LanSchool User Guide
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1. From the Administer menu select One to One and then Manage Class Lists 2 Select Import Students 3 Select the csv file that was previously created 4 If desired Browse to associate a previously created Profile with this class 5 Save the class by entering a name Class Lists are saved with a lsc extension The class may now be loaded on demand This will cause the current Student List to be replaced by the students in the saved file You can later Dismiss Current Class from the same menu location Create a Dynamic Class List from your Student Information System SIS LanSchool User Guide Because of the number of different student information systems that exist LanSchool has chosen to take a more generic approach to our integration with these tools Generally these systems provide a mechanism to export data like the Student Name for example and to schedule that data export on an ongoing basis To prepare for implementing Dynamic Class Lists you will need to create two files by exporting the required data from your SIS software The first one is the Teacher file It should contain only three columns of data separated by commas Your tool should have an export option to save as csv but if not a plain text file is also acceptable How LanSchool Works 13 The data needs to be listed in specific order by row Teacher name Class ID Class Name with these items separated by commas The Teacher name can be either their N2. e Help Individual Students The Student can interact with the Teacher by sending and receiving messages Students can silently send questions or request help A small question mark appears on the teacher s console when a Student sends a question e View Student Thumbnails Student thumbnails appear on the Teacher Console allowing teachers a quick overview of what the students are working on e Show Student Details The details view of Chromebook student will show student name machine name last website last question and Teacher channel e Testing The LanSchool Teacher can send a test to the Chromebook student and collect the test results Test questions can include True False Multiple Choice short answer and essay questions Images can also be attached to each test question e Show Teacher Screen The LanSchool Teacher has the ability to share a screen to all or select Students allowing them to follow along e Draw on Screen Allows the Teacher to draw with a red pen on the screen e Web Browsing Temporarily disable all or selected student access to the web across browser The Teacher controls the sites the Student may browse to or may direct the Student to specific sites e Internet History Shows a searchable list of web sites visited by the selected student which may be saved to a file e Blank Screen The Teacher may blank out all student screens and disable keyboard and mouse e Run URL This feature allows a Te
3. 1999 2014 Stoneware Inc All rights reserved LanSchool is a registered trademark of Stoneware Inc All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners LanSchool User Guide Contents Contents PrefaGe adams A A AAA A ew ne 5 Important InformatiON sosa 22a eee eee eee a aa e a ee RO 6 About LanSchool si cece eee ee eRe a a ea a A E E E a 6 Product DOCUMENTALION seee eee aa eR eed ene eRe ee ee oe ee es 6 Supported EnvironMentS osema ee a a a a 7 Technical SUpport ear dae A AAA ARALAR 8 Contact Informatio siia vee a a ee wee we a A ww a S 8 Using LanSchool v7 8 0 00 cee eee ee 9 Getting Started lt sics acei oead a beta pea de dab eede dae ee bebe ead eae Seaa eed eed 10 How LanSchool WORKS misas raas maw we ee ee ee ee ee 11 Implementing Class LiStS s s a eaa cra er oca naa e a e 11 Implementing Classroom Management from the Cloud ooo ooooooo o 13 Using the Teacher computer 2 00 cc nanen aa nataan narran aana 15 About the Student COMputerS ee 16 User Interface Tips eta cen eee a Ge ees Oka a eae Bea eR eke ee SE ee ee a ee ee eS 17 LanSchool v7 8 New Feature Overview 0 000 ee 20 LanSchool v7 8 Feature Overview 2 2 ee 22 Using the Test Builder on a different machine 0 00 ec 35 LanSchool Security Monitoring ooo 36 LanSchool Configuration Preferences assau aa ee 37 3 LanSchool User Guide 4 Contents LanSchool User G
4. 2003 2008 and 2012 Terminal Server Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 2011 and 2012 Citrix Ready XenServer and XenDesktop NComputing devices Mac OS 10 6 or greater and iPads iPods and iPhones iOS6 and iOS7 Android 2 3 3 0 3 1 3 2 and 4 0 Chromebook Chrome 33 and greater Support for NComputing devices is dependant on the device model and version of the vSpace software installed Please see the FAQ at http www lanschool com support faq for specific information on the platforms and vSpace versions that will work with LanSchool software Support for Linux students running Ubuntu 32 64 version 11 and 12 with the default desktop Web Limiting is only supported with the Firefox browser Please see the section Installing LanSchool v7 8 on Linux in the LanSchool Install Guide for a list of supported features Full parity with existing Student software is planned for future releases Listed below are the minimum requirements necessary to run LanSchool on both teacher and student computers Processor PCs 166 MHz Intel Pentium processor or faster Macs Intel based Mac s RAM 128 MB for Windows XP 256 MB for Windows Vista 256 MB for Windows 7 256 MB for Windows 8 512 MB for Mac OS X 512 MB for Ubuntu 11 or 12 Protocol stack All computers running LanSchool must be configured with TCP IP running static or dynamic IP addresses 802 11 wireless is supported however enterprise class access points are rec
5. Chrome are the supported browsers for allowing certain websites Block all works across all web browsers Limit Student Applications Temporarily disable all or selected student access to specified software applications This must be configured in the Preferences dialog and then turned on by clicking the Limit Apps button or menu Students cannot get around this feature by simply renaming the application as the internal program name is used Adding a will allow you to limit the application with a wildcard Disable Student Printers Drive Limiting Temporarily disable all or selected student printers Once disabled the students will not be able to print until you again enable printing Limit student ability to access USB thumb drives and CD ROM DVD drives SB keyboards and mice will NOT be affected This feature is supported on all Mac operating systems and PCs running Windows 2000 and higher LanSchool User Guide 30 Using LanSchool v7 8 Limit Task Manager PC or Activity Monitor Mac This option is enabled or disabled depending on whether the feature was first chosen in the Teacher install If selected in the install you can limit the student s ability to run Task Manager or Activity Monitor by checking the option in the Student tab ofthe Preferences dialog Alerting on Banned Words Muting Teachers are alerted if a student types a word on a list of banned words A warning icon is displayed on the student thumbnail and ho
6. LanSchool Testing folder on a Mac Browse for the newly created test and send it out to the students through the LanSchool Teacher console LanSchool User Guide 36 Using LanSchool v7 8 LanSchool Security Monitoring Security Monitor LanSchool User Guide With a tool as powerful as LanSchool there s always a possibility for misuse A student may be tempted to find an unauthorized copy and load the teacher software to disrupt a class There are three ways to deal with possible misuse 1 Set school policies around appropriate behavior monitor and enforce the policy 2 Install LanSchool v7 8 in Active Directory Secure Mode which requires teachers to belong to a domain group called LanSchool Teachers in order to manage student computers Recommended method 3 Install LanSchool v7 8 in Secure mode which requires a password Security Monitor is also available in the utilities folder on the LanSchool download file This application runs on any PC and will capture a log of LanSchool activity including the installation or un installation of the LanSchool program With this utility many schools have quickly been able to pinpoint students who are abusing the appropriate use policy of their classroom Teachers can also access the Security Monitoring data by clicking View then Status Window As soon as teachers perform actions you will see the security messages Students downloading and installing a demo version of
7. LanSchool caused the largest security problem with the previous versions Starting with LanSchool v6 1 the demo version cannot interact with the released version LanSchool Configuration Preferences 37 LanSchool Configuration Preferences The Preferences dialog contains settings for both administrators and teachers Listed below are the settings that a teacher may want to change Full Screen or Windowed Full screen shows the teacher s screen on the student s screen and disables the keyboard and mouse e Windowed shows the teacher s screen on the student s screen in a re sizeable window and does NOT disable the student s keyboard and mouse Show Dual Monitors Turns on dual monitors support on the teacher console and the student Blank Screen Message Allows the teacher to specify a message that will be shown when student screens are blanked Sounds Allows the teacher to turn off the sound that is played when the Show teacher or Show student button is pressed Limit Task Manager Activity Monitor on Student If checked the Task Manager on PCs and the Activity Monitor on Macs will be disabled This helps prevent hacking and disrupting LanSchool Restrict IP Address and Internet Explorer InPrivate Browsing Some students were using IP address browsing to get around LanSchool s web limiting feature If this option is selected students cannot browse the web using IP addresses i e http 70 235 50 6 LanSchool will
8. The LanSchool v7 8 product download includes the setup files needed to install LanSchool If LanSchool isn t installed refer to the LanSchool v7 8 Installation Guide install pdf for instructions on how to install the product Once you ve installed LanSchool follow this guide to begin using the product In most cases the LanSchool software running on a computer is referred to as the Teacher or Student uppercase as opposed to the users the actual teachers and students lowercase or their general devices LanSchool User Guide How LanSchool Works 11 How LanSchool Works LanSchool works by enabling a teacher to see all student computers within a computer based classroom It uses Teacher channels to ensure that all the computers in that classroom are visible much like a TV channel enables different TVs to see the same program LanSchool has 16 000 Teacher channels from which to choose which means that you can have as many as 16 000 different classrooms using LanSchool at any given time The best way to set up LanSchool in a lab classroom or wireless laptop cart is for each classroom or room to have its own Teacher channel This setup enables all of the computers in the same classroom to interact with each other and the teacher to manage the entire room If LanSchool is going to be used in a 1 1 environment where every student has a notebook there are two options 1 The recommended option is for teachers to create a Cla
9. Windows key Selecting multiple computers will allow you to remote control multiple computers at the same time while viewing a single computer in the group Controlling multiple computers only works if the machines look exactly the same This will show all computer screens in the classroom as a small medium large or extra large thumbnails As you move your mouse over a thumbnail image the student s login name and computer name for that image appear in a tooltip Ifthe student has a question you will also see that question in the tooltip If you hover for about a second the thumbnail will optionally get larger If you right click a thumbnail view you will get a menu of options to control that student Allows teachers to supervise a selected student machine While monitoring you will see everything the student is doing but will not be able to control that student s keyboard and mouse Classroom Layout LanSchool User Guide Thumbnails can now be arranged in the shape of the classroom Each size thumbnail has its own layout that is automatically saved Classroom layouts can be saved loaded and locked Access this feature from the Thumbnails item in the View menu This feature is not supported in the WMS teacher LanSchool v7 8 Feature Overview View Thumbnail Mode Monitoring View up to 3000 crisp high color student thumbnails at the same time Every student s screen will appear as a thumbnail in the LanSchool Teacher console
10. also restrict the InPrivate browsing feature of Internet Explorer Web Limiting Specifies when Web Limiting is enabled whether to e Block all Web Browsing e Allow only the following websites e Block the following websites eg List of websites can be saved and loaded The wildcards and can be used On Windows students the web can be limited on Windows Internet Explorer Firefox and Chrome On Mac students the web can be limited when students are using Safari Firefox and Chrome LanSchool User Guide 38 Using LanSchool v7 8 Application Limiting Specifies when Application Limiting is enabled whether to e Allow only the following applications e Block the following applications Applications can be added to either the allowed or blocked lists by clicking on the add button in the preferences dialog or by Viewing the Student s Running programs The preferences dialog shows applications running on the Teacher s PC The application lists can be saved and loaded Show Current Application Icon on Thumbnails When enabled this feature shows the current application that is running on the student PC as an icon in the upper left hand corner of the thumbnail Show Last Visited Website Icon on Thumbnails When enabled this feature shows the website that was last visited by the student as an icon in the upper right hand corner of the thumbnail Full Path of the LanSchool Folder on Student Machines Allows the te
11. displayed in the Sharing preference pane The script must be run as root to have any effect For example to change a Mac student display name to Library1 sudo setname Library1l Another example set the display name to the current Computer Name sudo setname You will have to refresh your Teacher Console to see a name change Update LanSchool on Selected Students This option can be used to quickly install a new version of LanSchool on selected student computers To enable this feature please refer to the LanSchool v7 8 Install Guide install pdf Change Student Channel from the Console Changes student channels from the teacher s console This must be enabled by an administrator with the EnableChannelSelect exe utility More information on this feature is available in theLanSchool v7 8 Install Guide install pdf Student Name from Active Directory LanSchool normally displays the Windows or Novell login name However if the Student Display name is available from Active Directory that Display name is displayed in the Login Name column Toolbar Configuration The toolbar can be customized through the menu View gt Configure Toolbar On the PC it can also be configured by holding down the alt key while dragging the buttons to a new location or removing them by dragging them off the button bar You can also reset the toolbar back to the default in the Customize Toolbar window If there are more buttons on
12. saved the Teacher and Student csv files 3 Select the class and students you wish to load You can later Dismiss Current Class from the same menu location The console will always check these files for changes so new students coming in or teachers changing classes will be handled automatically Implementing Classroom Management from the Cloud Starting with LanSchool 7 6 3 a new capability was introduced to integrate with Stoneware s webNetwork Unified Cloud As a result classroom management can now be delivered from the Cloud Organizations can now provide classroom management for students who are connecting to the Cloud in a Bring Your Own Device BYOD classroom setting One advantage of this model is that students and teachers no longer have to install a local LanSchool agent Rather students and teachers authenticate to the webNetwork Unified Cloud and are delivered the appropriate LanSchool On demand agent The LanSchool On demand agent runs on the device until the next log off or reboot In addition Stoneware s webNetwork Cloud can provide direct integration with the school s Student Information System SIS The webNetwork Cloud dynamically populates the LanSchool Teacher Console with the appropriate classes and associated students for each teacher from the SIS Supported Environments LanSchool 7 6 3 or newer and webNetwork 6 1 or newer LanSchool On demand agents are available for Windows Teacher Windows Student Mac Teacher
13. toolbar provides a drop down list to select features and does not behave as a toggle switch Activating Web and Application Limiting Right mouse click Multiple Select Web and Application limiting must be configured before they can be activated You may configure these features in the Preferences menu and then turn them on through the menus or the toolbar buttons In the LanSchool Teacher console you can access advanced features by right mouse clicking on a student computer in either the Details or Thumbnail view It is possible to select one several or all students To select multiple students use the standard Windows ctrl click method You can also select the entire list with the ctrl a key sequence On the Mac use command a to select all computers In the details view the line will turn blue when selected In the thumbnail view the thumbnail will have a thick red line surrounding it It is not necessary to use the Windows ctrl click in the thumbnail view In the thumbnail view you can select multiple thumbnails by clicking on another thumbnail Once you have selected the desired students you can right click on the selected students and get an advanced options menu click on the toolbar button or console menu LanSchool User Guide 18 Using LanSchool v7 8 Unselect Students To unselect students click on a blank area of the console Implicit ALL Selection Refresh Screen Sorting If no students are selected th
14. 2 and 4 0 on smartphones and tablets LanSchool Android features are able to perform the following functions View Android student thumbnails in the teacher console Receive a Show Teacher screen broadcast Receive a message from the teacher Receive tests administered by a LanSchool Teacher Ask the teacher a question Respond to a real time vote Can change classroom channel Gather inventory information LanSchool User Guide 23 24 Using LanSchool v7 8 e Current application running e Network information e Battery information Blank Screen before Login You may now blank Windows and Mac student screens before they login to their device and display a configurable message in the student screen The same menu item Blank Screen is selected however it will be applied to all students in the list even if they are logged out Show Teacher screen before Login You may also choose to Show Teacher before some or all students have logged in When Show Teacher is selected it will be applied to all students in the list even if they are logged out In this case Show Teacher is displayed in Full Screen mode only meaning that students do not have control of their mouse and keyboard inputs allowing teachers to immediately begin teaching a lesson without needing to wait for students to first enter their login credentials Screen Feed view Like a PowerPoint slideshow or a stock ticker the Teacher console now provides a way t
15. Most of the features are accessible from the LanSchool system tray menu or dock icon The more advanced features are available in the LanSchool Teacher console All of the features are grouped under one of six menu items Demonstrate Monitor Speak Restrict Administer and View Note If using the new Windows Multipoint Server Teacher from within the Multipoint Manager console the same features and interaction is possible in most cases The only exception is the Classroom Layout option which is not an available feature in the WMS teacher Otherwise the buttons on the toolbar mirror the Windows and Mac Teacher consoles though the buttons are drop down lists rather than toggle switches LanSchool Toolbar Buttons To use a feature in LanSchool select the individual student or students and press the LanSchool Toolbar button that corresponds to the feature that you want to use At that point the button will depress and change to a lighter color To stop using that feature click the button again Some of the LanSchool Toolbar Buttons have a little arrow to the right of the button Click on the button to access additional options for that feature Buttons can be added removed or moved by click on View then Configure Toolbar on a PC or Customize Toolbar on a Mac though not in the new Windows Multipoint Server WMS Teacher This version of the Teacher can be accessed by a very similar toolbar within the Multipoint Manager console However this
16. Teacher s cursor a large red cursor appears in the Student view These cursors are the same shape as the real cursor but are 4 times the size and are bright red If the computer is a using the NetWare client software LanSchool v7 8 will use the NetWare login name instead of the Microsoft login name One of the benefits of using TCP TP is the availability of Multicast Multicast allows networking hardware to keep LanSchool traffic local to LanSchool computers and cross subnets Because some network routers or switches don t support Multicast this option is disabled by default but can easily be enabled in the Preferences menu on the Network tab The teacher can control any specific channel or group any number of channels together controlling them simultaneously By default Teachers are installed without the ability to change their channel Please contact your LanSchool administrator for assistance in enabling the ability to change their home channel as well as to view multiple channels in the grouping control The information on how to enable this is located in the LanSchool v7 8 Install Guide install pdf By selecting this option or using the shortcut key F5 on the PC or command r on the Mac you can refresh the list and see any new students that might have entered the class This occurs automatically every three minutes Become a Student machine If you want to turn the Teacher computer into a student computer temporarily you can do it f
17. There are 4 sizes of thumbnails that can be sized automatically to the best fit You can choose to only view selected students by clicking on the View All button then checking the View Selected option Magnify Thumbnails Dual Monitors When you hover over a thumbnail the thumbnail size will quickly increase If you prefer not to use this feature it can be turned off by clicking on the View All button then removing the check from the Magnify option Dual monitors are supported on the Teacher console and the Student software Viewing thumbnails of dual monitors shows a split screen display Active Application Website Icon Load Save Profile In the upper right hand corners of the thumbnail you have the option of seeing an icon of the active application and website Available under the View menu Profiles save key teacher settings so they can quickly be loaded at a later time The following settings are saved in a profile e Class lists e Thumbnail layouts e Web Limiting URLs and button state e Application Limiting programs and button state e Limit Task Manager Activity Monitor on Student Limit Dotted Decimal Browsing e Limit Print button state e Limit USB button state e Mute button state e Blank screens messages Student Screen Snapshot Save a student s screen to a standard graphic file jpg or bmp The date time and student login name are displayed in the saved file View Internet History Shows a searchable l
18. acher to run a web site on student computers e Class list support Chromebook student will respond to Teacher request to be loaded into a class The LanSchool Student is a free app but requires LanSchool Connection Service LCS to run in a classroom Please visit www stone ware com lanschool for more information LanSchool User Guide LanSchool v7 8 New Feature Overview SSID Network Tampering Network Tampering control settings have been extended so that it can be configured to enable only specific approved wireless networks to which a Student device may connect This feature will help prevent a Student with a smartphone that has 3G 4G data connection from using a portable Wi Fi hotspot SSID Network Tampering will force the student machine to associate with the school s allowed wireless network when available It is configurable at install time for Teacher and is a configuration option on Student When configured LanSchool will only allow students to associate with wireless networks with an SSID name from the Allowed List Assessment Mode Auto Update New in LanSchool 7 8 is Assessment Mode Administration of online assessments specifically in K 12 education largely driven by the adoption of the Common Core State Standards Initiative CCSSI in the United States creates an opportunity for states and school districts to further their overall digital learning strategies The new feature for LanSchool Assessment Mode allows an Adm
19. acher to specify the default location for student files This can be on the hard drive or a network drive Drive Limiting Specifies the kinds of drives that should be blocked when you click the Limit Drives button Keystroke Alerts Create save and load lists of words that alert the teacher if typed by a student Each word should be separated by a carriage return Note There are additional options such as the network tab that are described in the Installation manual and should only be changed by a system administrator Copyright 1996 2014 Stoneware Inc All rights reserved LanSchool is a registered trademark of Stoneware Inc Other brands and names are the property of their respective owners LanSchool User Guide
20. and Mac Student Existing customers of webNetwork Cloud need to upgrade to version 6 1 to take advantage of this new technology LanSchool On demand agents run as an application rather than a locally installed service Known differences and some limitations exist between the On demand and locally installed LanSchool agents LanSchool User Guide 14 Using LanSchool v7 8 LanSchool User Guide e Windows Users will be prompted to unblock the firewall for LanSchool Student and LanSchool Teacher applications at first run e Unable to send Ctrl Alt Del while remote controlling e Unable to limit USB Drives on Window 7 e Unable to limit printing on Windows 7 and Mac e Co browse works on XP but not supported on Windows 7 or Mac e Keystroke alerts and monitoring is not supported on Mac e Task Manager Activity Monitor limiting is not supported For more information on Classroom Management from the Cloud please contact your Sales representative or e mail us at sales stone ware com to take the next step in your implementation Using the Teacher computer 15 Using the Teacher computer The use model for LanSchool v7 8 is quite similar to previous versions On the teacher computer you will see a small LanSchool icon that looks like a small green circle of circles in the system tray The system tray is located in the bottom right corner of your computer screen You will use this menu to control the key features of LanSchool On a Mac th
21. chool iOS Teacher Assistant has been enhanced and updated The 7 8 iOS Teachers Assistant is now just one app for both iPhone and iPad LanSchool User Guide 21 22 Using LanSchool v7 8 LanSchool v7 8 Feature Overview LanSchool v7 8 includes the following features that were available in previous versions LanSchool Connection Service The LanSchool Connection Service is a new optional method to run LanSchool based on a client server architecture The traditional LanSchool install is based on a peer to peer architecture The LanSchool Connection Service will reduce the need for configuration changes to routers and wireless access points to support wired wireless environments and VLANs The existing peer to peer architecture will still exist and in many instances may still be the preferred method to install LanSchool LanSchool 7 7 will also support a hybrid environment of both peer to peer and client server architectures Distance Teaching LanSchool is the first classroom management vendor to provide Distance Teaching over the Internet Classroom management is no longer bound to the internal school network Teachers will now have the same award winning LanSchool features to help students miles away Distance Teaching combines the best aspects of LanSchool with the webRelay technology of webNetwork to offer a complete end to end solution LanSchool Distance Teaching requires the additional purchase of the webNetwork Unified Clou
22. cle Q220706 Power on or Wake On LAN If your student computers are configured to take advantage of Wake On LAN technology the LanSchool Teacher can power on all student PC s Most computers ship with the Wake On LAN option turned off in the BIOS so you must go into the BIOS setup at boot time and turn it on Apple s version of Wake On LAN will wake a Mac from sleep but will not power on a Mac that is off Security status monitoring The LanSchool Security Monitoring tool can be accessed by clicking View Status Window This feature shows all LanSchool traffic so that you can identify unauthorized LanSchool activity You may also run the new SecurityMonitor exe found in the Utilities folder in the product download to log all LanSchool activities to a file and filter those messages based on type and teacher Secure Mode LanSchool can be configured to require a password to access the console This password must match the password that was entered during the secure student install Please see the section Installing LanSchool v7 8 in Secure Mode in the LanSchool v7 8 User Guide users pdf Anti tampering Controls LanSchool v7 8 attempts to prevent students from mischievously unloading the software or disrupting the classroom LanSchool User Guide 32 Using LanSchool v7 8 Easy to see mouse cursor NetWare Support Multicast support Channel Grouping Refresh List In order for Students to better see the
23. d Platform Please contact sales stone ware com for additional information Classroom Management from the Cloud LanSchool introduced a new capability to integrate LanSchool Classroom Management with Stoneware s webNetwork Unified Cloud As a result classroom management can now be delivered from the Cloud Organizations can now provide classroom management for students who are connecting to the Cloud in a Bring Your Own Device BYOD classroom setting One advantage of this model is that students and teachers no longer have to install a local LanSchool agent Rather students and teachers authenticate to the webNetwork Unified Cloud delivering the appropriate LanSchool On demand agent The LanSchool On demand agent runs on the device until the next log off or reboot See How LanSchool Works section of this guide for more information and details on implementation iOS Teacher Assistant The 7 8 iOS Teachers Assistant is now just one app for both iPhone and iPad The Teacher Assistant must be paired with the Teacher s Console see Once the Teacher s Assistant has been paired with the Teacher s Console the pairing will automatically occur whenever the Assistant is launched The TA will discover all of the Student computers on the Teacher s channel and download the appropriate feature settings The Teacher Assistant will be able to perform the following features e Discover Student computers LanSchool User Guide OS Stud
24. de the teacher s screen will appear in a window on the student s machine The students can then resize the window and work by following along with the teacher When you show your computer screen to student computers a sound is transmitted from your speakers This sound lets students know that a LanSchool session is about to begin To change this sound replace C Program Files lanschool start wav and stop wav with your own sounds On a Mac these files are located in Applications LanSchool Teacher app Contents Resources If you Show Teacher to a machine that is not logged in it will always be in Full Screen mode Show a Student s Screen Draw on Screen Send a student s screen to all other students Simply select a student and click the Show Student button While the button is enabled the student will have control of their machine and their screen will be shown to the rest of the students in the class This option allows you to draw with a red pen on the screen Press the left mouse button and move the mouse to draw To end this mode close the Draw on Screen window by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the screen Co browse the Internet Student Voting Co browse allows teachers to browse the web using the primary tab and have the web browsers on the selected student machines browse to the same location as the teacher without student input Co browsing is supported on Internet Explorer for Windows machines and Safari is
25. e LanSchool menu can be accessed on the dock icon More advanced features are available when you access the LanSchool Teacher console The console can be accessed by left clicking on the LanSchool system tray icon or dock icon or launching it from the Start menu In the console the key features are available as icons on the toolbar All ofthe features can be accessed through the menus It is also possible to right mouse click on computer thumbnails to access the key features When selecting computer thumbnails we recommend using ctrl a to select all computers or hold down the ctrl key and click with your mouse to select a group of computers On the Mac use command a to select all computers In the thumbnail view you can select multiple computers by just selecting them with the mouse When using the toolbar buttons a single click enables that feature and presses the button Another click will disable that feature just like a toggle switch It is possible to have multiple Teacher consoles monitor the same classroom However only the first Teacher s action on a computer will take effect and only that Teacher console can stop the action For example if a teacher blanks the student s screens another teacher cannot unblank the student s screens LanSchool User Guide 16 Using LanSchool v7 8 About the Student computers LanSchool User Guide LanSchool is set up to run in the background on student computers Students will automa
26. ent LanSchool v7 8 Feature Overview Display a thumbnail of student screens Blank Screens Voting Web limiting App limiting Send Message Details View Last used application Last visited website Battery information Student Question Send Tests Remote Control Student Remote Control Student allows a Teacher to be mobile in the classroom while still having access to remotely use the mouse and keyboard on a selected student Note iOS and Android Student devices do not currently support Remote Control capability Remote Control Teacher Remote Control Teacher will provide a remote control session with the teacher s machine that is paired to the iOS Teachers Assistant App Remote Control Teacher allows all the features inside the LanSchool Teacher Console to be leveraged remotely and any other application running on the teacher machine to be utilized remotely by the teacher or teacher assistant The iOS Student includes the ability to receive a Show Teacher and Show Student Screen broadcast An iOS LanSchool web browser is included in the student to provide thumbnail views as students interact with the web In addition the iOS web browser can be configured to limit web access and view website history Due to iOS memory limitations the maximum screen size that can be displayed in Show Teacher is 3000 pixels wide Android Student Features LanSchool supports Students devices running Android version 2 3 3 0 3 1 3
27. ere is an implied all selection when activating key features like Blank Screens or Show Teacher For example if no students are selected you can click the blank screens toolbar button and all of the student screens will be blanked Pressing F5 on a PC or command r on a Mac or the menu item View gt Refresh will refresh the console by initiating a re discovery of student computers on the channel By default the detail view is sorted alphabetically by the Login Name column If you click on the any of the other column headings the list will sort on the selected column LanSchool System Tray Menu or Dock Icon Menu A right mouse click on the LanSchool icon in the system tray or dock icon will bring up a menu that contains the features that most teachers use every day A left mouse click on the system tray icon will stop the action that you are doing to the students and bring up the LanSchool Teacher console Hotkey for the LanSchool Menu Selected Only Classroom Layout Show Tooltips LanSchool User Guide Some Teacher PCs do NOT have a visible task bar Since it would not be possible to click on the non visible icon you can bring up the LanSchool Teacher s menu with a ctrl alt l The 1 stands for LanSchool In thumbnail view you can just watch a few machines by selecting those machines and pressing the Selected Only menu beneath the arrow on the View All button Classroom Layout allows you to arrange the thumbnails in the
28. etwork Login Name their Machine Name or in Windows environments with Active Directory their Teacher Name The Class ID number can be any numeric identifier it just needs to be unique for each class The second file you need is a Student file The Student file needs to include only two columns of data separated by commas ClassID and Student Name The Student Name can again be their Login Name their Machine Name or in Windows environments with Active Directory their Student Name Each of the two files must be named as follows case sensitive ClassesByTeacherLoginName csv StudentsForClassByLoginName csv ClassesByTeacherMachineName csv StudentsForClassByMachineName csv ClassesByTeacherADName csv or StudentsForClassByADName csv depending on the method you chose to export the data for the Teacher or Student name Once you have exported this data to the files and named them appropriately copy them to any network location that your Teacher machines can access Most SIS tools allow you to schedule this kind of data export but if not it would be easy to setup a cron job to export and copy this data to the file share as often as you like To use these files withLanSchool after installing the Teacher then launch the console The steps to load the lists are the same on Windows and Mac 1 From the Administer menu navigate to One to One and select Load Dynamic Class Lists 2 Browse to the location where you
29. inistrator or Teacher to put Students into a secure locked mode in order to take an assessment exam When applied the Students enter Assessment Mode During this mode the Teacher can t interact with a Student and is restricted to monitor or communicate with an Assessment Mode Student LanSchool Assessment Mode will address PARCC testing requirements with regard to being able to lock down the device during the test It will block students from leaving the test as well as block incoming messages and prevent going to unauthorized Web sites or applications The Teacher or Administrator of the exam may choose from the available options to lock down the student machine during the assessment These options include limiting Web applications print USB CDROM DVD drives and be saved and loaded for future use Assessment Mode activity is logged for subsequent reference Note Assessment Mode is only fully supported by LCS connected Windows and Mac Student machines i e they are capable of being limited by all Assessment Mode limit settings The LanSchool Connection Service LCS can now update all Windows and Apple Mac students to the same version of LanSchool software Even with software distribution tools it was often difficult to push out a new version of the LanSchool Student msi or the Apple MUpdate zip package to large numbers of student machines The Auto Update feature of LCS automates this operation OS Teachers Assistant LanS
30. ist of web sites visited by the selected student which may be saved to a file This feature works across the supported browsers including 32 bit Internet Explorer Firefox and Chrome are the supported browsers on Windows machines On the Mac both Safari Chrome and Firefox are the supported browsers for allowing certain websites LanSchool User Guide 27 28 Using LanSchool v7 8 View Keystroke 8 Application Monitoring Monitor all keystrokes that have been pressed on a computer by any user The size of the keystroke file which saves the information can grow to 300 kb or about 300 pages of typed text Special characters can be filtered out and this file is searchable This feature will not capture keystrokes at the login prompt or password dialogs This feature is supported on all Mac operating systems and PCs running Windows 2000 and higher The report is searchable and may be saved to a file View Student s Running Applications Speak Send a Message Student Question Chat View all running applications on a student s computer and add those applications to the allowed or blocked lists You may also stop a running application immediately from this dialog box Speak to class allows the Teacher console audio to be broadcast to the students in the class Let Student Speak To Class allows the student selected audio to be broadcast to the students in the class Talk with Student Turns on the microphone of the Teacher and br
31. ith any Student Information System SIS by exporting data from that system which is then imported into the Teacher console as often as the data is updated See the earlier section How LanSchool Works for more details on this feature LanSchool User Guide LanSchool v7 8 Feature Overview 25 View Students by IP address Teachers may now view and sort Students by their IP address which is a new column added in the Details view of the Student List Ask Tech Console Technician a Question In addition to our award winning LanSchool v7 8 Classroom Management Software LanSchool has created a brand new product called the LanSchoolTech Console Designed to help the school s technical staff better support their teaching staff the Tech Console provides many tools like Inventory and Software distribution as well as the ability to remotely control devices to address student or teacher computer problems When installed in the same school Teachers have the ability to send a question directly to someone in their IT group or technical staff from their LanSchool Teacher console when they need immediate assistance Show Teacher s Screen Full Screen or Windowed Shows the teacher s screen to all students on the same Teacher channel Select between a full screen and a windowed show mode In Full Screen mode the teacher s screen will take over the entire student s screen and lock out the student s mouse and keyboard In Windowed mo
32. mporarily to the channel the teacher is on 6 Dismiss the class When the current class is dismissed all students in that group will be assigned back to their home channel Forgetting to actively dismiss the class is not a problem however as another teacher will be able to pull students to their channel when loading their own Class List Create a Class List manually 1 From the Administer menu select One to One and then Manage Class Lists 2 Determine how you would like to select students and choose the appropriate radio button You may choose to find students by one of the following methods LanSchool User Guide 12 Using LanSchool v7 8 e Student Login Name e Student Machine Name e Student Name from Active Directory in Windows environments 3 Click the Browse for Students button 4 Check off the appropriate students for this class and select Add 5 Tf desired Browse to associate a previously created Profile with this class 6 Save the class by entering a name Class Lists are saved with an lsc extension The class may now be loaded on demand This will cause the current Student List in the console to be replaced by the students in the saved file Create a Class List from a static file 1 Create a csv file that lists the students by either e Student Login Name e Student Machine Name e Student Name from Active Directory An example of what this file might look like for Login Names Studento1 Studento2 Studento3
33. o display full size thumbnails of each individual Student that cycle continually through each student screen in the List This view changes to the next student in the list at a rate of about 4 seconds each Send Collect File Folders Teachers may now send and collect an entire folder of files including subfolders rather than doing so a single file at a time Testing enhancements Several enhancements to the Testing feature have been added Teachers may now add tardy students to the test after it has already started In addition student s complete responses to all questions are now returned to the Teacher console as well as the results of the test number of correct answers The ability to add free form Essay questions to the test has also been added allowing functionality similar to a Blue Book exam Configure Internet History A new install option has been added that allows a choice of whether to turn on monitoring of Internet site visits much like the option to capture and save all keystrokes that have been pressed on a computer by any user If you leave this option unchecked and installing the student records of all visits are saved and searchable for all students installed this way To turn off this monitoring feature reinstall the student with the option selected in a remote update or local install and no further monitoring will take place Dynamic Class Lists Particularly useful for 1 1 schools LanSchool can now be integrated w
34. oadcasts the audio to the selected student Listen to Student Turns on the microphone of the selected student and broadcasts the audio to the teacher s console Note Listening to audio on a Mac student will only work on OS X v10 5 and above Send messages to all or selected students This is often an effective way to get a distracted student back on task The message will appear in the lower right hand corner of the student s PC or upper right hand corner on Mac On Ubuntu it will come up in the center of the screen Students can click on the LanSchool icon and type a question to the teacher A question mark appears on their machine or thumbnail In the Details view you can see the student question in the Last Question column In the Thumbnail view you can see the student question by moving the mouse over the thumbnail image which displays the question in a tooltip The question mark can be cleared by the teacher through a chat session or a right click on the thumbnail The Teacher may initiate a text based chat session with one or more students from the Teacher s console Choose Random Student LanSchool User Guide This feature allows the teacher to let LanSchool randomly select a student This is a fun way to engage students and encourage participation in the classroom Blank Screens LanSchool v7 8 Feature Overview 29 Blank out all student screens on your channel and disable all student keyboards and mice This feature i
35. ommended Please note the features not supported in a thin client environment Mute sound e Send Ctrl Alt Del e USB limiting e View Key Stroke History e Print limiting e Power on Reboot Shutdown Logoff LanSchool User Guide 8 Preface Technical Support Every effort has been made to design this software for ease of use and to be problem free If problems are encountered please contact Technical Support Email support stone ware com Phone 1 877 394 0443 Toll Free USA 1 260 492 2357 International Hours 8 00am to 6 30pm Eastern Time Contact Information LanSchool User Guide e Web www lanschool com e Email sales stone ware com Phone 1 888 473 9485 Toll Free USA 1 860 819 3774 International e Fax 1 866 596 2088 USA Fax 1 317 229 6320 International Fax e Hours 8 00am to 5 00pm Mountain Time e Address Stoneware Inc PO Box 3352 Carmel IN 46082 USA Topics Using LanSchool v7 8 Using LanSchool v7 8 This chapter describes how to use LanSchool v7 8 Classroom Management Software in your classroom Getting Started How LanSchool Works Using the Teacher computer About the Student computers User Interface Tips LanSchool v7 8 New Feature Overview LanSchool v7 8 Feature Overview Using the Test Builder on a different machine LanSchool Security Monitoring LanSchool Configuration Preferences LanSchool User Guide 9 10 Using LanSchool v7 8 Getting Started
36. ou need to know what teacher is taking an action on a particular student It also shows the amount of power remaining in the battery and its charging status Preferences configures how LanSchool works See the section LanSchool Configuration Preferences for more information NOTE The system administrator who set up LanSchool on your network most likely optimized these settings during installation You may want to consult with that person before making any changes to the custom preferences Using the Test Builder on a different machine 35 Using the Test Builder on a different machine Teachers may want to create tests on a home computer or different computer on the school network To create tests on a different computer other than the LanSchool Teacher computer follow these steps 1 In My Computer browse to C Program Files LanSchool On a Mac browse to Applications LanSchool Testing On Windows copy the Testing directory to a thumbdrive CD or network drive On a Mac copy Testbuilder app On Windows paste the Testing directory from the thumbdrive CD or network drive to any Windows computer On a Mac paste Testbuilder app to any location On Windows double click on Testbuilder exe to launch the LanSchool Test Builder On a Mac double click on Testbuilder app Create a test Save the test Copy the saved tests Ist files back to the c Program Files LanSchool Testing folder on Windows or the Applications
37. rom the teacher s console Click on Administer then Become a Student Machine It will remain a student computer until it is rebooted or the current user has logged off Remove Selected Students from Class This feature temporarily disables the LanSchool on the selected student machines The software is re enabled when a student next logs into that machine or when you use the Add Selected Student Back into Class option on that student machine When a student s machine has been disabled it will still appear in the list but will have a graphical stop sign on the computer screen This is just a reminder to the teacher that this student is not controlled by LanSchool Change Machine Display Name LanSchool User Guide This option does not alter the computer s actual machine name However it will allow an alternative name to be displayed in the LanSchool s Machine Name field On Windows if your computers do not have meaningful Machine Names you can use this menu option to better name the computers i e Row 1 Column 5 LanSchool v7 8 Feature Overview 33 On Mac there is a Setname utility that can modify names that is available from Technical Support The name that shows up for a Mac student is controlled by a file called Library Preferences com lanschool student config plist This script will write that file using whatever name is passed in or if nothing is passed in it will set the display name to be the current ComputerName as
38. s useful when you want to lecture without the distraction of students playing with their computers or you need to quickly gather their attention The message may be customized in the Preferences menu While blanking the screen you can rotate through any message already creating just by selecting another message from the list The message can also be personalized for each individual student by including the following variables in the blank screens message student name login name machine name Limit Student Web Browsing Temporarily disable all or selected student access to the web across all browsers In the preferences dialog you may choose between blocking e All web activity e Allowing certain websites e Blocking certain websites This feature must be configured in the Preferences dialog and then turned on by clicking the Limit Web button or menu item The allow and block lists recognize the wildcards and making it easier to limit certain kinds of websites While the Internet is disabled an icon on both the teacher and the student computer will indicate that the web is disabled If a student tries to browse to a website that isn t allowed they can optionally be shown a website that lists the allowed websites which are accessible by clicking on a link to the approved sites Note 32 bit Internet Explorer Firefox and Chrome are the supported browsers on Windows machines On the Mac Safari Firefox and
39. shape of the classroom A classroom layout is automatically saved for each size of thumbnails To switch to a classroom layout view click the arrow to the right of the View All button and select Classroom Layout Snap to Grid makes it easier to align thumbnails when in Classroom Layout view Lock Layout makes sure the layout stays the same once you ve set it Show Tooltips will either Show or Disable tooltips in the thumbnail view User Interface Tips 19 Magnify Thumbnails The magnify menu on the View All button turns on or off the ability to hover over a thumbnail and have it expand temporarily to a larger size LanSchool User Guide 20 Using LanSchool v7 8 LanSchool v7 8 New Feature Overview LanSchool v7 8 includes many new features but was designed to remain simple and easy to use Here s a list of new features included in this release Chromebook Student Features LanSchool now supports Chromebook Student devices running Chrome 33 and greater The LanSchool Chromebook Student operates within the LanSchool environment providing many of the same features as the desktop LanSchool Student for Mac Windows Linux iOS and Android The LanSchool Chromebook Student will have the following benefits for students teachers professors or corporate trainers e Assess Student Understanding Students can be quickly polled during a lecture and can reply to True False or Multiple Choice questions sent by the LanSchool Teacher
40. ss List and then automatically bring those students into class 2 Another option is to have the students join the Teacher s channel In this mode the teacher can monitor students as they join and or leave the class The teacher can also compare the current list of students in the class against a previously saved class list Most schools choose the first option because it allows them to start the class more quickly than the second option If you decide to use Class Lists there are three ways to implement this Implementing Class Lists For each of the three Class List methods determine your channel assignment first 1 Setup all student computers with a default home channel which is not used by any teachers For instance in a middle school you could assign the 7th graders to channel 7 8th graders to channel 8 and gth graders to channel 9 Alternately you could assign a single channel to the entire student body 2 Setup each teacher on their own unique channel Using the teacher s class room number works well for many schools Install the student computers with the default option not to change channels 4 Create a Class List by one of the three methods below These lists can be created based on either the student Login Name their Machine Name or in Windows you can choose to use their Active Directory AD Name 5 Inthe Teacher console load the appropriate Class List This will pull students from their home channel te
41. supported for Macs Ask True False or multiple choice questions from the LanSchool Teacher console View in real time how many students have responded and how they responded LanSchool User Guide 26 Using LanSchool v7 8 Student Testing Run Program Remote Control View All View Only Create up to 100 question tests that can include graphics jpg png gif bmp The test questions can be randomized sent out to one or more students and tracked in real time Teachers can optionally time the test show results to students and export the results to a csv file Possible question formats include True False Multiple Choice and Short Answer This feature allows you to run an application or a web site on student computers This can be quite useful for younger students who have trouble navigating to a specific web address or starting a specific application Take remote control of a single selected student or select multiple students This feature allows you to remotely use the mouse and keyboard on the selected student s computer With LanSchool you can even remote control a computer at the login prompt In order to send the ctrl alt del command to a computer during remote control you may click on the Control button s chevron menu gt Send ctrl alt del menu or the Monitor gt Send ctrl alt del menu item During Remote Control the Command key on the Mac is mapped to the Alt key on Windows and the Option key is mapped to the
42. the bar than you can see they can be accessed through the gt gt chevron button on the upper right corner of the toolbar Teacher Kiosk Mode The LanSchool Teacher console can be run in a way so that it cannot be minimized or closed To run the LanSchool Teacher console in Kiosk Mode refer to the LanSchool v7 8 Install Guide install pdf Tech Console Deep Freeze Support Network Administrators may use Tech Console v7 8 to centrally manage Deep Freeze settings on supported computers LanSchool User Guide 34 Using LanSchool v7 8 Faronics provides a tool that supports Windows XP Vista 7 8 1 and Mac OS X Tiger 10 4 through Mavericks 10 9 systems called Deep Freeze Deep Freeze gives Network Administrators enhanced options for configuring shared computers such as desired state protection Once Deep Freeze is installed and enabled Network Administrators can modify the Deep Freeze state Tech Console provides the ability to view which of two settings are in force and allows Network Administrators to remotely change the setting Faronics Deep Freeze software and licenses are not included Deep Freeze licenses can be purchased from Faronics Software Install with Tech Console Properties Page Preferences LanSchool User Guide Distributing software packages remotely to user machines includes threading allowing multiple installations can begin at the same time The properties page is a useful troubleshooting tool if y
43. tically be discovered by the teacher on their channel provided that the network is functioning properly and the appropriate selections have been made in the Network tab for Multicast or IP Directed Broadcast configuration LanSchool Student Icon A LanSchool icon green circle of circles appears in the system tray at the bottom right corner of the computer screen in Windows On the Mac it appears as a small icon at the top of the screen On Ubuntu the LanSchool icon is located in the center of the panel If you place your cursor over the icon on Windows or Mac it will tell you which teacher channel the computer is on If a student single clicks on this icon they can request help from the teacher The student can type a question and a small question mark is displayed in the teacher console indicating that student has a question The question mark goes away when the teacher chats with the student or uses the menu item Clear Student Question If a student right clicks on this icon it will bring up the student file folder where the Send Collect files feature sends files NOTE If you selected the option to allow students to change their channel during the installation of the LanSchool Student application the students will have a menu option to select a channel they wish to join and also be able to leave the Teacher channel at any time User Interface Tips 17 User Interface Tips LanSchool was designed to be simple and easy to use
44. udent to type in their name Logging on at the Welcome screen is not typically available on computers that are members of a network domain but it is the default for most PCs that are simply members of a workgroup You can modify this behavior on those machines if desired The manual steps to change from the Welcome screen to the default name and password screen are different on XP than on Vista and Windows 7 XP 1 As a user with administrator rights open User Accounts in the Control Panel 2 Click Change the way users log on or off 3 Clear the Use the Welcome screen check box LanSchool v7 8 Feature Overview 31 Vista and Windows 7 1 As a user with administrator rights open Local Security Policy in Administrative Tools in the Control Panel 2 Go to the Security Settings gt Local Policies gt Security Options 3 In the right hand pane find the Interactive Logon Do not Display last user name policy and enable that policy Note Remote login is not supported on Mac or Ubuntu Students Student Power Off Log off restart or power off student computers This feature might experience problems on Windows 9x machines Microsoft states that this will not work on certain hardware While it has been tested successfully on Compaq Dell and IBM computers it may not be able to properly power down all brands or models of computers running the Windows 98 or ME operating system Please see Microsoft Knowledge Base Arti
45. uide Topics Preface 5 Preface Thank you for purchasing LanSchool v7 8 LanSchool v7 8 is an award winning software program designed to help teachers professors and trainers teach more effectively in a 21st century classroom This user guide explains how to use LanSchool v7 8 in your classroom Additional help can be found on our website by watching short videos on the Tutorials section of our website http lanschool com support tutorials This document was last updated on April 25th 2014 Important Information Supported Environments Technical Support LanSchool User Guide 6 Preface Important Information This section contains important information about your LanSchool Product About LanSchool Since 1986 LanSchool has delivered market leading software that helps teachers professors and trainers teach more effectively in a 21st century classroom Product Documentation The following documents form the LanSchool v7 8 Classroom Management Software documentation set e LanSchool v7 8 Install Guide install pdf This document helps you to install the product e LanSchool v7 8 User Guide users pdf This document guides you how to use the product LanSchool User Guide Supported Environments 7 Supported Environments LanSchool v7 8 supports any combination of computers running the following operating systems Windows XP 32 Windows Vista 32 64 Windows 7 32 64 Windows 8 x 32 64 Windows
46. vering over the icon shows the banned word The list of banned words is specified by clicking on the Preferences menu Keystroke Alerts tab Mute the sound on student computers This can be done through the Mute button or through the Mute Student Speakers menu under the Restrict menu Multicast Video Distribution and Playback Transfers videos to student computers efficiently by multicasting the video file to student computers and synchronizing the playback controls For PCs Windows Media Player and the appropriate codecs must be installed on the teacher and student for videos to play On Macs any video that can be played by Quicktime is supported If a video is not playing correctly double check that the latest codec for that file type is installed Notebook Battery Monitoring Monitors the battery state on a notebook or iPod If the charge drops below 50 a yellow warning battery icon is displayed If the charge drops below 20 a red critical battery icon is displayed The percentage remaining and A C status is also available from the Properties menu Shutdown Logoff Restart Remote Login LanSchool User Guide From the Teacher s console shutdown logoff or restart student machines From the Teacher s console you can remotely login in to Windows machines if the user has a password and the Welcome screen is not displayed This is the screen which displays icons with the last successfully logged in users instead of requiring the st
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