Files dialog will open 3 Select the Replay files to convert and click Convert File 4 The wizard will guide you through the conversion process Using the Replay Conversion Utility
33. 16 19216816 Li L LE L5 B Da Q E Q m 1 19216816 192168 16 192 168 116 192 168 16 192 168 16 192 168 16 192 168 116 192 168 16 192 168 16 192168 16 192 168 16 9 0 Lg 0 O E g B E 192 168 16 19216816 192 168 16 192 168 16 192 168 16 192168 16 192 168 16 192168 16 192 168 16 192168 16 192 16816 e G Q Q Q Q Q Q B 192 168 16 19216816 19216816 192 168 16 19216816 192 168 16 192 168 16 19216816 192 168 16 19216816 19216816 Menu Bar The Menu bar contains a series of drop down menus that can be used to access the various tools and configuration utilities for the deploy process Left hand pane Contains three tabs Network Log Files and Security Network and Security Tabs List in a Tree view the available Networks Domains and Workgroups that can be selected for a deploy routine Log Files tab Lists in a Tree view a history of previous deployments Right hand pane When the Network tab is selected you are provided with a range of general information machine name and platform for example about the workstations located on the selected network domain When the Log Files tab is selected you are provided with a breakdown of past deployments categorized by type When the Security tab is selected you are provided with information specific to each individua
34. 192 168 16 113 running Windows XP Copying SoftLink Class Control to 192 168 16 113 Done Installation started on 192 168 16 113 SoftLink Class Control sent to 1 machines Operation complete Installation pending on 1 machines i d The dialog has two tabs Log tab enables you to monitor the deployment as it reaches each workstation Status tab lists the stage the deployment has reached on each workstation For example the installation may be complete on one machine but still in progress on another Click Close to return to the Deploy main window when the installation is complete Deploy a Client Configuration Using SoftLINK Deploy you can remotely deploy a Client Configuration file containing specific Client settings 1 dice Select the required workstations Choose Deploy Client Configuration from the Deploy Main window drop down menu Or Right click the selected workstations and choose Deploy Client Configuration The Deploy Summary dialog will appear Click Properties to enter the details for the deployment Click Browse to specify the folder containing the Client Configuration file that is to be deployed The default configuration file is CLIENT32 INI and is stored in the SoftLINK installation directory 23 SoftLINK 12 6 Click Edit to access the Client Configurator in order to make changes to the Configuration file 7 For the new settings to take effect
35. FISON Honor fe lifetime A drum major reflects on tradition dreams and d leadership 1 3 DT Dt 4 g te AU o ae q Las e avi Mti Mh i r wee itty ens m7 NT aet a on NE Q Interact Q Popular Carmen Course Management BuckeyeLink 192 SoftLINK 12 Using the Co Browser Using the Co Browser is a very straightforward process with a simple to use interface Once the Co Browser is active on the selected Students screens you can guide Students through a variety of web pages to suit the needs of your lesson You can view multiple websites by creating new tabs which allows you to easily switch between different web sites Create a New tab 1 Select File New tab from the Co Browser drop down menu 2 A new tab will appear Enter the website address in the Address bar and select Go 3 The website will be displayed under the new tab Approve Restrict Websites You can add websites to the approved or restricted lists in the Web Control Module from the Co Browser window 1 Select the website you wish to approve or restrict 2 Choose Restrictions Add to Approved Sites or Add to Restricted Sites from the Co Browser drop down menu 3 The website will now either be approved or restricted and this will apply to the Students when using the Co Browser Notes e There are three different modes that you can apply to Students while they are using the Co Browser Locked Restricted and
36. Free by default the Students will be locked e You can pause the Students Co Browse session by selecting the Pause icon on the toolbar This may be useful if you wish to perform any functions you don t wish the Students to see e To set the Students web pages to the same as the Tutor s click the Synchronize icon on the toolbar 193 SoftLINK 12 Lock Unlock Students in the Co browser There are several different modes you can apply to the Students when using the Co Browser Lock Students lets you guide Students through a selection of web pages with Students having no control over what they are viewing Restrict Students enables Students to have some control but only view web pages that you have selected Free Students allows Students have full control over what websites they can access Note While the Students are unlocked any restrictions applied in the Web Control Module will apply to the Students in the Co Browser session Lock Students 1 Select File Lock Students from the Co Browser drop down menu Or Click the Lock Unlock icon on the toolbar and select Lock Students 2 Students will now be locked they will only be able to view websites that the Tutor shows them and they will be denied access to any of the Co Browse functions Free Students 1 Select File Free Students from the Co Browser drop down menu Or Click the Lock Unlock icon on the toolbar and select Free Students 2 Students will now have
37. ROET to many Y TET most frequenti used ES and tools Positioning the cursor over an icon will display a brief description of its function For convenience features that are of a similar nature Show Show Video Show Replay Files for example are grouped within the same toolbar icon However you can add these as individual icons if preferred Some drop down menus will have a small pin in the right hand corner Clicking this pin turns the menu into a floating window which is displayed until you close the window To customize the toolbar choose View Toolbar Customize or right click the toolbar and choose Customize Quick View Bar Quick View EJ tvu3es E xp sp3 The Quick view bar is used to switch between currently connected Clients Clicking on the button containing the required Client s name enables you to immediately View that Client s window To enable disable the Quick view bar choose View Toolbar Quick View Lesson Bar ip Show tator desktop to studeres E6 GO see ien tive una Tes E Ui i mg The Lesson bar allows you to create a lesson and provides tools to manage the lesson once in progress A Progress bar will advise the Tutor on the current activity and time remaining To enable disable the Lesson bar choose View Toolbar Lesson Plan 33 SoftLINK 12 Group Bar Bait BWveors 3 Qo voar10 2 Until you have defined groups of Clients only the ALL group will
38. Restricted Website List Approved Sites When activated the Student is only able to view the URLs specified on this list A page will appear at the Student machines displaying the list of approved sites that they can choose from This will only appear if the Student Toolbar is disabled Restricted Sites When activated the Student is unable to view the URLs specified on this list However all other sites even those that are not on the Approved List can be viewed 183 SoftLINK 12 Notes e By default keywords are entered to prevent allow a Student to view a URL that includes these keywords This can be used to deal with websites that are re directed e To ensure Students are only viewing the appropriate pages in a website you can approve restrict Sub URLs specific web pages and have different parts of the same website approved restricted i e www bbc co uk learning can be restricted but www bbc co uk learning history can be approved Students will only be able to view pages relating to history and not view pages relating to Science or English e Web restrictions can be applied at startup Choose School Configuration Start Options Restrictions from the Control window drop down menu Add a website to your approved or restricted list 1 Click to add a url to your Approved or Restricted list Or Right click in the list boxes and select Add Website 2 The Add Web Site dialog will appear
39. SoftLINK s favored and the most efficient method for capturing screen data is to hook into the Video Driver of the workstation being viewed However there may be occasions when this method will not work because certain applications bypass the driver In these circumstances you can enable screen scrape mode in order to take a snapshot of the screen Although this will have a greater impact on the network it will at least provide an accurate representation of the Client s screen Max Color Depth Allows you to select the maximum color depth when showing to Students By default this will be set to 256 high colors Show Hotkeys To ensure that all actions performed by the Control are visible to the Clients during a Show you can enable the use of Hotkeys Any key combinations that the Control uses e g CTRL V will be displayed in a balloon at both the Control and Client screens 296 SoftLINK 12 Send Physical Fonts In order to reduce the volume of data being sent when sharing information of this nature SoftLINK passes the font information by reference The target workstation will refer to its own internal font mappings to find an appropriate match to the one that has been sent In most cases the same fonts will be available but if there are instances where this isn t the case you can send the full information Check this box to enable Restrict Internet access to approved sites only during Show Allows the Tutor to only ac
40. SoftLINK 12 Close Ends the Chat session Members Members currently included in the Chat session are listed here The Tutor can add or remove Students from the Chat session as required Unless disabled Clients have the option to leave the session of their own accord Invite The Chat Properties dialog is initially used to select the Clients to include exclude from the Chat session To add Clients when the Chat session is in progress click Invite The Add Members dialog will appear select the required Clients and click Add You can send a copy of the Chat progress to new members by checking the Send discussion history box Note Clients that have been removed or have decided to leave the Chat session can be invited back Eject To remove Clients from the Chat session select the Client in the Members list and click Eject Ejected Clients can be invited back into the session if required Notes e Students can also initiate Chat sessions by opening the Client Main window and choosing Commands Chat e By default the Student can only Chat to the Control However the Control can enable the option for Students to Chat to each other by selecting View Current Settings User Interface Student from the Control window drop down menu and checking Student to Student Chat Chat to a Client while Viewing 1 Choose Tools Chat from the View window drop down menu Or Click the Chat icon on the toolbar 2 The Chat
41. The Student Configurator has eight options Network Settings Set the network transport that the Client will use for communicating with the Control program It must be the same as that set at the Control Room Specify where to connect the Client when using Room mode Security Set passwords to protect the configuration and prevent unauthorized access to the Client workstation Audio Set the Audio settings for the Client Both the Client and the Control workstations must have Audio hardware installed in order to use SoftLINK s Audio features User Interface Customize the interface between the Client and Control Advanced Set a personalized Student name and the behavior of certain remote control features Student Journal Customize the settings for the Student Journal Terminal Services Allows you to configure the Terminal Services settings for the Student 246 SoftLINK 12 Network Settings Allows you to set up the network transport for a Client It must be the same as that set at the Control SoftLink Class Control Client Configurator T Network Settings TCP IP Room O Security V Send Keepalive Packets Audio Use Name amp Connectivity Server T User Interface d yt 5405 g Joumal Multicast address T Terminal Services 225 16 8 68 TCP IP Port The TCP IP protocol requires that a port number be allocated for applications to communicate through The default registered port
42. The default port is 37777 Connection Password Enter the password that Tutor Assistants will use to connect to the Tutor 290 SoftLINK 12 Show Password Displays the connection password Authorized Assistants Lists the Tutor Assistants that have been authorized to connect to the Tutor You can remove or unauthorize the Assistants from here Assistants waiting for Authorization Lists the Tutor Assistants waiting for authorization to connect to the Tutor Click Authorize to approve the Assistant Automatic Authorization Tutor Assistants will be automatically authorized once they have entered the correct password Interactive Authorization Tutor Assistants will require manual authorization to connect to the Tutor 291 SoftLINK 12 Group Leader Settings When working with defined groups of Clients the Control can assign Group Leader status to a selected member of the group Enable Group Leaders Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control fs 4 5 Remote Control 3 View 3 Keyboard Mouse 3 Replay Files 3 Audio gt File Transfer User Interface 33 Tutor 93 Student T SoftLink Assistant TO Group Leaders Student Toobar Journal D Show 5 9 V Enable Group Leaders V Show visual Group Leader connections Select the functions a group leader can perfor within their group Functions V Show V Scan V Message v Cha V Execute V Send Collect Work V Audio Show Announce and View dou
43. There may be certain words that you will expect Students to include during a written lesson When a Student types a word on the list it will be identified with a visual indicator green Target or red Inappropriate SoftLINK 12 Notes e Word Lists can be sent to the Student Journal allowing the Student to refer back to this after the lesson Choose Typing Add Target Word List to Journal from the Control window drop down menu e The Target Word List can be viewed in the Student Toolbar choose Typing Allow Students to View Target Words from the Control window drop down menu Add a Word to your Target or Inappropriate List 1 Click to add a word to your Target or Inappropriate list Or Right click in the list box and select Add Word The Add Word list dialog will appear Type in the word to be added Click OK The word will appear under the Target or Inappropriate list Ur duced Remove a Word from your Target or Inappropriate List 1 To remove a word from the list simply highlight the chosen word and click X Or Right click in the list box and select Remove Word Create a new Word List 1 Choose Typing Create new Word List 2 A dialog will appear Enter a file name and click Create 3 Anew blank Word list will appear Open an Existing Word List 1 Choose Typing Load Existing Word List 2 Highlight the relevant file and click Open 3 The existing Word list will appear Save a Word
44. To Power on a SoftLINK Client 1 Select the icon s of the Clients you wish to Power On 2 Choose Student Power Management Power On from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Manage icon on the Control toolbar and choose Power On 3 The Client workstations will now Power On Client Power Off SoftLINK uses the Advanced Power Management APM features of the Windows operating system where supported to provide Client power down capabilities APM relies on the Client workstation having an ATX motherboard and ATX power supply A Control can remotely Power Off a Client workstation using the SoftLINK Power Management function To Power off a SoftLINK Client 1 Ensure all open applications at the Client workstations are closed 2 Select the icon s of the Clients you wish to power off 45 SoftLINK 12 3 Choose Student Power Management Power Off from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Manage icon drop down arrow on the Control toolbar and select Power Off Or If displayed click the Power Off icon on the toolbar 4 The Client workstations will now power off Finding and Connecting to Students The Class Wizard enables the Tutor to select the connection mode that best suits their requirements The Class Wizard is displayed when the Tutor program is initially started and when a class is restarted You can also specify how Students are connected to and configure these settings in the Tutor C
45. appear 6 In each category select the file to be used in the profile The Folder locations dialog allows you to change where items are located 7 Click OK Each time the Tutor program is started the user will be presented with a list of locally stored Profiles to choose from Should you wish to share Profiles across a network the R command line instruction can be used to launch the Tutor program with a centrally available Profile 233 SoftLINK 12 For example from the SoftLINK program folder run the command pcinssui rN SampleProfile cfg If the profile in this example SampleProfile cfg does not currently exist a default will be loaded enabling you to add your own values Once you exit the Tutor program the Profile will be stored in the specified location 234 SoftLINK 12 Manage Student Resources Students can now easily access any resources required during a lesson The Tutor can create a resource list and add links to websites applications and documents this list is then displayed in the Student toolbar providing Students with a quick and easy way to access the required resources r gt ff Resources List untitled Sa File Edit Qo Y S DD S jG 938 v New Open Save Add Edit Delete Move Down Available Items Resources List Q moa 1 Q Applied Computer Systems Inc Ei wwwacs linksystems com E Application ry 2 E Word x Document WS winwordese
46. aree A de Ub ede Bhce lue tate dn 270 Fixed EI wu lec PPP ee Hace aedeteut onde dee etade eae eta 270 Publish Class oett o xe tet ne rete ie ea ee ah Q ch 270 Administrations vetene REA EN RENT RRerE NINE RE ITN ERE eas 271 Security SENOS naire Ponctunstonctiine TEE PES LLI LA ODE LE PLE 271 Administration Profiles ccccceeeeee eee ee eee eee e seen mme 273 CONFIGURING REMOTE CONTROL SETTINGS 276 Adjust global Configuration SettingS ccceeeeeeee eee ee eee eeeeeeeee ened 276 Configuration settings for individual Clients cceeeeeeee eee eee eens 276 Adjust settings for individual Clients esee 276 Remote Control Settings sssssssssssssessen nennen 278 Tutor View Settings ciet EE nels nde REESE SN UNES EE 278 Tutor Keyboard Mouse Settings ssssssssrrssssrrrrrssrnrrrnssrrrnrnsrrnns 281 Replay Fil Settings iann eb feeder tale Pe Pr eee late 282 Audio SCINGS rr 283 Tutor File Transfer Settings x ode exe terne ien treten bela 284 Display Optloris isret rper ER n RAD RR ARRA ERELERRRRRERREAR RARE AERE 284 Solal LIRA aE I T OI LITT TS 285 SoftLINK 12 Use Recycle Bin for local deletions when available 285 USE COMPSSIOM PR 285 Delta File Transfers beer ite deno been ied Ni 286 Priority when also viewing ceeseeemHH 286 Automatically close progress when copy finished 286 User Interface Setting
47. aren t appropriate 2 Send the Survey to Students The Survey will automatically be stored in the current list Or Rather than send the Survey immediately choose Survey Add Survey to List from the Control window drop down menu or click the Add icon displayed at the bottom of the Survey pane to store the question and responses for future use 210 SoftLINK 12 Use an Existing Survey Question 1 In the Student Survey pane click the Select Add Question icon Green cross The Select Survey dialog will appear m n Select Survey Question Response What day is it Monday Tuesday Wednesda What year did the United States declare indepen 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 What is your favorite color Red Blue Green Yellow Oran Delete What is your favorite fruit Apple Banana Orange Grape Do you have a pet Yes No Hep Add new Survey to the list Question Response bi Manage x 2 Select a question from the list and click OK 3 The question will be displayed in the Survey pane ready to be sent to Students 211 SoftLINK 12 Manage Questions and Responses As well as enabling you to choose an existing Survey the Select Survey dialog can be used to add new questions responses and edit questions responses if the current examples are not appropriate 1 If the Survey list does not currently include the required question enter the new question along with the responses
48. at each workstation while the installation is in progress Restart tab Note If you have asked for verification that the Client is running see Options tab you must choose an option that will force the workstations to be restarted immediately e Advise user to restart machine At the completion of the deployment a message will be displayed at workstations asking the user to restart the PC at the next convenient opportunity Do not choose if above Note applies e Insist user restarts machine A message will be displayed at workstations advising the user to restart the PC to complete the installation e Force restart At the end of the deployment a message is displayed advising users that the workstation will be restarted A time bar is displayed indicating how many seconds it is before the restart commences e Automatic restart if not logged on If the workstation being deployed to is not logged on restart will commence automatically When you have completed all five tabs click OK to return to the Deploy Summary dialog You can review your selections and edit if required SoftLINK 12 6 Click Deploy to commence the installation A progress dialog will appear enabling you to monitor the deployment as it installs on each workstation Deploy SoftLink Class Control log Status Checking 192 168 16 113 Client version None detected Retrieving platform information for 192 168 16 113 Print
49. can manage this by specifying a maximum file size When the limit is reached the existing information in the file is overwritten by the new records Note For changes to the log file settings to take affect you will need to restart the Gateway32 service 79 SoftLINK 12 Gateway Configuration Creating Keys Access to a Gateway Name Server is protected by use of a Security Key SoftLink Connectivity Server Configuration Utility General Keys Licenses Security Connectivity Server Keys Description Creation Date 12345678 Fri Dec 05 11 46 28 2014 ACS Wed Oct 01 11 50 26 2014 The Gateway will not accept connections from a Tutor or Student unless a Gateway key is specified and that same key is also configured at both the Tutor and Student end The Gateway can support multiple keys at least one key must be specified Select Add to specify the key The Key must be at least 8 characters 80 SoftLINK 12 Gateway Configuration Utility Licenses tab Displays all licenses stored in the SoftLINK directory if you do not have an Internet connection you can manually activate your SoftLINK license here SoftLink Connectivity Server Configuration Utility x General Keys Licenses Security Available license files License File Serial Quantity Status C Program Fil EVL1000 40 Clients Eval Cancel p Help An activation code is required contact ACS for this Click Req
50. can copy the content of the clipboard between Teacher and Student machines Block FTP access See details of the website that students are currently viewing Ask students to register at the start of each lesson Three modes for grouping students by room to allow management of mobile students These features are not available when using the School Tutor for Chrome 68 SoftLINK 12 Licensing for Google Chrome Each Google Chrome device that connects to the Name and Connectivity Server needs to be licensed Google Chrome Licenses can be purchased independently of the main SoftLINK product and are registered with the Name and Connectivity Server by loading a new License file NSW LIC This file controls the number of Google Chrome Students that can connect If this file is not present then the usual Name and Connectivity License File NSM LIC will allow Google Chrome to connect but this will reduce the License count available for SoftLINK Students e g With both an NSM LIC 10 User and NSW LIC 10 user the software will independently limit to 10 connections of each type With 10 SoftLINK Students connected the 11th Google Chrome Student would be rejected With just a NSM LIC 20 User the software would limit to a maximum of 20 connections of regardless of whether they are from Google Chrome or standard SoftLINK Students 69 SoftLINK 12 Installing and configuring the School Student for Android SoftLINK delivers th
51. control over the Co Browser and will be able to open new websites etc Any web pages or tabs selected by the Tutor will be left open 194 SoftLINK 12 Restrict Students 1 Select File Restrict Students from the Co Browser drop down menu Or Click the Lock Unlock icon on the toolbar and select Restrict Students Students will be unlocked but they will only be able to access web pages or tabs left open by the Tutor Students will not have access to other websites or be able to open links on existing pages 195 SoftLINK 12 Application Control Module The Application Control module is used to monitor and control the applications used by connected Students A record of applications used in a session can be stored and if required the Tutor can restrict or approve the use of applications 1 Choose View Mode Application View from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Application Control icon on the left hand side of the Control window Bequests E MSN com Hetmal Outlook Skype Bin B 8 ting Windows temet Explorer SoftLink Class Control TESTPC 1013 sales ace inksystems F Chrome 5 e AB MShicom Hotmai Outlook Skype Bin iB REMOTE Weber 22 2 An ej In Applications Mode you can view details of Approved or Restricted Applications and use the available icons to Allow All Revert back to unrestricted access if application restrictions h
52. dell File Folder 29 03 2012 12 39 12 imei WINTPRO C ILE j e i drvrtmp File Folder 20 01 2005 12 25 06 imal Backup D Compact Disc E inter File Folder 29 03 2012 12 46 52 common on uk pci group data Mi Jane File Folder 11 04 2012 10 26 06 IP Versions on uk pei aroup Mate V PerfLogs File Folder 14 01 2009 03 37 06 I marketing on 10 0 04 Z LI Program Files File Folder 18 06 2012 10 50 40 C Users File Folder 30 03 2012 09 41 54 T Windows File Folder 01 05 2012 03 01 04 lautoexec BAT Windows Batch File 10 06 2009 22 42 22 4 config ses System file 10 06 2009 22 42 22 VIRTPART DAT DATFile 01 12 201012 48 56 25165 lt i Name Destination Folder Description Client Platform Battery Details Andy CA Windows XP On A C 97 ch Jane cA Windows XP James cA Windows Vista Ready 3 Files 25 165 858 bytes 1 selected 10 bytes mA 4 From the Local pane Tree view select the item s to be copied to the Clients 5 The location on the Client workstations where the files folders are copied to is called the Destination Folder Unless otherwise specified the Client Destination Folder will be the same as the item s location on the Control workstation If the Client does not have the same Folder available the item s will be copied to the C Drive by default and the folders automatically created Or To set a specific destination folder on the Client workstation select the Client icon in the Remote pane an
53. dialog will appear enabling you to monitor the deployment as it installs on each computer The SoftLINK Student software will be deployed to the requested machine and assigned to the room specified Note You can also access the SoftLINK Basic Deploy dialog from the Tutor Configurator Select School Configuration Network and Wireless Settings from the Control window drop down menu and click the Deploy button 29 SoftLINK 12 STARTING SOFTLINK This section will guide you through starting SoftLINK The main point to remember when using SoftLINK is that the workstation that is taking control of other workstations is called the Control or Tutor and the workstations being controlled are called the Clients or Students Note This guide assumes you have already installed SoftLINK If you have not done this do so now See the Installation section for details Starting SoftLINK After installation the Student program is automatically loaded on the Student workstations as Windows starts up To start the SoftLINK Tutor program double click the SoftLINK Tutor icon in your SoftLINK Program Group or choose Start Programs SoftLINK SoftLINK Tutor Console Note On Windows 8 only the Tutor and Tech Console icons will appear in the Start screen You can access the other SoftLINK components by right clicking and selecting All Apps along the bottom of the screen If you want any of the other SoftLINK components t
54. display to select the position of the image If you select Tile you can also choose to center the Client icons on the image If required select a background color Click OK to add the background to the Control window If you are adding the background to an existing Layout choose Layout Save Layout to update To create a new Layout select Layout Save Layout As If you wish to clear the currently set background choose Layout Clear Background 44 SoftLINK 12 Power Management Power on Power off Power consumption equates largely with heat generation and increased energy consumption With millions of workstations in use and sometimes hundreds located within the same company or School the desire to conserve energy has grown from a minor issue to a major issue over the last ten years Power Management is a technique that enables hardware and software to reduce system power consumption It works by shutting down portions of the hardware during periods of downtime meaning that the workstation is ready to work when you are and conserve energy when you are not Client Power On To Power on a SoftLINK Client the workstation must have a Wake on LAN network adapter and a BIOS that will support it consult your network adapter documentation for more information the Client must also be Known to the Control The Control sends a Wake on LAN packet to the Client network adapter which instructs the workstation to Power On
55. double clicking the SoftLINK Tutor desktop icon To disable the Tutor Toolbar choose View Current Settings User Interface Tutor from the Control window drop down menu and uncheck Show Tutor Toolbar on minimizing Note There is also a Student Toolbar that can be activated at the Student providing feedback on the current lesson 36 SoftLINK 12 Student Automatic Login If a generic naming convention is used for your classroom PCs you can automatically log the Students in to save time at the start of a lesson To automatically login Student machines 1 Select the Student machine s you wish to login 2 Choose Student Power Management Login from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Manage icon on the Control toolbar and choose Login 3 The Auto Login dialog will appear nw ff Login Login Details Usemame Password Domain 2 Status Name User Name 1 Mew J G2 any Beth E amp 3 Don LabPC 42 ga lan User GE Jake labpc 41 Os Xaddirennn 4 n Qose Help L 7 4 Enter the user name password and domain and click Login The user name will appear once the login has been successful 5 You can also view Student screens from this dialog select the required Student and click View 6 Click Close when complete 37 SoftLINK 12 Student Register By default SoftLINK will display the computer name of the Client workstation in the Control
56. down menu Or Click the Listen icon on the required Student thumbnail Or Click the Listen icon at the bottom of the Control window Details of the Student you are listening to the active application and how long you have been listening is displayed in the Audio Playback window To stop listening click the Stop icon at the bottom of the Control window Record Audio Activity 1 2 While listening to audio activity click the Record button in the Audio Playback window The Audio Playback window will show that you are now recording the audio To stop recording and to carry on listening to the audio click the Stop button in the Audio Playback window Note To access all stored recordings click the Recordings link in the Audio Playback window SoftLINK 12 Volume Control You can control the volume at both the Tutor and the Student 1 Click the Volume icon at the bottom of the Control window 2 Adjust the volume controls You can mute sound and lock the Student volume from here Or While listening to audio use the slider bars in the Audio Playback window to adjust the volume Mute Sound at the Student Sound can be muted at all Student machines 1 Choose Audio Mute Sound from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Mute Sound icon at the bottom of the control window Or 1 Click the Volume icon at the bottom of the Control window 2 Select the Mute option Note By default sound
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58. enabled and displayed at the Student even if the toolbar is turned off at the Tutor 1 Choose View Mode Q amp A View from the Control window drop down menu e Or ys First to answer Students are asked a question and have to Click the Q amp A Control icon on the left hand ULL ULIS side of the Control window Enter an answer 2 The Question Types dialog will appear IE reece displaying the five types of questions ER available ss Students selected at random and asked a M eue andom and asked First to Answer 3 Team first to answer Enter an Answer coer ae psn Pot Luck Team enter an answer Team First to Answer ml VER aa ATR to answer as quickly as possible Team Enter an Answer 213 SoftLINK 12 3 Select a question type to continue 4 The Ask the question dialog is displayed Set the required properties for the question and click OK 5 Ask the question Question Options vo 7 Thinking Time Q 15 seconds a gt Time Limit Bounce Options V Automatically bounce to next Student Number of students to include 3 leave empty to include all j Options Help ae Cancel 5 Click Go to start the Question and Answer session 6 The Tutor will display the Student thumbnails From here you can see who has responded and mark their answers A Question and Answer dialog is displayed at the Student showing the current question type and an
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60. feature enables the Tutor to record and playback the screen activity that takes place at a Student workstation while it is being remote controlled viewed Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control 4 Remote Control Replay Fies 33 view Becord Replay Fies 53 Keyboard Mouse 33 Replay Files Audio j Fle Transfer User Interface 3 Tutor P 3 Student SoftLink Assistant Group Leaders ID Student Toobar odo gt Joumal Show Record Replay Files Check this option to enable the recording of Replay Files A Replay File will be created each time the Tutor opens a view session at any Student machine Include Audio In addition to the screen mouse and keyboard activity if the workstation is configured for Audio you can record any microphone narration from the Tutor 282 SoftLINK 12 Note Desktop sounds music are unable to be recorded Prefix Files with Client name In order to identify each Replay File filenames are prefixed with the Client name and the date time of the recording Alternatively by unchecking this box the files 00000001 rpf etc In Directory will be named sequentially in the format Specify where the Replay Files should be stored Audio Settings This property sheet provides support configuration options for using Audio Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control 4 Remote Control 33 View 33 Keyboard Mouse 9 Replay Fil
61. file to the folder containing the distribution copy of SoftLINK Choose File Exit to return to the Install Properties dialog Options tab Use the information supplied in the Network and Security tabs to identify which machines may already have SoftLINK installed you can then choose to Ignore them by checking the Skip machines already running SoftLINK box Update the machines with the latest version by checking the Update new or older systems to current version box After deploying the package you can confirm that the Client is running by checking the Verify Client running after restarting box Ensure that workstations are restarted automatically after deployment for this option to work See Restart tab 21 22 SoftLINK 12 Acknowledgement tab Consider whether the workstations will be in use when during the deployment You can choose to e Install SoftLINK Immediately No prompt will be received at the workstations being deployed to e Warn user before installing SoftLINK The user will receive a prompt and needs to click OK for the install to commence Users cannot cancel this e User can postpone SoftLINK installation You can specify the number of times a user can postpone the installation If the user does choose to postpone they will be re prompted at hourly intervals or the next time they restart the workstation whichever comes earlier Message tab You can specify a custom message to be displayed
62. file will be updated Delta File Transfer is enabled by default Priority when also viewing When you are transferring files and viewing a Clients screen at the same time each operation impacts the performance of the other You can reduce the priority of a File Transfer operation to make the viewing more responsive and vice versa Slide the control to the left to give the File Transfer higher priority or to the right to give Client views higher priority If you are not viewing a Client this setting is ignored Automatically close progress when copy finished Closes the File transfer progress dialog automatically on completion Un tick this option if you want to see the File transfer results 286 SoftLINK 12 User Interface Settings Tutor User Interface Settings The behavior of the following interface options can be adjusted by selecting View Current Settings User Interface Student from the Control window drop down menu Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control es 4 55 Remote Control Tutor 33 View Display Student User Names 35 Keyboard Mouse Remember Student User Login names 7 Replay Files Silent Disconnect 23 Audio V Automatically Reconnect Students t TO Fle Transfer Automatically save Student history on ext 4 15 User Interface Tutor Show Tutor Toolbar on minimizing 09 Student V Show active Pant Jobs SoftLink Assistant e Show Student alert level D Group Leaders tS Student Toobar Sh
63. for SoftLINK is 5405 Send Keep Alive Packets Some TCP stacks send Keep Alive Packets In some circumstances it may be desirable to disable this For example on an ISDN line where a TCP IP client is loaded a symptom may occur where the ISDN line is brought up unintentionally Use Name amp Connectivity Server Gateway Enable this option if you want the Students current IP address to register with a designated Name Server Gateway on start up Click Configure and enter the IP address of the Name Server along with the matching security key Multicast address This is the IP multicast address that the Student is listening on 247 SoftLINK 12 Notes e If you are using routers you must ensure that they are configured to pass through data using this port e Changing port could interfere with other TCP IP applications Click Test to check that the protocol is correctly installed on this workstation Room Settings Allows you to specify the room settings for Students when connecting via Room mode SoftLink Class Control Client Configurator een 15 Network Settings Room 15 Security Audio User Interface gt Advanced Room This computer is always located in the folowing room ACS Classroom This is a mobile computer and may be in one of the following rooms Joumal Termnal Services This is a mobile computer and ts room wil be entered manually Cox Eaa Heb This Compute
64. function to Deploy a Configurator setting to all connected Student workstations 92 SoftLINK 12 Viewing Student screens Having connected to a Client you can now control it This is called Viewing The Client s screen will be displayed in a window on the Control workstation SoftLINK will allow you to View multiple Client screens each in its own window simultaneously Note If required a message can be displayed at the Client workstation confirming it is being Viewed See the Configuring The Student section of this manual The Quick view bar allows you to View a connected Client quickly and easily When you connect to a Client a button with the Clients name will appear on the Quick view bar on the Control window By clicking on a button you will View the Clients screen by clicking on the button while Viewing the View window will be closed View a Client 1 Double click the required Client icon in the List view Or With the required Client icon selected choose Student View from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the View Client icon on the Control toolbar Or Right click the Client icon and choose View Or Click the required Client name on the Quick view toolbar 2 The View window for that Client will appear at the Control To aid navigation of the Client screen a thumbnail image of the screen is displayed enabling you to scroll the Client desktop more easily Simply click and drag inside the thumbn
65. if left blank a unique ID will be displayed defaults to CLIENTNAME When entering a Student name you must include at least one environment variable e g computername Use lookup file to set room Checking this option allows you to allocate Students to different rooms when connecting via Room mode a lookup file containing the Student name and required room must be used The lookup file should be saved with a csv extension and should be in the format Student Identifier Room value Note For further information regarding Terminal Server support please visit http support acs linksystems com and refer to the Technical Document Setting Up SoftLINK to run in a Microsoft Terminal Server Environment KB0022 259 SoftLINK 12 CONFIGURING THE TUTOR WORKSTATION To configure the SoftLINK Control choose School Configuration from the Control window drop down menu The Control Configurator has the following options Start Options Allows you to specify the startup options for the Tutor and also set the level of access for the various modes Network and Wireless Settings This is used for setting the network transport that the Control will use for communicating with the Client program It must be the same as that set at the Client You can also set the name and description for the Tutor Performance Allows you to set low bandwidth and color reduction settings to lower data sent across the net
66. immediately by default the Client Service will be automatically restarted after the deployment If not required uncheck the Restart the SoftLINK Client service box 8 Click OK to return to the Summary dialog You can view the contents of the configuration file by clicking on the file name 9 Click Deploy A progress dialog will appear enabling you to monitor the status of the deployment 10 Click Close when complete Deploy a SoftLINK License file When installing a SoftLINK package a license file is sent to each workstation However there may be occasions when the license information needs updating For example you have purchased additional licenses and the license file needs updating to reflect this By using SoftLINK Deploy you can remotely update the file on user workstations 1 Select the required workstations 2 Choose Deploy SoftLINK License file from the Deploy Main window drop down menu Or Right click the selected workstations and choose Deploy SoftLINK License file 3 The Deploy Summary dialog will appear Click Properties to enter the details for the deployment 5 Click Browse to specify the folder containing the license file that is to be deployed The default file is NSM LIC 6 For the new settings to take effect immediately by default the Client Service will be automatically restarted after the deployment If not required uncheck the Restart the SoftLINK Client service box 7 Click OK to re
67. multiple profiles have been created a dialog is displayed that allows the user to select which profile to use The main benefit of creating a profile is to be able to store ready made lists of Approved Restricted Applications Websites and keywords rather than have the user create these at the start of each lesson Having created your Application Website or Word List as detailed in the Web Control Application Control and Keyboard Monitoring sections the files can then be added to a Tutor Profile Note As well as Website Application and keyword lists other areas of the program that can be profiled are Layouts Student Surveys Client Lists Group Lists the location for storing test results exams and Class lists Create a Tutor Profile 1 Create the files containing details of approved restricted web sites applications etc that are to be included in the profile 2 Choose School Configuration Administration Profile from the Control window drop down menu The list of existing Tutor Profiles will appear SoftLINK is the default 3 To create a new profile select Add The Create New Configuration dialog will appear 4 Enter a name for the profile Functionality for the profile can be copied from an existing Tutor configuration the default SoftLINK or a user defined profile Click OK The name will be added to the profile list 5 To change the content of the profile click Edit The File Locations dialog will
68. or false Multi True or False Students are presented with up to four statements and must decide whether they are true or false Order Items The Students are required to place the items in the correct order 312 SoftLINK 12 Multi Choice Students select the correct answer from up to four possibilities The first stage of three is to set the question followed by the correct answer and up to three false answers When the question is run at Student machines the answers are randomly arranged Question and Answer 4 Question E Who wrote Macbeth Answer w William Shakespeare False Answers Answer B Mary Shelley Answer2 M Water Scott 99 Answer3 db Stephen Kingl D v of Enter your question in the dialog at the top of the screen You can enter the correct answer and up to three other answers to complete the multiple choice question When done click next to continue Once you have completed part one of the wizard click Next 313 SoftLINK 12 Drag and Drop Text The Student is presented with four partially completed statements They must complete the statement by dragging and dropping the appropriate word or phrase from a list The first stage of three is to enter the instructions for the question along with the four statements Within each statement highlight with your mouse the word or phrase that you will want the Students to drag and drop clicking Set Answer when you are happy that yo
69. or sound clips and a reference button is available which provides Students with tips on how to answer the particular type of question Navigation Buttons In addition to the numbered buttons in the question list navigation buttons are also available at the bottom of the window enabling Students to move between questions When they have completed the exam they click Finished When the exam has finished the Tutor has the option to show Students their results and if required include the answers The Test Player will re open at the Student workstations enabling them to view each question in turn The window will indicate which questions they got right wrong or in the case of questions that have multiple answers partially correct If the Tutor has chosen to include the answers a Show Answers button will appear enabling the Student to toggle between their response and the correct answers 344
70. rights for the machines you are deploying to Deploying on Windows XP and above To enable you to deploy SoftLINK on Windows XP Professional and above you need access to the Admin share on the remote machine in order to transfer the package to be deployed By default there is no access allowed to Admin share Enable network access In Administrative Tools select Local Security Policy 1 Select Security Settings Local Policies Security Options 2 Select Network access Sharing and security model for local accounts 3 Alter the setting for this policy to Classic local users authenticate as themselves The Admin share will now be available and you can deploy as normal 17 SoftLINK 12 Starting SoftLINK Deploy 1 Select SoftLINK Deploy from your SoftLINK Class Control Program Group 2 The SoftLINK Deploy main window will appear SoftLink Class Control Deploy Fere fa File Deploy Tools View Help Network E Logriles security Oo e 0 E E 0 0 0 0 g 4 E Microsoft Windows Network EJ IE ACS IE ACS LINKSYSTEMS 19216816 19216816 19216816 19216816 19216816 19216816 19216816 19216816 19216816 19216816 19216816 ID MSHOME I WORKGROUP r 4 IE TCP IP Network Q g Q g g g Ej 192 168 1611 192 168 16 255 19216816 19216816 19216816 192 168 16 19216816 1926816 192168 16 192 168 16 192 168 16 192168
71. sheet provides configuration options for the Viewing of Client workstations The View Settings can be configured in two ways 1 To apply the settings for all Client View sessions choose View Current Settings View from the Control window drop down menu 2 To apply the settings for an individual Client View session View the Client and choose View Settings for Client View from the View window drop down menu Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control fe 4 55 Remote Control Options 2 View BIOS Keyboard V Scrolbars 23 Keyboard Mouse V Confirm Switch to Ful Screen V Use Compression 33 Replay Files Ful Screen Wallpaper 33 Audio V Scale to Fe Blank Client Screen 77 Disconnect when Closed Video Skipping 19 Ale Transfer As i oreen Scrape 7 Auto Clipboard 4 55 User Interface 33 Tutor 3 Student Defaut Mode Share t SoftLink Assistant Cache Sue 4MB z Group Leaders Max Colour Depth 256 colours high quality x j Student Toobar 3 Joumal show Change DOS fort Change Japanese Font BIOS Keyboard Checking this option causes the Control to emulate keystrokes on the Client at the BIOS level rather than the Hardware level Use this if an application at the Client does not appear to be correctly accepting keystrokes from the Control Only use this option if you are experiencing problems with the default low level Keyboard option Confirm Switch to Full Screen When
72. the Students that you want to retrieve the file s from Select Students im Select the Students to Send the files to Members of Group Year 7 Cance These Clients Help g 2 Andy INVH288 23 Eddie XP SP3 mi Removing the check mark next to a Client excludes it from the operation Summary Send 1 files to Folder Desktop at Students 5 Click OK 6 The result of the operation will be displayed for you to check that the work has been collected successfully Change the Properties of a Send Collect Work Operation 1 Choose School Send Collect Work Advanced from the Control window drop down menu bar Or Click the Send Collect Work icon on the Control toolbar and select Send Collect The Send Collect Work wizard will open Select an operation from the list and click Properties The Properties dialog will appear Adjust as necessary G1 PG 171 SoftLINK 12 Remotely Launching Applications on Student Workstations This feature allows you to execute or open a software application on a Client or a group of Client workstations without actually Remote Controlling them For example after showing Students how to use a MS Office application you might want to start the application on their workstations Note The application itself must be installed on or available to the Client workstations Launch an Application on a Student Workstation 1 Select the required Client
73. the Tutor or Student 3 Use the slider bar to adjust the volume This can be locked at the Student if required Bouncing Questions To encourage discussion across the class you can bounce a question to the next Student asking if they have an answer or what they thought of the previous answer Note You can only bounce a question for First to Answer and Pot Luck question types when more than one Student has been selected Automatically Bounce to Next Student Questions can be automatically bounced to the next Student who has responded as soon as you click the tick or cross Select the Automatically bounce to next Student option in the Ask the question dialog The question will be bounced around the Students for the number of times specified Manually Bounce Questions If you haven t selected the automatically bounce option you can still bounce questions to the next available Student 1 Select Q amp A Bounce Question from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click the Student and select Bounce Question Or Click the Bounce icon at the bottom of the Control window When a question has been bounced the display changes to show who now has the question and where it came from The next Student can answer and this can continue around the whole class until all Students who have answered have been included 220 SoftLINK 12 Peer Assessment Peer assessment allows Students to give feedback in response to an answer gi
74. the option from the student icon in their system tray History a Change Help 7 Click Done when all Students have connected You can now conduct a remote control session with the connected Students Note If new Students want to join the class select Manage Class from the toolbar and then click Refresh to display the Join Class dialog The Student machines will only find the class if this dialog is active Joining a class Student machines that have the SoftLINK Client program installed can browse the network to find classes 1 Atthe Student machine select the SoftLINK Client icon from the taskbar 2 Choose Commands Join a Class from the Client drop down menu 3 The Join Class dialog will appear and immediately search the network for classes SoftLink Join Class aes Class Help N 2 Refresh b Name Teacher Lesson Title Address Ready 4 Highlight the required Class and click Join 55 5 SoftLINK 12 When the connection has been made close the dialog The name of the connected Student will appear at the Control Class Lists With SoftLINK you have the option to create Class Lists this provides you with a quick and convenient way of saving multiple Student lists for all your different classes The Class List can then be loaded at the start of a lesson and you can quickly connect to the Student machines Class Lists are created automatically
75. this box is checked you will be prompted to confirm switching to full screen mode 278 SoftLINK 12 Full Screen Checking this options will force the Control to view a Client in Full Screen mode rather than in a windowed mode Scale to Fit Check this option if you want the contents of the view window to be automatically shrunk to fit the sizeable frame Disconnect when closed Check this option to disconnect from a Client when a View window is closed Screen Scrape SoftLINK s favored and the most efficient method for capturing screen data is to hook into the Video Driver of the workstation being viewed However there may be occasions when this method will not work because certain applications bypass the driver In these circumstances you can enable screen scrape mode in order to take a snapshot of the screen Although this will have a greater impact on the network it will at least provide an accurate representation of the Client s screen Scrollbars You can turn off scrollbars on the view windows by checking this option This is useful when using Auto Scroll as you gain a little extra workspace Use Compression Check this box to enable compression when viewing a Client s screen The state of this checkbox is also reflected in the General tab Wallpaper Check this box if you want the Client s wallpaper to be visible when viewing Normally this is turned off to improve performance so expect the screen up
76. to set the question with up to four answers in the correct order When the question is run at the Student machines the answers will be randomly arranged and the Students will drag and drop each item to the correct place Put these oceans in order of size Largest to Smallest Answer correct order Tet1 Pacfic Text2 Altantic Tet3 Indian Text 4 ac ag Enter the instructions for the question along with up to four items to order Once you have completed part one of the wizard click Next 322 SoftLINK 12 Adding Resources to Questions Resources Database Imagery in the form of pictures videos and sound clips are often an integral part of any question you create Question types such as Label Image and Drag and Drop Image are graphical by nature but any question type can have an additional supporting resource included The Designer provides an Observation mode which if enabled forces Students to view or listen to a resource before they can answer the question Before you can attach a resource to a question it must first be added to the programs internal Resources database By default this is stored in c program files x86 SoftLINK Class Control resources but the location can be modified by selecting File Options from the drop down menu To populate the database click the Resources icon on the Designers main toolbar or select File Resources from the drop down menu The Resource Li
77. toolbar 3 The Annotate Toolbar will appear Note If you do not want the Student s to see the screen being annotated in real time click Suspend This freezes the Show enabling the Tutor or Exhibited Client to continue working in the background Click Resume to restart the Show this refreshes the display at the Student screens 129 SoftLINK 12 Annotate Toolbar Annotate dfs MN File Edit Tool Colour Width Font File Save Screen Saves the Annotated screen to a file Save Selection When the select region tool is active you can highlight an area of the screen and save it to a file Exit Ends Annotate but stays in Show Exhibit or View mode Edit Clear Annotations Clears the annotations Undo Undo the most recent Annotation Redo Redo an Annotation that has been undone Tool Choose from a range of tools with which to annotate the screen For example freehand draw draw arrow select region 4 H L3 Color Sets the pen color Width Sets the width of the line Fill Sets the color and fill style Font Sets text font Suspend Suspends the Show allowing you to go back to the Control View window Not available when Viewing or Exhibiting End Ends the Show and takes you back to Control View window Not available when Viewing or Exhibiting 130 SoftLINK 12 Audio Monitoring Audio Monitoring allows the Tutor to monitor audio activity on all Students workstations The Tutor is instantly
78. up to four different statements for each statement enter the correct answer in the text box provided In addition add two incorrect answers in the boxes marked Dummy 1 and 2 The student will be shown all possible answers to choose from Ne Cm Hep jJ Once you have completed part one of the wizard click Next 316 SoftLINK 12 Label Image Students are presented with a picture that has up to four areas marked each with an adjacent blank text box At the bottom of their screen will be up to four text labels which they must drag and drop into the correct text box The first stage of five is to enter the question along with up to four text labels You then select the image that the Students will need to label Click Browse to search for the images The list of pictures currently stored in the Images database will appear Either select an existing image or import a new one Click Use to apply the image to the question Instructions 4 Question Identify the countries in the map Label 1 India Label 2 Canada Label 3 Australia Label 4 Spain Image to label Image File Map of World Browse o 9 v Enter the instructions at the top of the page then specify up to four labels that will need to be correctly located on the image Select the image by using the Browse button When done click Next to proceed Conci Hep jJ Once you have completed part one of the wizard click N
79. view 2 Choose Log Print from the Deploy Main window drop down menu Deleting a Log File 1 Select the required Log File in the Tree view 2 Choose Log Delete from the Deploy Main window drop down menu SoftLINK Deploy Room Mode SoftLINK provides a quick and easy way to assign PCs to a particular room and quickly deploy the Student software to those machines The Tutor specifies the required room at start of a lesson and will connect to all computers in that room Note If you need to deploy the Student software across your network or need more advanced deploy options you will need to use the SoftLINK Deploy utility This can be accessed by clicking Network on the SoftLINK Startup Wizard or selecting Start Programs SoftLINK Class Control SoftLINK Deploy 1 From the SoftLINK Startup Wizard select Classroom 2 The SoftLINK Deploy dialog will appear SoftLink Class Control Deploy LJ 28 Ww SoftLINK 12 Enter the room to assign the computers The drop down list will display all the available Domains and workgroups you can also deploy to specific IP ranges by selecting Add a new IP range from the list Select the required group the available computers will be displayed in the Available Computers list Select the computer s to deploy the Student software to and click Add The computer s will be moved to the Selected Computers list Click Finish to commence the installation A progress
80. viewed by currently Selected Client or All Connected Clients 114 SoftLINK 12 Refresh While viewing the list click Refresh at any time to update the display Save To keep a permanent record of the displayed items you can save the details to a text file before disconnecting Export Exports data to a CSV file allowing the data to be imported if needed Print Prints details of the currently displayed items Close Closes the History dialog but details will continue to be recorded while the Control is connected 115 SoftLINK 12 Screen Capture Screen Capture enables the Tutor to take a snapshot of the current Student screen while Viewing or Scanning and allows the Tutor to save the current screen contents to a file The machine name Student name date time and product name will also be recorded on the Screen Capture when saved Marty McFly amp Doc Brown Visit Jimmy Kimmel Live Capture a Students screen while Viewing 1 When Viewing a Student choose Tools Capture Screen to capture the current screen contents Or Click the Capture icon on the toolbar A Save As dialog will appear Type in a File name Choose one of the three different file formats BMP JPG and PNG Click Save DB OM 116 SoftLINK 12 Capture a Students screen while Scanning 1 SO When Scanning Student screens choose View Capture Screen to capture the current screen contents Or Click the Capture ic
81. will appear Enter a file name and click Save 203 SoftLINK 12 3 A new blank Application List will appear Note Application Lists can be assigned to different Control Users by setting up a Tutor Profile See Tutor Profiles Open an existing application list 1 To open an existing application list choose Applications Load Existing Applications List 2 Highlight the relevant file and click Open 3 The existing application list will appear Save an application list 1 To save the current Application List choose Application Save Application List as 2 A dialog will appear Enter a file name and click Save 3 The current Application List will be saved Notes e Any changes that have been made to the new or existing Applications List will be automatically saved when a new Applications List is created or when you exit out of the SoftLINK program e The default Application List is saved as SoftLINK app 204 SoftLINK 12 View Application History This feature of the Application Control Module enables you to monitor the Applications being used by connected Students and if required store or print a permanent record 1 In Applications View choose Applications History from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Application History dialog will appear This provides details of any application used by the Student s during the currently connected session Application Histor
82. window However there may be times when you want the control to display the actual name of the student and request additional information The Student Register option enables the Tutor to prompt the Students for their details Note You can also change the name of the Client workstation by editing the Client Properties Details tab Prompt Students to Login 1 If specific Student details are required select the relevant Client icons in the Control window Alternatively to prompt all connected Students leave the icons unselected 2 Choose School Student Register from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Student Register icon on the toolbar Select Sign In from the available options 4 The Student Register dialog will appear The Tutor can then select the information that the Student will be required to complete Ww Note The Student Register will also appear if you check Create a Student Register on the Class Wizard 38 SoftLINK 12 Student Register Dialog This dialog enables the Tutor to create a customized Registration form which will prompt Students for their details By selecting a name the Tutor can also interact with Students using the View and Chat options r gt Register Student s All Students Client Name Name Sumame Register amp asm aose amp AD 3085A9505155 amp amoes1 amp CB 58661162 amp p i amp DELLP4 2 amp DEMOPCI
83. 14 42 31 18 a Jane pcijle INVH368 Windows MSN Live Messenger earpjane hotmail com Message Sent 14 42 31 18 a Jane pcije INVH368 Windows MSN Live Messenger earpjane hotmail com Message Received 14 42 15 18 8 Andy pcije INVH288 Windows MSN Live Messenger j earpnetsupportsoftware com Message Sent 14 42 14 18 a Jane pcijle INVH368 Windows MSN Live Messenger earpjane hotmail com Signed In 14 41 34 18 8 Andy pcijle INVH288 Windows MSN Live Messenger earp netsupportsoftware com Signed In 14 41 32 18 a Jane pcije INVH368 Windows MSN Live Messenger earpjane hotmail com Message Sent 14 28 16 18 a Jane pcijle INVH368 Windows MSN Live Messenger earpjane hotmail com Message Received 14 28 07 18 a Jane pcijle INVH368 Windows MSN Live Messenger earpjane hotmail com Message Sent 14 27 42 18 a Jane a The available options are Show History for The list can be viewed by currently Selected Client or All Connected Clients Refresh While viewing the list click Refresh at any time to update the display 109 110 SoftLINK 12 Save To keep a permanent record of the displayed items you can save the details to a text file before disconnecting Export Exports data to a CSV file allowing the data to be imported if needed Print Prints details of the currently displayed items Close Closes the History dialog but details will continue to be recorded while the Control is connected SoftLINK 12 Keyboard Mo
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85. 6 high colors This option allows you to change the quality when viewing Student screens 95 SoftLINK 12 Maximize View Area Hides the View Menu bar Status bar and Toolbar to use the maximum possible area to display the Client s screen without switching to full screen mode Touch border When viewing a Student on a touch enabled device the Tutor must also be using a touch enabled device you can enable a touch border This border makes it easier to access certain Windows 8 and 8 1 functionality when using drag touch gestures Blanking the Clients screen while Viewing For security reasons you may require the Client screen to be blank while you are remotely controlling it 1 Choose Client Blank screen from the View window drop down menu 2 The Clients screen will be blanked 3 To restore the screen choose Client Blank screen from the View window drop down menu Sending Ctrl Alt Delete while viewing You can send Ctrl Alt Delete to a workstation that you are Viewing 1 Press the Ctrl Alt Esc keys simultaneously Or 1 Choose Client Send Ctrl Alt Delete from the View window drop down menu 2 Click Yes to confirm Send Ctrl Alt Delete 96 SoftLINK 12 Viewing multiple screens simultaneously SoftLINK enables you to View multiple Clients simultaneously each in its own window You can even scale their individual View Windows to fit on the Control s screen 1 From the Control window men
86. CSV file 1 Choose Survey Save Results from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Save icon at the bottom of the survey pane Print Survey Results Before clearing the survey you can print a permanent record of the results 1 Choose Survey Print Results from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Print icon displayed at the bottom of the Survey pane Note The Student results can be added to the Student Journal choose Survey Add Results to Journal from the Control window drop down menu or click the Add Survey Results to Journal icon 209 SoftLINK 12 Managing Survey Lists Surveys can be re used by adding them to a Survey List SoftLINK provides a default list SoftLINK sul into which questions and responses are automatically stored but you can create custom lists if you want to categorize different types of question Create a Survey List 1 In Survey view choose Survey Create New Survey List from the Control window drop down menu 2 Enter a name for the file and click Create 3 Any new Surveys you enter will be added to the list Load a Survey List 1 In Survey view choose Survey Load Existing Survey List from the Control window drop down menu 2 Select the required list and click Open Add a New Question to a Survey List 1 In the Student Survey pane enter the question and choose the required responses from the drop down list or add new options if the defaults
87. Client 1 Connect to the required Client and choose Tools Remote Command Prompt from the drop down menu Or Right click on the Client icon and select Remote Command Prompt Or Click the Remote Command icon on the toolbar 2 The Remote Command Prompt window will appear The title bar will confirm the name of the connected Client User Remote Command Prompt cp Remote View Window Help Microsoft Windows Version 10 0 10240 c 2015 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved C Windows system32 gt The window is split into two frames The input frame at the bottom of the window which can be resized if required and the output results frame at the top While the window is open each command is stored by the Control enabling you to recall previous instructions that you may wish to run again Either scroll through the entries using the up and down arrow keys and press enter when the required command is displayed or press F7 to show all commands in a window Click on the required command and press enter A maximum of 50 commands are stored To clear the history press F8 Once the Control closes the Remote Command window the history is cleared automatically 306 SoftLINK 12 TESTING MODULE SoftLINK s Testing Module is a powerful utility that enables Tutor s to design tests and examinations with the minimum of effort Incorporating an intuitive Test Designer allowing a Tutor to se
88. Clients Student Name Login Name Computer Name Page URL Steve User D2XP MSN com Hotmail Outlook Skype Bing Latest News Photos Videos http www msn com Steve User D2XP http espn go com http espn go com Steve User D2XP http google com http google com Steve User D2XP MSN com Hotmail Outlook Skype Bing Latest News Photos Videos http www msn com Monica User TESTPC 1013 YouTube https www youtube c Monica User TESTPC 1013 YouTube https www youtube c Monica User TESTPC 1013 Microsoft Support https support microsc Monica User TESTPC 1013 Google https www google cc Monica User TESTPC 1013 Google https www google cc Monica User TESTPC 1013 http www google com webhp complete safe active http www google cor Monica User TESTPC 1013 http www google com http www google cor Monica User TESTPC 1013 http www facebook com http www facebook Monica User TESTPC 1013 MSN com Hotmail Outlook Skype Bing Latest News Photos Videos http www msn com Monica User TESTPC 1013 YouTube https www youtube c Monica User TESTPC 1013 http youtube com http youtube com Memes lloer TECTBC1N12 MCN nam Hatmi Mialan Clima Rinn stact Mawe Dhatne Videne hitn fananar men nom D Ries Save Ee Pm Help J Gee e l 2 fo fo o o fo fo fo o fo o o o o o The available options are Show Web History for The list ca
89. Console In Windows 8 click the SoftLINK Tech Console icon in the Start screen When the Tech Console loads for the first time the Control Configuration dialog will appear This enables the Control to specify the Clients to connect to at startup The dialog will not appear in future sessions 298 SoftLINK 12 Note If required a message can be displayed at a Tutor workstation when a connection is made See Student Security tab for further details In the List view the connected Clients can be viewed in two different ways Image Mode displays a thumbnail view of the Client screen providing a quick and easy method for monitoring activity Report Mode displays details of the Student machines such as name IP address user name Client platform current security state policy settings room running application and all websites To toggle between views Choose Views Image Mode Report Mode or Click the View icon on the toolbar Note From Report mode you can activate and close Applications and Websites on a Student by right clicking the required icon From the Status bar you can resize the Client thumbnails using a convenient slider bar change the thumbnail refresh rate and automatically adjust the size of the displayed thumbnails to fit the window Different icons will be displayed for the Tutor and the Student allowing you to easily differentiate between the two A connection bar showing the link from the Tut
90. Driver may not be installed if you do not have the required Service Pack and hotfixes You can still proceed with the SoftLINK installation without the Filter Driver but some Internet Control features will be unavailable including Block FTP and SafeSearch The Messenger Monitoring feature will not be available as well For further information please contact our Technical Support team http support acs linksystems com SoftLINK License Agreement The SoftLINK License Agreement will be displayed Please read the License Agreement carefully and select I accept the terms in the License Agreement and click Next to continue If you reject the License Agreement I do not accept the terms in the License Agreement click Cancel SoftLINK will not be installed and you will be directed to exit from the install program License Information Select Register and enter the SoftLINK license details you have been provided with If you are evaluating SoftLINK select 30 day evaluation SoftLINK 12 Choose what type of license you wish to use e All platforms Your Students are all Windows based or using a mixture of Windows Chromebooks and tablets e Chrome students only Your Students are all using Google Chromebooks e Tablet students only Your Students are all using Tablets Click Next Select Component to Install Choose the setup type to install on the workstation Student r 48 SoftLINK Class Control Instal
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92. G MODULE The Test Designer Starting the Test Designer sssssssssssssesen mme Test Designer User Questions Interface Exam Interface Maigzie E TE T TE T ULT Setting Up User Accounts i i ir e tne xti eonun E ueniunt Lue eR ESAE MA Admin Options Import Export Data The Testing Console Running an Exam Test Reports Windo The Test Player Question List Question Area Navigation Buttons W eduks dex svn rue ir ead alate a aa EN ta E ERR E ate f Ea xi SoftLINK 12 What is SoftLINK SoftLINK is the class leading training software solution providing teachers with the ability to instruct and visually audibly monitor as well as interact with their students individually as a pre defined group or to the whole class Rising to the challenge and requirements of today s modern classroom SoftLINK provides the ability to deliver lesson content simultaneously monitor all student PCs and work collaboratively ensuring that complete student attention and focus is maintained at all times There are no hidden extras all features are included as standard including a customized testing suite dedicated Technicians Console digital student revision aids lesson planning tools and the option for teachers to reward students for good effort SoftLINK can be used on any Windows computer and is designed to work flawlessly over both wired and wireless networks Increasingly schools
93. Help Successful Not Logged in Class Details Required Student Details Teacher Ni sel Get Logged on User Name Mr Smith v First Name V Sumame Lesson Title Rome Class Student ID No Room Room101 Custom Fields Objectives Auto save Register Class Details If required the teacher name lesson title room number and lesson objectives can be included on the Registration form that is sent to Students Note By default the startup mode is Connect to Student in Room s In this mode the Room field displays the room specified at startup and cannot be changed Required Student Details Decide which details to prompt the Students for You can also add two custom fields to the form Note If the Get Logged on User Name option is selected the first name and surname will be greyed out and the Student name will automatically default to the login name 39 SoftLINK 12 Auto Save Register Student registration details can be viewed in a report but this will be lost when the Control disconnects If you want to store a copy of the report check this option You will be prompted for a file name location and file format CSV HTML or XML Click Register to send the form to Student machines You can monitor progress as the Students respond Click Close when all Students have Signed In the Client icon in the Control window will now display the registered name SoftLink Class Control Stu
94. INK s favored and the most efficient method for capturing screen data is to hook into the Video Driver of the workstation being viewed However there may be occasions when this method will not work because certain applications bypass the driver In these circumstances you can enable screen scrape mode in order to take a snapshot of the screen Although this will have a greater impact on the network it will at least provide an accurate representation of the Client s screen 255 SoftLINK 12 Performance Cache size Screen data that has been recently sent to the Control by the Client is cached to improve performance A larger cache improves performance at the expense of using more memory at both the Client and the Control Setting this option enables you to tailor the cache size in order to achieve maximum performance The Client and the Control use the same size cache the lowest cache value will be used so you must ensure that you set this at both the Client and the Control for this to be effective Image Option Image File When a Client s keyboard and mouse have been locked a default image nss_lock_image jpg appears on their screen Alternatively you may prefer to specify an image personal to your organization Note If you do not want to display an image you can choose to blank the Student s screen when locked instead Select View Current Settings User Interface Student from the Control window drop down me
95. IP addresses are made up and in particular what an IP Broadcast Address is See Understanding IP Addresses 57 SoftLINK 12 To Configure the SoftLINK Control to browse IP subnets 1 Select School Configuration from the Control window drop down menu 2 From the Configuration options choose Network and Wireless Settings 3 Click the Settings button under Browsing 4 The Configure TCP IP Client Browsing dialog will appear 5 Click Add and enter the Broadcast Address of the network you wish to browse if known Enter IP Browse Address Lad Cancel in Advanced gt gt Or To enable SoftLINK to calculate the Broadcast Address click Advanced and enter a Target IP Address followed by the Subnet mask or enter the required Address Range Enter IP Browse Address Advanced eel Subnet Address Range From IP address 10 0 0 255 To IP address 10 0 2258 Terminal Services ia Cancel a Help G lt lt Advanced 6 Click OK Notes When adding the address of a remote subnet you must ensure that the broadcast address for the local subnet is also present If not the Control will not find any local clients when you perform a browse Some network Routers will suppress broadcast packets from being transmitted across WAN links If this is the case then even if the Control is correctly configured you will not be able to browse the remote subnet 58 SoftLINK 12 Understanding IP Addresses An I
96. Java Update Update Available 10 29 15 09 32 14 10 29 15 09 32 15 1secs 2 Jeffrey ToddBroceus AMD64 1 Java Setup Welcome 10 29 15 09 35 09 1hrs 38 mins 2 Marc Jil W8_STATION1 Google Intemet Explorer 10 29 15 09 25 48 1hrs 47 mins a mem Sme Emo fm ree j Gm Show Application History for The list can be viewed by currently Selected Client or All Connected Clients Refresh While viewing the list click Refresh at any time to update the display Save To keep a permanent record of the displayed items you can save the details to a text file before disconnecting 205 206 SoftLINK 12 Print Prints details of the currently displayed items Export Exports data to a CSV file allowing the data to be imported if needed Close Closes the History dialog but details will continue to be recorded while the Control is connected SoftLINK 12 Student Surveys The Student Survey tool enables the Tutor to get instant feedback from Students during or at the end of a session The Tutor sends connected Students a question together with a selection of pre defined responses Student responses are gathered at the Tutor with the results shown as an overall percentage and by individual Student Results can be shown to Students in the form of a pie chart Students must respond before they can view the results Students can also be temporarily grouped by response enabling you to see in an instant wh
97. List 1 Choose Typing Save Word List as 2 A dialog will appear Enter a file name and click Save 3 The current Word list will be saved 113 SoftLINK 12 Notes e Any changes that have been made to the new or existing Word list will be automatically saved when a new Word list is created or when you have exited from the SoftLINK program e The default Word list is saved as SoftLINK wdl View Typing History This feature of Keyboard Monitoring enables you to monitor the Keyboard usage of connected Students and if required store or print a permanent record 1 In Typing View choose Typing 4History from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Typing History dialog will appear This provides details of the Students Keyboard activity during the currently connected session j Typing History NI Show History for Selected Client s Al Gents Student Name Login Name Computer Name Application Stated Typing Wendy Employee PRODUCTION HP2 Untitled Notepad 10 27 15 11 54 16 Hi how are you today We are having some s great we amp Q Wendy Employee PRODUCTION HP2 Run 10 27 15 11 54 14 notepad 2 Marc Jill W8 STATION1 ESPN The World 10 27 15 11 47 28 www espne com amp Jeffrey ToddBroceus AMD64 1 MSN com Hotmail 10 27 15 11 41 26 mn sn amp Jeffrey ToddBroceus AMD64 1 Logitech Support 10 27 15 11 41 26 we are have The available options are Show History for The list can be
98. Multi Choice Name the aeroplane a Science Order items Using the picture to h Elele lz le s m lt m D 100 mark is equal to 13 points 5 Information This exam has 5 question s in a time limit of 01 00 that is 00 12 00 per question lt Back J Fes Canca Wee J Selected questions appear in the right hand pane of the window From here you can use the buttons to remove a question from the exam sort the questions into the required order preview the question assign a new score to the question or even create a new question Click Finish to store the exam in the Exam Editor window tree view Once created you can use the Exam Editor menu or toolbar options to edit or delete exams preview exams and publish the exam Note Although the newly created exam appears in the Exam Editor tree view it cannot be run at Student workstations until it has been published This bundles the various elements of the exam questions pictures videos etc into a single ZIP file which is then made available in the Testing Console 331 SoftLINK 12 Question Score Questions are created with a default score the Question Score dialog allows you to allocate your own score to individual questions 1 In the Exam Wizard select the question you wish to amend the score for and click the Question Score icon Note You must ensure that the Default Scoring System option is un
99. NK Tutor is loaded copy the NSA LIC into the SoftLINK program directory C Program Files SoftLINK Class Control The SoftLINK Tutor will then allow connections to Assist Students License count restrictions will apply to each individual product Note Assist Students will only have functionality that is available in SoftLINK Assist Client Disconnects from an Active Session During an active session you may find that Students inadvertently disconnect for example when they reboot their machine Each time a Student disconnects a message will appear advising which Student has disconnected you can dismiss this prompt or leave to timeout as it will allow you to carry on working this message can be disabled if required To Disable the Disconnect Prompt 1 Select View Current Settings User Interface Tutor from the Control window drop down menu 2 Select the Silent Disconnect option and Click OK The next time a Student disconnects no message will be displayed Note To automatically reconnect to Students when they become available ensure that the Automatically Reconnect to Students option is selected in the Tutor User Interface Settings Configuring SoftLINK For Subnet Browsing If your network is running across multiple TCP IP Subnets you need to configure SoftLINK to use the additional subnets when browsing for Clients Before configuring SoftLINK to browse on a remote IP subnet it is useful to understand how
100. P address is made up of 4 bytes each byte being made up of eight bits which can have a value of 1 or 0 This gives possible IP addresses of 0 0 0 0 to 255 255 255 255 Each IP address is also split into two portions a network portion which identifies the network the device is on and the local or host portion which identifies a particular device The subnet mask defines the position of this split between the network and host portions of the address which is associated with the address The subnet mask is also a four byte number Each bit in the subnet mask that is set to 1 denotes that the corresponding bit in the IP address is part of the network portion For example if we have an IP address of 10 10 2 21 and a subnet mask of 255 255 255 0 IP Address 10 10 2 21 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 IP Address In Binary 00001010 00001010 00000010 00010101 Subnet Mask in Binary 11111111 11111111 11111111 00000000 Network Portion Of IP 00001010 00001010 00000010 00000000 Address Host Portion Of IP Address 00000000 00000000 00000000 00010101 Network Portion Of IP 10 10 2 0 Address Host Portion Of IP Address 0 0 0 21 Therefore when we send an IP packet to 10 10 2 21 we are actually sending a packet to device 21 on network 10 10 2 0 In the example above the network 10 10 2 0 can have 256 host addresses 0 to 255 However two of the host addresses the first and last on each IP network are reserved The reserved host add
101. P2 and Windows Vista The scope of port TCP 139 is changed from Subnet to ANY on Windows XP SP2 Local Security Policy Settings On Windows Vista or higher workgroup connected PCs the following local policy settings are set Network Access Allow anonymous ENABLED SID Name translation Network Access Do not allow anonymous DISABLED enum of SAM accounts Network Access Do not allow anonymous DISABLED enum of SAM accounts amp shares Network Access Let everyone ENABLED permissions apply to anonymous users Network Access Restrict anonymous access DISABLED to Named Pipes and Shares SoftLINK 12 Starting the Installation Download your copy of SoftLINK from http www acs linksystems com demo request SoftLINK demo cfm Click the appropriate language from the menu and select the option to install SoftLINK Select which installer to use setup exe or MSI file If an Active Directory deployment is required you will need to install using the MSI file The SoftLINK installation will start displaying a Welcome screen Click Next to continue Notes e If you are upgrading your Windows operating system you must uninstall SoftLINK prior to upgrading SoftLINK can then be re installed once the operating system upgrade has been completed e When installing ensure you are logged in as an Administrator e When installing SoftLINK on Windows 7 Windows 2008 Server R2 Windows 8 and Windows 2012 Server the Filter
102. Recommended method to connect to Students Clients Room Mode is a quick and easy method to connect to the Clients in a given room A startup wizard will allow you to assign machines to a particular room and at the start of a lesson the teacher simply indicates which of the pre defined rooms they wish to connect to Roaming Students also have the option of connecting to a designated room The Room settings can also be configured at the Student in the SoftLINK Student Configurator Other ways to connect the Tutor to the Students are via Browse Mode PC Mode or User Mode You are now ready to install SoftLINK Tutor and Student programs SoftLINK 12 System Pre Requisites Some areas of SoftLINK s functionality rely on the presence of certain files applications please ensure these are available before installing SoftLINK General Internet Explorer 5 Service Pack 2 or above Windows XP SP3 2003 SP2 Vista 2008 Windows 7 Windows 8 8 1 and Windows 10 50Mbytes free disk space for Student only installation 140Mbytes free disk space for a Tutor only installation 100Mbytes free disk space for an IT Technician only installation 160Mbytes free disk space for full installation TCP IP SoftLINK operates in Terminal Server Thin Zero Client Virtual Desktop Multiseat and shared resource computing environments and is supported on Google Chromebooks and Android tablets Tutor Assistant app supported on iOS devices r
103. Show Application Monitoring status and give access to approved Appl V Show Intemet Monitoring status and give access to approved Web sit V Allow the Student to intiate a Chat V Allow the Student to send a request for help V Show Clock V Show Rewards V Show Ohinetives Cancel Heb Make the toolbar always visible Decide whether to make the toolbar always visible at the top of the Student screen or to auto hide Toolbar options Select the options that will be displayed on the Student toolbar 293 SoftLINK 12 Journal Settings A Journal is provided allowing key information from the lesson to be stored in a portable PDF file You can use these options to customize the settings for the Journal stored at the Tutor To customize the settings for the Student Journal choose Start Programs SoftLINK SoftLINK Student Configurator Journal On Windows 8 machines right click in the Start screen and choose All Apps at the bottom of the screen Click the SoftLINK Student Configurator icon Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control 4 Remote Control T Enable Student Joumal dies 7 Enable Tutor Joumal able Tutor 33 Keyboard Mouse a Replay Files uiui fos Margins nm Page size Fle Transfer Top Defaut z 4 User Interface Bottom 15 Fort size points 3 Tutor in n 5 Student SoftLink Assistant Rx 5 JPEG Qualty 1 100 Group Leaders 75 15 Student Toobar 135 Joumal Joumal Folder
104. SonLINK Version 12 Classroom Management Software Exclusively for Windows XP Vista 7 8 10 Operating Systems 2015 Applied Computer Systems Inc 3060 Johnstown Utica Road Johnstown Ohio 43031 Phone 800 237 5465 Fax 740 892 4838 Email sales acs linksystems com 740 892 2100 URL www acs linksystems com SoftLINK 12 Table of Contents What is SoftLINK 1 CoOnventions USed ni 2v ve deer ets De PRU DRE ERN EE EEEa 3 Terminology USE isis veia exei ERN aN ee ied d 3 INSTALLATION 4 Decide what functions to install esessssseem m 4 System Pre Requlsites caries ere EXE EERREMERERRARMEMERER EEEE EEEE EE 5 eric cH 5 Testing Module spei tini Enni iaia iain iraila 6 Windows Firewall eseessesemm Hmmm 6 Local Security Policy Settings essesssssnm me 6 Starting the Installation ore other Ren hin neh an nnne 7 SoftLINK License Agreement ccceceeee eee eee eee teeta mme 7 LICENSE Information ds ede E er ER wep ihe rede nba ERR eta ERI RN ERE Rn 7 Select Component to Install simsii aa Aa ENEE 8 CUSTOM SETUD RIT ERR 9 ROOM IGENUIPIEATION x deesisetdve ceder Linee a t e b eed uie adig Leeds 11 Ready to Install the Program ccecceeeee eee e tees eee mme 11 Installation Completes ren net tete A Es 12 Existing Installation Detected s ssssssrrsssrerrreserrrrnrsrrrrrnnnrrrrreners 12 Creating an administrative network installation
105. Students This procedure enables Replay Files to be created at selected Student workstations 1 View the required Student machine 2 Choose View Settings for Client Replay Files from the View window drop down menu The Replay Files dialog will appear Settings for Client INVH338 mm 4 5 Remote Control Replay Files View Record Replay Files Keyboard Mouse Include Audio Replay Files V Prefix Files With Client Name Audio In Directory Browse OK Cancel Apply Help 3 Enable the Record Replay Files check box A Replay file will be created each time the Tutor opens a view session at this Student machine 4 Include Audio In addition to the screen mouse and keyboard activity if the workstation is configured for Audio you can record any microphone narration from the Tutor Check this box to enable Note Desktop sounds music etc are unable to be recorded 5 Prefix Files With Client name In order to identify each Replay file filenames are prefixed with the Client name and the date time of the recording Alternatively by unchecking this box the files will be named sequentially in the format 00000001 rpf etc 6 In Folder Specify where the Replay Files are to be stored A separate folder can be specified for each Student 143 SoftLINK 12 7 Click OK Recording will start immediately close the View session to stop recording 8 Repeat steps 1 7 for any othe
106. Students to see their own results r n ff Test Report Sato EC Print Report 53 Class Summary 4 Students Reports 2 Mke CSU Class summary report Steve D2XP Jon DELL P4 S Tammy DEMOPC1 Exam name Exam duration 10 F Windows 10 DESKTOP L Example Test minutes labpc 41 LABPC 41 3 LabPC 42 LABPC 42 Number sed Total points value Wendy PRODUCTION H question 18 of exam 54 Melissa PRODUCTION II z Don STUDENT 06 Pat STUDENTO1 Monica TESTPC 1013 ee ME GTADOND Student Name E Score lser E Kav XPC 1 Hep A e By selecting the required item in the Tree view you can display two types of report a Class Summary and individual Student summaries Each can be printed and copies are also stored in HTML format in the WProgram Files SoftLINK Class Control Tests Reports folder Note An alternative location for the reports can be specified in the Tutor Profiles option Class Summary This provides a summary of each Students result in tabular format The report details the number of questions in the exam the number of points available questions other than multi choice are worth 1 point for each correct answer and itemizes each Students score Individual Student Summary By selecting the Student name in the Tree view you can display a full breakdown of the individual results This is ideal for highlighting any problem areas that the Student may have
107. Subject name and selecting New Topic or choosing Questions New Topic from the drop down menu 310 SoftLINK 12 Create Questions A choice of eight question styles are available each with a Question Wizard that steps you through the required process To create a question choose Questions Create Question from the drop down menu click the Create New Question icon or right click a question and select Create Question True or false Multi True or false Please select one of the question types above Select the required Question Type and click Create Note Questions can also be created in the Exam Editor at the time you compile a test Question Types Multi Choice The Student is required to pick the correct answer from up to four possible options Drag and Drop Text Students must try to complete a statement by adding a word or phrase from the alternatives provided 311 SoftLINK 12 Drag and Drop Image Students must match an image with the appropriate statement Combo List Students are presented with up to four questions and need to select the correct answer from a drop down list You can insert additional decoy answers into the list Label Image You provide students with a picture that has various areas marked The student needs to label each area correctly True or False The Students are provided with a statement and they must decide whether this is true
108. Window will appear on the Control and Client workstation To end Chat Choose Close from the Chat window 154 SoftLINK 12 Sending a Message to Students With SoftLINK you can send a message to all connected Students or the currently selected Students If you send the same message on a regular basis you can store up to four pre defined messages Send a new message 1 2 3 Select the Students you want to send the message to Right click and choose Message Message Or Choose Student Message Message from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Communicate icon on the Control toolbar and select Message Or If displayed click the Message icon on the toolbar The Message dialog box will appear Choose whether to send the message to all Connected Clients or only the currently selected Clients Enter the message and decide whether to show the message at the Clients PCs for a specified time Note If the Student Journal has been started you will have the option to add the message to this Click Send The Message will be displayed in a dialog at the Client screens and will remain until the User closes the dialog or the specified time limit expires Send Message a Send a message to All connected Clients Currently selected Client Please hand your essay in at the end of the lesson Show this message for sec ww Lid eerie ann s 155 SoftLINK 12 Send a Qu
109. a Clients files and folders by moving the horizontal sizing bar or clicking on the Maximize button located above the Clients folder tree Deleting Files and Folders You can delete files and folders from either a Control or Client machine using the File Transfer window Delete a file 1 Select the file you wish to delete 2 Click the toolbar Delete File button 3 A confirmation dialog will be displayed click Yes Delete a Folder 1 Select the folder you wish to delete 2 Click the toolbar Delete Folder button 3 The Remove folder dialog will be displayed 4 Select the Include Contents check box 5 Click Yes Notes e You cannot remove more than one folder at a time If you have several folders selected in the List View when performing the Delete operation only the last selected folder will be removed SoftLINK 12 e By default all files deleted from the Local pane will be sent to the Recycle bin this can be changed in the File Transfer settings 163 SoftLINK 12 Distributing Files As well as enabling you to transfer files to and from individual Clients SoftLINK also allows you to distribute files to multiple Clients simultaneously You can distribute files to e All connected Clients e Selected Clients e A pre defined group of Clients Note When distributing files to Clients the files are sent to each Client machine in turn In some network environments where there is limited network b
110. age will appear For example enabling Internet restrictions 242 SoftLINK 12 Note You can quickly show hide the Student toolbar by selecting View Student Toolbar Show Hide from the Control window drop down menu or by clicking the Toolbar icon on the Control window toolbar The following Toolbar options can be turned on or off as required Shows the Image associated with this Student Shows the Students logged on name or the name entered on the Student Register Class and Teacher information Show amount of time left in the Lesson Indicate when typing is being monitor Show Instant Messenger metering state Shows the current Printer status Blocked Paused etc Show Application monitoring status and give access to approved Applications Show Internet monitoring status and give access to approved Web sites Allow the Student to Initiate a Chat Displays the Student icon image Shows the Students logged on name or the name entered on the Student Register Displays details of the current class Tutor name subject and room If a timed lesson is in progress indicates the time remaining Advises the Student when keyboard monitoring is active Indicates the current status of Messenger Monitoring Shows the current Printer status Blocked Paused etc Indicates to Students the current status of Application Monitoring Restricted or Unrestricted access If Restrictions apply the list
111. ail to view specific areas The navigation panel can be enabled or disabled by selecting View Navigation from the View window drop down menu 93 SoftLINK 12 Notes e For acceptable performance while Viewing ensure that the Client s Active Desktop is turned off e If the Client uses multiple monitors you will be able to switch between the desktops by clicking the tabs displayed beneath the View window toolbar e If the Tutor and the Student are both using touch enabled devices the Tutor will be able to control the Student machine using touch commands Stop Viewing and return to the Control window Choose Client Close from the View window drop down menu Viewing Modes There are three modes in which you can View a Client workstation Share The Client s screen will be displayed at both the Control and the Client Both the Control and the Client will be able to enter keystrokes and mouse movements Watch The Client s screen will be displayed at both the Control and the Client Only the Client will be able to enter keystrokes and mouse movements The user at the Control will be locked out Control The Client s screen will be displayed at both the Control and the Client Only the Control will be able to enter keystrokes and mouse movements The Client will be locked out 94 SoftLINK 12 To change the Viewing mode 1 While Viewing the Client click the View Mode icon on the View window toolbar and select S
112. ake the toolbar always visible sse 293 TOOIDAF OPUIONS secs ciitedetedsbacs cided ant ipii ae iaae niaii bina 293 Journal Settings i nc ccceciceccsesiesesaneseneaersdenssanedaaeaeacdereceteisaeaeseneaedes 294 Enable Student Journal c ccceee cece eee eee eee eee aa seat ee a 294 Enable Tutor Journal eee nnns na ta hana x n ra xanh aa wan RM YR R 294 Tutor Settings irent eene Rex Er RI ERE ARR AREE PEUTR ELE RR TERN E EU ED 294 Journal EoId6rs 2 estote estere aie T 295 JOUPMANWLOG Os eave ath eat atu RETE 295 Show Setting Siriese TI 296 S reen loro E HR 296 Max Color Depth 2s x dex ien te ae Qe Re EUREN Ded iQ Rte dE 296 Show Hotkeys SoftLINK 12 Send PHYSICA FON S cee 1 eder eon dade Eno Poe tees DR ERE ge het ale dale cuna ted Restrict Internet access to approved sites only during Show Disable Touch Support at Student during Show sssss TECH CONSOLE Hardware and Software Inventory ssssssssrssssrrrrunssrrrnnnsrrrnenurnnnn Retrieve a Client Inventory c cece eee ee ee eee eee eee enna mmn Policy Management Creating a Policy Applying a Policy Clear a Policy Student Security Setti Define a Secure PC ING EE ints ET RC View Current Security Settings sess Change the Security Settings sssrsssessrrrrserrrrrrsrrrrrrnnrrrrrrsers Remote Command Prompt Window cesses TESTIN
113. alerted to any microphone or speaker headphone activity at the Student and can select one of the displayed Student thumbnails to listen to the audio being played on that PC Audio activity can also be recorded and played back to Students Notes e If the Student toolbar is enabled Students will be advised when their audio activity is being listened to or recorded e Windows XP 2003 64bit systems do not support audio output from software applications to be captured 1 Choose View Mode Audio View from the Control window drop down menu Or Select the Audio icon on the left hand side of the Control window ICT RT OE a DUNZZENE 307773 a REL OS A thumbnail of each connected Student screen is displayed the microphone or headphone icon will flash on the Student thumbnail showing there is audio activity at the Student workstation The lower panes can be minimized to make more room for the Student thumbnails Click the button SoftLINK 12 Notes You can remove the microphone and headphone icons from Student thumbnails by clicking the microphone and or headphone icon at the bottom of the Control window removing the green tick Audio Monitoring can be setup at startup Choose School Configuration Start Options Restrictions from the Control window drop down menu Listen to Student Audio 1 2 Select the required Student in the List view Select Audio Listen to Student from the Control window drop
114. all Students have a fair chance to answer a question Enter an Answer The teacher enters the answer to the next question in advance and then verbally asks the question Students are prompted to enter their answer Results are instantly displayed to the class and rewards can be awarded or deducted Note You can determine whether the answer is case sensitive or not A thinking time limit can be applied the Answer button is disabled during this period giving Students a chance to think about their answer before they click A time limit for answering the question can also be set You can choose to exclude a Student from the next round if they have already answered a question ensuring all Students have a fair chance to answer a question Pot Luck Question Type The teacher decides how many Students to select randomly SoftLINK will pick and order them A Student is then randomly selected and you verbally ask a question and the Student answers You then decide whether this is correct or not and have the option to bounce the question to another random Student Rewards can be awarded or deducted Note Questions can be bounced when more than one Student has been selected This can be done automatically by selecting the Allow question bounce option or manually by selecting Q amp A Bounce Question from the Control window drop down menu or clicking the Bounce icon at the bottom of the Control window If a Student has answered c
115. alog accessed by running INSTCFG EXE S from the SoftLINK program folder if performing a silent installation or if using SoftLINK Deploy via the Install Properties General tab enables you to specify the variables for the installation The information is stored in a parameter file default name NSS ini Install Configuration Options Untitled mm File Help Student Tech Console includes Remote Deployment 5 Name and Connectivity Server Replay Conversion Utility Standalone Test Designer Install Directory Leave blank for default Icons Select the relevant check boxes to indicate which SoftLINK components will be installed on the Client machines General Install Directory Specify the directory where SoftLINK will be installed Leave blank to install in the default directory Program Files SoftLINK Class Control 15 SoftLINK 12 SoftLINK Deploy SoftLINK s Remote Install Utility The SoftLINK Deploy Utility provides network administrators with the facility to install and configure SoftLINK on multiple workstations without the need to visit the machines individually You are provided with a view of your network allowing you to pick and choose which workstations you want to deploy to With SoftLINK Deploy you can e Remotely Install a SoftLINK package on multiple workstations simultaneously e Create and download specific Client configurations to multiple workstations e Re
116. am itself This is displayed in the Title bar of the Client program 264 SoftLINK 12 TCP IP Settings Connect by Hostname DHCP WINS networks Normally the Control connects to a Client by IP address rather than by name In an environment that uses DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol this may be undesirable as the address may change when the Client workstation is restarted Checking this option forces the Control to connect by hostname Port The TCP IP protocol requires that a port number be allocated for applications to communicate through The default registered port for SoftLINK is 5405 Note If you are using routers you must ensure that they are configured to pass through data using this port Include Chromebooks SoftLINK provides support for Google Chromebooks This option includes Google Chromebooks when performing a search Note The IP address of the Name Server Gateway along with the matching security key needs to be entered click Settings Use Name amp Connectivity Server Gateway Enable this option if you want to search for Students whose IP addresses are registered with a defined Name Server Gateway The currently configured browse at Start up option will still apply but rather than perform a UDP browse of the network the Tutor program will search the Name Server for Students matching the specified criteria Click Settings and enter the IP address of the Name Server Gateway along with the
117. ame and Connectivity Server Install to C Program Files SoftLINK Class Control InstallShield em aes Goa Student Install this component the Client on workstations devices that will be remote controlled By installing this component you are enabling a Tutor machine to establish a link with the Student The range of features available to students is limited to those that enable them to communicate with the teacher for example sending a help request Install Configurator The SoftLINK Student Configurator is used to customize the Student setup at each workstation For example setting the Transport to be used allocating a Student name and setting security SoftLINK 12 When you choose the Student component you will also be given the option of installing the Student Configurator Clear this checkbox if you do not want to install the component you can still configure the Student machine by running the Student Configurator at a later stage of this installation Add Configurator Start Menu Shortcut Choose whether to create a Start Menu shortcut to the Student Configurator at the Student workstation The advantage of installing this at the Student machine is that it is easier to make changes to the settings in the future The disadvantage is that the Students themselves could access the option and make changes Note If you re installing the Tutor component the Student Configurator will be installed b
118. and display their icons in the Control window A Note A warning icon will be displayed next to Students that have been unable to connect Mouse over this icon to see the reason for the failed connection Creating a class for Students to join Publish Class The traditional method for establishing a connection with Students is for the Tutor to browse the local network to find the required machines However there may be occasions when the required Students are not available or the Students themselves wish to connect to a particular remote control session This feature enables the Tutor to create a class that the Students themselves can connect to Notes e Feature only supported over TCP IP connections e Tutor machines running Windows Vista or above will not accept join class requests from Students Creating a class for Students to join 1 To change the default methods of connection choose School Configuration Student Selection from the Control window drop down menu 2 Select Publish Class and allow Students to Join 3 Enter a name and description for the class This is the name that will appear at the Student machine when they try to connect 4 Click OK 5 To apply the changes immediately click Yes 6 The Join Class dialog will appear This lists the Student names as they connect to the class 54 SoftLINK 12 Class Mrs Brown al Your students can join this class by selecting
119. andwidth available or when broadcasting to larger numbers of machines this can affect performance In these circumstances SoftLINK s Broadcast File Distribution facility can be enabled This results in the files being sent to all machines simultaneously thus improving the speed of transfer While reducing overall network traffic generated by SoftLINK using this feature will generate additional broadcast packets on your network It is recommended that you consult your network administrator before using this feature File Distribution can be sent to Students using multicast The broadcast will only be sent to machines included in the specified IP multicast address Distribute Files to a Defined Group of Clients 1 Select the appropriate tab from the Group bar in the Control window 2 Click the File Transfer icon drop down arrow on the toolbar selecting File Distribution from the list of features Or If displayed select the File Distribution icon on the toolbar 3 The File Distribution window will appear 164 SoftLINK 12 D All Clients File Distribution fee File Client Folder View Window Help e f 1 E E A m Eg vo Set Lock Open Create Previous Settings Destination Folder Item Folder Folder Local Computer Contents of CA Fiter Ev EE B Local Computer Name z Type File Description Modified 1 Sni qa Previous Folder WI Dacumentst Join File Folder 30 03 2012 09 30 10 El Floppy Drive a j
120. appear on this toolbar Once defined the group name along with the number of members will appear and the Group tool icons will become fully active allowing you to add delete and change group properties With the required Student group selected properties such as the displayed name and icon image can be changed by choosing Group Customize or Group Properties from the Control window drop down menu To enable disable the Group bar choose View Toolbar Group bar 2 6 List View The List view displays the currently connected Clients or Groups You can switch the display mode between large and small icons lists and detailed view from the drop down View menu When you mouse over a Client icon a thumbnail of the Student machine is displayed Client properties such as the displayed name and icon image can be changed by selecting Student Customize or Student Properties from the Control window drop down menu The wireless status and battery power level can be displayed next to the Student icon when in thumbnail mode or list view You can choose which indicators to display in the Tutor User Interface settings Note Student names can also be customized using the Student Register function 34 SoftLINK 12 BZEEEDEDBIL B The List view can be viewed in the following modes Normal View Monitor Mode Audio View Q amp A View Web View Application View Sur
121. apply global policies to this computer Any policy restrictions set in the Tech Console will not be applied at this Student machine 250 SoftLINK 12 Audio Settings Set the Audio settings for the Client Both the Client and Control workstations must have Audio hardware installed in order to use SoftLINK s audio features SoftLink Class Control Client Configurator EJ t Network Settings Volume 15 Room Threshold 15 Security Audo Morophone User Interface Cem Advanced Joumal a Loud 19 Terminal Services ist Ed Compatibilty F Enable Audio Hooking Hook audio acceleration Aways Cancel Help Volume Threshold microphone sensitivity Microphone volume of microphone Speaker volume of speakers Compatibility Enable Audio Hooking Enables audio hooking to allow for audio communication Hook audio acceleration Sets the Hardware acceleration level for the Students Never Leaves the acceleration level at full While Connected The acceleration level will be moved to basic while connected Always The acceleration level will be moved to basic 251 SoftLINK 12 User Interface Settings This property sheet is used for customizing the interface between the Client and Control SoftLink Class Control Client Configurator x J Network Settings Student leon 3 Room Quiet Mode client not visible on Taskbar Security Audio Request Help User Interface E Disable Request Help Advanced Hotkeys 15 Jouma
122. ary Location to Send To M 167 SoftLINK 12 List the file s to send to the Students Files should include a full path and optionally a wildcard specification You can include multiple specifications by separating them with Or Click the Browse button to locate the file s Or Enter the path for the file or folder in the edit box and click Add Specify the folder at the Student workstation to copy the files to A new folder will be created if necessary Click Send The result of the operation will be displayed for you to check that the work has been sent successfully Sending Work Using Advanced Send 1 2 3 Decide which Students to send work to All or a defined group You will have the opportunity to exclude Students if required Choose School Send Collect Work Advanced from the Control window drop down menu bar Or Click the Send Collect Work icon on the Control toolbar and select Send Collect The Send Collect Work wizard will open 15 Send Collect Work EJ Select an operation from the list and click Send Work or Collect Work Add a new operation by clicking New modify an existing operation by selecting it and clicking Properties Description Last Sent Last Collected Status Students Send Work Year 12 Solar System Wed Apr 11 10 41 10 2012 XP SP3 Collect Work Help New Remove Properties Reset Close Select an operatio
123. as teams Students not in a group will be excluded Help Cancel 4 Select how to group the teams If randomly enter the number of teams If Student chooses team enter the team names the Students will then be able to pick a team from a drop down list Click OK 221 SoftLINK 12 5 The Team Summary dialog will appear showing how many Students are in each team SoftLINK randomly allocates colors to teams you can change this by clicking the color and selecting a new color 6 Click OK The question and answer session will start as normal The Tutor screen will display which team each Student is in The default Group bar is replaced with one containing the teams The team statistics will be displayed to students in the Question and Answer dialog Rewards will now be awarded to the team and not the individual SoftLINK 12 Printer Management Print Management gives the Tutor total control over printer usage within the classroom the Tutor can monitor and control all printing activity by connected Students or printer Students can be prevented from printing be assigned page limits or require Tutor authorization to print The print management feature supports multiple printers within a classroom prevents the addition deletion or modification of existing printers and provides printing usage summaries as part of the Student register Notes e Printers must be added to Student workstations before the Tutor connects
124. ass mem Name Year 7 ICT Description Available Students Students in class Name Address I mt W V Make this the active connection method Help OK Cancel 4 Specify a name and description for your class 5 Enter a prefix for the Students computer name in the text box leave blank to search all computers 6 Click Browse 7 All Students matching the prefix will appear in the Available Students list 8 Select the Student icons to include in your class and click Add 9 To make this the active connection method select Make this the active connection method 10 Click OK 11 The new class will appear in the Class Wizard Click OK 12 The Tutor will connect to the selected Students and display their icons in the Control window These Students have now been added to the Fixed list of PCs Note You can also choose how to connect to Students in the Tutor Configurator 51 SoftLINK 12 To remove Students from the Fixed list of PCs 1 Choose School Manage Class Modify Class from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Manage Class icon in the toolbar and select Modify Class The Modify Class dialog will appear Select the Student icon from the Student in class list Click Remove The Student is now available but is not part of the fixed list of PCs Click OK The Student icon will be removed from the Control window SO TS Note In order to reco
125. ave been in place Approved Only Activate the Approved Applications list The Student will only be able to run applications that are in the approved list All other applications are blocked Activate the Restricted Applications list The Student will not be able to run applications that are in the restricted list but will be able to run all other applications 196 SoftLINK 12 Note A padlock will be displayed next to the Application Control view icon when there are global policy restrictions in force You can override the restrictions in the Tutor configuration Identify applications currently running on the Student workstation In the List View the student icons can be viewed in two different ways Choose View Large icons Details or right click in the List view and select one of these options to change the layout of the Student icons The lower panes can be minimized to make more room for the Student thumbnails Click the button An icon is displayed next to the Student icon informing the Tutor of the current application in use Large icons Details Name Current Application Running Applications ZS Marc EJ All Control Panel Items BELEE GS Jeffrey Microsoft Excel Book x e BE Jon Windows Media Player 9 Series eiu amp 2 Mac Q YouTube E Z Marie amp MSN com Hotmail Outlook Skype Bin If the application is currently listed in the Approved or Restricted lis
126. b will be automatically paused or deleted 1 Choose Print Set Print Thresholds from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Print Thresholds dialog will appear allowing you to apply the relevant settings Pause Printing 1 Select the required Students in the List view 2 Choose Print Pause Printing from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Pause Printing icon at the bottom of the Control window 3 The Print status for the selected Student s will now show as paused 225 SoftLINK 12 Or 1 Select the required printer in the Printer list 2 Right click and choose Pause 3 Printing will be paused for the selected printer Block all Printing 1 Select the required Students in the List view 2 Choose Print Block All Printing from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Block Printing icon at the bottom of the Control window 3 The Print status for the selected Student s will now show as blocked Or 1 Select the required printer in the Printer list 2 Right click and choose Block 3 Printing will be blocked for the selected printer Delete Print Jobs You can delete all print jobs selected print jobs or all print jobs for a Student 1 Select the required print job s in the Print Queue 2 Right click and choose Delete Delete All Delete All jobs for Test20 3 The selected print job s will be deleted Deleting Duplicate Print Jobs 1 Choose Print Del
127. be scanned in one Scan window Scan one Client screen at a time 1 Choose Group Scan from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Scan dialog will appear SoftLink Class Control Scan a Scan the following Clients Name Description amp 3 AMDG41 cancel BS asc BS LABPC 2 E Q PROANLICTIONINST Removing the check mark next to a Client excludes it from the Scan Scan Interval Q Short 2 seconds Long 9 Display one Client at a time Display multiple Cients at a time 22 Em 3 Specify which Clients to Scan by removing or including the check mark next to the Client name Note If you want to start scanning from a particular Client select their icon in the Scan dialog Select the Scan interval Select Display one Client at a time Click Scan The Scan window will appear and immediately show you the first Client in the sequence It will cycle through the selected Clients showing their screens on the Control until you end the Scan DUC oe 100 SoftLINK 12 The toolbar buttons for a single Client Scan Window have the following functions Previous Auto and Next buttons You can turn auto timing on or off from the Scan window toolbar or choose to move forwards or backwards between individual Clients The Previous button shows the previous Client screen scanned The Next button shows the next Clients screen in the scan cycle Scaling to Fit It may be that the Client is runni
128. ca to Name Description 3 Ll amp Jason Gi e Heb GS Jake amp Tamy lt Removing the check mark next to a Client excludes it from the Exhibit V Set Show Mode at Client Full S 2 iow Mode creen lem y E Enable Audio Support 4 Select the Clients you wish to include 5 Setthe Show Mode to be used at the Client screens Full Screen Windowed or Maximize window 6 Click Exhibit to commence the Show 7 The selected Client s screen will be then be displayed on the screens of the Control and the other Clients Only the Control and the Exhibiting Client will be able to change the screen with the keyboard or mouse Note You can also exhibit a Student s screen to others by clicking the Show Menu icon selecting the Student to exhibit from the drop down list under Exhibit and then clicking Exhibit Switching between Full Screen and Windowed Mode At The Control While the Show is in progress the Exhibited screen appears Windowed at the Control If preferred you can switch to Full Screen mode A toolbar appears from which the Control can perform a number of tasks 124 SoftLINK 12 Exhibiting Lisa a de Switch Between Full Screen and Windowed Mode 1 Select Full Screen from the toolbar Or Choose View Full Screen from the drop down menu Notes e While in Full Screen Mode a floating toolbar appears e To return to Windowed Mode click the Full Screen button on the floating
129. cccceceeeeee eee ee eee eee tees eaeeas 144 Watching Replay Files cccceceee eee e eee eee eee eee eee e eee ee tees eee 145 Replay Window Control Panel ecceeeee eee eee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeaeeaeeas 146 Showing Replay Files to Students c eeeeeeee eee eee eee ee teste eee eaees 148 Converting Replay Files to Video Files assesseer 149 Show Application siipien ettet at aa aaa i ad datada 150 Chatting to Students sisisi lise ies caen pi a Rx ERRRRRAR ERR Ra ania EK 151 Chat Properties iiie cioe pret tren pata RE IR ERR MER ERI RI Ren ERIRES 151 The Chat WindOW 3 xe eden ede deoa hoe Pu aea e ad dE 153 Chat to a Client while Viewing eeeenm HH 154 Sending a Message to Students sssssssssseee 155 Send a new message eire RRRRRRRRRARRRRRRRERRREREASRRE AA DK 155 Send a Quick Message 5 etnies eren E XR Ix P exer pns nu 156 Send a message while Viewing emm 156 Creating Preset Messages tincdivesiiedivedited dav died dha ie ARR R DAR PARERE 156 Send a Pre Defined Message ccc cece eee e eee eee teeta eee ee eee ee eae eaeea 157 SoftLINK 12 Help Requests i soeben cadmas E sette SPUR Ta eeu guitar 158 Requesting Help rtr the nhu Enna ERE RRRR ER XRRARRR AR nn RR 158 Display Current Help REQUESS cccece eect eee e teeta eset ee eee e eae 159 Transferring gl Roe cp p T RR RS 160 Copy files and Folders From a Control to a Client
130. cess websites that are on the Approved Site List preventing inappropriate websites being displayed to Students during a Show Disable Touch Support at Student during Show If the Students are using touch enabled devices you may wish to disable touch support while performing a Show 297 SoftLINK 12 TECH CONSOLE A classroom management solution is not simply about providing the right tools for each teacher equally important are tools to ensure all computers in the school can be managed and maintained so they are always available for teaching With this in mind SoftLINK provides a unique Tech Console specifically for IT technicians and network managers The Tech Console provides a single view of all computers across the school allowing technicians to review hardware and software inventory monitor internet and application usage apply always on internet application and printing policies and define security policies which all PCs across the school will be checked against to determine whether they are secure Note The Tech Console can be installed with other SoftLINK components or as a standalone component A SoftLink Class Control TODDBROCEUS PC So Admin Tools Security View Window Help file Distributior 22 Students All 21 9a o m To start the Tech Console choose Start Programs SoftLINK Class Control SoftLINK Tech
131. checked 2 The Question Score dialog will appear showing details of the question and the score that would normally be awarded for the question Question Score The default score shows the total score that would normally be awarded for answering this question correctly You can increase the value of this question by increasing the score value Question Type Question Summary Summary of Question Description Using the picture to help you order the planet ive res I Score value 4 Default Score a sme mem Hep 3 Increase the score by using the appropriate buttons Note Questions with multiple answers can only be incremented by a corresponding number 4 When you have finished click Save to exit 332 SoftLINK 12 Preview Exam You can preview an exam at any time in order to simulate what the Students will see This is a useful way of checking each question and viewing the resources pictures video s etc that may have been included Although the exam runs exactly how it would at the Student workstations the preview facility does not return any results 1 Select the exam in the Tree view Choose Exams Preview Exam from the Designers drop down menu click the Preview Exam icon or right click the exam name and select Preview 3 Use the buttons at the bottom of the window to move between questions and end the preview You can also click each question number on the left hand side of t
132. choose View Current Settings Student Toolbar from the Control window drop down menu al Settings for Configuration SORLINK Class Control 4 B Remote Control The Student Toolbar is displayed on the Student s desktop It can show details about the class current lesson as well as Intemet Application IM and print status V Enable Student Toolbar V Make the toolbar always visible a User Interface T Toolbar options 55 Student V Show the Image associated with this Student 15 SoftLink Assistant ri Shows the logged on user name or name entered on the Student Regi 5 Group Leaders V Class and Teacher Information V Show amount of time left in the Lesson ito Student Toolbar V Indicate when typing is being monitored Journal V Show Instant Messenger metering state ga 35 Show V Show Printer status Blocked Paused etc V Show Application Monitoring status and give access to approved Appl V Show Intemet Monitoring status and give access to approved Web sit V Allow the Student to initiate a Chat V Allow the Student to send a request for help V Show Clock V Show Rewards I Show Ohiectives m m mm x Enable the Toolbar and decide whether to make it always visible Alternatively if the Toolbar is minimized the Student can mouse over the top of their screen to make it appear If the Tutor changes a setting that affects a toolbar option a mess
133. cting their icon in the Student List 1 2 3 Select the required Student from the Student List Choose Whiteboard Make Student Leader from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click the required icon in the Students List and select Make Leader The Student can now use the available tools to add content to the Whiteboard 127 SoftLINK 12 2 Whiteboard MARKETINGO1 uk peijle Fej sa We sm al 4 Control can be switched to another Student by simply selecting their icon in the Student List and repeating step 2 Note The Whiteboard leader can send the current Whiteboard image to their Journal by selecting Options Send to Journal from the Whiteboard toolbar Annotating Screens The Show Exhibit and View features provide a useful Annotate tool that can be used to highlight areas of a Tutor or Student s screen in order to emphasize a key learning point Annotate a Show screen While the Control screen is being shown the tutor may want to draw the student s attention to a particular area The Annotate tools can be used to highlight the relevant part of the screen 1 While Showing right click the SoftLINK Showing icon or the SoftLINK Task bar button and select Annotate Screen Or Double click the Annotate icon 2 The Annotate toolbar will appear 3 Select the tool color etc and use the mouse to draw over the relevant part of the Control screen 128 S
134. curity Choose whether to run the Remote Deploy utility This provides you with the facility to install and configure SoftLINK on multiple workstations Click Finish to exit the Setup program Existing Installation Detected This screen will appear if a copy of SoftLINK is already installed on the workstation 12 JH SoftLINK Class Control InstallShield Wizard mem Program Maintenance Modify repair or remove the program 9 Modify Change which program features are installed This option displays the 18 Custom Selection dialog in which you can change the way features are installed Repair Repair installation errors in the program This option fixes missing or corrupt files shortcuts and registry entries Remove Remove SoftLINK Class Control from your computer stallShield oe ort Modify Change the program features that are installed Repair Repair any installation errors in the program Remove Remove SoftLINK from the computer Select the required option and click Next SoftLINK 12 Creating an administrative network installation An administrative installation distribution copy of SoftLINK is designed to assist administrators to install SoftLINK on networked PCs where the installation media or license details may not be readily available and it is anticipated that a number of installs will be performed either at once or over a period of time This type of installation can also b
135. d click Set Destination in the toolbar Specify a destination then click OK 6 Click Copy Distribute Files to a selected number of Clients 1 Click the File Transfer icon drop down arrow on the toolbar selecting File Distribution from the list of features Or If displayed select the File Distribution icon on the toolbar 2 The File Distribution window will appear 165 SoftLINK 12 In the Remote pane indicate which Clients you wish to copy files to by checking the tick box beside the Client name From the Local pane Tree view select the item s to be copied to the Clients The location on the Client workstations where the files folders are copied to is called the Destination Folder Unless otherwise specified the Client Destination Folder will be the same as the item s location on the Control workstation If the Client does not have the same Folder available the item s will be copied to the C Drive by default and the folders automatically created Or To set a specific Destination Folder on the Client workstation right click the Client icon in the Remote pane and choose Set Destination Specify a destination then click OK Click Copy Note When a file is distributed to Android Students it will be copied across to the File Explorer for the Students to access 166 SoftLINK 12 Sending and Collecting Work The Send Collect Work feature enables you to send a document or a number of documents to indivi
136. d in a particular room depending on the User logged onto the Session Once the Tutor is configured to the same room as the Students it will automatically connect to all Students located in the room Note The Student Terminal Server settings can be configured in the SoftLINK Client Configurator 61 SoftLINK 12 Installing and Configuring the SoftLINK Tutor Assistant For use in your existing SoftLINK managed classroom environment the SoftLINK Tutor Assistant delivers greater mobility for teachers around the ICT suite and is also the ideal tool to allow teaching assistants to help with monitoring student progress The SoftLINK Tutor Assistant works on iPad iPhone iTouch Kindle Fire Android phones and Android Tablets and is available for free from the Apple and Android app stores as well as Google Play Group All Students Restrict Internet Unrestricted Approved Only Block Restricted Restrict All Stage 1 Configuring the SoftLINK Tutor to connect to the SoftLINK Tutor Assistant You will be prompted to configure the SoftLINK Tutor Assistant connections when the Tutor starts From here you can set a pass code to authenticate connections from the Tutor Assistant To access the full Tutor Assistant configuration settings 1 Select View Current Settings SoftLINK Assistant from the Control window drop down menu The Tutor Assistant configuration settings dialog will appear Enter a name for the Tutor t
137. dard 16 color palette Change DOS Font Use this dialog to select the font to use when displaying DOS screens This will be from Windows Clients running Full Screen DOS boxes Windows uses a graphic character set for displaying DOS Screens The higher the resolution that you are running Windows in the larger the font size you will need to set to get an accurate representation of a DOS Screen Change Japanese Font Use this dialog to select the font to use when displaying Japanese DOS screens 280 SoftLINK 12 Tutor Keyboard Mouse Settings Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control 4 Remote Control Keyboard Layout 33 View Unmapped Keyboard z 23 Keyboard Mouse 3 Replay File veplay Files Hotkeys Audio At V Left Shet t5 File Transfer V Control V Right Shft 15 User Interface 3 Tutor Autoscroll speed Scrol Delay Mouse Delay 33 Student g g SoftLink Assistant 3 Group Leaders Student Toobar Journal 3 Show or Fastest Mn Max Mn Infinite Disable Num lock synchronisation 9 c9 c9 ae Gnd Heb Keyboard Layout Select from the list provided a Keyboard layout to be used at the Control during viewing These layouts map keys on the Control to keys on the Client machine If both Client and Control are using the same keyboard layout you should select Unmapped Keyboard from the list Hotkeys When you are viewing a Client in Full Screen mode hotkeys provide a way of returning to the p
138. date speed to be impacted by selecting this option Blank Client screen This enables the Control to blank the client screen in any of the View modes 279 SoftLINK 12 Video Skipping A Controls Viewing performance can be configured using Video Skipping The Control program will not display Client screen updates if a subsequent update to the area of the screen is made Unticking the box will result in all Client screen updates being displayed at the Control Auto Clipboard When enabled provides the quickest method for copying data Use the short cut keys Ctrl C amp Ctrl V to automatically copy to and from the clipboard at both the Tutor and Student machines Default Mode When you view a Client by default you start viewing in Share mode If you prefer to start viewing in a different way change the style from the list provided Cache Size The SoftLINK Control contains a cache to help improve overall performance The cache sizes range from 256KB to 16Mb and a separate cache is allocated to each Client connection If you are running applications on the Client that uses lots of or large bitmaps increase the cache size to improve the performance Max Color Depth When you connect to a Client you can restrict the Color Depth that is sent This is done to reduce the amount of traffic between Client and Control Reduce the Color Depth to 16 colors if you are using applications that do not rely on anything other than the stan
139. dent Register aLla Class Details Teacher Name Leonard Miller Lesson Title Social Studies Room Room 112 Please provide your personal details for the lesson register First Name Sarah Sumame Smith Sign Out At the end of a lesson you can reset the Client names using the Sign Out option 1 Choose School 4Student Register from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Student Register icon on the toolbar 2 Select Sign Out from the available options Confirm that you want to unregister the Students 40 SoftLINK 12 Registration Report Student registration and Printer usage details can be viewed in a report but this will be lost when the Control disconnects 1 Choose School Student Register from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Student Register icon on the toolbar 2 Select Registration Report from the available options ff Registration Report EIE Student Registration Details Teacher Name Mr Smith il Lesson Title Rome l Room Room101 Objectives Date Mon 26 Oct 2015 Time 2 39 34 PM First Login Name Some Class Student Pages Jobs Name ID No Printed Printed amsusto beue 0 a a CE we oe Tofo HFedderoceus amosa 9 oi Notes If you want to store a copy of the report ensure that the Auto Save Register option is enabled on the Student Register dialog when
140. der 11 04 2012 10 26 06 Backup D Compact Disc E L PerfLogs File Folder 14 07 2009 03 37 06 fl common on ukipci group data M J Program Files File Folder 16 06 2012 10 50 40 f Versions on ukpci groupVdata V J Users File Folder 30 03 2012 09 41 54 E marketing on 10 0 14 Z L Windows File Folder 01 05 2012 03 01 04 autoexec BAT Windows Batch File 10 06 2009 22 42 22 8 config ss System file 10 06 2009 22 42 22 VIRTPART DAT DAT File 01 12 2010 12 48 56 251 E Glient Jane Contents of CA Fite 2 E Remote Computer Jane z Name Type File Description Modified Bl Desktop lt Previous Folder B dic LJ Cenfig Msi File Folder 25 06 2012 17 10 02 i A Documents and Settings File Folder 11 08 2010 10 11 26 B commences J NSM Dos File Folder 12 11 2009 10 28 00 EE Date E i LI Program Files File Folder 04 11 2011 13 51 00 EF Literature on uk pci group Data L RH File Folder 06 05 2008 16 10 16 Bil Common on dk pel qroup Data M i temp File Folder 06 05 2010 09 01 34 f deliveryS on pcifile001 N unzipped File Folder 23 04 2008 11 56 56 EF OFFICE on uk pci group Data 03 L WINDOWS File Folder 26 06 2012 09 49 44 EF PCI Product Databases on uk pci group Data em File 26 11 2007 16 45 02 Marketing on uk pei group data R _ LiAlwystgn WLF WLF File 21 12 2007 12 37 08 a E ea nurrocver ont mon sn 0 nne 102444 The Control s fol
141. der structure and the files in each folder are displayed in the top half of the window The Client s folder structure and the files in each folder are displayed in the lower half of the window Copy files and Folders From a Control to a Client 1 Select the required Client in the List view 2 Click the File Transfer icon on the toolbar and choose File Transfer Or Choose Student File Transfer from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click the selected Client icons and choose File Transfer Or 160 SoftLINK 12 If you are Viewing the Client select the File Transfer icon on the View window toolbar 3 The File Transfer window to that Client will open 4 From the Client Tree view select the destination drive or folder into which the items will be copied Note The path to any open folders Explorer windows on the Client desktop is displayed at the top of the File Transfer window to enable quick selection This is only supported on Windows Vista and above 5 From the Control List select the item s to be copied to the Client 6 Click the toolbar Copy File button 7 A confirmation dialog will be displayed click Yes Notes The required item s can also be dragged from the Control view and dropped into the appropriate folder in the Client view When a file is transferred to Android Students it will be copied across to the File Explorer for the Students to access Copy Files and Folders F
142. ds The required class can then be loaded at the start of the lesson and you can quickly connect to Student machines New Class V Open lesson Select LJ J New J Edt f Remove J PowerOn Startup Options Create a Joumal Create a Student Register fish Dont show this dialog again Eo pu Lesson Details You have the option to input the Teacher name Lesson title Lesson objectives and outcome If these details are completed they will form part of the Student Register should you require one What time does this Lesson finish Enter the time you want the class to finish a timer will appear while the lesson is in progress If you do not want the lesson to be timed enable the Open Lesson option Connect to Select the method to locate and connect to Students 48 SoftLINK 12 Click New to create a connection method for your class The Select Startup Mode dialog will appear you can connect by a Room a list of PC names a list of Student logon names or browse the local network to locate Students When the connection method for your class has been defined it appears in the Class Wizard and is available for selection Highlight the required mode and click Select a green tick will appear showing that it is the current method of connection To modify an existing class select the required class and click Edit The dialog relating to the method of connection will appea
143. dual or multiple Client workstations You can then collect Students responses on your workstation Sending Work Two methods are available for sending pre prepared work files to Student workstations e Quick Send is useful for one off operations where you want to send work to all connected Students or a defined group of Students e Advanced Send enables you to store the properties of an operation that will be performed regularly and provides greater flexibility as to which Students the work is sent to Sending Work Using Quick Send 1 Decide which Students to send work to All or a defined group You cannot select individual Students using Quick Send 2 Choose School Send Collect Work Quick Send from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Send Collect Work icon on the Control toolbar and choose Send Work 3 The Quick Send dialog will appear Quick Send Files to Send List the file s to send to the Students Files should include a full path and optionally a wildcard specification You can include multiple specifications by separating them with For example Enter CNHomeW ork to include all files in the Homework folder Or C Study TEST DOC C Study TEST HTM to send the TEST DOC and TEST HTM files from the folder Study C Users Marketing Desktop Diary Template to print pdf Browse Vv Specify the folder at the Student machine to copy the files to A new folder will be created if necess
144. e Whiteboard from the Control window drop down menu Or Select the relevant icons at the bottom of the Control window If required you can save the content of the Whiteboard for later use Choose Whiteboard File Save Whiteboard Or SoftLINK 12 Select the File icon at the bottom of the Control window and select Save Whiteboard Show the Whiteboard to Students 1 If showing a stored Whiteboard image select Whiteboard File Load Image from the Control window drop down menu Or Choose the File icon at the bottom of the Control window and select Load Image From the Group bar select the group of Students to show the Whiteboard to Choose Whiteboard Show Whiteboard from the Control window drop down menu Or Select the Show icon at the bottom of the Control window The content of the Whiteboard will appear on the selected Student screens The Tutor can continue to annotate the Whiteboard in real time To remove the Whiteboard from Student screens select Whiteboard Show Whiteboard from the drop down menu Or Select the Show icon at the bottom of the Control window Whiteboard Leader When Students are viewing the Whiteboard they cannot initially annotate the screen themselves However the Tutor can nominate a Student to be the Whiteboard Leader This activates the annotation options at the selected machine The Tutor can switch control to any of the other participants as required by sele
145. e Application you want to Show or ick Select C Help Drag the icon to the required application on the Controls desktop and release A pink border will appear around the selected application as you move the mouse around the desktop Or Click Select and choose the application from the displayed list Note SoftLINK will identify if the Control is running multiple monitors giving you the option to confirm which one the selected application is sited on If you are unsure which the correct screen is click Identify If only one monitor is detected select Whole Desktop 4 150 Click Show SoftLINK 12 Chatting to Students SoftLINK allows you to Chat to any number of connected Clients simultaneously via a scrolling text window 1 Select the Clients or group of Clients you want to Chat to in the List View If you do not select a Student icon all connected Clients will be included Choose Student Chat from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Communicate icon on the Control toolbar and choose Chat Or Right click an individual Client and choose Chat 2 The Chat Properties dialog will appear m Create Discussion Topic Options d Members can decline to join Members cant leave the chat Chat Window is always visible Add to Joumal Members Name Description RA S Jason GES defe BS son a V2 wy E Monica P Windows 10 3 Heb Chat Propert
146. e Choose an icon to be displayed alongside the message This can be used to quickly identify the type of message Information Question Warning and Stop e You can further highlight the message by playing a sound at the Student machine Click OK when ready Send a Pre Defined Message 1 2 Select the required Student icons Right click and select Message Or Choose Student Message from the drop down menu Or Click the Communicate icon Each of the pre defined messages will be displayed click the required item to send the message to Students Or To create a new message select Preset Messages 157 SoftLINK 12 Help Requests SoftLINK allows a Client to Request Help from a Control They do this either by selecting the Request Help command from the Client menu assuming that it has not been configured for quiet mode which hides the Client icon or by pressing the hotkeys set in the Client Configurator Note If the Student Toolbar is enabled Students can request help by clicking on the Help request icon Requesting Help 1 Press the Hotkeys usually ALT LSHIFT RSHIFT Or Click the Help Request icon in the Student toolbar 2 This opens a dialog box into which they type the message Request Help ES Your name Eddie Message mm Cance a o dont understand section 3 Could you help me Cancel Previous Request j Help D 3 Click OK 4 The Help Request will the
147. e Viewing eeseeeeenneee 96 Sending Ctrl Alt Delete while viewing sese 96 SoftLINK 12 Viewing multiple screens simultaneously ceceee eee eee eee ee teeta ees 97 Blank Al Glen SCreens 4 3 s euet oer cave whey ne phi detecaurgatsarwedaledenedavien 97 Remote Clipboard sssini Ninnin anniina Naani ae ERR ede edax 98 Send clipbDOSEd 9c ide oen oido onde ten Dur tr E Phe Dae Oana Gane PR E Cane Dt tae gades 98 Retrieve Clipboard dei etn h n EEE EAE EANA E EEEE aR 98 AUCO ies IEE E T EEEE EEEn MUS COONS SEE OEE 98 Scanning Students 2 tatai ita eaa a e t anna Rara Raga RE 100 Scan one Client screen at a tiME sssssssssrrrssererrrrrrrrrrresrrrrrrsers 100 Scanning multiple screens simultaneously seseeseeesse 102 Monitor MOdG iiic esses rua Ren ana RR ENEAN NEEE ENEN ENESE EAEC Esana 104 Customize thumbnail size cccceeee eee eee eee eee eee mmn 105 Auto Fit size of student thumbnil cecceeece eee ee testes eee eee eas 105 Changing the thumbnail refresh rate ccceeeee eee e eee teat eee ee tees 105 Show active application esses mme 106 Show achive web site er nett Rep ter RRqR ER edanGahyetesGabsanneGebe hd 106 Show help requests s dieci eara adan REEL ERR DRE 106 Messenger Monitoring seninem ne Rent XR RI E IER IE RDDIER I END ER RR MDR EE 107 Identify Students Instant Messenger Activity
148. e list 144 SoftLINK 12 Watching Replay Files Stored Replay Files can be watched by Tutors and if required shown to Students At a local level the SoftLINK Client program also provides a Replay option enabling Clients to launch files At the Control 1 Choose School Replay Files from the Control window drop down menu Or If displayed click the Playback icon on the toolbar 2 Select the required Replay File and click Play Replay File 3 The Replay Window will open and start playing the file 4 Choose File Close from the drop down menu to close the window 145 SoftLINK 12 At the Client 1 Right click the SoftLINK Client icon in the system tray and choose Replay Or Double click the Client icon and choose Commands Replay from the drop down menu 2 Navigate to the folder where the Replay Files are stored Select the file to replay 4 Click Open The Replay Window will appear Use the Replay Controls to Start Stop the file Ww Replay Window Control Panel When viewing a replay file in full screen mode a control panel is displayed this provides the controls for playing the recorded information The control panel contains a replay time index that indicates where in the replay file you currently are and displays information about the file being played Replay Controls 0 00 0 10 0 20 0 30 0 40 0 50 1 00 1 20 o0OOQCOONMEE Help Local 28 Oct 2015 12 22 56
149. e more room for the Student thumbnails Click the button The current application will be displayed along with the text the Student is typing any Target or Inappropriate words will be identified with either a green Target or red Inappropriate visual indicator A count of how many Target Inappropriate words that have been typed by each Student will also be displayed Note Keyboard Monitoring can be setup at startup Choose School Configuration Start Options Restrictions from the Control window drop down menu The lower panes can be minimized to make more room for the Student thumbnails Click the button Monitoring Activity 1 Choose View Mode Typing View from the Control window drop down menu 2 Choose Typing Monitor from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Monitor Activity icon from the bottom of the Control window 3 An icon showing the current application running on the Student workstation will be displayed next to each Student along with any typed content and any Target Inappropriate words will be identified Note If monitoring is enabled and you switch modes an icon will be displayed on the keyboard tab to acknowledge that Keyboard monitoring is currently switched on Setting up Word Lists While Keyboard monitoring provides real time tracking of what Students are typing you can ensure Students are on track during the lesson by creating Target or Inappropriate Word lists
150. e preconfigured to setup SoftLINK with certain options therefore ensuring that all SoftLINK installations are configured the same Once created the distribution copy can be used when performing a standard install a Silent Installation or as part of a remote deployment Setup a distribution copy of SoftLINK on a server 1 Create a folder on the network that is accessible to all PCs that you may want to install on 2 Copy from your original source media CD or download the file SETUP EXE 3 Create and copy a valid NSM LIC file to this folder If a license file is not present in the folder when running the install SoftLINK will be installed using the default Evaluation license 4 Create and copy a CLIENT32 INI file to this folder Note You can make the network folder read only to avoid the configuration being altered by unauthorized users Install SoftLINK from a server onto individual workstations 1 At the required workstation navigate to the network folder containing the SoftLINK setup files 2 Run Setup exe 3 Follow instructions in Starting the Installation 13 SoftLINK 12 Silent Installation A silent installation is one that requires no input from the user providing a convenient method for performing a set installation at several machines Perform a Silent Install 1 2 Create a distribution copy of SoftLINK containing the required SoftLINK Installation files To determine the pro
151. e statement is true or false True or false Wiza Instructions Select if the following statement is true or false Answer TRUE or FALSE Statement g The Efel Toweris in Paris w OTRUE erase ac ag Enter the instructions for the question along with the statement that is true or false Ce Com L0 Once you have completed part one of the wizard click Next 320 SoftLINK 12 Multi True or False Students are provided with up to four statements and they must decide whether they are true or false The first stage of three is to enter instructions for the questions along with up to four statements Alongside each of the statements choose whether they are true or false by selecting the appropriate button Multi True or fal i Instructions Select which of the following statements are true or false Answer TRUE or FALSE Statement The Empire State building is in Berlin gir Statement The colosseum is in Rome a x Ca Statement The Pyramids are in Paris al m x Statement Big Ben is in London A A IE TI z v Enter the question instructions Then add a statement and select whether the correct answer is true or false Cen Com Geo Once you have completed part one of the wizard click Next 321 SoftLINK 12 Order Items Students are required to correctly place up to four items in the correct order The first stage of three is
152. e target PC to be able to view the information at a later date Simply select the required Client from the List view and 301 SoftLINK 12 choose the Inventory option However if you subsequently want to refresh the inventory you do need to connect to the target PC Policy Management The Tech Console allows you to create a set of policy restrictions that can be applied across the whole school The policy can include Internet Application USB CD DVD and Print restrictions In Report mode you can view the current policy restrictions for Clients Hovering over the icons in the Policy column displays further information about the current policy The SoftLINK Tutor is notified of any policy restrictions that are in force A lock icon will be displayed next to the relevant feature advising that a central policy has been applied Note The Tutor can override central policies for their Students in the SoftLINK Tutor Start Option settings n Policy Management Intemet Mode Restricted X URL Description Add www facebook com www google com Edit import Applications Mode Resticted 7 Name Description Add chrome Chrome Browser l Bemove BiIEXPLORE Intemet Explorer gk met USB CD DVD Unrestricted Unrestricted Block access Block access Read only Read only Prevent execute T Prevent execute Printer Unrestricted z Author ToddBroceu
153. e tools you need to help maximize the effectiveness of computer led teaching on Android devices The School Student for Android can be installed on each Android tablet From the teacher s desktop you can then connect to each system enabling you to interact with each student quickly and efficiently The School Student for Android app works on Android v4 0 or later tablets and is available for free from the Google Play store Set up and configure the School Student for Android You can pre configure each device with the required password protected classroom connectivity settings from the device or push the settings to each device from within the SoftLINK Tutor program 1 Select School Tablet 4Apply Student Settings from the Control drop down window The Student Settings dialog will appear Select the students you wish to send the settings to To amend the configuration settings click Modify The Modify Student Settings dialog will appear Set the required options and click Save If a password has already been set at the Android device enter this Click Send You can now browse for Android Students in Room mode IOS ONT COLTS If you selected the Tablet students only license type during installation the SoftLINK Tutor will only display the features that are supported for Tablet Students Note In certain environments the SoftLINK Tutor Console may not locate the Android Students during its browse For further
154. ed that you disallow Incognito Mode in the Chrome OS User Settings via Google Apps for Education If you selected the Chrome Students Only license type during installation of the SoftLINK Tutor the Tutor will only display the features that are supported for Google Chrome Students From the Tutor Windows or Chrome OS the teacher can perform the following functionality on students Chromebooks e View a crystal clear thumbnail of each student machine in a single view e Click on a thumbnail to discreetly view activity on that machine e Remote Control As well as discreetly monitoring the Students screens Watch Mode teachers can now interact with the students desktops with real time remote control Share Mode Ideal for providing 1 1 help and support to students as needed e Show the Teacher s screen Ensure student attention and focus when presenting by showing the teacher s desktop to selected student screens e Show an application to selected Students e Lock the students mice and keyboards when instructing e Send an instant survey or request for feedback to each student and display results in real time 67 SoftLINK 12 Send an attention grabbing message or instruction to each Student machine Block unauthorized websites Use approved websites only Block all internet access Launch a website on the Student Chromebook Close a website on the Student Chromebook During a view session you
155. ee i Check the Protect box to set the password Each time a Control User subsequently wants to make changes to the Configuration they will be prompted to enter the password Options Password Setting a password will mean that the next time the Control program is started the user will be prompted to enter a password If they do not enter the correct password they will not be able to start the Control Security Key You can set a security key that will ensure that only Controls and Clients with matching keys are able to connect Setting an asterisk defaults the security key to be the same as the serial number Note that this must set at both the Control and the Client If a security key is set here this Control will only connect to Clients with the same or no security key 271 SoftLINK 12 Redirect URL Allows you to specify the URL that Students will be redirected to if they try to access restricted web sites SoftLINK 12 Administration Profiles This property sheet enables you to Add Edit or Delete Tutor Profiles SoRLINK Class Control Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control ml Aoplcabons Fle OK cancel Heb After creating for example an approved or restricted list of websites and applications you can add the files containing this information to a Tutor Profile On entering the Tutor program the user simply selects the required profile to load the pre defined sett
156. ent of the clipboard from a Control to a Client workstation 1 View the required Client 2 Open appropriate applications on the Client and Control workstations Select and copy the required data from the application at the Control If Auto is enabled using Ctrl C copies the data directly to the clipboard Or If you have used Edit Cut Copy return to the Clients view window and click the Clipboard icon on the View window toolbar and choose Send Clipboard 3 To paste the data at the Client application choose Edit from the Client application drop down menu select Paste Or Use the short cut keys Ctrl V to paste the data 98 SoftLINK 12 Sending the content of the clipboard from a Client to a Control workstation 1 2 3 View the required Client Open appropriate applications on the Client and Control workstations Copy the required data from the application at the Client as above but if using menu options rather than the shortcut keys choose Clipboard Retrieve Clipboard from the toolbar Return to the Control application and paste the data using the appropriate menu options or the short cut keys Ctrl V 99 SoftLINK 12 Scanning Students The Scan function enables you to cycle through each connected Client in turn displaying its screen on the Control It is an alternative to Viewing multiple Clients in scaled windows which may cause their screens to be unreadable Multiple Client screens can also
157. ents drag and drop the images next to the appropriate statement 4 Instructions Match the Country to the flag Option 1 Brazil 5 C Browse Option 2 Morocco T aone Option 3 Canada Borse E Q9 Option 4 Egypt A as as Enter your instructions in the box at the top of the screen Then enter up to four labels in each of the option boxes Then select the Browse button to the right of each option and select the image that matches the statement When the question is published the Student will need to choose which image matches each statement Once you have completed part one of the wizard click Next 315 SoftLINK 12 Combo List The Student is presented with up to four statements Alongside each statement is a drop down list containing a choice of possible answers They must select the correct answer from the list The first stage of three is to enter the instructions along with up to four statements or phrases Alongside each statement enter the correct answer text You can then add two further dummy answers meaning that when the question is run at Student machines the Student will be shown all possible answers to choose from Combo List Wiza Instructions 4 Where would you find these landmarks Question Text Answer Text Teti Eye London Text2 Effel Tower Paris Tex 3 Colosseum Rome Text 4 Pathanon Athens 9 Dummy Answers gt v Dummy 1 Berin Dummy 2 New York oe Enter
158. er Security key configured 76 SoftLINK 12 Installing amp Configuring a Name Server A Name Server or Gateway is designed to run on a machine that is accessible from both the Tutor and Student PCs It must therefore have a fixed or static IP address The Name Server can be installed as a standalone component on the machine you wish to use or along with other SoftLINK components When performing a SoftLINK installation select the Name and Connectivity Server component from the Custom Setup screen You will also need to configure the Server Gateway properties At the end of the installation the Gateway Configuration dialog will appear or after installation you can launch the dialog by right clicking on the Gateway icon in the system tray or from the Gateway Console File menu Note To display the Gateway icon in the system tray choose Start Programs Startup SoftLINK Name Server Console The Gateway Name Server is configured with the IP Address of the Gateway machine and a Security Key This same information must also be entered at both the Tutor and Student machine thus validating connections between the various components Once the Tutor and Student connectivity options are set to use the designated Name Server each time the Student machine starts up its current IP Address will be registered with the Server In turn the Tutor will check the currently defined method for browsing for Students at Start Up but rath
159. er than performing a UDP browse of the network it will poll the Name Server to find Students matching the criteria Note If connecting to Students via the Name amp Connectivity Server in either Room or Publish Class mode it is necessary to set the Name amp Connectivity Server settings at the Tutor in both the Tutor Configurator and the Client Configurator 77 SoftLINK 12 Gateway Configuration General Properties You use this dialog to configure the properties of the Gateway Name Server You can access the dialog at the end of the installation when the dialog will appear automatically or via the SoftLINK Gateway icon which appears in the workstations system tray Right click the icon and select Configure Gateway The dialog can also be accessed from the Gateway Console select File 4Configure Gateway from the drop down menu Alternatively you can run the file Pcigwcfg exe from the SoftLINK program folder Note To display the Gateway icon in the system tray choose Start Programs Startup SoftLINK Name Server Console On Windows 8 machines right click in the Start screen and choose All Apps at the bottom of the screen Click the SoftLINK Name Server Console icon SoftLink Connectivity Server Configuration Utility General Keys Licenses Security Listening Port and Interfaces Listen on all IP interfaces Port s 443 e g 443 3085 etc Listen on specified IP interfaces
160. ers using Room mode e Ability to search for Students by name device or class e Apply a school wide set of internet application USB CD DVD and print restrictions SoftLINK allows Teachers to request help from Lab Technicians and network managers ensure the Teacher Support feature is enabled choose View Provide Teacher Support from the Control window drop down menu A Get Support icon will be displayed on the Tutor console toolbar Clicking the icon allows the Tutor to either chat or send a message directly to the lab technician or network manager Hardware and Software Inventory For many support teams an important part of the problem resolution process is knowing not only what platform the workstation is running but also its hardware specifications and the applications installed on the workstation For this reason SoftLINK provides the tools to supply a full inventory of the remote workstation In addition to its sophisticated hardware software reporting where over 50 items of information are collected specifically about the hardware or environment of the client PC you can obtain details of applications in memory installed hot fixes processes running and installed services As well as the real time reporting SoftLINK also provides the tools security permitting to allow you to remotely stop and start services end applications and more 300 SoftLINK 12 Notes e In order to use the HTML based features withi
161. es 2 Audio Alle Transfer User Interface 33 Tutor 33 Student t Softlink Assistant 15 Group Leaders Student Toobar 15 Joumal 19 Show Volume Threshold Microphone Speaker Quiet E Test Enable eor Talk only sten only Change Transmission Format Cancel Heb The Audio settings can be configured in two ways 1 To apply the settings for all Client sessions choose View Current Settings Audio from the Control window drop down menu 2 To apply the settings for an individual Client session View the Client and choose View Settings for Client Audio from the View window drop down menu Volume Threshold microphone sensitivity Microphone volume of microphone Speaker volume of speakers 283 SoftLINK 12 Test Check this box to test all of the above settings Enable On Turn Audio on Off Turn Audio off Talk Turn the Control Audio to Talk function only Listen Turn the Control Audio to Listen function only Selecting the Change transmission format buttons allows you to change the transmission format Use only the level you need for acceptable quality High quality settings can affect screen update performance Tutor File Transfer Settings You can configure the File Transfer settings in SoftLINK From the Control window drop down menu choose View Current Settings File Transfer Here you can alter the way in which information is displayed and set safety features such a
162. esigner from the Tutor Console drop down menu Or If displayed click the Test Designer icon on the Tutor Console toolbar The Test Designer logon screen will appear Enter your user name and password Note SoftLINK provides a default Administrator logon for use the first time you access the Designer User Name admin Password admin but you can add additional users 308 SoftLINK 12 Test Designer User Interface The Designer comprises two modes of operation Questions and Exams You navigate the two interfaces using the drop down menus or the icons displayed above each tree view Stored Questions grouped by Subject are shown in the top pane and Exams at the bottom The right hand pane shows a preview of the currently selected Question or Exam P SoftLink Class Control Test Designer File Questions Exams Help a JJ TF e POS j Users Import Export Logof Publish Resources Layout Help AE BA oes 8 3 Echo Knowledge Exam B General Correctly assign the national flags to each country el qe amp Capital Cities Countries 3 Complete the following sentences Drag the pictures to the corect question 9 Correctly assign the national flags 1 S How many countries are in each of Argentina 8 Identify the countries by dragging tl 9 Identify the flags for each of these A Listen to the music and identify whic Using the picture provided answer Brazil 3 W
163. ete Duplicates from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Duplicate icon at the bottom of the Control window 2 Duplicate print jobs will now be deleted 226 SoftLINK 12 Resume Printing Allows you to restart printing after it has been paused or blocked 1 2 Select the required Students in the List view Choose Print Resume Printing from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Unrestricted icon at the bottom of the Control window Printing will now be resumed Select the required printer in the Printer list Right click and choose Resume Printing will be resumed for the selected printer Note You can also resume printing for Student s in the Print Queue Select the required print job right click and choose Resume Printer Properties Allows you to change the image display name of the printer and reset the total page and job count 1 Select the Printer icon in the List view Or Select the required printer in the Printer list Right click and choose Properties Amend the required properties 227 SoftLINK 12 View Print History This feature of Print Management enables you to monitor the print usage of connected Students and if required store or print a permanent record 1 2 228 In Print view choose Print History from the Control window drop down menu The Print History dialog will appear This provides details of the Students print activity duri
164. evel of access for the Device Control mode Use Central Policy Applies the global policy restrictions that have been created in the Tech Console Instant Messenger Set the level of access for the Messenger Monitoring mode Typing Choose whether or not to monitor Students keyboard usage in Keyboard Monitoring mode Audio Enable Audio monitoring or mute audio at the Students machines 263 SoftLINK 12 Network and Wireless Settings This is primarily used for setting the network transport that the Control will use for communicating with the Clients It must be the same as that set at the Clients You can also set the name and description for the Tutor Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control Tutor Identification Name 4 15 Start Options Start Options TCP IP Settings Connect By Hostname DHCP WINS Pot 5405 incide Chromebooks Use Name amp Connectivty Server Erwana Subnets used when browsing for students Settings 7 Accelerate Browse Ercadcast Settings V Enable Broadcast Show and File Disttbution Settings Use Mubcast Use Broadcast Wireless Network Deploy a i Tutor Identification Use these options to personalize the Tutor machines configuration Name This is the name by which the Tutor will be known on the network Setting it to an asterisk defaults to the machine or computer name Description This is used to provide a description for the Tutor progr
165. ext If the image you have chosen for the Label Image question is too large for the viewable area you can resize it 317 SoftLINK 12 Size amp Position of image Australia Canada India Spain lf the image you have selected is greater than the viewable area in the player then scroll the image to the view that you wish to see Or select a section of the image by dragging a box over that area Use the scroll bars to position the image within the viewable area To select the required section use your mouse to draw around the area you require When ready press Enter or click Next to continue Use this preview window to position the answers on the image select the type of arrow you wish to use and choose an appropriate color scheme for the pointer lines and background Label Drag amp Drop Labels on to image 1 k Bak Net Ces Hee 318 SoftLINK 12 Drag the end of each pointer to the correct region of the image Drag the associated text box to an appropriate area Select the pointer style you wish to use and choose a color for the pointers and background Click Next when ready 319 SoftLINK 12 True or False Students are provided with a statement and they must decide whether it is true or false The first stage of three is to provide instructions for the question then enter the statement you want the students to answer and specify whether th
166. ftLINK Tutor to connect to Students using a Tablet A restart will be required Tutor will be used to connect to students using Chromebooks Requires restart Allows the SoftLINK Tutor to connect to Students using Google Chromebooks A restart will be required Tutor Startup Restrictions Access levels and restrictions for SoftLINK features can now be defined at startup ensuring they come into force as soon as the Tutor is started Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control 15 Start Options Startup mode Start Options Web Restrictions Unresinctes Access v Z App central poley Applications Unvestnicted Access T Z Anpi central poly Prnt Unresincted Access X Use central policy Devices CD DVD USB Unvesticted Access E Use contrai polcy Instart Messenger Unvesttcted Access Typing Not mentored Audo On IN T Web Set the level of access for the Web Control Module Apply Central Policy Applies the global policy restrictions that have been created in the Tech Console Applications Set the level of access for the Application Control Module 262 SoftLINK 12 Apply Central Policy Applies the global policy restrictions that have been created in the Tech Console Print Choose the level of access for the Printer Management mode Use Central Policy Applies the global policy restrictions that have been created in the Tech Console Devices CD DVD USB Choose the l
167. g an announcement 1 Choose Student Announce from the Control window drop down menu bar Or Click the Announce icon on the toolbar Or Click the Communicate icon drop down arrow on the Control toolbar and select Announce Or In Audio view click the Announce icon at the bottom of the Control window 2 The Announce dialog box will appear include green tick or exclude red cross Clients from the announcement then click the Announce button 3 A dialog box will then appear indicating that you can now announce Click OK when you have finished speaking 134 SoftLINK 12 Using Audio while Viewing When Viewing a Client you can conduct a two way audible chat session 1 Click the Audio button on the toolbar in the View window 2 The Audio options will be displayed From here you can e Turn Audio on or off e Enable only the Control or the Client to talk e Set the microphone sensitivity e Select the Audio Quality The Mute toolbar button toggles the speaker and microphone on and off Using Audio while Showing When Showing to a Client you can conduct a two way audible chat session 1 In the Show Configuration dialog box select the Enable Audio Support check box 2 During the show only the Control has Announce functionality The Audio settings set in the Control Configurator Audio option will apply during these sessions Adjusting Audio settings You can adjust the audio settings within SoftLINK to match
168. ging Website Lists Create a new Website list 1 To create a new Website list choose Web Create new Website List 2 A dialog will appear Enter a file name and click Create 3 A new blank Website list will appear Note The default Website List is saved as SoftLINK web Open an existing Website list 1 To open an existing Website list choose Web Load Existing Website List 2 Highlight the relevant file and click Open 3 The existing Website list will appear Save an Website list 1 To save a current Website list choose Web Save Website List as from the drop down menu 2 A dialog will appear Enter a file name and click Save 3 The current Website list will be saved Notes e Any changes that have been made to the new or existing Website list will be automatically saved when a new Website list is created or when you exit out of the SoftLINK program e The default Website list is saved as SoftLINK web 189 SoftLINK 12 View Web History This feature of the Web Control Module enables you to monitor the websites being visited by connected Students and if required store or print a permanent record 1 In Web View choose Web History from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Web History dialog will appear This provides details of the sites visited by the Student s during the currently connected session r m Web History mer Show History for Selected Client s All
169. hare Watch or Control Or Select Client 4Share Watch Control from the View window drop down menu View Menu Options Scaling to fit It may be that the Client is running in a higher resolution than the Control In this case choosing the Scale to fit option from the View window menu or toolbar will re size its screen to fit the window in which it is displayed Keep Aspect Maintain the correct aspect ratio of the remote screen Switching to Full Screen Alternatively you might choose to use the whole of the Control s screen to display the Client s screen This is known as the Full Screen Viewing While Viewing a Client in Full Screen a floating toolbar will also be displayed If you close this down remember to use the hot keys usually CTRL RSHIFT LSHIFT to get back to the Control window or press lt PAUSE ALT gt to display the drop down menus Screen Scrape SoftLINK s favored and the most efficient method for capturing screen data is to hook into the Video Driver of the workstation being viewed However there may be occasions when this method will not work because certain applications bypass the driver In these circumstances you can enable screen scrape mode in order to take a snapshot of the screen Although this will have a greater impact on the network it will at least provide an accurate representation of the Client s screen Optimize By default when viewing a Student screen the color depth is set to 25
170. hat will appear at the Tutor Assistant Enter the connection port and password to authenticate connections Decide whether to allow Tutor Assistants to be automatically authorized or manually authorized Click OK oP ws D 62 SoftLINK 12 Stage 2 Installing the SoftLINK Tutor Assistant 1 ow Download the SoftLINK Tutor Assistant from the Apple App store or Google Play store Tap the Assistant icon on the home page Enter the IP address of the SoftLINK Tutor you wish to connect to Enter the password this will have been set at the SoftLINK Tutor The default port is 37777 This can be changed but would also need to be amended at the SoftLINK Tutor Note The SoftLINK Tutor will need to authorize the first connection from the Tutor Assistant The Tutor Assistant toolbar icon will change to when the Tutor Assistant service is started and connections are allowed Features supported on Tablets Support for Android and iPad tablets View student thumbnails Send students a preset message Block Restricted websites Set Approved websites Block All internet access Lock Unlock student computers Logoff student computers Blank Unblank student screens Restrict student printing Set Approved applications Block Restricted applications Select a group of students Details View View student Help Request notifications Zoom on student Sort students by name tutor order View current application
171. he Control screen from which you can choose to End Resume or Continue the Show End a Show while Suspended 1 Choose Student Show End Show from the Control window drop down menu 2 Clients will now see their own display Set a Show Leader while Suspended With the Show suspended the Control can assign Show Leader status to one of the selected Clients This unlocks the mouse and keyboard of the Client enabling them to take over the demonstration The Control continues to oversee the Show and can End the Show as required Show Leader While the Control screen is being shown to the class it may be appropriate for a Student to take over the demonstration For this purpose the Control can assign Show Leader status to a selected Student The mouse and keyboard of the Show Leader s PC are unlocked and they can continue the presentation on the Control s behalf The Control can still interact simultaneously with the Show Leader and can suspend or end the session as required Create a Show Leader 1 Start Showing the Control screen to Students as normal 2 When you are ready to create a Show Leader click the SoftLINK button on the taskbar 9 SoftLINK 12 This will display the Showing dialog and the Show will be suspended Client screens will still display the Control screen Click Show Leader The Show Leader dialog will be displayed SoftLink Class Control Show Leader Lx Select the Show Leader
172. he lower panes can be minimized to make more room for the Student thumbnails Click the button 180 SoftLINK 12 An icon is displayed next to the Student icon informing the Tutor of the current Student activity This icon will be the default Internet Explorer icon or a personalized url icon if 2 R Rachel Andy Chris Large icons Details Name Current Web Site All Web Sites A 3 Jake _ Computer based classroom solutions to GS Melissa Il Bing http www bing com p amp 3 Marc Google https www google com EB BS Jeffrey EE Microsoft Official Home Page http w B P Marie EJ MSN com Hotmail Outlook Skype Bin FY GS Steve EJ MSN com Hotmail Outlook Skype Bin EJ If the url is currently listed in the Approved or Restricted lists then a visual Green Approved or Red Restricted identifier is shown surrounding the url icon to make identification easier If the List view is in Details layout then a list of all other url s running on the Student workstation is also displayed When viewing any one of the four layout options the order of the Student icons can also be rearranged by the Tutor Right click in the List view and choose Arrange The Tutor is able to change the layout of the icons using the following options By Name Student icons will be arranged in alphabetical order according to their Client name display name Student Register name By Current Web Si
173. he newly created exam in the Tree view 2 Choose Exams Publish Exam from the Designers drop down menu click the Publish Exam icon or right click the exam name and select Publish 3 A window will appear confirming the exam properties Click Publish 4 The Save As dialog will appear Give the exam a suitable name this is the name that will appear in the Testing Console when selecting an exam to run Click Save to create the Zip file 334 SoftLINK 12 Setting Up User Accounts Multiple Test Designer user accounts can be created in addition to the default Admin logon User name admin Password admin Choose File Users from the Designers drop down menu or click the Users icon on the main toolbar The User Management dialog will appear from where you can Add Edit or Delete Users User Management Login User Name EU NSS Admin amp Add E Edit i Close i Click Add and enter a user name generally the person s full name along with a login name and password Decide whether to assign Admin Rights This gives the user access to all features within the Designer along with the ability to edit delete questions and exams created by other users Non admin users can only create exams 335 SoftLINK 12 Admin Options Questions exams etc are stored in an internal database supplied with SoftLINK This dialog provides version information about the Database You also have an opt
174. he speed of transfer While reducing overall network traffic generated by SoftLINK using this feature will generate additional broadcast packets on your network It is recommended that you consult your network administrator before using this feature The Show can be sent to Students using multicast The broadcast will only be sent to machines included in the specified IP multicast address To include a snapshot of the screen in the Student Journal click Print Screen during the Show or right click the Show icon on the taskbar A dialog will appear displaying the image to be added to the Journal notes can be added to accompany the image Show a Control screen 1 Click the Show Menu icon on the Control toolbar and choose Show 2 Your desktop will be displayed to all connected Students Note You can set the properties for a Show session select View Current Settings Show from the Control window drop down menu Or 118 SoftLINK 12 1 Choose Student Show Show from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click a selected Client icon and choose Show 2 The Show dialog will appear SoftLink Class Control Show inem e Select what you would lice to Show Show Montor 2 SyncMaster P2450H Digtal 1920 1080 v __ Identify 9 Select the recipients of the Show un Help J Client Monica These Clients Name Description G2 my BE Don gea ipad c Removing the check mar
175. he window to view each one Note Individual questions can also be previewed in this mode Expand the tree beneath an exam to reveal the questions highlight the appropriate item and click Preview Edit Exam 1 Select the exam in the Tree view 2 Choose Exams Edit Exam from the Designers drop down menu click the Edit Exam icon or right click the exam name and select Edit 3 The Exam Wizard will appear 4 Select the Exam Details or Exam Question tab and edit the required items 5 Click OK 333 SoftLINK 12 Delete Exam Although this procedure removes the exam from the Exam Editor window it does not delete the Zip file that is created when an exam is published The exam will therefore still be available to run at Student workstations 1 Select the exam in the Tree view 2 Choose Exams Delete Exam from the Designers drop down menu click the Delete Exam icon or right click the exam name and select Delete 3 Confirm that you want to delete the exam Publish Exam Before an exam can be run at Student PCs it must be published This procedure bundles the various elements of the exam questions resources etc into a ZIP file that can be stored in either the default Program Files Tests Folder or in a shared network area of your choosing The latter having the added benefit of enabling other Teachers to access the exam Once published the test can be selected in the Testing Console 1 Select t
176. hich ofthe Seven Wonders ofthe a Oceans S 4 m D Canada E t2 Seil vro E Example Test amp amp Large Test Phase V Knowledge Exam The United States of America 5 8 Testi mH He H For Help press FL The main toolbar provides shortcuts to a number of general tasks such as creating user accounts importing and exporting data and managing question resources The Layout toolbar icon enables you to customize the Designer Interface should you wish to work in either Question or Exam mode Select Normal Layout to return to the default interface 309 SoftLINK 12 Questions Interface You can create questions in a variety of formats and these can be enhanced by the use of imported pictures videos and sound clips The four icons available in Question Mode enable you to e Create Questions e Edit a selected item e Delete a selected question e Change the way questions are arranged in the Tree This can be by Author Question Type Subject or Level of Difficulty Subjects and Topics can be added to the Tree at any time or if you are not sure which subject groups your questions will belong to you can add them when creating a question To add Subjects directly to the tree select Questions New Subject from the drop down menu or right click in the Questions window and select New Subject Multiple Topics can then be added beneath a Subject by right clicking on the
177. hich position the Student has answered in Student has been marked correct The number of rewards the Student currently has is also displayed Student has been marked incorrect 217 218 t SoftLINK 12 Student is excluded from the round The time ran out in Enter an answer mode before the Student answered A Student is being peer assessed The green and red area will fill in a bar chart style as the Students respond Student thought the answer was correct in peer assess mode Student thought the answer was incorrect in peer assess mode During a pot luck question student icons flash in this state to indicate they might be selected A corresponding large is also shown at Student screens SoftLINK 12 Using the Question and Answer Module Once a Question and Answer session has begun you will be able to see who has responded and mark Student answers by clicking the tick or cross on the Student s thumbnail Awards can be given for a correct answer and deducted for an incorrect answer you can configure these options in the Question amp Answer options dialog Students can see their current awards in the Question and Answer dialog Note Rewards can be allocated deducted outside of a Question and Answer session select Student Rewards from the Control window drop down menu Questions can be bounced around the class encouraging discussion You can also ask Students to peer assess an ans
178. how Printers You can remove printers by removing the tick next to the printer in the Printer list e When a Student is printing a connection bar will be displayed from the printer to the Student that is printing 224 SoftLINK 12 Using Print Management Printers must be added to the Student workstation before the Tutor connects once connected to Students printers cannot be added removed or modified All printers that are attached to Student workstations will appear in the Printer List All printers that are attached to Student workstations will appear in the Printer List from here you can pause delete and resume printing by printer Student print jobs will be displayed in the Print Queue giving you an overview of who is printing what is being printed how many pages are printing and the current print status From here you can delete or resume printing for Students Notes e If Show printers is enabled you can pause delete and resume jobs via the Printer icon in any view e Print restrictions can be applied at startup Choose School Configuration Start Options Restrictions from the Control window drop down menu If the Student Toolbar is enabled Students will be notified of the current print status Setting Print Thresholds Print thresholds can be applied for an individual print job allowing the Tutor to specify the maximum number of pages Students can print If the Student exceeds this limit the print jo
179. ick Collect from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Send Collect Work icon on the Control toolbar and select Collect Work Or If displayed click the Collect Work icon on the Control toolbar 2 The Quick Collect dialog will appear Quick Collect xm Ready to collect files from students sent on Wed Apr 11 10 23 58 2012 Files to Collect Collect files Dian pall Cancel Collect from folder at Student Desktop Delete files on Student s computer after collecting Folder to Collect To on your computer z Browse E 3 Specify the name of the file s to collect e g or Test1 TXT Test2 TXT 4 Specify the folder that the file s are stored in e g C TEMP and whether you want to remove the file from the Student workstation after it has been collected 5 Specify the folder on the Control workstation to collect the file s in e g C TEMP 6 Click Collect 7 The result of the operation will be displayed for you to check that the work has been collected successfully Collecting Work Using Advanced Collect 1 Choose School Send Collect Work Advanced from the Control window drop down menu bar Or Click the Send Collect icon drop down arrow on the Control toolbar and select Send Collect 2 The Send Collect Work wizard will open 170 SoftLINK 12 3 Select the required operation from the list and click Collect Work 4 The Select Students dialog will appear Select
180. ick Message 1 Click the Communicate icon on the toolbar 2 Enter the message under Quick Message and click Send 3 The message will be sent to all connected Students Send a message while Viewing 1 Choose Client Message from the View window drop down menu Or Click the Send a Message icon on the toolbar 2 The Send Message dialog box will appear 3 Enter your message 4 Click Send The message will be displayed on the Student screen currently being viewed by the Tutor and will remain until the Student clicks OK Creating Preset Messages You can store up to four commonly used text messages that can be quickly broadcast to Students using the Message feature 1 Click Communicate on the toolbar and select Edit under Preset Messages Or Select Student Message Preset Messages from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click a Student icon and choose Message Preset Messages 156 2 3 4 SoftLINK 12 Preset Messages iem p Ce jJ Th rk wil be shi 0 DO ode Wamin M e network will be shut down in 20 mins g G Dismiss after 20 seconds Help Play sound y Message 2 Intemet access will be restricted forthe dura P Icon Information Dismiss after 10 seconds Play sound Message 3 Message 4 Enter the required text message s Set any additional properties for each of the messages e Indicate how long the message should remain on the Students screen
181. ies Topic If required enter a title or description for the subject to be discussed in the Chat session This will appear in the Title bar of the Chat window that is displayed at the Student machines If left blank the Control name will appear SoftLINK 12 Members To exclude Clients from the Chat session remove the check mark next to the Student name Members can decline to join If checked a message will appear at the Clients machine inviting them to join the Chat session They can choose to Join or Decline Members can t leave the chat If checked the option for Clients to Leave the Chat session will be removed Chat Window is always visible If checked the Chat window remains on the Clients desktop for the duration of the Chat session Members cannot minimize the window Add to Journal Adds the contents of the Chat session to the Student Journal Confirm which Students to include in the Chat session and select any additional properties that should apply Click OK to start the Chat session 3 The Chat window will appear at the Control and Client workstations Chat Reminder ejm Chat Window Andy has joined Close Lisa has joined Help Jane has joined i Mrs Brown says as Have you all finished Jane says No am stuck on section 4 Mrs Brown Send Message 152 SoftLINK 12 The Chat Window This window is displayed at each participating member s machine and l
182. ile on a workstation 1 Choose Student Show Show Video from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click a Client icon in the List view and choose Show Video Or Click the Show Menu icon on the Control toolbar and choose Show Video 2 The Show Video dialog will appear SoftLink Class Control Show Video Select the video to Show sl gt Video File C Users Public Videos Sample Videos Wildife wmv Cae In the Video File field enter the location and name of the required video you can select Open to browse for the file 3 Click Show A check will be made to ensure that the video file is available at the Student If not the video file will be automatically copied to the Student machine 4 When the video file is launched the Video Player Control Panel appears Standard operations available are Play Stop Pause etc Note While the video is running the Client workstations are locked Playing Videos via Explorer SoftLINK also provides an option to run videos from outside the Tutor program Simply navigate to the required video file in Explorer and launch it from the folder where it is stored 1 Navigate to the folder containing the video file 2 Right click the required video and select Show with SoftLINK from the drop down list 3 The Tutor program will load connect to the Known Clients and display the Show Video dialog 4 Confirm which Clients to include the Video file wi
183. information on how to locate and connect to Android devices please visit the Applied Computer Systems Inc Knowledge Base and refer to Knowledge Base article KB0153 What to do if the Android Students are not found by a Tutor Console browse at startup Features supported on Android e Student Register e Lesson objective e Receive Messages from the Tutor 70 SoftLINK 12 Student Request help Group or 1 1 Chat Student Survey Lock Unlock student computers Real Time Instruction Show Mode View Student thumbnails Watch Student screen Student rewards WiFi battery indicators Launch URL at the Student Blank Student screen Question and Answer mode File Transfer File Distribution Launch at Startup The School Student for Android will launch when the device is powered on and will automatically sign in where the device is located in a fixed room These features are only available on Android devices that have been signed by the manufacturer 71 SoftLINK 12 Installing and configuring the School Student for iOS SoftLINK delivers the tools you need to help maximize the effectiveness of computer led teaching on iOS devices The School Student for iOS can be installed on each iOS device From the teacher s desktop you can then connect to each system enabling you to interact with each student quickly and efficiently The School Student for iOS app works on iOS v6 0 or later and is avai
184. ing Application in the List view 4 Choose Close Application or Kill Process 5 The application will be closed at the Student workstation and the icon will disappear from the List view Note By right clicking on an application in the Approved or Restricted List the Tutor is able to Close a running application on all connected Students Close all applications at the Student All running applications at the Student will be forced to close 1 Select the Students you wish to close applications at 2 Select the Student Desktop icon on the toolbar 3 Click Clear Desktop and then click Yes 199 SoftLINK 12 Change the current application running on a Student wo 1 Uv deo OY rkstation To change the current application running on a Student machine choose View Details The Details List view will appear Right click an application icon listed under Running Application Choose Activate The current application running on the Student workstation will now be replaced by the newly activated application The icon listed under Current Application will be replaced with the newly activated application icon Note You can minimize all applications at Student machines Select Student Desktop on the toolbar and click Show Desktop Launch an application on all connected Students 1 2 3 200 Right click an application icon in the Approved Applications List Choose Send to Students The applicat
185. ings See the Tutor Profiles section of this manual for more information e Click Add to create a new Tutor Profile e To remove a Profile select the Profile name and click Delete e To choose the files to include in a new or existing Profile select the Profile name and click Edit The following areas of the product can be profiled Click Change and browse for the appropriate files to include in the Tutor Profile 273 SoftLINK 12 File Locations Applications File Contains details of approved and restricted application packages Default file name SoftLINK Class Control app See Application Control Module for more information about creating pre defined lists of approved or restricted Applications Web Site File Contains details of approved and restricted web sites Default file name SoftLINK Class Control web See Web Control Module for more information about creating pre defined lists of approved or restricted websites Survey File Identifies the location of stored Student Surveys Default file name SoftLINK Class Control sul See Student Surveys for more information Layout File Stores the position of the Client machines as they appear in the Control window and if specified a background image Default file name LAYOUT LYT See Working with Classroom Layouts for more information Word List File Contains details of Target and Inappropriate keywords Default file name SoftLINK Class Control wdl See Keyboard Monitori
186. ings globally or in some instances at individual Student level Adjust global Configuration settings 1 From the Control window drop down menu choose View Current Settings 2 The Settings dialog will appear select the relevant option Remote Control View Keyboard Mouse Replay Files Audio File Transfer User Interface Tutor Student Tutor Assistant Group Leaders Student Toolbar Journal Show 3 Configure the options to be enabled or disabled 4 Click OK when complete The selected settings will apply to all Clients and will automatically be saved for future Control sessions Configuration settings for individual Clients The Remote Control settings View Keyboard Mouse Replay Files and Audio can be customized for individual Clients For example on one Client you may want to use compression because it is on a slow link but on another you may want to turn compression off Adjust settings for individual Clients 1 View the required Client 2 Choose View Settings for Client from the View window drop down menu 276 SoftLINK 12 3 The Settings dialog will appear select the relevant option View Keyboard Mouse Replay Files or Audio 4 Configure the options to be enabled or disabled during the View session Note If you want to change the settings permanently check the Update Configuration SoftLINK box 277 SoftLINK 12 Remote Control Settings Tutor View Settings This property
187. io off at the Client workstations but leaves it on at the Tutor machine Help Menu Provides access to the on line Help and general Version information 140 SoftLINK 12 Using Replay Files When a Tutor remote controls a Student workstation they can record the screen keyboard and mouse activity taking place In addition if the PCs are configured for audio any narration that takes place can also be recorded The information is stored in a file that can be replayed at the Tutor machine and if required shown to other Students The Replay facility can be configured to record at all or individual Student machines Local activity at the Tutor machine can also be recorded Once enabled activity is recorded as soon as a View session is opened Recording stops when the View session is closed at which point the stored Replay File becomes available for playback A Show session can also be recorded enabling Clients to playback the demonstration at their convenience By default a Replay file is saved as a rpf file these can be converted to AVI or WMV video files Pre set options will be provided for converting Replay files to video files More advanced users can access the Replay conversion utility where you can control video resolution audio quality start and end points of the video and much more To launch the Replay conversion utility select Start Programs SoftLINK Class Control SoftLINK Class Control Replay Conversion U
188. ion to edit the path where imported resources images video sound clips are stored 433 Please select an item in the list to edit its value Please note that some items are for WO infomation only Fr orons amp 9 General P Database version Last Modified 26 05 2006 Version Num 4 5 Resources P Resource Path resources General Tracks the version number of the database school mdb that is currently in use SoftLINK may on occasions supply updates to the internal database and this dialog indicates which version is currently in use Resources By default imported resources such as images video files and sound clips are stored in the Resources area within the SoftLINK program folder This option enables you to edit the path if required 336 SoftLINK 12 Import Export Data The Test Designer provides an Import Export facility enabling you to store external backups of data or make information available to other users Exported files can be password protected for security You have the choice of exporting all items in the database or just the exams questions or resources The Import Export options can be accessed from either the Question or Exam Editor Windows Exporting Data 1 Choose File Export from the Designers drop down menu or click the Export icon on the main toolbar 2 The Export Database dialog will appear Select the category of information to be exported and Click Expor
189. ion will be launched on all connected Student workstations In the List view the Launched application icon will appear in the Current application list Highlight an application in the Approved Applications List Drag and drop the highlighted application into the List view The application will be launched on all connected Student workstations In the List view the Launched application icon will appear in the current application list SoftLINK 12 Setting up Approved or Restricted Applications Name ss Description Approved Applications The Student is only able to run the applications specified on this list Name Description Restricted Applications The Student is unable to run the applications specified on this list Note Application restrictions can be applied at startup Choose School Configuration Start Options Restrictions from the Control window drop down menu Add an application to your approved or restricted list 1 m Click to add an application to your List Or Right click in the List boxes and select Add Application Or Drag and drop applications from your desktop or Start Menu into the Approved or Restricted List box The Add Application dialog will appear Application Properties Filename C Program Files Microsoft Ofice Ofice 14 POW Bowse __Cancel_ Description PowerPoint Type in the exe file name e g winword exe u
190. ions whose Student name started with Classi e g Classi Wki1 Classi Wk2 etc This can be left blank to search for all Students 5 To make this the active connection method select Make this the active connection method 6 Click OK 7 The new class will appear in the Class Wizard Click OK 8 The Tutor will browse for and connect to all Students found and display their icons in the Control Window Notes If a workstation was not available at the time the Tutor initialized you can subsequently connect to it by clicking the Manage Class icon in the toolbar and then clicking Refresh This will re search the network and connect any additional Clients meeting the criteria If required a message can be displayed at the Student workstation when a connection is made See the Configuring The Student section of this manual A warning icon will highlight machines you have been unable to connect to Mouse over the icon to display the reason why the connection failed 50 SoftLINK 12 Connect to Students using PC Mode PC Mode allows you to connect to a fixed list of Student computers by machine name When connecting to Students using PC Mode the Students will become part of the Fixed list of PCs The Fixed list of PCs is a list of available Students that have been found on the network These details are stored in the Client NSS file 1 In the Class Wizard click New 2 Click PC Mode 3 The Create Class dialog will appear Create Cl
191. ists the progress of the Chat session Only the Control or Group Leader can add or remove Clients from the session Unless the option is disabled in the Chat Properties dialog Clients can choose to leave the session The following options are available from the Chat Window Chat Menu The content of a Chat session can be stored for future reference Choose Save As to create a file containing the text or choose Copy to be able to paste the Chat content into another application or file Each message is restricted to 128 characters Check Auto Send long message to automatically send the message when the limit is reached You can add the content of the Chat session to the Student Journal by selecting Add to Journal Window Menu Only the Control s Chat window will have a window drop down menu This menu enables you to swap between opened screens or Tile them Chat Progress The main body of the Chat window is used to record the progress of a Chat session It holds details of members who have joined or left the discussion as well as the messages that have been sent by each member Send Message This is where you type your comments Type the message and press Enter or click Send Each message is restricted to 128 characters You can automatically send the message when the limit is reached select Chat Auto Send long Message from the Chat window drop down menu Note Emoticons can be included within the message 153
192. k next to a Client excludes it from the Show Show Options C Restrict Intemet access to approved sites only during show V Set Show Mode at Client Full Screen 7 Enable Audio Show Hotkeys t a C Send Physical Fonts ifi E Create Replay fie at Student In this dialog you select the Client or Clients that you will Show your screen to and set any associated properties Select what you would like to Show SoftLINK will identify if the Control is running multiple monitors giving you the option to choose which one to Show from the drop down list If you are unsure which the correct screen is click Identify Alternatively select Whole Desktop to show all Select Recipients Select the Client or Clients that you will Show your screen to Restrict Internet access to approved sites only during a show Allows the Tutor to only access websites that are on the Approved Site List preventing inappropriate websites being displayed to Students during a Show 119 SoftLINK 12 Set Show Mode at Client Windowed Full Screen or Maximize Window This option allows you to Show at the Client either in a small window full screen or maximized window size When showing in windowed and maximized window size the Clients Mouse and Keyboard are not locked Enable Audio This turns Audio Support on If you are Showing to only one Client both the Control and Client can speak If you are Showing to many only the Control can
193. k the Unrestricted icon at the bottom of the Control window Or Click the Web Access icon on the Control toolbar and choose Unrestricted SoftLINK 12 3 The green or red indicator will be removed from the selected Student icons Note Because internet browsers often hold the results of recent web access attempts in cache memory lifting an internet restriction may not appear to take effect immediately If this happens you may have to restart the browser The same situation may arise if you are using an application which requires Internet access to a site that has been blocked Once the restriction has been lifted you may need to restart the application for it to recognize the change Block all web access Allows you to block all access to the internet for Students An indicator will appear next to the Student icons to confirm internet usage is suspended Note If the Block All icon is displayed on the toolbar clicking this will instantly block all web access for all Students 1 If you want to block web access for individual Students select their icons in the List view 2 Choose Web lt Restrict all Websites from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Restrict All icon at the bottom of the Control window Or Click the Web Access icon on the toolbar and choose Restrict All 3 All Web access will be blocked for the selected Students Note You can also block web access for all connected Students fr
194. ked by default However there may be occasions when you still want the Student to be able to use their mouse or keyboard Check uncheck the appropriate box es as required Note Both boxes must be checked when the Blank screen when locking mouse and keyboard option is used 289 SoftLINK 12 SoftLINK Assistant Settings Configure the settings for the SoftLINK Assistant Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control 4 55 Remote Control SoftLink Assistant System Configuration 9 View Tutor Name ID Custom System Status S Keyboard Mouse WIN7 TESTVM y Ruming Replay Files ss Audio Current Network Address Fie Transfer 192 168 16 1 V Stat System When Tutor Starts 4 55 User Interface Connection Port Connection Password amp Tutor 3777 Student F Show Password _SoftLink Assistant Acthorised Assistants Group Leaders Deauthorise tS Student Toobar Delete 15 Joumal show Aesstants Waiting For Authorisation Juithorise Delete Automatic Authorisation Interactive Authorisation Tutor Name ID The name that appears at the SoftLINK Assistant Selecting Custom allows you to enter your own name for the Tutor System Status Shows the current system status You can start and stop the system from here Start System when Tutor Starts The system will automatically start when the Tutor starts Current Network Address The network address for the Tutor Connection Port Enter the port number
195. l VA Control 7 Left Shi V Right Shit Terminal Services Menu tems Disable Join Class Disable Chat Disable Replay Disable Joumal Student Icon Quiet Mode If this box is checked there will be no indication at the Client workstation that the Client program is loaded This is useful for preventing Students from manually unloading or otherwise misusing the Client program Request Help Disable Request help Prevents the Client User from being able to use the request Help Function Hotkeys These are the keys that the User at the Client will need to press to obtain access to the Request help Function The default is ALT LeftSHIFT RightSHIFT Note that some keyboards do not recognize a three key combination so if you experience problems try changing to a two key combination 252 SoftLINK 12 Menu Items Disable Join Class Prevents the Client from being able to use the Join Class Function Disable Chat Prevents the Client from being able to use the Chat Function Disable Replay Prevents the Client from being able to open Replay Files Disable Journal Disables the Journal options in the SoftLINK Client icon on the taskbar Students will still be able to access the Journal from the Student toolbar 253 SoftLINK 12 Advanced Settings This property sheet enables further personalization of the Client s configuration A meaningful Client name can be used rather than the machine name or you can specify a
196. l will automatically run Edit a Tool 1 Choose School Tools Edit from the Control window drop down menus The User Defined Tool dialog will appear Select the tool you wish to edit Click the Edit button The Edit dialog will appear om 9M 176 SoftLINK 12 6 Edit the appropriate information click OK Delete a Tool 1 Choose School Tools Edit from the Control window drop down menus The User Defined Tool dialog will appear Select the tool you wish to delete Click the Delete button A confirmation dialog will appear click Yes The Tool will be removed Urs OS 177 SoftLINK 12 Rebooting or Logging Out Students Having connected to a Client or group of Clients you are able to remotely Logout or Reboot the Client workstations at the end of a session This is a simple way to prepare multiple workstations for the next group of students Reboot or Logout a Client 1 2 4 Select a Client or group of Clients Choose Student Power Management Reboot or Logout from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Manage icon drop down arrow on the Control toolbar and select Reboot or Logout Or If displayed click the Reboot or Logout icon on the toolbar A message will appear confirming the Client s included in the Reboot Logout Click Yes to continue Reboot or Logout a Client while Viewing 1 2 178 Choose Client Reboot or Logout from the View window drop d
197. l workstation located on the chosen 18 SoftLINK 12 network domain In addition to the machine name you will be able to identify the IP Address determine if the machine already has a SoftLINK Client installed and which version is running whether the Client is password protected or has User Acknowledgement set With this information to hand you can decide in advance which machines to include or exclude from the forthcoming deployment For example if a current SoftLINK Client is already installed at some of the workstations you might choose to ignore it Preparing a Deployment Choosing Who To Deploy To 1 From the main window select the Network or Security tab 2 A list of available Networks Domains and Workgroups will appear in the left hand pane Expand or reduce the tree list by clicking on either the or Note You can also deploy to specific IP Ranges by adding the appropriate address range to the tree Select Tools Add IP Domain from the Menu bar 3 Highlight the required group 4 The names of the workstations belonging to the selected group will appear in the right hand pane 5 Select the workstations to include in the deploy routine You can use CTRL Click or SHIFT Click Before deciding to include or exclude a workstation you can view its properties by right clicking on the machine name Choosing What To Deploy You can choose SoftLINK Package Client Configuration SoftLINK License File
198. lShield Wizard Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs This computer is used by Student Select this option to install the Student software 5 Tutor 18 Select this option to install the Tutor software IT Technician i Select this option to install the Technician console and admin tools Custom 158 Select this option to install a combination of the above ae JC es Soe n Installs the Student software This feature the Client should be installed on workstations devices that will be remote controlled Tutor Installs the Tutor software This feature the Control should be installed on workstations devices which will be used to remote control other PCs SoftLINK 12 IT Technician Installs the Tech Console This feature should be installed on workstations that will be managing and maintaining computers Custom Allows you to pick and choose which features to install on the workstation Click Next If you have selected Custom the Custom Setup screen will be displayed Custom Setup Select the component s to install on the workstation r gt J SoftLINK Class Control InstallShield Wizard Custom Setup Select the program features you want installed V Student Install V Tutor Console Add desktop shortcut for Tutor Console V Remote Deployment Utility V Tech Console includes Remote Deployment Mdd desktop shortcut for Tech Console N
199. lable for free from the iTunes store Set up and configure the School Student for iOS You can pre configure each device with the required password protected classroom connectivity settings from the device or push the settings to each device from within the SoftLINK Tutor program 1 Select School Tablet Apply Student Settings from the Control drop down window The Student Settings dialog will appear Select the students you wish to send the settings to To amend the configuration settings click Modify The Modify Student Settings dialog will appear Set the required options and click Save If a password has already been set at the iOS device enter this Click Send You can now browse for iOS Students in Room mode IIO SL NOTOS If you selected the Tablet students only license type during installation the SoftLINK Tutor will only display the features that are supported for Tablet Students Features supported on iOS Student Register Lesson objective Receive Messages from the Tutor Student Request help Group or 1 1 Chat Student Survey Real Time Instruction Show Mode Battery indicators 72 SoftLINK 12 Licensing for Tablets Each Android or iOS Tablet that connects to the SoftLINK Tutor needs to be licensed Licenses for Tablets can be purchased independently of the main SoftLINK product and are registered with SoftLINK by loading a new License file NST LIC This file controls the number of Table
200. lass will appear 3 Delete or add the required Student logon names to the list 4 Click OK Connect to Students via Room Mode SoftLINK provides a quick and easy method to connect to the machines in a given room An intuitive startup wizard enables you to assign PCs to a particular room and quickly deploy the student software to those machines At the start of a lesson the teacher simply indicates which of the pre defined rooms they want to connect to Roaming Students also have the option of connecting to a designated room The Room settings can also be configured at the Student in the SoftLINK Student Configurator Note Roaming Students can be configured to manually enter the room from the Student icon in the taskbar If the Student icon is hidden in the taskbar the Student can still manually enter the room by running the setroom exe This file is located in the Program folder on the Student machine Connecting to Students 1 Select School Configuration from the Control window drop down menu 2 Select Student Selection 3 Click the Connect to Students in Room s option and enter the required room 4 If you want to acknowledge roaming Students click the checkbox 53 SoftLINK 12 5 Click Prompt at startup if you want the Tutor to be prompted to enter a room value each time the Tutor starts 6 Click OK Click Yes to re initialize the Tutor configurator 8 The Tutor will connect to all Students found
201. le Show File Distribution Scan Execute Message Lock Unlock Multimedia Support Send Collect Work Chat Question and Answer team mode Create a Group 1 Choose Group New from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the New Group icon on the Group bar Or Right click the selected Client icons and choose Add to Group and select New A Group Wizard dialog box appears that asks you to provide a name and brief description of the group It will then assist you in creating your group Your newly created group will appear as a tab on the Group bar for quick access 83 SoftLINK 12 Group Students Randomly 1 2 4 Choose Group Group Randomly from the Control window drop down menu The Group Randomly dialog will appear Select how to group the teams If randomly enter the number of teams If Student chooses team enter the team names the Students will then be able to pick a team from a drop down list Click OK The newly created group s will appear as a tab on the Group bar Note You can ungroup students by selecting Group Ungroup from the Control window drop down menu Change Group Members 1 84 Choose Group Properties from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Properties icon on the Group bar Or Click the Properties icon in the Control window Choose the Members tab and simply select the Client to be removed or added Click OK when
202. le you to use this tool to enhance training sessions and demonstrations across multiple PCs simultaneously All standard video files for example avi and mpg are supported The Video Player runs locally on each Client workstation and the video file can be accessed locally or from a network drive If video files are stored locally the impact on the network is minimized as only the data to control the player e g start stop pause and synchronization packets are sent If each Client machine retrieves the video file from a network drive you will place additional demands on the network For optimum performance store the video files locally on each workstation you may wish to use File Distribution to do this Other influencing factors will be e The number of Client workstations accessing the file e The speed of the network e g 10 100 MB e The size of the video file e Client workstation memory performance specification e Other traffic on the network Notes e Ifthe video file to be played does not exist on the Student machine SoftLINK will automatically send it to the Student e Ifa Client workstation is required to retrieve files from a Server for smooth operation ensure that the Client workstation has sufficient access rights to the relevant drive and files e The quality of the display will be affected by the video adapter of the workstation and how the screen resolution is configured SoftLINK 12 Play a Video f
203. ll already be selected and click Show 138 SoftLINK 12 SoftLINK Video Player Control Panel The Video Player Control Panel operates in a similar manner to all audio and visual aids Although the commands on the toolbar perform the same actions as would be expected please find a detailed explanation below o SoftLink Video Player ray File View Play Help Tons Open 00 00 M e File Menu The File drop down menu contains the following options Open Allows you to select and load the appropriate video file Close Closes the open video file Exit Shuts down the Video Player View Menu The View drop down menu contains the following options Toolbar Hides and displays the Video Player toolbar Status Bar Hides and displays the Status bar of the Video Player Zoom Resizes the video screen Play Menu The Play drop down menu contains the following options Play Starts the loaded video file Stop Returns to the beginning of the loaded video file Pause Blanks the Clients video screen and pauses the video file at the Control workstation Repeat The video file will be repeated until the Tutor stops this 139 SoftLINK 12 Start Returns to the beginning of the video file End Fast forwards to the end of the video file Mute Clients If students are not using headphones while they are watching a video the sound coming from each workstation can be distracting This option turns aud
204. llows you to send a copy of Students result to their Student Journal The Student then has the opportunity to review their answers after the lesson 342 SoftLINK 12 The Test Player The SoftLINK Test Player is the testing utility that loads at Student PCs when an exam is running The Tutor uses the Testing Console option to choose the Students to participate in the exam and select the exam to run At this point the Test Player loads automatically at each Student PC When the Tutor starts the exam the first question appears and the Students can then work their way through the exam Example Test 1 Complete the information on the Mass of each planet Please select one answer The Mass of Mercury is 5 ol Eath The Mass of Jupiter is 317 times more than E arth v The Mass of Mars is 10 of E aith s The Mass of Satum is B UU CU US CU CU CS 00 14 38 The Test Player window displays the following Exam Time Counts down the time remaining Question List Numbered buttons indicate how many questions there are in the exam The Student can click these to quickly move between questions Useful at the end of the exam to review answers and to make changes before the time runs out 343 SoftLINK 12 Question Area The main body of the window displays the question and depending on the question type the associated options Buttons are provided to view any resources that may have been included pictures videos
205. m right of each thumbnail indicating which site the Student is currently visiting If you have created approved and restricted web lists a green approved or red restricted border will appear on the thumbnail alerting you to any potential misuse of the Internet 1 Choose Monitor Show Active Web Site from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Show Active Web Site icon at the bottom of the Control window Show help requests If enabled this option highlights when a Student has outstanding help requests A flashing Question Mark icon appears in the top right of the relevant thumbnail To enable disable choose Monitor Show Help Requests from the Control window drop down menu 106 SoftLINK 12 Messenger Monitoring SoftLINK extends its application control features with the availability of Messenger Monitoring In addition to the ability to prevent Messenger applications running within the classroom SoftLINK also provides real time monitoring of specific Messenger applications presenting the Teacher with a real time view of chat activity and content Notes Due to security limitations within certain instant messenger applications Messenger Monitoring only supports the following applications Yahoo Messenger 8 or above Google Talk and AIM can be blocked but not monitored Messenger restrictions can be applied at startup Choose School Configuration Start Options Restrictions from the Contr
206. m the drop down menu 2 The Define Secure PC dialog will appear gt Define Secure PC Check the options which should be used to determine f a PC is secure Options Firewall F n Anti Virus F Active Anti Spyware 7 Active UAC 7On Windows Updates Notify Only F Download and Notfiy V Automatic IE Phishing Fiter 7On IE Protected Mode V On Ce x a 3 Select the required options View Current Security Settings In Report mode the current security status for Clients is displayed under the Security column Hovering over the shield will display the current status of all items for a Client 1 Right click the Client icon and choose Properties 2 The Client Properties dialog will appear select the Security tab 304 SoftLINK 12 Change the Security Settings Select the Client icon 1 Choose Security Modify Security Settings from the drop down menu Or Click the Modify icon on the toolbar 2 Or Right click the shield in Report mode and select Modify Security Settings 3 The Modify Settings dialog will appear Alter the settings as required Or 1 Right click the Client icon and choose Properties 2 The Client Properties dialog will appear select the Security tab 3 Click Change and alter the settings as required 305 SoftLINK 12 Remote Command Prompt Window By launching the Command Prompt window you can remotely execute command line instructions at a connected
207. machines included in the specified IP multicast address Select Use Multicast to switch to this method Settings If the Broadcast Show and File Distribution option is enabled select this option to set the multicast or broadcast address The Broadcast Settings dialog will appear If multiple Tutors are attempting to use UDP Broadcast Show simultaneously on the same subnet it is recommended that each uses a unique port to avoid conflict Wireless Network Check this option in order to optimize Show performance across a wireless network 266 SoftLINK 12 Note SoftLINK will automatically detect any wireless Students and enable this option to improve performance Maximum throughput Controls the level of data sent across the network to your wireless access point The default data rate is 8 Mbps If required this can be altered to reflect the speed of the router Note When a Tutor detects wireless Students or is itself wirelessly connected it will automatically reduce the maximum data output to whatever has been configured in the Maximum throughput settings regardless of whether the wireless network checkbox has been selected This behavior cannot be turned off Deploy Opens the SoftLINK Basic Deploy dialog allowing you to deploy Student software to PCs in a particular room 267 SoftLINK 12 Performance Allows you to set low bandwidth and color reduction settings to lower the amount of data sent acros
208. mage Customization dialog will appear Select one of the three tabs All Computers Applies the selected image to the machine name Logged On User Name Assigns the image to the user name so will load at whatever PC the Student logs onto This option takes precedence over the machine name Groups Enables you to apply an image to each defined group of Students 3 Select the Client name or group from the list and click Modify If using the Logged on user name option click Add and enter the Students logon name 4 Browse for the required icon image A number of default libraries ncl are provided in the Program Folder or you can select a picture of your own choosing Highlight the required image and click OK Repeat this process for any other Clients and groups 5 Click OK when complete Note Individual Client and group icons can be changed by amending the properties of the selected item Choose Client Properties Details tab or Group Properties from the Control window drop down menu Select Customize in the Appearance section 88 SoftLINK 12 USING SOFTLINK In this chapter You will discover how to use the wealth of features available to a Control User From how to initiate a remote control session to how you then monitor and manage activity at the end users desktop 89 SoftLINK 12 Locking Student Controls and Blanking Student Screens When you perform a Show the Students mice and keyboards are
209. mal Mewing modes 7 Share V Control V Watch Canes Heb Enables the Group Leader function Show visual Group Leader connections Visual Group Leader connections can be displayed allowing you easily see the link between a Group Leader and their Students in all views All Group Leader features are enabled by default but can be removed by un checking the appropriate box Functions Allows you to select the functions that are available to the Group Leader 292 SoftLINK 12 Student Toolbar Settings Configure the settings for the Student toolbar Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control 4 5 Remote Control G view 33 Keyboard Mouse 3 Replay Files 3 Audio t Fle Transfer 4 5 User Interface 33 Tutor 2 Student T SoftLink Assistant Group Leaders Student Toobar T Joumal show Enable Student Toolbar Enables the Student toolbar The Student Toolbar is displayed on the Student s desktop It can show details about the class current lesson as well as Intemet Application IM and print status Enable Student Toolbar flake the toober always visible Toolbar options V Show the Image associated with this Student V Shows the logged on user name or name entered on the Student Regi V Class and Teacher Information V Show amount of time left in the Lesson V Indicate when typing is being montored V Show Instant Messenger metering state V Show Prrier status Blocked Paused etc V
210. minimized by clicking the button Note To prevent the Tech Console from automatically connecting to the Tutor workstation ensure the SoftLINK Client is installed and set the Enable User Acknowledge option in the Client Configurator You will have to confirm the connection before it can take place 31 SoftLINK 12 The Control Window The Control window is the primary interface for e Configuring the Control e Connecting to Student workstations e Maintaining Client information e Selecting which Student workstations to work with e Selecting tasks to carry out E E fi n 2 A E Manage Student Random he 3 ile er ol nlock lani 0 Browse lanage Cor Tied Help Studer z Class Register Student Objectives Roman Empire Description Outcome History 20 Students This indlestes that you are in the Control window and displays the name of the SoftLINK Control workstation Menu Bar School Student Group View Layout Planner Journal Window Help The Menu bar contains a series of drop down menus that can be used to access the various tools and configuration utilities These menus can be used to select Student workstations to work with as well as maintaining and organizing Student workstations into work groups 32 SoftLINK 12 Toplbar Requests Toolbar The eaalbare contains
211. mizing SoftLINK for use in a wireless environment Once you have established a reliable wireless connection between the devices in your classroom there are some settings within the Tutor console that you can change to optimize performance on your wireless network A school will have a finite amount of network bandwidth available viewing the students screens distributing files or broadcasting the teacher s screen simultaneously will consume this bandwidth SoftLINK provides multiple configuration options designed to reduce the amount of data sent across the network which will result in improved performance These options can be found under their respective configuration sections in the Tutor console Note Our online Knowledge Base provides general advice on reconfiguring your access point Please visit http support acs linksystems com and refer to Knowledge Base article KBO151 For a wireless environment it is recommended that the options within the Performance section of the Tutor settings are set as follows Color reduction Allows you to set the maximum color depth when viewing and showing to Students 74 SoftLINK 12 Low bandwidth mode The number of video frames transferred will be reduced to around 5 per second Setting this to Wireless will automatically turn on low bandwidth mode when wireless students have been detected Additionally within the Network and Wireless Settings section of the Tutor c
212. mne J Cmes 4 The SoftLINK Test Player will automatically launch at the Student PCs and a dialog enabling you to administer the exam will appear on the Tutor screen f coo on O OOO c Q m5 EIE O amp E E View Chat Te Pause Stop F Client Login Test Test Test The following Students are currently being tested Corect incorect Remaining Name Login Name Description Progress amp Windows 10 Windows 10 gt Testis running o00000000000000000 2 aca LabPC 41 gt Testis running o600000000090009000000 amp iubPC42 L bPC42 gt Testis running 0800900000008 000000 amp Wendy Wendy gt Testis running eoooo0000000000000 2 Meissa Melissa gt Testis running 0800600008080 08000 amp Don Don gt Testis running oo00000000000900000900 2 ra Pat gt Testis running e00000000000000000 amp Morica Monica gt Testis running eo0000000090000900000900 3 amp Jason Jason gt Testis running 000000000000000000 Marie Marie gt Testis running 2090000000000000000 amp se Jake gt Test is running 00009000009000900000000 amp ky Kay gt Testis running 009000009090000900000000 di 00 00 12 Unlock student machines when they finish me J Bre a 5 This dialog is used to start the exam monitor Student progress and collect results The window enables you to track individual Student progress Each question is marked in real time so you can see immediately how each Student is doing A
213. motely update SoftLINK license details on multiple workstations e Remotely Uninstall a SoftLINK package from multiple workstations simultaneously Notes e When deploying to a Windows Vista PC or later within a domain the console user must be either logged onto the domain or enter the user credentials when prompted of a domain account that has local administrator rights to the target PC e The Deploy Prompt user options are not supported on Windows Vista and above Installing the Deploy Utility When installing SoftLINK you decide which combination of components to include To install SoftLINK Deploy select the Remote Deployment Utility along with any other components you require SoftLINK Deploy is currently supported on the following operating systems Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 2008r2 Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows Server 2012 16 SoftLINK 12 Planning SoftLINK Deploy is a powerful utility that makes installing SoftLINK packages on multiple workstations a quick and easy process However while we endeavor to ensure that there are no limitations or incompatibility issues in the use of the software it is recommended that a trial deploy is performed on a small number of workstations to ensure there are no conflicts with other similar products such as remote control or desktop security packages In addition for added security and protection you must have appropriate administrator
214. n SoftLINK s Inventory options Internet Explorer 4 or above is required e The Inventory is only available from the Tech Console Inventory John Sr File View Window Help Refresh Print Export Inventory Inventory Inventory ma Hardware C Hardware Inventory Summary W8_STATION2 System Overview Name Manufacturer Operating System Service Pack Version Registered User Physical Memory Domain Workgroup Model Serial Number Organisation System Language System Time Zone Logged on User Direct X version System Enclosure Processor Motherboard Last Updated 07 Jan 2015 15 04 02 W8_STATION2 Dell Inc Windows 8 1 Enterprise x64 Not Available 6 3 9600 John 2048 MB WORKGROUP Vostro 200 00261 30000 00000 AA825 Not Available English United States GMT 08 00 Pacific Standard Time John 11 0 Desktop Intel R Core TM 2 Duo CPU E4600 2 40GHz x2 Retrieve a Client Inventory 1 Select the required Client icon in the Control window List view 2 Choose Tools Inventory from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click the Client icon and choose Inventory Or Click the Inventory icon on the toolbar 3 The Inventory window for the selected Client will appear Note Once collected the various Client inventories are stored locally in the SoftLINK program folder meaning that you do not need to be connected to th
215. n be sent to the connected Control Note Students can send an alert to the Tutor when work is complete they need help or they need urgent help They do this by clicking the Help Request icon in the Student toolbar selecting an option from the Alert Teacher drop down list and clicking Alert The Student toolbar will change color depending on the alert selected The Student icon at the Tutor will change color to notify the Tutor what alert has been raised green for work is complete amber for help needed and red for urgent help needed 158 SoftLINK 12 The Tutor can request support directly from a lab technician or network manager a Get Support icon will be displayed in the Control window toolbar allowing the Tutor to chat or send a message directly to the lab technician or network manager This feature will need to be enabled in the Tech Console speak to your lab technician or network manager for further information If a Student raises a Help Request an alert will be raised at the Tutor provided it currently has that Student connected Any outstanding Help Requests will be visible to the Tutor with a Help Request icon displayed next to the Student and a badge indicating the number of outstanding help requests on the toolbar This will show until that Help Request has been cleared Qas B Yeas 34 year 10 1 Display Current Help Requests 1 Choose School Help Requests from the Control window drop down menu bar Or
216. n be viewed by currently Selected Client or All Connected Clients Refresh While viewing the list click Refresh at any time to update the display 190 SoftLINK 12 Save To keep a permanent record of the displayed items you can save the details to a text file before disconnecting Print Prints details of the currently displayed items Export Exports data to a CSV file allowing the data to be imported if needed Close Closes the History dialog but details will continue to be recorded while the Control is connected 191 SoftLINK 12 Co Browser SoftLINK provides the Tutor and Students with a shared Web Browser This enables the Tutor to lead a browser session navigating Students through various web pages with the added security of locking the Students so they can only view the pages opened by the Tutor Note The Co Browser is not supported with websites that use Flash Navigation or Java Scripting Open a Co Browse Session 1 Select the Client s that are to be included in the session 2 Choose Student Co Browse from the Co Browse window drop down menu Or If displayed click the Co Browse icon on the toolbar 3 The Co Browse window will open and also appear on the selected Student machines From here you can open web pages and create new tabs that allow you to navigate between web pages J Welcome The Ohio State Uneversty Co Browser o OSU EDU 020 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
217. n from the list and click Send Work The Select Students dialog will appear Or Add a new operation by clicking New and completing the wizard 168 SoftLINK 12 Once work has been sent to the Students you will be able to see the current status from the Send Collect Work icon drop down menu You can toggle between showing Students who have completed their work or those with items remaining The Students can open work items from the Student toolbar and click when a work item is complete this will then update the status in the Send Collect Work icon drop down menu Send Collect Work ied Q Sent work status Name Status 6 Sarah Smith All work complete 1 Simon Green All work complete rj Send Work Send files to a specified folder on all Students Collect Work Collect files from all Students Ss Send Collect Send Work to or Collect Work from Students Collecting work Two methods are available for retrieving completed work files from Student workstations The Quick Collect option remembers the last file s sent via Quick Send and provides a quick and easy method for retrieving the work back at the end of a session Advanced Collect lets you select the file s to retrieve from a list of pre defined Send Collect operations and provides greater flexibility as to which Students the work is collected from 169 SoftLINK 12 Collecting Work Using Quick Collect 1 Choose School Send Collect Work Qu
218. n while VieWING cese 129 Annotate a screen while Exhibiting cceceee eee eee eee ee testes teens 129 Annotate Toolbar eae oe ae a r e E eaan eae 130 Audio Monitoring aa a a a 131 Listen to St dent Audio eei tear etere nane ane OET MENTEM AERA 132 Record A dio Activity uiui idee ccre a E delve i pn reiten dite 132 Volume Control i eiie relie ur saeua ha aaa CnP aaa rix RA KR Y Rag ad ansa Ra ndun 133 Mute Sound at the Student sssssssssrrrsssrrrrrnsrrrrrrserrrrrnsrrnrreners 133 Customize Thumbnail Size priiis aidea mmn 133 Audio COMMUNICATION innare na hinh nadar ERR Ra taiias tasas 134 Annourice FUrnction z sett viecate detent rede eer da Ri E IR RD E OA FERREA PORE meets 134 Using Audio while Viewing cese 135 Using Audio while Showing seseee eee eee eee ee teen ened 135 Adjusting Audio settings ccccceeceee eee eens eee teeta teas mmn 135 SOftLINK Video Player echan hier e ERR tied seaside RARE 137 Play a Video file on a workstation sssessseme 138 Playing Videos via Explorer cese 138 SoftLINK Video Player Control Panel sssseseeeee 139 Using Replay File Siinain ei notes dui daiedan gun Pone Pedes alte bos 141 Record Replay Files For All Students ssssesesn 142 Record Replay Files for Individual Students ssssssss 143 Record Replay Files at the Tutor c
219. nder Application or Browse for your chosen application Type in the description e g Microsoft Word Click OK The application icon name and description will appear in your Approved or Restricted List box 201 SoftLINK 12 1 Choose View Details 2 Right click an application icon in the List view under Current Application or Running Applications 3 Choose Add to Approved List Or Choose Add to Restricted List 4 The application icon and description will appear in the Approved or Restricted List Note When adding applications on Windows 8 workstations two tabs will be displayed in the Application Properties dialog The Desktop Application tab allows you to add standard Windows applications as detailed above The Windows Store Application tab lists Windows 8 applications Select the required application and click OK to add to the approved or restricted list Remove an application from your approved or restricted list 1 To remove an application from the List simply highlight the chosen application and click x Or Right click in the list boxes and select Remove Application Note The default Application List is SoftLINK app Filtering Applications Apply approved or restricted applications Restrictions can be applied to individual Students or all connected Students Students can view the current restrictions in the Student Toolbar 1 If you want to apply restrictions to individ
220. ng for further information Folder Locations Testing Console Report Folder Specify a location for storing test results If left blank the reports will default to SoftLINK tests reports Testing Console Exam Folder Specify a location for storing Exams Class List Folder Specify a location for storing Class Lists Journal Folder Specify the location for storing Student Journals 274 SoftLINK 12 Audio Recordings Folder Specify the location for storing Audio recordings Advanced Enable Advanced Options Pre defined Client and Group Lists can also be included in a Tutor Profile but these aren t enabled by default Before deciding to apply these to a Profile consider the current method of browsing for Students on startup as you may not want to override this Client File Contains a list of Known Client machines that the Tutor program attempts to connect to when loading Default file name CLIENT NSS See Class lists for more information Group File Contains the details of any Client Groups that have been created Default file name GROUP NSS See Working with Groups for more information Use shared data files Checking this option allows you to share data with other users 275 SoftLINK 12 CONFIGURING REMOTE CONTROL SETTINGS SoftLINK provides a range of customizable options enabling you to tailor each Remote Control session to suit specific requirements and conditions The Tutor has the option of applying sett
221. ng in a higher resolution than the Control In this case choosing the Scale to Fit button will re size its screen to fit the window in which it is displayed Full Screen When Scanning in full screen mode you can use the Scan Floating toolbar to Control the operation Capture A snapshot of the current Client view window will be taken You will then have the option to name and save the current screen contents to a file To end the Scan 1 Choose Scan Close from the Scan window drop down menu 101 SoftLINK 12 Scanning multiple screens simultaneously Multiple Client screens can be scanned simultaneously in one Scan window 1 W Do DJ YU es Choose Group Scan from the Control window drop down menu Or Select the Scan button from the Control toolbar The Scan dialog will appear Specify which Clients to Scan by removing or including the check mark next to the Client name Select Display multiple Clients at a time Select number of Client screens to be displayed in the Scan window If scanning more than four Client screens select a Scan interval Click Scan The Scan window will appear Note If Scanning more Client screens than the number of screens displayed in the Scan window by using the Next Auto and Previous buttons you are able to switch between multiple Scan Windows 102 SoftLINK 12 The toolbar buttons for a multiple Client Scan Window have the following f
222. ng the currently connected session 2 Monica Monica amp Monica Monica TESTPC 1013 HP Officejet Pro 8620 Network History_User_Rome pdf amp Monica Monica TESTPC 1013 HP Officejet Pro 8620 Network Untitled Notepad r n jd Print History mre Show History for Selected Client s i Cents Student Name Login Name Computer Name Printer Document TESTPC 1013 HP Officejet Pro 8620 Network http www crayola com free coloring pages print ohio coloring 1 3 1 Save Export Pm e The available options are Show History for The list can be viewed by currently Selected Client or All Connected Clients Refresh While viewing the list click Refresh at any time to update the display SoftLINK 12 Save To keep a permanent record of the displayed items you can save the details to a text file before disconnecting Print Prints details of the currently displayed items Export Exports data to a CSV file allowing the data to be imported if needed Close Closes the History dialog but details will continue to be recorded while the Control is connected 229 SoftLINK 12 Device Control The Device Control feature allows the Tutor to protect against external sources during a Lesson The Tutor can prevent data from being copied to or from USB devices and CD DVD drives In addition the Tutor can provide read only access allowing Students t
223. ninstall of SoftLINK You can specify the number of times a user can postpone the uninstall If the user does choose to postpone they will be prompted the next time they restart the workstation Message tab You can specify a custom message to be displayed at each workstation while the uninstall is in progress Restart tab To completely remove all SoftLINK files the workstations must be restarted e Insist user restarts machine A message will be displayed at workstations advising the user to restart the PC to complete the process e Force restart At the end of the deployment a message is displayed advising users that the workstation will be restarted A time bar is displayed indicating how many seconds it is before the restart commences e Automatic restart if not logged in If the workstation being deployed to is not logged in restart will commence automatically 6 When you have completed all four tabs click OK to return to the Deploy Summary dialog You can review your selections and edit if required 7 Click Deploy to commence the uninstall A progress dialog will appear enabling you to monitor the deployment as it uninstalls each workstation 8 Click Close when complete Pre Define Settings For A Future Deployment There may be occasions when you want to defer a deployment until a more convenient time of the day With SoftLINK Deploy you can prepare the settings in advance and choose when to perform the deployment
224. nitoring Allows the Tutor to monitor Students keyboard usage while using any approved application providing a real time insight into Student activity during a class The Tutor can monitor the entire class quickly viewing any typed content and keeping an eye on Student activity levels To further enhance the monitoring process a Tutor can create Target and Inappropriate words lists when a Student types a word on the list it will be immediately highlighted The keyboard monitor also provides a perfect monitoring tool when Students are online in forums or search forms Note Keyboard Monitoring is not available in the following languages Korean Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Arabic Japanese and Russian View Typing Layout Planner Journal Window Help cg m 1 Me seed Loot than B Msiicom Hotmad Outlook Skype Bin B ESPN The Werte Lender in Sports Y untited Psi e did WB get your job done yet did i hear about the IR thing that happened 2 MSS forall of your support wnat a i football c game that was 0 In Typing mode you can view details of Target or Inappropriate words and use the available icons to e Create a new word list e Load an existing word list e Monitor Student Typing activity Note Details layout is the default layout you will be unable to view Keyboard monitoring in any other layout 111 SoftLINK 12 The lower panes can be minimized to mak
225. nnect to a removed Student you must browse for them and add them to the Students in class list Connect to Students using User Mode User Mode allows you to connect to a fixed list of Students by their logged on user name When connecting to Students using User Mode the Students will become part of the Fixed list of Users The Fixed list of Users is a list of available Students that have been found on the network These details are stored in the Client NSS file 1 Inthe Class Wizard click New 2 Click User Mode 3 The Create Class dialog will appear Create Class CT Description Student logins one per line E Make this the active connection method 4 Specify a name and description for the class 5 Enter the Student logon names one per line 6 To make this the active connection method select Make this the active connection method 7 Click OK 52 SoftLINK 12 8 The new class will appear in the Class Wizard Click OK 9 The Tutor will browse for and connect to the Students and display their icons in the Control Window These Students have now been added to the Fixed list of Users Note You can also choose how to connect to Students in the Tutor Configurator To modify Students in the Fixed list of Users 1 Choose School Manage Class Modify Class from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Manage Class icon in the toolbar and select Modify Class 2 The Modify C
226. ns choose Web Allow Approved Websites Only or Block Restricted Websites Or Click the relevant restriction icon at the bottom of the Control window Or Click the Web Access icon on the Control toolbar and choose Approved Only or Block Restricted 185 SoftLINK 12 3 To acknowledge which restriction has been activated an appropriate indicator will appear next to the Student icons Large icons only Red for restricted green for approved 4 Ifa Student is currently viewing a website included in the activated restriction list they will be redirected to a message stating that the URL has been blocked by the Tutor Notes You can amend the URL that restricted websites will be redirected to Choose School Configuration Administration Security from the Control window drop down menu and enter the required URL under Redirect URL Full internet redirection is supported on Internet Explorer Netscape in IE Mode and browsers that provide IE based rendering For Mozilla and Firefox the browser window will close You can specify a time limit that certain Internet permissions apply for Select Web Allow access for limited time Once the time limit has expired the permission will revert to Block All End approved or restricted websites 1 2 186 To remove the restrictions for individual Students select their icons in the List view Choose Web Unrestricted Access from the drop down menu Or Clic
227. ns eae eaenaes 205 Student Surveys eese tek cer tae iniaiaiai kikitaki ri tinkt aaa Re 207 Conduct a EciU Ie ARS 207 Managing Survey Lists sessssssssessseem m mene 210 Question and Answer Module sesssseee nmm nns 213 Types of Questions tectae p nibh nn Tx nana Rana neas 214 Question and Answer Module Tutor Interface eesessssss 217 Using the Question and Answer Module sseseeeeeeeeee 219 Question and Answer Team Mode csessseeen enne 221 Printer Management ic eire ree rrr ERR PER IpRRRRerrprrrRelr Rer el r pis 223 Using Print Management rissin inni meme nnn 225 View Print HISUOEy oii e ee roro on Rr Gave hue caus Gnes PRER It PX wens PUER Era ORA 228 Device Control ses dns erus E Dosen ve ed vane dine Odes dev RR din iei 230 Block Access to CD DVD or USB Devices cccceeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeanes 231 Read Only Access to CD DVD or USB Devices eeseesesss 231 Unrestricted ACCESS sisisi inis i an RRRRRERRRERERARRRRR RR MAR iniiis 231 Disable EXECUTE ici cscicsteeatedsbaceciestisivadatieddadsdicdticrtichsagabied decedent 231 Mute Sound on Student Workstations ccceeeee esses testes teeta eas 232 Tutor Profiles seinri airiai iinan iaaa aaa an AEE an EEEE ESE ai 233 Manage Student Resources ssssssssssessessee semen nnns 235 Student Journal eiae E eter RII E REM pies Pang ethe teen eds 236 Starting a Journal cer ERR RR RERRRERRRKRRRERARRRI
228. ns icon on the Control toolbar and choose Manage Plans Or If displayed click the Create a Lesson Plan icon on the Lesson Plan bar 2 The Lesson Plan window will appear r gt Lesson Plan untitled Sx File Edit ZB BLR New Open Save Add Edit Delete Move Plan Plan Plan Kem Item Item Up This Lesson Plan Total Lesson Time hh mm 00 40 Available Items 1 p Select Grou te S ep Change tap Caen lt aoe Select All Students B show 3 2 p Show m Lr Show tutor desktop to Students Q 100 Free Time 3 Free Time Free Lesson time os00 Test 4 Internet Mode x Set Internet restrictions at Students Only allow approved websites to be accessed A Current View 5 Send Work Send files to a specified folder on all Students v 6 g Keyboard Mode z z Author Desin Cancel x a 3 From the Available Items list drag the required task and drop it into the window Enter any addition properties that are required When all tasks are in place save the lesson lesson click Open To create a new lesson click New on the toolbar or to re load a saved 240 SoftLINK 12 6 Click OK 7 The Start Lesson window will appear This confirms the lesson content total time author and description of the lesson 8 To start the currently loaded lesson click OK or click Cancel to close the window Manage a Lesson Plan When a lesson is activated a pr
229. nse or click Evaluate to use the software for up to five student Chromebooks for 30 days 5 The Connect dialog will appear 6 Enter the Gateway address port number and security key This must be the same as set in the Name amp Connectivity Server 7 Choose whether to connect to your Google Chrome Students using Room name or Browse mode 8 Click Connect Configure SoftLINK to connect to Google Chrome Students 1 Select School Configuration from the Control drop down window 2 Select Network and Wireless Settings and then select Include Chromebooks 3 Click Settings 4 Enter the Gateway address port number and security key This must be the same as set in the Name Server 66 SoftLINK 12 5 Click OK 6 You can now browse for Google Chrome Students in Room mode or using the Fixed List Installing and Configuring the School Student for Google Chrome extension 1 Download the School Chrome extension from the Google Chrome store 2 Enter the URL chrome settings extensions to access the Extensions configuration page 3 Locate the School Student for Google Chrome extension and click Options 4 Enter the Gateway address and port number of the Name amp Connectivity Server Decide what room the Student is going to be assigned to Optionally enter a name that identifies this Student Click Save Nop Note To ensure you retain full visibility of your students internet use it is recommend
230. nt 3 Statement 4 Question Details identify the correct capital cities for the countries listed below EER is the capital of England tes is the capital of Italy ETE IBS is the capital of America LS is the capital of Japan Use the tab at the top of the page to edit other details or press OK to save mm 326 SoftLINK 12 Delete Questions Subjects and Topics A Question can only be deleted if it does not appear in an exam A Subject or Topic can be removed if there are no items beneath it in the Tree the currently selected Sort view determining the extent of the deletion Select the item in the Tree and choose Questions Delete Item from the drop down menu click the Delete Selected Item icon or right click and select Delete You can rename a Subject or Topic by right clicking on the required item and selecting Rename or clicking the Edit Selected Item icon When deleting a Subject or Topic the program will check to see if there are items beneath it in the Tree and depending on the current Sort view if the item appears anywhere else in the Tree When sorted by Subject Type there will only be one occurrence of the item Therefore a Topic will be removed if it does not contain any questions and a Subject if it does not contain any Topics However when sorted by Question Type for example there may be multiple occurrences of the same Subject and Topic in the Tree If y
231. nt Toolbar Joumal T Journal Viewing modes 35 Show V Share V Control V Watch 85 SoftLINK 12 Assign a Group Leader 1 Select the required group from the Group bar 2 Select the required Client icon 3 Choose Student Group Leader from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click the required Client and select Group Leader The Client icon in the Control window will be highlighted to indicate that they are a Group Leader A connection bar showing the link from the Group Leader to the Students can also be displayed choose View Current Settings Group Leaders from the Control window drop down menu and enable Show Visual Group Leader Connections Different groups will have different color connection bars these will be displayed in other views when in Large icons layout TEL Tm 1 IN c Q ver 10 2 James Jane Leading oup Year 8 The Client will receive a message indicating that they have been given Group Leader status They can choose to run the Group Leader Control immediately or at a later stage by clicking on the Group Leader icon that will be created in their system tray or Student Toolbar Notes e Although a Client may be in more than one group they can only lead one group at a time e Each defined group can have a Group Leader even if one of the group members is already leading another group e The main Control can continue to monitor all Client
232. nu and clear the Display image when locking mouse and keyboard check box The Blank screen when locking mouse and keyboard check box will automatically be selected Enable DVD Playback and Direct 3D support Win XP and above only On Windows XP and above SoftLINK uses the Microsoft Mirror Driver to capture screen data for view sessions However while hooked into the Mirror Driver it is not possible to play DVD s Therefore if you do need the capability to play DVD s SoftLINK provides options which load and unload the Mirror Driver as required Except While Viewed If checked DVD support is enabled but will be disabled for the duration of a view session while the Mirror Driver is loaded Except While Connected If checked DVD support is suspended while a connection to the Client is in place 256 SoftLINK 12 Student Journal Settings A Student Journal is provided allowing key information from the lesson to be stored in a portable PDF file You can use these options to customize the settings for the Student Journal SoftLink Class Control Client Configurator eem 15 Network Settings Margins mm Page size T Room Top 15 Defaut Security Audio Font size points User Interface be ls n Advanced Right 15 D Journal 15 Terminal Services 3 c9 of c c JPEG Quality 1 100 75 Joumal Folder Joumals Note f specfying a network path the Student must have access to this folder in order for the Tutorto c
233. o appear on the Start screen right click the item and choose Pin to Start When SoftLINK loads the Welcome Wizard will appear From here you can deploy the Student software onto new computers in your current classroom by clicking Classroom If you need to deploy the Student software across your network or need more advanced options click Network To just start the Tutor program click Start and the Class Wizard will appear The Class Wizard enables you to enter the general properties of a new lesson and allows you to choose how to locate and connect to your Students You can create multiple classes using different connection methods The required class can then be loaded at the start of the lesson and you can quickly connect to Student machines 30 SoftLINK 12 As the Tutor program loads SoftLINK will then browse the network for the specified Students While it is searching the browsing message will be displayed A warning icon will highlight machines you have been unable to connect to Mouse over the icon to display the reason why the connection failed All connected Students will have their icons displayed in the Control window Note If you have selected the Chrome students only or Tablet students only license types during installation the SoftLINK Tutor Console will reflect the features available for these Students You can enter or alter the lesson details for the current class in Normal view This pane can be
234. o selected the same answer This could be useful if you felt a quick follow up question or message to particular Students was required ff SoftLink Class Control TODDBROCEUS PC School Student Sm View Survey Layout Planner Journal Window Help amp B M2 i E AE Manage Student Random Joumal Show Tee ed acca la Menu What year did the United States declare independence from Britain 2 Pama P 1776 S115 IP um 22 2 P 1778 5 Response 1778 1775 1776 177 1778 d Question ales Ada Send 3 cancel MSO show Med save S Print Ready S Webex 18 Students Windows 18 Conduct a Survey 1 Choose View Mode Survey View from the Control window drop down menu Or Select the Student Survey icon from the left hand side of the Control window 2 Select the Students to include in the survey This can be all Students in the list view selected Students or a defined group of Students 3 Enter a question in the box provided 207 4 SoftLINK 12 Select the responses answers to the question These can either be chosen from the drop down list of defaults or you can enter your own options using a comma to separate each one Up to 6 choices can be entered Send the survey to Students by choosing Survey Send from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Send icon displayed at the bottom of the Survey pane A dialog will open at the St
235. o view files from devices but prevents copying files from them 1 Choose View Mode Device View from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Device Control icon on the left hand side of the Control window EXE CE E Note A padlock will be displayed next to the Device Control view icon when there are global policy restrictions in force You can override the restrictions in the Tutor configuration In the List view the Student icons can be viewed in two ways Choose View Large icons Details or right click in the List view and select one of these options to change the layout of the Student icons When viewing the Large icons layout an icon is displayed next to the Student icon informing the Tutor of the current Device restrictions If the List view is in Details layout a summary of Device restrictions for each Student is displayed 230 SoftLINK 12 Note Device restrictions can be applied at startup Choose School Configuration Start Options Restrictions from the Control window drop down menu Block Access to CD DVD or USB Devices 1 Select the required Students in the List view 2 Choose Device CD USB Block Access from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the CD DVD icon or USB icon at the bottom of the Control window and choose Block Access Read Only Access to CD DVD or USB Devices Provide Students with read onl
236. of approved applications will be displayed when Students click the Toolbar icon Indicates to Students the current status of Internet Monitoring Restricted or Unrestricted access If Restrictions apply the list of approved websites will be displayed when Students click the Toolbar icon Enables the Student to initiate a Chat session 243 SoftLINK 12 Allow the Student to send a request for help Show Clock Show Rewards Show Objectives Allows Students to access their USB memory stick from the Toolbar Allow Students to access their Journal Allow Students to access resources applications web sites documents or folders that you define Show when you are listening to or recording the audio at the Student Show list of files sent to work on Enables the Student to send a Help Request to the Tutor Displays a clock Shows any rewards that have been given to the Student If Lesson Objectives have been set they will be displayed Allows Students to access their USB memory stick from the Toolbar Allows Students to view and add notes to their Journal from the Student Toolbar Allows Student to access any resources you have defined from the toolbar Advises Students when they are being listened to or if you are recording their audio Displays the files that have been sent via the Send Collect work feature The Student can work through these and indicate when they have been completed
237. oftLINK 12 Notes e If you do not want the Student s to see the screen being annotated in real time click Suspend This freezes the Show enabling the Tutor to continue working in the background Click Suspend again to restart the Show this refreshes the display at the Student screens e To include a screenshot of the Show in the Student Journal select Send to Journal from the Annotate Options menu or use shortcut keys CTRL ALT Print Screen you can also add notes to accompany the image Annotate a screen while Viewing While Viewing the Control can use the Annotate tools to highlight a particular area of the Client screen In Share and Watch Mode the Client can also use the Annotate toolbar options The Control can still use the other View window options while Annotating Chat File Transfer etc 1 View the required Client 2 Select Tools Annotate from the View window drop down menu Or Click the Annotate icon on the View window toolbar 3 The Annotate Toolbar will appear Annotate a screen while Exhibiting The screen of a Client that is being Exhibited can be Annotated in order to draw the attention of the other Students to a particular learning point Depending on the Mode being used both the Control and or the Exhibited Client can use the Annotate options 1 Exhibit the required Client screen 2 Select Tools Annotate from the Exhibit window drop down menu Or Click the Annotate icon on the Exhibit window
238. ogress bar will appear at the Tutor The Tutor will be prompted before each task is due to begin and they can choose whether to continue or abort At any point during a task you can use the tools on the Lesson bar to pause skip to next item or abort the lesson Note If you simply want a timed session without the need to run a pre defined Lesson Plan select Planner Set Class Time from the Control window drop down menu This enables you to select an end time for the lesson or the duration The timer will appear on the Lesson bar and can be switched off by selecting Planner Set Class Time 4Remove The timer shows hours minutes until there is 5 minutes remaining when it will switch to minutes seconds 241 Student Toolbar SoftLINK 12 The Student toolbar provides feedback to the Student on the current lesson time remaining current websites and applications that are available the status of messenger print audio and keyboard monitoring and quick access to initiate a Chat and request help Students can also access their USB memory stick Student Journal work items that have been sent and any resources from the toolbar It can be set to be always visible at the top of the Student screen or to auto hide 231PM dede 2920s We Monica Rome Sales Mr Broceus rx AWZ PX v All features included on the Toolbar can be customized by the Tutor To select the features to be made available on the Toolbar
239. ol window drop down menu Choose View Mode IM View from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Instant Messenger icon on the left hand side of the Control window a T Ed E Ah a Ss RIDE 107 SoftLINK 12 Identify Students Instant Messenger Activity In the List view the Student icons can be viewed in two different ways Choose View Large icons Details or right click in the List view and select one of these options to change the layout of the Student icons When viewing the Large icons layout an icon is displayed next to the Student icon showing that the Student is signed into Instant Messenger If the List view is in Details layout the Instant Messenger status for each Student is displayed You can filter the Instant Messenger activity by choosing IM Filter Show Sign In Show Sign Out Show Messages Show File Transfer from the Control window drop down menu The lower panes can be minimized to make more room for the Student thumbnails Click the button Monitor Instant Messenger 1 Choose IM Monitor from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Monitor Activity icon at the bottom of the Control window 2 You can now monitor Students Instant Messenger Note If monitoring is enabled and you switch modes an icon will be displayed on the Messenger tab to acknowledge that Messenger monitoring is currently switched on
240. om the Tutor Toolbar Include proxy overrides Allows you to include websites that have been added to the Proxy Settings Exceptions list when using the Approved Website list 1 Choose Web Include Proxy Overrides from the Control window drop down menu 2 Apply the Approved Websites Only list 3 Students will only be able to view websites from the Approved list and the Proxy Settings Exception list 187 SoftLINK 12 Note Websites listed in the Proxy Settings Exception list will not appear in the list of approved websites at the Student Apply SafeSearch mode The SafeSearch feature overrides the search settings for most leading search engines and prevents inappropriate content being returned within search results Note When using Google searches can be performed using HTTPS instead of HTTP SafeSearch is unable to filter HTTPS web pages You can block HTTPS for Google see https support google com websearch answer 186669 hl en for more information 1 Choose Web Safe Search Mode from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Safe Search icon at the bottom of the Control window Block FTP sites Prevent Students from accessing FTP sites to stop the exchanging of files 1 Choose Web Block FTP Sites from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Block FTP icon at the bottom of the Control window 2 Access to FTP sites will now be blocked 188 SoftLINK 12 Mana
241. om the available options Or 1 Use the slider on the Size icon at the bottom of the Control window to select the required size Auto Fit size of student thumbnail This option will automatically adjust the size of the displayed thumbnails to fit the window 1 Choose Monitor Auto fit Students from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Auto icon at the bottom of the Control window Note The Tutor interface can be viewed full screen by pressing F11 should more room be needed to view the Student thumbnails Changing the thumbnail refresh rate Depending on how closely you want to monitor Student activity you can adjust the frequency at which the thumbnails are refreshed 1 Choose Monitor Update from the Control window drop down menu 2 Select the required time interval from the available options 105 SoftLINK 12 Show active application When enabled an icon will appear in the top right of each thumbnail indicating which application is currently active at the Student machine In addition if you have created approved and restricted application lists a green approved or red restricted border will appear on the thumbnail alerting you to any potential misuse of applications 1 Choose Monitor Show Active Application from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Show Active Application icon at the bottom of the Control window Show active web site Displays an icon in the botto
242. on on the toolbar Notes e When Scanning Multiple Students a Student screen must be active highlighted for the Screen Capture feature to become available e When capturing in the Scan session one Student at a time Auto Scan is temporarily suspended until the Screen Capture operation is complete Once complete Auto Scan is re enabled automatically and the Scan of the next Student continues A Save As dialog will appear Type in a File name Choose one of the three different file formats BMP JPG and PNG Click Save SoftLINK 12 Showing to Students The Show feature enables the Control user to emphasize key learning points by displaying the information on their screen to a selected Client or group of Clients You can also show a stored replay file audio file a video or an application that is currently running at the Control During a Show the Control can nominate a selected Client to take over the demonstration making them the Show Leader Note When showing the Control screen to Clients the screen information is sent to each Client machine in turn In some network environments where there is limited network bandwidth available or when showing to larger numbers of machines this can affect performance In these circumstances SoftLINK s Broadcast Show facility can be enabled see Control Configurator Connectivity In this mode the screen information is sent to all machines simultaneously thus improving t
243. on us and Pusat are alo may oues Caesar a considered by ary commanders c story Starting a Journal The Journal will automatically start when any of the Send to Journal options are selected 1 Select Journal Create New Journal from the control window drop down menu Or Click the Journal icon and select Start Note If the Tutor Console is closed or the Student is restarted the current Journal will be closed You can open an existing Journal select Journal Open existing Journal or click the Journal icon and choose the previous Journal from the drop down list and click Open 237 SoftLINK 12 Adding Notes Images to the Journal 1 Select the required Students in the List view 2 Choose Student Add notes to Journal from the Control window drop down menu Or Select Journal Add Notes from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click and select Add notes to Journal Or Click the Journal icon in the toolbar and click the Note icon in the Add section 3 The Add Notes to Journal dialog will appear 4 Enter the required notes and or image select which Students to send this to and click OK Notes e You can quickly add a note to all Student Journals Click the Journal icon on the toolbar enter the required note under Quick Note and click Add e You can remove the last item added to the Journal Select Journal Undo last add from the Con
244. onal connectivity options to find them Once configured Student PCs connect to the Name Server on startup and register their availability and current IP address with the Server At the Tutor end when browsing to locate Students a search of the Name Server is performed rather than a UDP browse across the network The Tutor program uses the IP address registered with the Name Server The Name Server can be used with all three startup modes The advantages of using a Name Server over traditional Browse options are e Negates the need to browse the network to locate Student PCs e Reduces the time taken to locate Students e Reduces the need to configure and maintain broadcast range entries in the Tutor configuration e More reliable connection method in wireless LAN environments The Tutor uses the current IP address when establishing connections Avoids problems in Wireless environments where Student laptops change access points and are assigned new IP addresses e Students on different subnets are able to join a published class without having to define additional Browse address information on the Student PC The basic requirements for using a Name Server are e It needs to be installed on a PC that is accessible to all Tutor and Student PCs e It needs to have a static IP address e The Tutor and Student PCs need to be configured to use the Name Server The Name Server Tutor PC and Student PC must have a matching Name Serv
245. onfiguration select School Configuration Student Selection from the Control window drop down menu The connection methods available are e Room Mode Connect to Student computers by Room s e PC Mode Connect to a fixed list of Student computers by machine name e User Mode Connect to a fixed list of Students by logged on user name e Browse Mode Browse the network and connect to Student computers with a specific machine name e Publish Class Create a class and enable Students to connect to it Note Publish Class is only available for selection in the Tutor Configuration The default method is Room Mode 46 SoftLINK 12 Notes If the expected Students are not found it may be because SoftLINK has not been configured to browse the required Networks See Configuring SoftLINK For Subnet Browsing for more information If a Name Server Gateway has been configured the Tutor program will use the details registered here rather than perform a browse across the network It is essential that you have a logical naming convention for the Student workstations If you need to change the names of any Student workstations see Configuring the Student workstations 47 SoftLINK 12 Class Wizard The Class Wizard enables you to enter the general properties of a new lesson and allows you to choose how to locate and connect to your Students You can create multiple classes using different connection metho
246. onsole it is recommended that the following option is enabled when using SoftLINK on a wireless network Enable Broadcast Show and File Distribution When broadcasting the teacher s screen or distributing files to multiple students enabling this option will result in the screen data or files being sent to all machines simultaneously Finally performance can further be enhanced by reducing the speed that the Tutor console sends data onto the network to match the speed that the wireless access point can deliver the data Sending data onto the network too quickly may result in packets being lost which will result in the students requesting the data again and additional traffic being produced on the network For a wireless environment it is recommended that the following options are set Wireless Network Select this option to optimize SoftLINK for best performance in a wireless environment Maximum Throughput This option provides the ability to fine tune the speed that the Tutor console sends data to the connected student devices 75 SoftLINK 12 Using a Name Server Gateway to Find Student PCs The SoftLINK Name Server or Gateway is provided as an optional installation component Its purpose is to provide a simple and reliable method of locating and connecting to Student PCs in LAN Wireless LAN environments This can be particularly useful where Students transport laptops from class to class making it difficult for traditi
247. oot or Logout a Client essesssssesn mmn 178 Reboot or Logout a Client while Viewing eeeeeeenee 178 Web Control Module 2 rcx ph dina iien a ii aeia 179 Identify Websites currently running on the Student workstation 180 Close the current running Website on a Student workstation 182 Change the current Website running on a Student workstation 182 Launch a Website on all connected Students susssssus 183 Setting up an Approved or Restricted Website List 183 Filtering Web ACCeSS ioco baute adu Ux ER era CERE ERR 185 Managing Website Lists cccceeeeee eee eee eee eee n mmn 189 View Web HIStory eI 190 CO BrOWSEF rM 192 vi SoftLINK 12 Open a Co Browse Session 1 cece eee eee eee enna 192 Application Control Module ccceceee eee e eee eee eee eee eee mm 196 Identify applications currently running on the Student workstation 197 Close current running applications on a Student workstation 199 Change the current application running on a Student workstation 200 Launch an application on all connected Students 200 Setting up Approved or Restricted Applications sssse 201 Filtering Applications cssessesseee ne 202 Managing Application Lists eeseseseen m 203 View Application History c cceee eee eee ee eee eee teeta e eee ea tee
248. or to the Students will also be displayed You can manually set a machine to show as a Tutor machine right click the required Client and click Properties In the General tab select the This is a teacher s computer check box The Tech Console brings together the main SoftLINK Tutor Console features e Monitor all computers across the school network in a single view e Monitor Application and Internet usage on each Student PC e Transfer files and folders to selected or all computers e Group all computers by classroom physical location e Hardware Software Inventory e Provide direct technical assistance to any classroom Teacher e Power On Off classroom computers remotely e Reboot Logout classroom computers remotely e Automatically login computers 299 SoftLINK 12 e Display all Students and Teachers by active class e Review individual SoftLINK client security settings remotely e Conduct Chat with one or multiple Students or Teachers e Broadcast messages to groups or all network users in seconds e Perform powerful 1 1 PC Remote Control on any selected computer e Shows real time USB memory Stick status on all Student PCs e Lock Unlock Students Keyboard and Mouse e Execute applications on Student PCs e View set Power Management Windows Update and Security Settings e Edit the registry of a remote system e Launch a local command prompt from the remote system on your PC e Automatically connect to Students Teach
249. orrectly you can allow them to select the next random Student 215 SoftLINK 12 Note If a Student has answered they will not be randomly selected again during this session unless the Only Select Students Once option is unselected You can also select a Student randomly by selecting Student Select Random Student from the Control window drop down menu 216 SoftLINK 12 Question and Answer Module Tutor Interface Once the question type has been selected and the options chosen Student thumbnails will be displayed in the Tutor The thumbnails allow you to see who has responded and mark their answers more easily Customize Thumbnail Size Student thumbnails can be resized to suit personal preferences 1 Choose Q amp A Size from the Control window drop down menu 2 Select the required size from the available options Or 1 Use the slider on the Size icon at the bottom of the Control window to select the required size Auto Fit Size of Student Thumbnail This option will automatically adjust the size of the displayed thumbnails to fit the window 1 Click the Auto icon at the bottom of the Control window The following icons can be displayed at the Tutor Student has not yet answered The Student has answered You can mark their answer correct or incorrect by clicking on the tick or cross Clicking the thumbs up down button allows the rest of the class to peer assess the answer The yellow number indicates w
250. ossibly hidden user interface If the screen resolution at the Client is smaller than the resolution of the Control you can simply click your mouse button outside the view window to stop viewing and display the view window again Check the boxes in this group to determine the keys that are used as Hotkeys AutoScroll Speed When you are viewing a Client s screen the Control can automatically scroll the contents when the mouse moves close to the edges of the window Adjusting the sliding control sets the speed at which the view scrolls from not at all to very fast Scroll Delay When Auto Scroll is enabled you can change the delay before the scroll is activated If you want the view to scroll as soon as the mouse is at an edge of the screen move the slider towards Min If you prefer a longer delay before the AutoScroll takes effect move the slider towards Max 281 SoftLINK 12 Mouse Delay Adjusting the mouse delay allows you to reduce the rate at which mouse updates are sent from the Control to the Client when controlling or sharing Move the slider control towards Infinite to reduce the rate and conserve bandwidth or towards Min for the best mouse response This is useful on dial up or very slow networks Disable Num Lock Synchronization Check this option if using a Laptop as the Control machine to ensure that the keyboards behavior corresponds with that of a standard desktop machine Replay File Settings The Replay Files
251. ou delete the only occurrence of a Geography question in the Multi Choice category that Topic or Subject will be removed from Multi Choice but not from any other category that Geography appears in 327 SoftLINK 12 Exam Interface Having created a library of questions you can then add them to an exam Your own Grading and Scoring schemes can be applied and Exams can be centrally published for shared use with other teachers The icons available in Exam Mode enable you to e Create Exams e Edit the content of an exam e Delete an Exam e Publish an Exam Before an exam can be run at Student PCs it needs to be published This also enables you to store completed exams in a shared area for general use e Preview an Exam Enables you to step through the questions as the Students will see them e Edit Exam Grades Apply your own Grading scheme to exams 328 SoftLINK 12 Exam Grades Upon completion of an exam teachers are provided with a detailed breakdown of results You can further enhance this report by categorizing the students within specific bands The Exam Grades need to be set up before you start creating an exam Select Exams Exam Grades from the Designers drop down menu or click the Exam Grades icon Exam score gradi A Please enter the percentage scores for the exam grades Grading schema name Year 10 History Report Image reportgrade 1 P Grading Band Band Name A Outstanding Band Values
252. ove A blue tick will identify selection of this option To deselect this option simply re click Auto Arrange and the tick will disappear If this option has been selected the Student icons will appear in ascending order according to the previously selected option above A blue tick will identify selection of this option To deselect this option simply re click Ascending and the tick will disappear This will arrange the Student icons in descending order This option will only be available if a background image has been set to tile This will align the Student icons to the center of the image SoftLINK 12 Close current running applications on a Student workstation The Tutor has two options when closing down an application on a Student workstation Close Application Close down an application but respect any applications requests at the Student e g to save file before closing Kill Application Force the application to close without any application prompts Name Current Application Running Applications S james Smith 3 XP SP3 Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 CHR ol 89387 BB se Bonn E cauto EK j Calculator ga Add to Approved List G Add to Restricted List sz Activate E Close Application EA Kill Process 1 To close an application running on a Student workstation choose View Details 2 The Details List view will appear 3 Right click an application icon listed under Current Application or Runn
253. ow wireless and battery status Show when battery slow v 15 Joumal 13 show Display Student User Names Check this option to retrieve and display the login name of the Client on the Control window when you perform a Student Register Remember Student user login names Check this option to save the Student user login names in the Known Client list Silent Disconnect Should a Client inadvertently disconnect from the Control during a session a prompt appears at the Tutor machine Check this option to disable this warning Automatically Reconnect to Students Ensures that Student machines automatically rejoin a live remote control session should they inadvertently disconnect 287 SoftLINK 12 Automatically save Student history on exit Check this option to automatically save Internet Application Print Instant Messenger and Typing history to a CSV file when the Tutor is shut down Show Tutor Toolbar on minimizing When the Tutor program is minimized the Tutor Toolbar will be displayed providing access to key SoftLINK features Uncheck this option to disable this Show active Print Jobs Displays any active Print jobs in all views Show Student alert level Students can raise an alert from the Student toolbar the Student icon will change color at the Tutor depending on the type of alert raised This option enables you to show or hide these alerts Show wireless and battery status You can choose to show both
254. own menu A message will appear confirming the Client included in the Reboot Logout Click Yes to continue SoftLINK 12 Web Control Module The Web Control Module is used to monitor and control the websites visited by connected Students A record of sites visited in a session can be stored and if required the Tutor can restrict or approve the use of specific URLs In addition the Tutor can temporarily suspend all Internet access Note Supported Internet Browsers for Internet metering and restrictions are IE 5 5 or higher Microsoft Edge Firefox 2 or higher and Google Chrome The following Browsers only support Internet restrictions Apple Safari 5 0 Opera 9 and higher 1 Choose View Mode Web View from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Web Control icon on the left hand side of the Control window f scm XM EE ci School Student Group View Web Layout Planner Journal Window Help te s m Ux amp AS 5 lanage Student Journal how File i Collect re E mE 2 2m O B 2 6 8 mm nlo Web Co Browse Manage Communicate Help Student Student Quick Testing Access Requests Te Desktop Launch Console p Description Applied Computer Systems Inc 179 SoftLINK 12 In Web Mode you can view details of Approved or Restricted Websites and use the available icons to Unrestricted Approved Only il Block Re
255. particular image to load when the Client s keyboard and mouse are locked rather than use SoftLINK s default SoftLink Class Control Client Configurator ax Network Settings Studert Identification T Room Student Name machine name WIN7 TESTVM 19 Security n Audio t User Interface While Viewed gt Advanced Siert Mode no refresh when Viewing 5 Joumal Send Physical Forts 15 Terminal Services Enable Screen Scrape Performance Cache Size 16 MB Image Option image Fie nss lock image pg Browse Enable DVD Playback and Direct 3D support Except whie viewed Z Except while connected Cancel Help Student Identification Student name This is the name that the Client will be known as on the network for SoftLINK purposes It must be a unique name of up to 15 characters You should try to use a sensible naming convention to help you identify which workstation is which It is also important to prefix each name ina group of related Clients with the same few characters as this will be used when the Control connects to establish the workgroup For example you might start the name of each workstation in the same room with the prefix CLASS1_ Then configure the Control to connect to all Clients starting with CLASS1 will avoid Client workstations outside of this room being inadvertently connected and receiving a show You can use an asterisk to cause the Client name to default to the machine name also known as the Comp
256. perties for the Installation at the command line run INSTCFG EXE S from the SoftLINK program folder The Install Configuration Options dialog will appear The selected properties are stored in a parameter file default name NSS ini Choose File Save and save the NSS ini file to the folder containing the distribution copy of SoftLINK To perform the Silent Install at the required workstation from the folder containing the distribution copy run msiexec i SoftLINK msi qn MSI installer setup S v qn setup exe installer Note SoftLINK can be installed via Active Directory The software installation group policy object GPO must be applied to organizational units OUs containing computer accounts rather than users Please note that for software installation to take effect immediately it is necessary to enable the Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon parameter in the Computer Configuration Administrative Templates System Logon leaf of the group policy controlling the computers that are subject to software installation This change will affect login times for Windows XP machines that have this applied Without this change an additional log off log on cycle is required to effect installation 14 SoftLINK 12 Install Configuration Options Dialog When performing a silent installation or using SoftLINK Deploy you can customize the installation to suit individual requirements This di
257. r Student machines Record Replay Files at the Tutor Activity at the local machine can be recorded and shown to Students 1 Choose School Record Files from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Replay Files dialog will appear Existing Replay files will be listed Replay Files m e ec e k Create Replay File name Size Recorded Date and Time RecordedOn Converted BC Test recording 144 972 2 10 2015 3 03 49 PM Local Test recording avi PO Local 28102015 1222 56 6 546456 10 28 2015 12 22 56 PM Local PO Local_28102015_1214_26 2 697 872 10 28 2015 12 14 26 PM Local PP Local_28102015_1212_33 2 026 968 10 28 2015 12 12 33 PM Local PO Local_15072014_1007_25 3 061 188 7 15 2014 10 0725 AM Local PO Local_14052014_1030_19 912 760 5 14 2014 10 309 AM Local PO Local_11122014_1133_07 452 348 12 11 2014 11 33 07 AM Local SO FullScreen 2 503812 2 10 2015 3 17 04 PM Local FullScreen asf Replay File Location Replay files are stored in C Users ToddBroceus Documents My Recordings Change Hee Dene 3 Click Change to specify where you want the Replay files stored 4 Click Create Replay to start recording The Recording icon will appear in the task bar 5 To stop recording double click the Recording icon By default filenames will be prefixed with Local and the date and time of the recording You can rename the file by over typing the default name The Replay file will appear in th
258. r allowing you to modify the details To delete a class select the required class and click Remove Power On Turns on all computers when connecting by Room or PC names Startup Options Create a Journal Allows you to start or open an existing Student Journal Create a Student Register Before the lesson starts you can prompt the Students to login with their names These will be displayed at the Tutor instead of the machine names Don t show this dialog again By checking this box the Class Wizard will not appear at startup Note To re activate the Class Wizard to appear at startup set the Display Class Wizard option in the startup section of the configuration Click OK to start the lesson The Tutor will now browse and connect to Students using the selected connection mode If you have asked for Students to register their names the Register Student dialog will appear 49 SoftLINK 12 Connect to Students using Browse Mode Browse Mode allows you to browse the local network and connect to all available Students that match your search criteria 1 Inthe Class Wizard select New 2 Click Browse Mode 3 The SoftLINK Browse dialog will appear SoftLink Class Control Enter the name of the new browse prefix a 9 Make this the active connection method _ Cancel 4 Enter the first few characters of the Student names that you want to connect to For example entering Classi would connect to all workstat
259. r is always located in the following room If the computer is always located in the same room select this option and enter the required room This is a mobile computer and may be in one of the following rooms Select this option if the computer could be located in different rooms enter the required rooms and separate each value with a comma 248 SoftLINK 12 This is a mobile computer and its room will be entered manually Select this option if the computer is a mobile computer the Student will then have an option from the Student icon in the taskbar to manually enter the room Note If the Student icon is hidden in the taskbar the Student can still manually enter the room by running the setroom exe This file is located in the SoftLINK Program folder on the Student machine Security Settings This property sheet is used to set security at the Client t Network Settings 15 Room 19 Security Audio User Interface T Terminal Services SoftLink Class Control Client Configurator Student Security Securtty Key Enable user Acknowledgement Display Customizable Text When Connected When Viewed Corfigurator Securty Settings Configurator Password L san J Enable user Acknowledgement for Tech Console connections Applies to Tutor only installs Don apply central policies to this computer Student Security Security Key This sets a security key that must be the same as tha
260. reate a Joumal Margins mm If required you can adjust the top bottom left and right margins for the Journal Page Size Select the required page size for the Student Journal Font Size points Set the font size to be used in the Journal Jpeg Quality 0 100 Allows you to set the quality of images in the Journal this is set to 100 by default Journal Folder Specify where you want the Student Journal to be stored 257 SoftLINK 12 Terminal Services Settings You can configure the settings for the Student Terminal Server here Note Terminal Server and other thin clients may not be configured to use the SoftLINK Name and Connectivity Server SoftLink Class Control Client Configurator a T Network Settings Teminal Services Settings 13 Room O Security Audio User Interface F Run Student in Console session V Run Student in remote sessions Base Pot 25405 Student Name 15 Terminal Services Use lookup file to set room Run Student in Console Session Unchecking this option will stop the Client from running in a Console session Run Student in remote sessions Unchecking this option will stop the Client from running in remote sessions Note The above two options are not supported on Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Base Port Enter the required base Port number the default value is 25405 258 SoftLINK 12 Student name Enter the required name for the Student
261. requesting the Student details The report can be stored in CSV HTML or XML format To quickly print a copy of the report click the Student Register icon and then click Quick Print Display the Login name of Students When registering Student details rather than prompt them for their actual name you can default to their login name 1 Choose View Current Settings User Interface Tutor from the Control window drop down menu 2 Check Display Student User Names 41 SoftLINK 12 3 Click OK Save Students Login Name Enable this option to permanently store the Students login name 1 Choose View Current Settings User Interface from the Control window drop down menu 2 Check Remember Student User Login names 3 Click OK Working with Classroom Layouts Once you have selected a classroom or group you can rearrange the individual Client icons in the Control List view to reflect the layout of the classroom A background image can also be added to further customize the Control view When using Room mode the classroom layout will be automatically saved against the Room selected When you start the Tutor and select your Room the layout will automatically load Note For information on how to save and load layouts when not in Room mode see our knowledgebase article KB0149 at http support acs linksystems com Student Quick Chromebook I Temmy
262. ress with all bits set to 0 is the network address and the one with bits set to 1 is the broadcast address In our example network of 10 10 2 0 10 10 2 0 is the network address 10 10 2 255 is the broadcast address 59 SoftLINK 12 When an IP packet is sent to a networks broadcast address each device on the IP network will receive this packet It is this IP network broadcast address which is used when configuring SoftLINK Control to browse on an IP subnet other than its own 60 SoftLINK 12 Implementing SoftLINK in a Terminal Server Environment A SoftLINK Tutor can connect to Students within a Terminal Server environment For ease of implementation SoftLINK provides a downloadable setup package which will guide you through the required installation and configuration processes Our online Knowledge Base provides full instructions please visit http support acs linksystems com and refer to the Technical Document Setting Up SoftLINK to run in a Microsoft Terminal Server Environment KB0022 Note Terminal Server and other thin clients may not be configured to use the SoftLINK Name and Connectivity Server Connecting to a SoftLINK Student running in a Terminal server session The preferred method to connect to the Students running in the Terminal Server Sessions is using the Connect via Room Mode option Using this method it s possible to configure the Students running in the Terminal Server sessions to be locate
263. rkstation that is used to take over another Client Student The workstation that is to be taken over Available Client When a Client has been installed on a workstation it becomes available for connection to a Control A Client must be available before a Control can connect to it Known Client Having browsed for available Clients SoftLINK stores a list of Clients in the Client NSS file These are Known Clients Connected Client All available Client s or groups of Clients can be chosen for simultaneous connection A Control can only remote control a Client to which they are connected Selected Client A Client or group of connected Clients can be selected by the Control The Control can then perform a variety of functions such as View Show and Message etc A Control can switch between multiple Clients making each of them in turn the selected Clients SoftLINK 12 INSTALLATION Installing SoftLINK is exceptionally easy and you should be up and running within a very short time Decide what functions to install If you wish to manage the class as the teacher you will need to install the Tutor Control on your machine On every student machine you wish to connect to you need to install the Student Client To allow technicians to manage and maintain the school s network as well as providing technical support you can install the Technicians Console Note The SoftLINK Tutor is configured to use TCP IP
264. rom a Client to a Control 1 2 3 4 Select the required Client in the List view Click the File Transfer icon on the toolbar and choose File Transfer Or Choose Student File Transfer from the Control window drop down menu Or Right click the selected Client icons and choose File Transfer Or If you are Viewing the Client select the File Transfer icon on the View window toolbar The File Transfer window to that Client will open From the Control Tree view select the destination drive or folder into which the items will be copied Note The path to any open folders Explorer windows on the Client desktop is displayed at the top of the File Transfer window to enable quick selection This is only supported on Windows Vista and above 161 SoftLINK 12 5 From the Client List view select the item s to be copied to the Control 6 Click the toolbar Copy File button 7 A confirmation dialog will be displayed click Yes Note The required item s can also be dragged from the Client view and dropped into the appropriate folder in the Control view Transfer Files Between Clients With SoftLINK s File Transfer it is also possible to copy files and folders between two Clients To do this connect to each Client and display the File Transfer window for each Arrange the File Transfer Windows so you can see both and simply drag file folders from one Client to the other You can see more of
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266. s Modified Thu Jul 30 17 0650 Help Cancel 302 SoftLINK 12 Creating a Policy 1 Select Security Policy Management from the Tech Console drop down menu 2 The Policy Management dialog will appear 3 Set the required restrictions Applying a Policy You can apply the policy to all connected machines Note Teacher machines can be excluded from a policy Select the Don t apply policies to teacher computers check box in the Tech Console General Settings dialog 1 Select the required Client s to apply the policy to Or 1 Switch the List view to Report mode 2 Right click in the Policy column and select Apply Policy Clear a Policy Clears the current policy from the selected Client s 1 Switch the List view to Report mode 2 Select the required Client s 3 Right click in the Policy column and select Clear Policy 303 SoftLINK 12 Student Security Settings The Tech Console allows you to view the current security status for Clients modify the security settings such as the Firewall Windows updates etc for Clients and configure the settings that determine whether a PC is secure If a Client meets the conditions that define a secure PC a green shield is displayed in Report mode this will turn red if the Client fails to meet even one of these conditions Define a Secure PC Define what options determine whether a PC is classed as secure 1 Select Security Define Secure PC fro
267. s including Group Leaders 86 SoftLINK 12 Suspend Group Leaders During a Control session where Group Leaders are in place the Tutor may want to perform a task without conflicting with something the Group Leaders are doing Rather than remove and reinstate each Group Leader individually you can globally suspend and reinstate Group Leader access as required To Suspend Group Leaders 1 Choose School Suspend Group Leaders from the Control window drop down menu 2 All Group Leaders will be suspended To Reinstate Group Leaders 1 Choose School Suspend Group Leaders from the Control window drop down menu 2 All Group Leaders will be reinstated Remove Group Leaders The main Control can remove Group Leader status from Clients at any time 1 From the Control window select the Group containing the required Client 2 Right click the Client icon and select Group Leader Or Choose Student Group Leader from the Control window drop down menu The Client will receive a message informing them that Group Leader rights have been removed 87 SoftLINK 12 Customize Client and Group Icons The Student and group icons displayed in the Control window can be customized to suit individual requirements A choice of images can be used and you can apply these to the machine name or to the logged on user 1 Select Student Customize or Group Customize from the Control window drop down menu 2 The I
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269. s confirmation before performing a damaging operation Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control mx 4 55 Remote Control Settings 33 View Display Options 33 Keyboard Mouse Show System Hidden fies 3 Replay Files Show file detals 3 Audio Show filenames only 19 Ale Transfer 4 55 User Interface Confirm 33 Tutor Folder copy V File overwrite Jy Student Folder delete File delete SoftLink Assistant P V Use Recycle Bin for local deletions when available 3 Group Leaders t Student Toobar pie een 5 woi J Detta fle transfer 15 show Prorty when also viewing Low Hoh J Atomaticaly close progress when copy finished Cancel Heb Display Options Show System Hidden files Check this box to display all files with System and Hidden attributes By default this option is unchecked 284 SoftLINK 12 Show file details Select this option to display multiple columns of information for each file in the list These show the file size modified date attributes and short filename You can toggle between this state and the filenames only state by using the list style buttons in the File Transfer User Interface Show file names only Select this option to only display filenames in the file lists This allows you to display more files at the same time than with file details You can toggle between this state and the Details state by using the list style buttons in the File Transfer User Interface Confirm
270. s the network Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control 4 amp Start Options 3 Start Options 35 Restrictions Performance Settings Low bandwidth mode Wireless Network and Wireless Settings Performance Student Selection Administration This made is designed for network environments where low data usage ia a priorty When enabled video perfomance and quaity willbe reduced and Imt network activty it Colour Reduction Max Colour Depth 256 colours righ quaity Show Max Colour Depth 256 colours high quaitty Cancel Help e Performance Settings Low bandwidth mode This mode is designed for network environments where low data usage is a priority When enabled video performance will be reduced to limit network activity Select the mode from the drop down list Never Always or Wireless The Wireless option will automatically turn on low bandwidth mode when wireless students have been detected Color reduction View Allows you to select the maximum color depth when viewing Students By default this will be set to 256 high colors Show Allows you to select the maximum color depth when showing to Students 268 SoftLINK 12 Note These options will have negligible visual impact when remotely viewing or showing applications but may be seen when viewing or showing multimedia Typically these options should be applied only when network utilization is a priority
271. sage Restart Description Soft Link Class Control Click Browse to specify the SoftLink Class Control installation source folder C Program Files SoftLINK Class Contral Deploy Browse SoftLink Class Control Version V12 00 0002 Install Parameters File NSSini Edt Co C cea C Hep L d Enter the properties for the deployment by selecting the five tabs in turn SoftLINK 12 General tab The General Tab specifies which SoftLINK package to deploy and the components to be installed Enter a description for the package being deployed If left blank the package name version number will be used Click Browse and select the folder containing the SoftLINK package to install Ideally this will be a folder containing a distribution copy of SoftLINK See the Creating an administrative network installation section of this manual Click Edit to specify the components to install The Install Configuration Options dialog will appear See the Install Configuration Options dialog section of this manual for a full description of this dialog Note Because of the way SoftLINK Deploy handles restarting workstations leave the Restart Machine box un checked This is only relevant when performing a Silent Install where The Install Configuration Options dialog is also used for specifying the options to install When you have completed this dialog choose File Save to save the NSS ini
272. ser Documents Journal Windows XP and below C Documents and Settings Logged on User My Documents Journal To change the location choose Start Programs SoftLINK SoftLINK Student Configurator Journal On Windows 8 machines right click in the Start screen and choose All Apps at the bottom of the screen Click the SoftLINK Student Configurator icon Items that can be included within the Journal are e Lesson details and objectives e URLs of websites used during the lesson e Copies of any class Chat transcripts e Class or group Survey Results e Individual Student Test results e Virtual Whiteboard screens e Screenshots from within a Presentation and supporting explanation e Target keywords e Teacher Notes e Individual Student Notes e New chapters 236 SoftLINK 12 Erosoe reae Eel Tools Fill amp Sign Comment Sanin Export POF gt Create POF Edit POF Send Files gt Store Files leaena his province ana egal erteng Janus Ray unde em Lu War woud put him in an unnvaled positon of power and mtu Aer asmamng conici o goverment Caesar began a programme of sorsi and goverment retorns ot onsttutonal government of the Republic was never inoen sa auguea Rote 1 ioa ponar eter oema his ooorenis n Re OM wr Ocaves oa shout sokatyng ta power ana n toman Empire began own accounts of na maar campagne speeches of Cere andthe netics wings of Salus Te Sut
273. speak Announce Show Hotkeys To ensure that all actions performed by the Control are visible to the Clients during a show you can enable the use of Hotkeys Any key combinations that the Control uses e g CTRL V will be displayed in a balloon at both the Control and Client screens Notes e If using a mixture of key combinations e g ALT V T SoftLINK will only display two consecutive keystrokes at any one time e This utility is only supported on Windows XP and above Send Physical Fonts In order to reduce the volume of data being sent when sharing information of this nature SoftLINK passes the font information by reference The target workstation will refer to its own internal font mappings to find an appropriate match to the one that has been sent In most cases the same fonts will be available but if there are instances where this isn t the case you can send the full information Check this box to enable Screen Scrape SoftLINK s favored and the most efficient method for capturing screen data is to hook into the Video Driver of the workstation being viewed However there may be occasions when this method will not work because certain applications bypass the driver In these circumstances you can enable screen scrape mode in order to take a snapshot of the screen Although this will have a greater impact on the network it will at least provide an accurate representation of the Client s screen 120 SoftLINK 12
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275. st will appear A range of toolbar options are available enabling you to import and manage items Prior to importing a new resource click the Filter icon and select the relevant category Audio Image or Video This ensures that each resource type is stored in the appropriate folder within the database Click the Import a Resource icon and browse for the required file Alternatively you can simply drag and drop the file directly into the list from its location using Windows explorer At the stage where you add your resources to a question if the required file isn t already in the database you can import it at that time 323 SoftLINK 12 Adding Resources to A Question Each Question Wizard will prompt you to add Resources at the appropriate stage 1 2 3 Decide which resource type is appropriate image sound or video and click Browse The resources list for the selected type will appear If the required file has already been imported into the database highlight it in the list and click Use You can preview the files before selecting them Or To add a new item to the list click Import and browse for the file When you have selected the file you can preview it to ensure it is the correct one It is also important that you include a suitable description for the item as this will appear in the Resources list rather than the file name Once added to the list click Use to add the item to the question Click Next Obser
276. stricted aj P Restrict All Eg Safe Search J Block FTP Revert back to unrestricted access if restrictions have been in place Activate the Approved Site List The Student will only be able to view URLs that are in the approved list All other URLs are blocked When the Student accesses the internet they are forced to choose an Approved Site rather than being able to surf at will Activate the Restricted Site List The Student will not be able to view URLs that are in the restricted list but will be able to view all other URLs Block all access to the Internet Activate Safe Search mode Stops inappropriate web sites being displayed while Students are using search engines Activate Block FTP sites Block Students from accessing FTP sites Notes e A padlock will be displayed next to the Web Control view icon when there are global policy restrictions in force You can override the restrictions in the Tutor configuration e Safe Search Block FTP Approved only and Block restricted functions are not currently available for Assist Students The Web Control Module can be used to perform the following functions Identify Websites currently running on the Student workstation In the List View the Student icons can be viewed in two different ways Choose View Large icons Details or right click in the List view and select one of these options to change the layout of the Student icons T
277. students from the traditional desktop Tutor application Tutor for Android The School Tutor app for Android extends the product s capabilities into dedicated tablet based classrooms giving the teacher the power to connect to each student device and enabling real time interaction and support Student for Google Chrome Utilize the power of SoftLINK in a Google Chromebook education environment For use in an existing or new SoftLINK managed classroom the School Student for Google Chrome extension can be installed on each student Chromebook running Google Chrome OS Tutor for Google Chrome For use in dedicated Chrome OS learning environments the School Tutor for Chrome can be installed on the teacher s Chrome OS system enabling you to interact with student Chromebooks SoftLINK 12 Conventions Used The following logical and easy to understand conventions are used in this manual e Step by step instructions which should be performed in sequence are shown as numbered paragraphs beneath a clearly stated How to do heading e As there is often more than one way of carrying out a task you will find Or options also included e Additional tips or explanatory notes regarding these instructions are enclosed in a border under the heading Note e Individual items in menu commands are enclosed in braces and should be followed in sequence for example Student Broadcast Terminology Used Control Tutor The wo
278. sy method for monitoring Student activity While in Monitor mode the Tutor still has access to the full range of SoftLINK features such as View Chat and File Transfer 1 Choose View Mode Monitor View from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Monitor Mode icon on the left hand side of the Control window The List view will display each Student thumbnail By mousing over a thumbnail you can zoom into that screen Double clicking on a thumbnail will open a view session to the selected Student right click and you can select from the full range of available Client features For example by selecting multiple thumbnails you can invite those Students into a Chat session By default the thumbnails will be displayed as 256 medium colors To see higher quality thumbnails you can switch this to unlimited colors Choose Monitor High Quality Thumbnails from the Control window drop down menu 104 SoftLINK 12 Note The Zoom facility can be toggled on off by selecting Monitor Zoomed Mode from the Control window drop down menu or clicking the Zoom In icon at the bottom of the Control window Monitor Mode provides a number of additional tools Customize thumbnail size Student thumbnails can be resized to suit personal preferences This is particularly useful when connected to large numbers of Student machines 1 Choose Monitor Size from the Control window drop down menu 2 Select the required size fr
279. t 3 The Export Wizard will appear Specify the location for the exported data and provide a filename By default files are prefixed with the current date but you may prefer to enter a custom name If required password protect the file add any additional notes and click Next when ready to proceed 4 Depending on the category selected Exams Questions Resources etc the Wizard will now prompt you to choose from a tree view the specific items to be exported Select each item in turn and click the Add Item To Export List button When the Export List is complete click Next 5 The Wizard will confirm the items to be exported Any resources associated with exams or questions are included Check the details and if required click Back to change the information 6 Click Finish to begin exporting 7 A progress dialog will appear Click Close when complete Note Exported data is not removed from the Designer Importing Data 1 Choose File Import from the Designers drop down menu or click the Import icon on the main toolbar 2 The Import Database dialog will appear Browse for the required Export file and click Open 3 Click Import DB to start importing If the file has been protected you will be prompted for the password 4 SoftLINK 12 A progress dialog will appear Click Close when complete Note To refresh the Interface with the imported data logout of the Designer The Testing Console Having
280. t Students that can connect If this file is not present then the usual License File NSM LIC will allow Tablet Students to connect but this will reduce the License count available for SoftLINK Students e g With both an NSM LIC 10 User and NST LIC 10 user the software will independently limit to 10 connections of each type With 10 SoftLINK Students connected the 11th Tablet Student would be rejected With just a NSM LIC 20 User the software would limit to a maximum of 20 connections of regardless of whether they are from Tablet Student or standard SoftLINK Students 73 SoftLINK 12 Using SoftLINK in a wireless classroom It is recognized that wireless networks generally do not perform as reliably as wired networks as they use radio frequencies to transmit data and these are susceptible to interference In addition simultaneously connecting a large number of devices to a wireless access point will have a negative impact on the bandwidth allocated to each When using SoftLINK in an un optimized wireless environment the above can result in poor performance and student devices frequently disconnecting from the Tutor console SoftLINK uses advanced techniques to limit the effects of an unreliable wireless network For further information about planning an installation of SoftLINK within a wireless environment please visit the Applied Computer Systems Inc Knowledge Base and refer to Knowledge Base article KBO215 Opti
281. t customized tests including text picture audio and video questions once the specified Students have completed the test in the pre set time the results are automatically collated marked and made available to the Tutor The following components are available within the Testing Module The Test Designer Launched from the SoftLINK program group the Test Designer is used to create questions and tests The Testing Console Run from within the SoftLINK Tutor program the Testing Console is used to launch the required test at selected Student workstations monitor progress and collate results The Test Player This component runs the test at the Student workstation it loads automatically when the Tutor launches a test 307 SoftLINK 12 The Test Designer The SoftLINK Test Designer is the primary interface for Creating questions Creating tests examinations Maintaining stored questions and tests Providing user access to the designer Note Selecting participants running the test at student machines and recording the results of tests is managed within the SoftLINK Tutor program See Testing Console for more information Sta 1 rting the Test Designer Choose Start Programs SoftLINK Class Control SoftLINK Class Control Test Designer On Windows 8 machines right click in the Start screen and choose All Apps at the bottom of the screen Click the SoftLINK Test Designer icon Or Select School Test D
282. t set at the Control before the Control will be allowed to connect This setting is optional If there is no security key set here any Control may connect regardless of the security key set at the Control 249 SoftLINK 12 Enable User Acknowledgement If enabled a Remote Control session cannot take place until the Client has confirmed that they accept the link being made Display Customizable Text When Connected The message entered here is displayed at the Client machine when a Control connects to it When Viewed The message entered here is displayed at the Client machine when it is being Viewed by the Control Configurator Security Settings Configurator Password As an extra level of security you can associate a password with a Configuration File This prevents unauthorized amendment of this Client s configuration When the Configurator is next started the user must enter the required password before being able to change any Client parameters in this Configuration file Choose Set to set your password Enable user acknowledgement for Tech Console connections applies to Tutor only installs If enabled the Tech Console will not be able to connect to a Tutor machine until the Tutor has confirmed that they accept the link being made Note By default Windows XP machines will automatically request user acknowledgement from the Tutor you will need to enable then disable this option to turn this off Don t
283. t the end of the exam you can view the results by class and individual Student and print a permanent record You can also show each Student their results giving them the opportunity to see where they made mistakes 339 SoftLINK 12 The following toolbar options are available View Client You can view a particular Student screen at any point during the exam All options normally associated with the View window are available Chat If required you can open a Chat session with Students while the exam is running Although the Test Player provides a help button offering Students guidance with each question type you may find that you need to offer additional assistance Test Login Before starting the exam you can ask each Student to login with their own name This would be useful if for example the machine name is listed and be more meaningful when checking results against each Student Pause Test You can Pause the exam at any point Click Start when ready to continue Start Test Starts running the exam at Student PCs Stop Test If Students answer all the questions within the time limit you can Stop the exam rather than wait for the clock to tick down Report This option gathers the results when the exam has finished When the Tutor stops the exam or the time limit elapses 340 SoftLINK 12 Test Reports Window The Reports window enables the Tutor to review the results of an exam You also have the option to allow
284. te Student icons will be arranged in alphabetical order according to the current url the Student is viewing By All Web Sites Student icons will be arranged in alphabetical order according to the running url s on the Student workstation By Policy Student icons will be arranged in alphabetical order according to the current policy set in the Tech Console This option will only be displayed if there is a policy in 181 SoftLINK 12 force Selection of one of the above options is identified by a blue dot Auto Arrange If a new Student has been added to the list or a new application is running ona Student machine this option will automatically arrange the icons into the previously selected order above A blue tick will identify selection of this option To deselect this option simply re click Auto Arrange and the tick will disappear Ascending If this option has been selected the student icons will appear in ascending order according to the previously selected option above A blue tick will identify selection of this option To deselect this option simply re click Ascending and the tick will disappear This will arrange the Student icons in descending order Align to Image Centers This option will only be available if a background image has been set to tile This will align the Student icons to the center of the image Close the current running Website on a Student workstation 1 To close a url on a Student workstation choose
285. tem and select to add either an application or web site Or Drag the required application into the window Right click the required application or web site and select Launch at Students Note You can edit the properties of a saved application or web site Right click the required item in the Quick Launch window and click Properties 174 SoftLINK 12 Edit a Saved Executable Application Open the Execute Application dialog Select the Application to edit Click Properties Edit the required details and click OK Click Close Ur qoo NIE Remove a Saved Executable Application 1 Open the Execute Application dialog 2 Select the Application to remove 3 Click Remove 4 Click Close 175 SoftLINK 12 User Defined Tools As well as allowing a Tutor to launch applications at Student workstations you can automatically run a task on a Tutor workstation using a Defined Tool Add a Tool 1 Choose School Tools Edit from the Control window drop down menu 2 The User Defined Tool dialog will appear User Defined Tools Ix Tools Menu Text Path Arguments Close 3 Click the Add button 4 The Add Tool dialog will appear 5 Enter the required information 6 Click OK The new tool will be listed on the Tools menu 7 Click Close Run a Tool 1 Choose School Tools from the Control window drop down menus 2 Select the tool you wish to run The Too
286. the capabilities of your multimedia workstations or to fine tune performance However you should note that the higher the quality of sound you select the greater the volume of data that needs to be sent This can affect screen update performance on slower workstations Access the Volume Controls 1 Right click the Speaker icon in the task bar To change other options such as sound quality do one of the following Global Audio Controls Changes default setting for all Clients 1 Choose View Current Settings Audio from the Control window drop down menu 135 SoftLINK 12 Individual Client Audio Controls During a Show or View 1 While Viewing the Client 2 Choose View Settings for Client Audio from the View window drop down menu 3 The Audio Setting dialog will be displayed This allows you to set the following properties Volume Settings Adjustments Threshold Microphone sensitivity Microphone Volume of microphone Speaker Volume of speakers Enable Options On Turn Audio on Off Turn Audio off Talk Set the Control Audio to Talk function only Listen Set the Control Audio to Listen function only 136 SoftLINK 12 SoftLINK Video Player SoftLINK provides exceptional multimedia support with full Audio Video and remote control capabilities While the Video Player can be used to run a video file on the local workstation SoftLINK s remote control capabilities combined with full Audio Support enab
287. the wireless and battery status and show only the battery level when it drops below 10 Student User Interface Settings Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control es 4 5 Remote Control Student 33 View Blank screen when locking mouse and keyboard 33 Keyboard Mouse Display image when locking mouse and keyboard 2 Replay Files V Mute sound when locking mouse keyboard or blanking screen 3 Audio t Fle Transfer B Student to Student Chat 33 Tutor Lock Keyboard 3 student V Lock Mouse T SoftLink Assistant Group Leaders Student Toobar 13 Joumal 1o show Cancel Hep 288 SoftLINK 12 Blank screen when locking mouse and keyboard Blanks the Client screen when their keyboard and mouse are locked You can also blank a Client screen while Viewing Display image when locking mouse and keyboard Displays a full screen image on the Client screen when their keyboard and mouse are locked The default SoftLINK image can be replaced by one of your own choosing by setting the location of the file in the Client Configurator Student Advanced Settings dialog Mute sound when locking mouse keyboard or blanking screen Sound will be muted at Students when locking the mouse keyboard or blanking the screen Student to Student Chat Check this option to enable Students to initiate a group Chat session with other connected Students Lock Unlock When using the Lock function the Students mouse and keyboard are loc
288. tility On Windows 8 machines right click in the Start screen and choose All Apps at the bottom of the screen Click the SoftLINK Replay icon Note Replay Files store screen images and can therefore become very large Good housekeeping plays a vital role in maintaining files of this nature It is recommended that old files are deleted on a regular basis 141 SoftLINK 12 Record Replay Files For All Students This procedure enables the Tutor to create a Replay file at any Student workstation that it remote controls 1 2 Choose View Current Settings Replay Files from the Control window drop down menu The Replay Files dialog will appear Enable the Record Replay Files check box A Replay file will be created each time the Tutor opens a view session at any Student machine Include Audio In addition to the screen mouse and keyboard activity if the workstation is configured for Audio you can record any microphone narration from the Tutor Check this box to enable Note Desktop sounds music etc are unable to be recorded 142 Prefix Files With Client name In order to identify each Replay file filenames are prefixed with the Client name and the date time of the recording Alternatively by unchecking this box the files will be named sequentially in the format 00000001 rpf etc In Folder Specify where the Replay Files are to be stored Click OK SoftLINK 12 Record Replay Files for Individual
289. to create a new area Supporting text can also be added Add New Subjects and Topics While Creating A Question 1 Select Create Subject and enter an appropriate name Click OK The Subject will be added to the Tree view 2 Within the Subject create a Topic Select Create Topic and enter a name Click OK 3 Author s information can now be added If required edit the description and add any additional supporting text You can also assign a Level to each question to indicate the level of difficulty 325 4 Click Finish to store the question and return to the Create a Question dialog Either select another question type or click Close to return to SoftLINK 12 the Question Editor window Edit Questions To edit a stored question highlight it in the Tree and choose Questions Edit Question from the drop down menu click the Edit The Selected Item icon or right click the question and select Edit Change the required details by selecting the appropriate tab on the Edit Question dialog and click OK when complete Note Questions can be duplicated right click the question and select Duplicate The Edit Question dialog will appear if required make any changes and click OK when complete the duplicate question will now appear under the original question in the Tree Question amp Answers Page Question Resources 4 9 n T Edit the items on this page Instructions Statement 1 Statement 2 Stateme
290. to a List of Students Allows you to connect to a fixed list of Student computers by machine name Publish Class Publish Class and allow Students to join With the options above the Tutor dictates which Clients are connected to Selecting this option enables you to create a class that the Clients students themselves can join Notes e Publish Class feature only supported over TCP IP connections e Publish Class feature is not supported in Terminal Services environments e If the expected Clients are not found it may be because SoftLINK has not been configured to browse the required Networks See Configuring SoftLINK For Subnet Browsing for more information e If connecting to Students via the Name amp Connectivity Server in either Room or Publish Class mode it is necessary to set the Name amp Connectivity Server settings at the Tutor in both the Tutor Configurator and the Client Configurator e Publish Class is not supported on Tutor machines running Windows Vista or above 270 SoftLINK 12 Administration Security Settings Protect the Configuration The Control Configuration can be protected by setting a password This acts independently of the Control password if set Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control Protect the Configuration Protecting the Configuration wil hide the Tronscort and Startup options hese options can then only be changed by entering a password Protect Set ca G
291. toolbar or use the hotkeys lt CTRL gt lt LSHIFT gt lt RSHIFT gt Suspend or Stop the Exhibit The Control can choose to end the Show or temporarily suspend it While suspended the Control and or Client can prepare a new demonstration in the background The previously exhibited screen remains on the other Client screens until the Show is resumed To Suspend the Exhibit 1 From the window toolbar or floating toolbar choose Suspend 2 While suspended the Control and Exhibiting Client can work in the background The other Client screens remain frozen 3 To resume the Show choose Resume To Stop the Exhibit 1 From the window toolbar or floating toolbar choose Stop 125 SoftLINK 12 Interactive Whiteboard A full screen Interactive Whiteboard is provided enabling the Tutor to use SoftLINK s annotation tools to highlight the screen and show the results to a selected group of Students Note To include the Whiteboard image in the Student Journal Choose Whiteboard File Add to Journal from the Control window drop down menu or click the File icon at the bottom of the Control window and select Add to Journal 126 oo EI To switch to Whiteboard mode choose View 4Mode Whiteboard View from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Whiteboard icon on the left hand side of the Control window Use the range of annotation tools to highlight the screen and add any stored graphics Choos
292. trol window drop down menu Students can view and add notes to their Journal by selecting the SoftLINK Client icon from the taskbar and choosing Commands Add Notes to Journal View Journal or from the Journal icon in the Student Toolbar Note Students will be unable to add notes if the Student Toolbar and Client icon are not visible Viewing a Journal 1 Select Journal View Journal from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Journal icon and select View Journal Note You can print a copy of the current Journal Click the Journal icon in the toolbar and then click the Print icon in the View Journal section 238 SoftLINK 12 Synchronize Journals You can synchronize the Tutor Journal with the Students to ensure the Student Journals are up to date Any items that are missing will be added to the Student Journals this will not affect any information that the Student has added Select Journal Synchronize Journals from the Control window drop down menu 239 SoftLINK 12 Lesson Planner A SoftLINK Lesson Plan enables a Tutor to structure a session around a pre defined set of tasks with appropriate timings and prompts allocated to each part of the plan Common SoftLINK functionality can be built into the plan such as run test send collect work scan and show Create a Lesson Plan 1 Choose Planner Manage Planner from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Lesson Pla
293. ts then a visual Green Approved or Red Restricted identifier is shown surrounding the application icon to make identification easier If the List view is in Details layout then a list of all other applications running on the Student workstation is also displayed When viewing any one of the four layout options the order of the Student and Application icons can also be rearranged by the Tutor Right click in the List view and choose Arrange The Tutor is able to change the layout of the icons using the following options 197 By Name By Current Application By Running Applications By Policy SoftLINK 12 Student icons will be arranged in alphabetical order according to their Client name display name Student Register name Student icons will be arranged in alphabetical order according to the current application Student icons will be arranged in alphabetical order according to the running applications on the Student workstation Student icons will be arranged in alphabetical order according to the current policy set in the Tech Console This option will only be displayed if there is a policy in force Selection of one of the above options is identified by a blue dot Auto Arrange Ascending Align to Image Centers 198 If a new Student has been added to the list or a new application is running on a Student machine this option will automatically arrange the icons into the previously selected order ab
294. turn to the Summary dialog You can view the contents of the license file by clicking on the file name 8 Click Deploy A progress dialog will appear enabling you to monitor the status of the deployment 9 Click Close when complete 24 SoftLINK 12 Remote Uninstall Using SoftLINK Deploy you can remotely uninstall a SoftLINK package 1 2 Select the required workstations Choose Deploy Uninstall SoftLINK from the Deploy Main window drop down menu Or Right click the selected workstations and choose Deploy Uninstall SoftLINK The Deploy Summary dialog will appear Click Properties to enter the details for the deployment The Uninstall SoftLINK dialog will appear j 7 Uninstall SoftLink Class Control EN General Acknowledgement Message Restart Description Uninstall SoftLink Class Control Conce Hep DS d Enter the properties for the deployment by selecting the four tabs in turn General tab Provides a description of the package being uninstalled Acknowledgement tab Consider whether the workstations will be in use when commencing the deploy You can choose to e Uninstall SoftLINK Immediately No prompt will be received at the workstations being deployed to e Warn user before uninstalling SoftLINK The user will receive a prompt and needs to click OK for the uninstall to commence Users cannot cancel this 25 SoftLINK 12 e User can postpone u
295. u have selected the appropriate text When the question is run at Student machines the four highlighted items are removed from the statements and randomly arranged amp Drop Text 4 Instructions Who wrote the following books Statement 1 EET wrote Macbeth Statement 2 Hucklebeny Finn was written by Statement 3 EE wrote Frankenstien e Statement 4 Rob Roy was written by ee a E Enter the instructions for the question along with up to four statements Within each statement highlight with your mouse the word or phrase that you want the Student to drag and drop Click Set Answer when you are happy that you have selected the appropriate text aeta teens ibas Once you have completed part one of the wizard click Next 314 SoftLINK 12 Drag and Drop Image The Student is presented with up to four statements or questions and a selection of images They must match the image with the correct statement The first stage of three is to enter the instructions along with up to four statements or phrases Alongside each statement you add the appropriate image Click Browse to search for the images The list of pictures currently stored in the Images database will appear Either select an existing image or Import a new one Click Use to apply the image to the question When the question is run at Student machines the pictures are randomly arranged at the bottom of the screen and the Stud
296. u or any Client View menu choose Window Tile and then select which SoftLINK Windows you want to display 2 Your chosen Windows will be tiled on the Control s screen If you want to be able to see the entire Client s screen then choose the Scale to fit option in the toolbar of each Client s View window Note Scale to fit is set by default To View the screen in normal resolution turn off Scale to fit Blank All Client Screens Although you can blank a Client screen while it is being Viewed there may be occasions when you quickly want to blank all Client screens simultaneously 1 Choose School Blank Screen from the Control window drop down menu 2 The Lock symbol will appear on each Client icon 3 To restore the screens repeat the above process 97 SoftLINK 12 Remote Clipboard During a View Session you can copy the content of the clipboard between Control and Client PCs The Clipboard icon available on the View window toolbar provides the following options Send Clipboard Used when copying from the Control to a Client and using the Edit Cut Copy menu option Retrieve Clipboard Used when copying from the Client to the Control and using the Edit Cut Copy menu option Auto When enabled provides the quickest method for copying data Use the short cut keys Ctrl C amp Ctrl V to automatically copy to and from the clipboard at both the Control and Client machines Sending the cont
297. ual Students select their icons in the List view 2 To apply these restrictions choose Applications Allow Approved Applications Only or Block Restricted Applications Or SoftLINK 12 Click the Approved or Restricted icon at the bottom of the Control window To acknowledge which restriction has been activated an appropriate indicator will appear next to the Student icons When viewing Large icons only Red for restricted green for approved If a Student is currently running an application included in your activated restriction list an Application Blocked dialog will appear on their screen stating the application that has been blocked by the Tutor This will also appear if a Student attempts to run any of the applications included on the restriction list End approved or restricted applications 1 2 To remove the restrictions for individual Students select their icons in the List view Choose Applications Unrestricted Access from the drop down menu Or Click the Allow All icon at the bottom of the Control window The green or red indicator will be removed from the selected Student icons Note Removing a restriction may not appear to take effect immediately You may need to restart the application for it to recognize the change Managing Application Lists Create a new application list 1 2 To create a new Application List choose Applications Create New Application List A dialog
298. udent machines displaying the question and responses Students choose the appropriate response and submit the answer Survey Student s Question What year did the United States declare independence from Britain As Students submit their answers the Survey Results pane will display the percentage response for each option The Client icon will also flag how the individual Student answered By choosing View Details from the Control window drop menu you can sort the Students by result Alternatively you can sort the Students into temporary groups by response Choose Survey Auto Group Students from the Control window drop down menu When the survey is complete remove it from the screen by choosing Survey Cancel Survey from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Cancel icon displayed at the bottom of the Survey pane Note The Survey will be cleared from all machines whether the Student has responded or not 208 SoftLINK 12 Show Survey Results to Students 1 Choose Survey Show Results to Students from the Control window drop Nen mmm m iem it down list Or Click the Show icon at the bottom of the Control window 2 The results will be displayed as a pie chart on the Students screen Note Survey results will only be displayed if the Student Toolbar is running and the Student has submitted their answer ENIICGEI Save Survey Results The Survey can be saved to a
299. udent screen setting will no longer apply To blank a Student screen when Viewing choose Student Blank screen from the View window drop down menu Display a graphic when locking a Student workstation By default a graphic is displayed on a Student s screen when the Tutor uses the Lock function When a Client s keyboard and mouse have been locked a default image nss_lock_image_jpg appears on their screen 1 Choose View Current Settings User Interface Student from the Control window drop down menu 2 Clear the Display image when locking mouse and keyboard option 3 Click OK 4 The Student s screen will now be blanked when locked Notes If you View a locked Student the display graphic on a Student screen will no longer apply If an Image file cannot be located on the Student machine a flashing message This machine has been locked by the control user will be displayed on the Student screen 91 SoftLINK 12 Change the graphic to be displayed The image can be changed if necessary by replacing the file or by using the Student Configurator to select an alternative file In the Student Configurator choose Advanced The Image file will display the default file Click Browse to select an alternative file then Open The Image file will display the new file Click OK Ceo ds Note If you would like to display an Image file that is not available on Client workstations use the SoftLINK Deploy
300. uires Activation and enter the code You will then need to restart the Name Server Note If an Internet connection is available the license will activate automatically and the Name Server does not need to be restarted 81 SoftLINK 12 Gateway Configuration Utility Security tab The SoftLINK Gateway provides support for an enhanced level of encryption to be used when initiating communications from remote computers D SoftLink Connectivity Server Configuration Utility x General Keys Licenses Security 7 Enable encryption of communications to remote computers Block any remote computers not using encrypted communications Cancel e Help Enable encryption of communications to remote computers When enabled all communications in the connection process are encrypted Note The remote computers Controls and Clients need to be running version 10 61 or later Block any remote computers not using encrypted communications Earlier versions of the Control and Client programs do not support the enhanced level of encryption Selecting this option will block connections from remote computers running versions of the Control or Client software that does not support this 82 SoftLINK 12 Working with Groups SoftLINK provides you with sophisticated grouping functions to enable you to manage and organize different groups of Students You can use the following functions on groups as a who
301. unctions Previous Auto and Next buttons You can turn auto timing on or off from the Scan window toolbar or choose to move forwards or backwards between individual Clients The Previous button shows the previous Client screen scanned The Next button shows the next Clients screen in the scan cycle Scaling to Fit It may be that the Client is running in a higher resolution than the Control In this case choosing the Scale to Fit button will re size its screen to fit the window in which it is displayed Maximize To enlarge a Client View window This button will be greyed out until you select a Client View window To maximize the Client View window click the Maximize button or click the box in the top right hand corner of the Client View window Lock To lock a selected Client s keyboard and mouse Chat To initiate a chat session between a Client and the Control Share To View a Client in Share Mode Capture A snapshot of the current Client view window will be taken You will then have the option to name and save the current screen contents to a file To end the Scan 1 Choose Scan Close from the Scan window drop down menu 103 SoftLINK 12 Monitor Mode Monitor Mode similar to the Scan feature enables the Tutor to view multiple Student screens simultaneously 4 Li id Ld LJ 8 9 A convenient thumbnail view of each connected Student screen is displayed at the Tutor providing a quick and ea
302. unning version 4 3 and higher Android 2 3 and higher Native Teacher app supported on Windows 10 devices Tutor for Android app supported on Android tablets running version 4 0 3 or later Student for Android app supported on Android tablets running version 4 0 or later Student for iOS app supported on iOS devices running version 6 0 or later The SoftLINK Tutor requires a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or above Synchronized Multimedia Player for WAV MOV AVI MPG etc files Touch enabled support SoftLINK Tutor running Windows 7 and above SoftLINK Student running Windows 8 8 1 or Windows 10 SoftLINK 12 Testing Module The Test Designer requires MDAC 2 1 or higher and COMCTL32 dll version 5 80 or higher During installation SoftLINK will check to see if these files are present and advise if not However if installing silently using the SoftLINK Deploy utility you will not be warned if the files are missing Note To enable printer notifications to be sent to the Tutor PC the installer applies the following changes to the Student PCs Windows Firewall On installation Windows Firewall entries are automatically added to allow the product to be used for the active network If you change to another network you may need to extend the scope of the Windows Firewall entries to allow connections to continue to be allowed through the Windows Firewall The File and Print Sharing Exception is enabled on Windows XP S
303. ure progress including peer and individual assessment scores and more Transfer documents and resources to all or selected students 65 SoftLINK 12 Installing and Configuring School on Google Chrome SoftLINK delivers the tools you need to help maximize the effectiveness of computer led teaching in a Google Chrome environment The School Student for Google Chrome extension can be installed on each student machine running the Google Chrome OS From the teacher s machine Windows or Chrome OS you can then connect to each Chromebook system enabling you to monitor the screens and interact with each student quickly and efficiently Planning an installation For a teacher to be able to monitor and interact with their students using Google Chromebooks the SoftLINK Name amp Connectivity Server must be installed on a Windows Server the SoftLINK Tutor must be installed on either a Windows computer or on a Google Chrome device and the School Student for Google Chrome extension must be installed onto each of the students Chromebooks Note The School Tutor for Chrome can only connect to Google Chrome Students Installing the School Tutor for Chrome 1 Download the School Chrome Tutor app from the Google Play store 2 Locate the School Tutor for Chrome app and launch this 3 The School Chrome Tutor will start and the Enter License dialog will appear 4 Enter the license details you have been provided with and click Lice
304. urity Mon Oct 26 11 03 26 Checking 192 168 16 113 Client version 4 5 Log Files Mon Oct 26 11 03 26 None detected a d Mon Oct 26 11 03 26 192 168 16 113 Retrieving platform information 4 SoftLink Class Control Mon Oct 26 11 03 26 Retrieving platform information for 192 168 16 113 4 3 Mon Oct 2611 03 26 2015 Mon Oct 26 11 03 31 192 168 16 113 running Windows XP E Deploy Log Mon Oct 26 11 03 31 Copying SoftLink Class Control to 192 168 16 113 en Denice Mon Oct 26 11 03 31 mm Deployed 1o Mon Oct 26 11 03 31 192 168 16 113 Copying SoftLink Class Control files to machine Mon Oct 26 11 03 39 Mon Oct 26 11 03 39 Installation started on 192 168 16 113 Mon Oct 26 11 03 39 Mon Oct 26 11 03 39 Mon Oct 26 11 03 39 SoftLink Class Control sent to 1 machines Mon Oct 26 11 03 42 192 168 16 113 Installing SoftLink Class Control on machine Mon Oct 26 11 04 50 192 168 16 113 Installing SoftLink Class Control on machine Mon Oct 26 11 05 23 192 168 16 113 Installation Complete 1 minutes elapsed 27 SoftLINK 12 2 In the left hand pane of the Main window increase or decrease the Tree view to see a description of each type of deployment the date and time the deployment took place and the workstations that were deployed to 3 As you select an item from the left hand pane itemized information about that deployment will appear in the right hand pane Printing a Log File 1 Select the required Log File in the Tree
305. used the Test Designer to create questions and exams you use the Testing Console option in the SoftLINK Tutor program to run the exam at Student workstations and monitor results Running an Exam 1 338 Select School Testing Console from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Testing Console icon on the Control toolbar The Select Students dialog will appear From the list of connected Students indicate which ones should participate in the exam by checking or un checking the box next to their name Click Next to continue r 7 Test Modules Ex Select the Students you would like to participate in the test Name BS my amp 3 don GE sake PA Jason BES Jeffrey BE son BS ky BS Marc GES Mare BES Maty GE Melissa 629 Mire Be cox ea es x a Select the exam to run Details of the published exams are listed choose the one that you want to run at the selected Student PCs If required you can alter the time limit for the exam Click Finish when ready to run the exam SoftLINK 12 meum iii Select the Test you would like the students to participate in Description EB Example Test An example to show the capabilities of Testing modules Gow 2 Large Test Large Test EE Qo EB m Phase V Knowledge Exam Phase V Knowledge Exam Qo 54 Preview Exam time limit 00 10 7 Unlimited Time B Bk
306. uter name Note Although internally the Control connects to Clients by referring to their Client name the user at the Control can configure the Control program to display a different name 254 SoftLINK 12 While Viewed Silent Mode Allows the Control to connect and View a Client without the Clients knowledge If Silent Mode is not selected the Clients screen and mouse icon will flicker notifying the Client that a connection has been made and their screen is being Viewed Send Physical Fonts When a Windows Client is sending its screen to a Control it passes the font information by reference to reduce the volume of data sent The Control refers to its own internal font mappings and uses the closest matching that it has to the one being displayed at the Client In most cases the same fonts will be available at both the Client and the Control and so what is displayed on the screen will appear identical However there may be occasions when a close match cannot be found In these cases it is desirable that the Client sends the Control the full information that it requires to display the data in the same font Setting this option forces TrueType text to be sent as glyphs i e character shapes rather than character codes This guarantees that they will be displayed correctly at the Control This will however impact on performance especially on Dial up lines and is not usually required Enable Screen Scrape SoftL
307. vation Mode Selecting this option allows you to force the Students to view a resource file before the question appears they will not be able to view the resource in the question When the exam is run at the Student machines they will be advised that the question media will only be shown once If this option is selected you will not be able to continue until a resource has been added to the question 324 SoftLINK 12 Question Details The Question Details dialog completes the Create Question process Decide where to store the question and whether to add any additional author notes I Question Subjects Authors Information amp Question Title a General 5 9 Geography Title Countries D Capital Cities O Countries Authors NSS Admin Oceans a History x BJ Literature I Easy ad a Science Notes ge as e Select or create a Topic and Subject from the left hand menu then enter the details for the question Once done select the Finish button Create Subject lt Back J Bes Came Web Stored questions are maintained in an internal database school mdb within the SoftLINK program folder The Question Editor window displays stored questions in a tree view You are able to customize this to your own requirements by creating subjects and topics within each subject The Question Details dialog also displays the Tree view and you can choose whether to add a question to an existing Subject Topic or
308. ven by one of their classmates After a question has been answered you can ask the rest of the class to assess the answer by clicking on the button A dialog appears at Student screens asking them to decide if the answer was correct or not As the Students answer the Student thumbnail at the Tutor will change to reflect the number of Students who think their answer is right or wrong Question and Answer Team Mode You can use team mode when selecting Team first to answer or Team enter an answer question types Students then compete for rewards as a group rather than individually Teams can be created randomly or Students can pick a team to join Custom team names can be created and you can customize the color allocated to the team 1 Select Team first to answer or Team enter an answer from the Question type dialog Or Select Q amp A Question Type from the Control window drop down menu and select the required question type Or Select the Types icon at the bottom of the Control window and select the required question type 2 Select the required properties for the question in the Ask the question dialog Click OK 3 The Create Teams dialog will appear Create Teams mem Create teams randomly allow student to choose their team or use current groups as m teams Assign Randomly Number of teams 3 Allow student to choose their team Team names Students select from this list separate names with Use current groups
309. vert Replay Files to video files Note This will be installed by default if you are installing the Tutor or Tech Console component Standalone Test Designer The Test Designer allows you to set customized tests including text picture audio and video questions Note If you are installing the Tutor component the Test Designer will be installed by default Install to By default SoftLINK will be installed in the folder C Program Files SoftLINK Class Control for 32 bit Windows C Program Files x86 SoftLINK Class Control for 64 bit Windows If you want to install in a different folder click Change Click Next when ready to continue Room Identification Enter the value for the room you wish to connect to The default room value is Eval The room value can be updated later in the Tutor Configuration settings Click Next to continue Ready to Install the Program To start the installation click Install To change any of the previous selections click Back To quit the installation click Cancel 11 SoftLINK 12 Note If you have elected to install a Client Student the setup will make the required amendments to your System INI and or registry to load the Client as Windows initializes SoftLINK will not replace any of your existing Drivers Installation Complete To complete the installation Choose whether to run the Client Configurator This enables you to set basic Client information and se
310. vey View Print View IM View Device View Typing View Whiteboard View 35 SoftLINK 12 Click the individual icons on the left hand side of the Control window or choose View Normal Monitor Audio Q amp A Web Application Survey Print IM Device Typing Whiteboard view from the Control window drop down menu to change mode The default view Mode is Normal View Note Student thumbnails can be viewed full screen by pressing F11 Status Bar nal IRT ICT Level 2 The Control Status bar is displayed at the bottom of the Control window It shows the Status of the Control and the number of currently connected Clients The current status of the Journal will be displayed when it s turned on To enable disable the Status bar choose View Status bar Tutor Toolbar The Tutor Toolbar provides details of the current lesson to the Tutor and access to key SoftLINK functions when the Tutor program is minimized The Tutor can mute sound at all of the Students add notes to the Student Journal Scan Chat Message Announce Show Lock Unlock Students Blank Student screens and block all Internet access by clicking the relevant icon When the Tutor program is maximized the Tutor Toolbar will disappear and any settings applied will show in the Control window 4 ae Qj rm 1 es M y mge Mute Sound Notes Chat Sendamessage Announce T Lock Blank All Block All Note The Tutor program can be maximized by
311. wer to find out if they thought it was correct or not You can move onto the next round by selecting Q amp A Next Round from the Control window drop down menu or clicking on the Next Round icon at the bottom of the Control window A new session for the current question type can be started by clicking the New icon at the bottom of the Control window You can stop the current Question Type and clear Question and Answer dialogs on the Student machines by clicking Reset at the bottom of the Control window Excluding Students To ensure all Students are involved equally in the process you can choose to exclude specific students those that have already answered a question from the next round of questioning Students are automatically excluded from a round if either of the Exclude options in the Question amp Answer options dialog have been selected Students can be manually excluded right click the Student and select Exclude Student from round Sound Effects You can include sound effects to be played at the Tutor and Students Sounds will be played at the Tutor when a Student answers at the Student when the Answer dialog is displayed and at both when randomly selecting a Student and when the thinking time or time limit is at 5 and 2 5 seconds Sounds effects will be turned on by default 219 SoftLINK 12 1 Click the Sound effects icon at the bottom of the Control window 2 Select the relevant option to turn sound effects on off at
312. when using PC Mode User Mode or the Publish Class connection mode You can switch to these modes in the SoftLINK Tutor Configurator Note A command line utility can be used to generate Class Lists outside the Tutor program The Class List Processor enables you to produce Class Lists in advance based on data that may have been supplied from an external source The file classlistprocessor exe is installed in the Program Folder along with explanatory notes as to its use classlistprocessordocumentation txt To End a Class 1 Choose School Manage Class End Class from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Manage icon in the toolbar and select End Class 2 Your current class will be ended and the Class Wizard will appear allowing you to start a new lesson Notes If the Tutor machine does not have write access to the Class Lists folder the Tutor will not be able to create new Class Lists or edit existing ones You can specify the location for the Class Lists to be stored by using the following registry key and then specifying a location Files Classlist HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Productive Computer Insight PCICTL ConfigList Standard Files Classlist C Temp 56 SoftLINK 12 Connecting to SoftLINK Assist Students Assist is a Classroom Management tool providing support for Mac amp Linux classrooms The SoftLINK Tutor can also connect to Assist Students if required Before the SoftLI
313. will be muted at Students when locking the mouse keyboard or blanking screens This option can be disabled in the Student User Interface Configuration settings Customize Thumbnail Size Student thumbnails can be resized to suit personal preferences This is particularly useful when connected to large numbers of Student machines Use the slider on the Size icon at the bottom of the Control window to select the required size Auto Fit Size of Student Thumbnail This option will automatically adjust the size of the displayed thumbnails to fit the window 1 Click the Auto icon at the bottom of the Control window 133 SoftLINK 12 Notes e You can send an audio announcement to Students headphones or speakers Click the Announce icon at the bottom of the Control window The Announce dialog will appear e Recordings can be played back to Students using the Show function Audio Communication SoftLINK allows you to use audible communications to connected Clients via microphones headphones and speakers during View and Show SoftLINK will only operate Audio if the workstations have Audio Support Installed Note SoftLINK also allows you to monitor all Student audio activity see Audio Monitoring for further information Announce Function This feature sends the audio announcement to all the selected students headphones or speakers They will be able to hear the Tutor but will not be able to speak back Makin
314. working when performing a View or Show Student Selection This is used to specify the mode to connect to Students when the Tutor program starts Administration Enables you to set an additional password if the Configuration options are to be protected and to create pre defined Tutor profiles 260 SoftLINK 12 Start Options Configuration Start Options Use these options to specify the startup options for the Tutor Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control Stat Showng Goma i At Startup Start Viewing If this box is checked when the Control initializes it will connect to all Clients and immediately start Viewing them You can choose which mode to view the Students in Share Watch or Control Start Showing If this box is checked when the Control initializes it will connect to all Clients and immediately start Showing the Controls screen to them Start Scanning If this box is checked when the Control initializes it will connect to all Clients and immediately start Scanning them Display Class Wizard If this box is checked the Class Wizard will appear at startup Tutor will be used to connect to students within a Centralized Computing Environment Requires restart Allows SoftLINK to connect to Students within a Centralized Computing environment A restart will be required 261 SoftLINK 12 Tutor will be used to connect to students using Tablets Requires restart Allows the So
315. y access to CD DVD or USB devices 1 Select the required Students in the List view 2 Choose Device CD USB Read Only from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the CD DVD icon or USB icon at the bottom of the Control window and choose Read Only Unrestricted Access Provide Students with full access to CD DVD or USB devices 1 Select the required Students in the List view 2 Choose Device CD USB Unrestricted from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the CD DVD icon or USB icon at the bottom of the Control window and choose Unrestricted Disable Execute Prevent Students from running programs from CD DVD or USB devices 1 Select the required Students in the List view 2 Choose Device CD USB Prevent Execute from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the CD DVD icon or USB icon at the bottom of the Control window and choose Prevent Execute 231 SoftLINK 12 Note To allow access to Execute select Device CD USB Allow Execute from the Control window drop down menu Mute Sound on Student Workstations 1 Choose Device Mute Sound from the Control window drop down menu Or Click the Mute Sound icon at the bottom of the Control window 2 Sound will be muted on the Student workstations SoftLINK 12 Tutor Profiles SoftLINK allows you to set up multiple Tutor Profiles for different Control Users each with a pre defined set of options On starting the Tutor program if
316. y awards the Student has received Students will be able to see the current state of all Students for each question You can also choose to show the results to Students this can be set in the Question amp Answer Options dialog Note Questions can also be started from the Q amp A menu Select Q amp A Question Type from the Control window drop down menu or click the Types button at the bottom of the Control window Types of Questions First to Answer The teacher asks a verbal question and the Students click to answer The top x fastest responders will be displayed and the quickest Student is asked for their answer You then decide whether this is correct or not and rewards can be awarded or deducted Note Questions can be bounced to the next quickest Student when more than one Student has been selected This can be done automatically by selecting the Automatically bounce to next Student option in the Ask the question dialog or manually by selecting Q amp A Bounce Question from the Control window drop 214 SoftLINK 12 down menu or clicking the Bounce icon at the bottom of the Control window A thinking time limit can be applied the Answer button is disabled during this period giving Students a chance to think about their answer before they click A time limit for answering the question can also be set You can choose to exclude a Student from the next round if they have already answered a question ensuring
317. y default Tutor Console This component the Control should be installed on workstations which will be used to remote control other PCs It gives teachers access to SoftLINK s full range of features for example viewing student screens and showing their screen to students Selecting this component will also install a Portable Tutor folder this allows you to run the Tutor from a portable device such as USB Pen Drive Memory Stick or Flash Drive Note If you need the flexibility of allowing other machines to view this one you can also install the Student component Add Desktop Shortcut for Tutor Choose whether to create a desktop icon for the Control Tutor to enable easy access to the Tutor program Remote Deployment Utility The Remote Deploy Utility enables you to perform multiple SoftLINK installations without the need to visit each individual workstation Tech Console includes Remote Deployment Utility This component should be installed on workstations that will be managing and maintaining computers It provides lab technicians and network managers with the main SoftLINK features 10 SoftLINK 12 Add Desktop Shortcut for the Tech Console Choose whether to create a desktop icon to enable easy access to the Tech Console program Name and Connectivity Server This provides a simple and reliable method of locating and connecting to Student PCs Replay Conversion Utility This utility allows you to con
318. y mre x7 Show History for Selected Clent s 9 Al Clients Student Name Login Name Computer Name Application Started Stopped Duration 1 Monica User TESTPC 1013 SoftLink Class Control TESTPC 1013 10 29 15 09 47 53 10 29 15 10 02 07 14 mins 14 secs 2 Monica User TESTPC 1013 SoftLINK Class Control 10 29 15 10 27 50 10 29 15 10 29 24 1 mins 34 secs 2 Monica User TESTPC 1013 screenwatch Search Results in Local Disk C 10 29 15 09 19 18 10 29 15 09 26 28 7mins 10 secs 2 Jake XP User PRODUCTION Outlook Express 10 29 15 09 35 56 10 29 15 09 36 02 secs 2 Kay Todd XPC 1 NAI Messenger 10 29 15 09 19 18 1hrs 54 mins 2 Steve User D2xP MSN com Hotmail Outlook Skype Bing Latest News Photos _ 10 29 15 09 26 20 1hrs 47 mins ya Marie John W8_STATION2 MSN com Hotmail Outlook Skype Bing Latest News Photos _ 10 29 15 09 25 37 1hrs 48 mins 2 Monica User TESTPC 1013 Microsoft Support Intemet Explorer 10 29 15 09 28 48 10 29 15 09 28 55 7 secs E i Jeffrey ToddBroceus AMD64 1 Microsoft Excel Book 1 10 29 15 10 48 47 25 mins 0 secs pe Jeffrey ToddBroceus AMD64 1 Microsoft Official Home Page Windows Intemet Explorer 10 29 15 09 26 12 1hrs 47 mins Z Jake XP User PRODUCTION Local Disk C Properties 10 29 15 09 36 09 10 29 15 09 36 15 secs 2 Jake XP User PRODUCTION Local Disk C 10 29 15 09 36 06 10 29 15 09 36 19 13secs amp MAC ianwalker IANS MAC MINI Keychain Access 10 29 15 10 02 26 1hrs 11 mins a Jeffrey ToddBroceus AMD64 1
319. you are happy with the members of the group Right click the selected Client icons and choose Remove from Group SoftLINK 12 Group Leaders When working with defined groups of Clients the Control can assign Group Leader status to a selected member of the group The designated Leader can then take control of the group performing many of the tasks that the main Control can The main Control retains overall responsibility while a Group Leader is in place and can remove the status at any time To select the features to be made available to a Group Leader choose View Current Settings Group Leaders from the Control window drop down menu Visual Group Leader connections can be displayed allowing you easily see the link between a Group Leader and their Students in all views Check Show Visual Group Leader Connections to enable this feature All Group Leader features are enabled by default but can be removed by un checking the appropriate box Settings for Configuration SoftLINK Class Control mm 4 Remote Control V Enable Group Leaders 93 View 93 Keyboard Mouse 23 Replay Files V Show visual Group Leader connections Select the functions a group leader can perform within their group 3 Audio Functions File Transfer Show 4 55 User Interface ME 93 Tutor F Ch m 93 Student 7 tens 1 SoftLink Assistant 7 Send Collect Work tT Group Leaders Wi Audio Show Announce and Mew Stude

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