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1. 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 Network Login Name their Machine Name or in Windows environments with Active Directory their Student 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 t2. 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 6 Unselect Students To unselect students click on a blank area of the console Implicit ALL Selection Refresh Screen Sorting If no students are selected there 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 L
3. 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 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 32 Using LanSchool v7 6 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 6 in Active Directory Secure Mode which requires teachers to belong to a domain group call
4. 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 and Mac Student Existing customers of webNetwork Cloud need to upgrade to version 6 1 to take advantage of this new technology LanSchool User Guide 14 Using LanSchool v7 6 LanSchool User Guide 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 Windows Users will be prompted to unblock the firewall for LanSchool Student and LanSchool Teacher applications at first run Unable to send Ctrl Alt Del while remote controlling Unable to limit USB Drives on Window 7 Unable to limit printing on Windows 7 and Mac Co browse works on XP but not supported on Windows 7 or Mac Keystroke alerts and monitoring is not supported on Mac 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 sal
5. Explorer for Windows machines and Safari is 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 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 Run Program Remote Control View All View Only LanSchool v7 6 Feature Overview 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 the Command key on the Mac is mapped to the Alt key on Windows and the Option key is
6. LanSchool 7 6 3 a new capability was introduced to integrate with Stoneware s webNetwork 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 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 See How LanSchool Works section of this guide for more information and details on implementation 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 not it will be applied to all students in the list even if they are logged out Show Teacher screen before Login Screen Feed view 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 in they are logged out In this case Show Teacher is displayed in Full Screen mode only meaning that students do no have control of their mouse and keyboard inputs allowing teachers to immediately begin te
7. different machine LanSchool Security Monitoring LanSchool Configuration Preferences LanSchool User Guide 9 10 Using LanSchool v7 6 Getting Started LanSchool User Guide The LanSchool v7 6 product download includes the setup files needed to install LanSchool If LanSchool isn t installed refer to the LanSchool v7 6 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 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 L
8. disable all or selected student printers Once disabled the students will not be able to print until you again enable printing Drive Limiting 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 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 of the Preferences dialog Alerting on Banned Words 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 hovering over the icon shows the banned word The list of banned words is specified by clicking on the Preferences menu Keystroke Alerts tab Audio Listening and Broadcast Listen to student microphones and broadcast to students from the teacher s microphone Audio can also be broadcast to student machine while showing the teacher s screen to students Enable this feature by clicking on the Demonstrate menu then clicking on Enable Teacher s Microphone If you d like to listen to one student s microphone and audio chat with that student click on the Monitor menu and check Enable Teacher Microphone Whi
9. 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 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 6 Install Guide install pdf Properties Page The properties page is a useful troubleshooting tool if you 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 Preferences configures how LanSchool works See the section LanSchool Configuration Preferences for more informaton 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 LanSchool User Guide Using the Test Builder on a different machine 31 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
10. last successfully logged in users instead of requiring the student 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 behaviour 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 7 Asauser with administrator rights open User Accounts in the Control Panel 8 Click Change the way users log on or off 9 Clear the Use the Welcome screen check box Vista and Windows 7 As a user with administrator rights open Local Security Policy in Administrative Tools in the Control Panel Go to the Security Settings gt Local Policies gt Security Options 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 LanSchool User Guide 28 Using LanSchool v7 6 Remote Update 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
11. mapped to the 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 If the 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 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 inthe View menu This feature is not supported in the WMS teacher 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 There are 4 sizes of thumbnails that can be size
12. 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 LanSchool User Guide 26 Using LanSchool v7 6 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 6 x 9 x Firefox 3 x 10 and Chrome are the supported browsers on Windows machines On the Mac both Safari and Firefox 3 x 10 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 Disable Student Printers Temporarily
13. 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 with 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 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 Support for Vernier LabQuest devices LanSchool now supports a Student running on Vernier LabQuest devices which allow students to capture measure and analyze data in science labs While it supports a subset of the standard LanSchool features based on the features available on the handheld hardware Teachers can now interact in many ways with students using LabQuest devices They can answer questions on the current lesson or send data files directly to the device One of the great interactive ways to use this new feature is to project all of the Student thumbnails as the group progresses through a lab exercise Support for new Operating Systems Ask the Tech LanSchool now supports Students with Ubuntu computers running version 10 or 11 of that platform with Gnome Desktops running in Classic mode though
14. 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 Initiate a text based chat session with a single student from the teacher s console Choose Random Student Blank Screens 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 out all student screens on your channel and disable all student keyboards and mice This feature is 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 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
15. 2 1999 2011 LanSchool Technologies LLC All rights reserved LanSchool is a registered trademark of LanSchool Technologies LLC All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners LanSchool User Guide Contents 3 Contents PrefaGe ssc c cee eeate eee A tein ae tee ed ee eee dee ew ne 5 Important Information sosa 22a eee eee eee a Re EE REE EERE RR 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 vs be dw dae AAA ARALAR 8 Contact Informations aiia vee a a ee da a a A al a S 8 Using LanSchool v7 6 oocoooccc ee 9 Getting Started cc4de ace aed beta pea de dab eededae gene A eae Seaa eed eae 10 How LanSchool WoOrkS 4 misas raes maw ee a a AA 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 e ia cen eee a Row ees Aa a ee ee eS 17 LanSchool v7 6 New Feature Overview asau sanaaa a ee 20 LanSchool v7 6 Feature Overview 1 06 ee 22 Using the Test Builder on a different machine 000 ec es 31 LanSchool Security Monitoring aa ee 32 LanSchool Configuration Preferences ooo 33 LanSchool User Gu
16. 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 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
17. Windows 98 or ME operating system Please see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q220706 Once a student has been installed on a computer you can remotely update those students from the Teacher console For more information on this feature please see the section Remotely Updating LanSchool v7 6 in the Installation guide 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 Secure Mode 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 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 6 in Secure Mode in the LanSchool v7 6 User Guide users pdf Anti tampering Controls LanS
18. Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP 32 Windows Vista 32 64 Windows 7 32 64 Windows 2003 and 2008 Terminal Server Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 and 2011 Citrix Ready XenServer and XenDesktop NComputing devices Mac OS 10 4 or greater and iPads iPods and iPhones iOS3 1084 and iOS5 Please note that the LanSchool Teacher console for the Mac will only run on Intel based Mac hardware running OSX 10 5 or 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 New in this release is support for Linux students running Ubuntu 32 64 version 10 or 11 with the Gnome Desktop and the Firefox browser 3 x or 4 x Please see the section Installing LanSchool v7 6 on Linux for a list of supported features Full parity with existing Student software is planned for a future release 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 700 MHz PowerPC G4 G5 or faster any Intel based Mac RAM 48 MB for Windows 98 96 MB for Windows 2000 128 MB for Windows XP 256 MB for Windows Vista 256 MB for Windows 7 512 MB for Mac OS X 512 MB for Ubuntu 10 or 11 Protocol stack All comput
19. aching a lesson without needing to wait for students to first enter their login credentials Like a PowerPoint slideshow or a stock ticker the Teacher console now provides a way to 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 LanSchool User Guide 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 LanSchool v7 6 New Feature Overview 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
20. anSchool 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 Class 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 ca
21. ayout 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 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 6 LanSchool v7 6 New Feature Overview LanSchool v7 6 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 which are available in the Windows Mac and WMS teacher Classroom Management from the Cloud Starting with
22. 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 teacher 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 buttton 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 2011 LanSchool Technologies LLC All rights reserved LanSchool is a registered trademark of LanSchool Technologies LLC Other brands and names are the property of their respective
23. c 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 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 LanSchool User Guide 30 Using LanSchool v7 6 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 6 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 6 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
24. chool v7 6 attempts to prevent students from mischievously unloading the software or disrupting the classroom Easy to see mouse cursor NetWare Support LanSchool User Guide In order for Students to better see the 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 6 will use the NetWare login name instead of the Microsoft login name LanSchool v7 6 Feature Overview 29 Multicast support One of the benefits of using TCP IP 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 Channel Grouping 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 inthe LanSchool v7 6 Install Guide install pdf Refresh List By selecting this option
25. d 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 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 LanSchool User Guide 23 24 Using LanSchool v7 6 Dual Monitors 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 In the upper right hand corners of the thumbnail you have the option of seeing an icon of the active application and website Load Save Profile 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 s
26. e 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 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
27. earchable list 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 6 x 9 x Firefox 3 x 5 and Chrome are the supported browsers on Windows machines On the Mac both Safari and Firefox 3 x 5 are the supported browsers for allowing certain websites View Keystroke amp 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 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 LanSchool User Guide Send a Message Student Question Text Chat LanSchool v7 6 Feature Overview 25 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
28. ed LanSchool Teachers in order to manage student computers Recommended method 3 Install LanSchool v7 6 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 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 33 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 sup
29. ers 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 recommended 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 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 6 Using LanSchool v7 6 This chapter describes how to use LanSchool v7 6 Classroom Management Software in your classroom Getting Started How LanSchool Works Using the Teacher computer About the Student computers User Interface Tips LanSchool v7 6 New Feature Overview LanSchool v7 6 Feature Overview Using the Test Builder on a
30. es 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 6 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 the 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 of the 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
31. he lists are the same on Windows and Mac with one exception The Load Dynamic Class List menu item must be enabled in the Windows console with a utility provided in the Windows folder in the install download image Simply copy the file ADClassListShimCSV exe to the location of the Teacher install typically C Program Files LanSchool and its presence in the folder will enable this menu item 1 From the Administer menu navigate to One to One and select Load Dynamic Class Lists 2 Browse to the location where you 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 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 Cloud and are delivered the appropriate LanSchool On demand agent The LanSchool On demand agent runs
32. ide 4 Contents LanSchool User Guide Topics Preface 5 Preface Thank you for purchasing LanSchool v7 6 Classroom Management Software LanSchool v7 6 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 6 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 May 4 2012 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 6 Classroom Management Software documentation set e LanSchool v7 6 Install Guide install pdf This document helps you to install the product e LanSchool v7 6 User Guide users pdf This document guides you how to use the product LanSchool User Guide Supported Environments 7 Supported Environments LanSchool v7 6 supports any combination of computers running the following operating systems Windows 98
33. le Controlling and Enable Student Microphone While Controlling Note Listening to audio on a Mac student will only work on OSX vio 5 and above Muting 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 LanSchool User Guide LanSchool v7 6 Feature Overview 27 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 MediaPlayer 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 From the Teacher s console shutdown logoff or restart student machines Remote Login 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
34. licks 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 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 five menu items Demonstrate Monitor 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 featur
35. mode 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 Student Testing LanSchool User Guide 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
36. n 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 temporarily 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 6 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
37. 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 from 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 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 On Mac there is a Setname utility that can modify names that is available from Technical Support The name that shows up for a Ma
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39. port 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 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 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 only be limited when students are using Safari LanSchool User Guide 34 Using LanSchool v7 6 Application Limiting Specifies when Application Limiting is enabled whether to e Allow only the following applications e Block the following applications Applications can
40. the features supported are limited at this time For more details on the specific features supported see the section Installing LanSchool v7 6 on Linux in the LanSchool Install Guide Support has also been added for the recently released Mac OS X 10 7 Lion platform for both Teacher consoles and the Student software In addition to our award winning LanSchool v7 6 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 LanSchool User Guide 21 22 Using LanSchool v7 6 LanSchool v7 6 Feature Overview LanSchool v7 6 includes the following features that were available in previous versions 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
41. 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 6 About the Student computers LanSchool User Guide LanSchool is set up to run in the background on student computers Students will automatically 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 c
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