iRespond Touch Installation And Setup

Installation and Setup

Installation and Set Up Procedure

Installation and setup are quick and easy. All remote units with styluses, the base and antenna, and the USB cable are contained in the carrying case provided. The remote unit battery charging system, power adapter with cords, and charging cables are packed in a separate box within the shipping container. Remove all components and follow the procedures as described and illustrated on the following pages.

Setup Procedure

 Unpack the iRespond Touch system

 Charge Remote Units

 Setup the iRespond System

 Install the iRespond Software (Refer to the separate Quick Guide for Software Installation.

 Perform Session Setup (Refer to the separate Quick Guide for Session Setup.

Remote Unit Battery Pack Charging

Each remote unit must be charged prior to use. Unpack the battery charging system from the carton. Included are 8V charging adapters.

Connect the AC plug to a wall receptacle. Plug the connector into a remote unit. Each remote will take three to four hours to fully charge.

Continue this process until all remotes have been charged. Under normal use, a remote will run for approximately two weeks before recharging is required.

iRespond System Setup

Linksys USB Hub Setup

• Attach USB cable to hub. Locate an available USB port on the computer and attach the other end of the USB cable to this port. Attach the power adapter into the hub. Plug the adapter into a standard electrical outlet. The hub will be automatically detected by the computer and is now ready for use.

Base Unit Setup

• Screw in the base unit antenna on the top of the unit. To maximize transmission, orient the antenna so that it sticks straight up from the unit.

• Using the USB cable provided with the system, connect the end with the mini USB connector to the base unit. Locate an available USB port on the Linksys hub. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the port.

• Apply power to the base unit by pressing the Power On/Off button in the upper-left of the unit.

• Setup for the base unit is now complete.

Remote Unit Setup

• Apply power to the remote units by pressing the Power On/Off button in the upper-left of each unit. Take note of the UID number that appears on the bottom of the LCD. This UID number also appears on the back of the remote unit on a separate label below the FCC Label.

The iRespond hardware setup is complete.

Using the Base and Remote Units

Key

Power On/Off

F1 Function

F2 Function

Backspace

Flag

Cursors

Enter

Soft Keys

Function

This key, located top-left, turns power on and off the unit. Once a session is established the key is disabled. Pressing this key simultaneously with the up-arrow cursor key will force a remote unit to power off.

This multipurpose key is used in combination with other keys. Also used to save settings in Configuration Mode.

The user may use this key to activate the soft keys in a session. The F2 key may also be used to access the Configure and Diagnostics screen.

This key is useful for editing a User ID, a password, or a fill-in response. The Backspace key will erase the last character entered.

This key allows the user to mark items for later review in a session.

These keys are used to scroll, navigate and highlight items on the LCD. A user may use these keys to scroll through the question when it is displayed on the LCD.

If a remote unit fails to respond to the Power On/Off key, press the up-arrow and the Power On/Off keys simultaneously to force the unit to power off.

This key submits the user's input to the base unit for recording or scoring.

A user will use these keys to select responses in a session. The Soft Keys are an alternative to selecting responses directly on the touch panel with the stylus.

Software Installation and Setup

System Requirements

The iRespond System runs on customer supplied Windows compliance before proceeding.

The Windows

• 400 MHz or higher Pentium II processor

• Windows

• CD ROM drive

• 1 free USB port

• 10 MB available disk space

• 128 MB RAM

-based system requirements:

95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP

-based desktop PCs and laptops. Please verify system

Installation and Set Up Procedure

Software installation and setup is quick and easy. Locate the iRespond installation CD shipped with the system, and then follow the procedures as described.

Procedure:

 Install the software,  Set up the software to run sessions;

♦ Log In and Account Administration

♦ Set Up your Class Rosters

♦ Set Up your Test Banks

♦ Set Up your Remote Units

Installation

To ensure compatibility, please review the system requirements before installing the software, and then follow the steps below.

• Insert the iRespond software installation disc in your CD-ROM drive.

• The iRespond Software will automatically launch the installation program. During this process, be sure to

answer the items that appear on the screen.

• If your computer is not configured to auto-start, select Run from the Start Menu and browse the installation CD for "Setup.exe." Select that file and click OK to start the installation procedure.

Sun's Java your computer, setup will automatically load the requisite files.

JRE file system is required to run the iRespond software. If the JRE files are not already installed on

Introduction

After installing the software, it is necessary for you to set up user accounts, enter your class rosters, enter your test banks, and set up the remote units before a session can be started. This guide is a step-by-step procedure through those set up dialogs. Toolbar menu selection names and dialog names described in this guide are shown in green. Text entries and toolbar button clicks required by you are shown in bright blue.

NOTE: All standard Windows™ conventions apply to iRespond.

Launch the iRespond software and the iRespond Login dialog appears.

This dialog prompts you for your user name and password. First-time log in is done as administrator. Enter the default user name admin, and the default password changeme, and click the Login button.

Successful login opens the iRespond Session Setup window.

NOTE: Username and Password are case sensitive.

From the iRespond Session Setup screen, change the administrator password by selecting

Tools/Change Password from the toolbar.

The Change Password dialog will appear. Enter the

old and new passwords, confirm the new password, and click Change.

Account Administrator Dialog

The sole function of logging in as administrator is to create or edit your user accounts. When your user account has been set up, log out as administrator and then log back in using your user name. Then you can set up your Classes, Test Banks, and Remote Devices.

From the main toolbar menu, select Tools/Accounts, and the Account Administrator dialog will pop up. This dialog displays a table of all user accounts. You may add, edit, and delete user accounts. To edit the Name,

Username, and Home Path fields in the accounts table, right-click on the name of the account you would like to

edit. Click Edit from the drop-down menu and the Edit Account dialog appears. Complete the required fields and click Accept.

Create a New Instructor User Account

To create a new instructor user account, click the New User button on the Account Administrator toolbar. When selected, the New Account dialog appears. This dialog prompts the user to enter a Username, Password, Full

Name, and a Profile Pathname. The path name entered specifies the folder in which iRespond stores the account

information for the new user. Unless you wish to specify a different directory for your files, accept the default entry in Profile Pathname.

Note: If a nonexistent path is entered in the text box, iRespond will create the folder(s) specified in the path, provided the path is free of syntax errors.

Alternatively, clicking on the Browse button launches an Open dialog (not shown) in which an existing folder may be selected for your files. A new folder can be created in this dialog by clicking the Create New Folder button on the dialog's toolbar. New folders can also be created in your operating system, then browse to them when setting up your accounts. The Properties button near the bottom of the New Account dialog brings up the User Account

Properties dialog (not shown), which allows you to export session

results automatically to Edmastery GradeBook2 properties, refer to the User Manual in the Help files.

When all information has been entered and accepted, the Account Administrator dialog appears as above. If all information is correct, click Exit.

Now that the account administration is complete, proceed to setting up a class. To do this, logout as administrator and then log back in as a user. From the File drop-down menu on the Session Setup screen toolbar select Logout and click Yes in the Logout Confirmation dialog. The iRespond Login dialog appears. Enter your new user name and password and then click Login. When the Session Setup screen re-appears, your user name automatically appears in the Session Properties pane as Instructor.

. For more detailed information on account

, GradeQuickTM, and

Set Up Classes

Classes are set up in the Session Setup window after logging in as a new user (shown below). The Classes pane is located to the right of Session Properties, and Edit Classes is located in the lower right of the window. In these two panes new classes can be created and deleted, or an existing class can be edited. A step-by-step guide for entering and editing classes follows. Position the mouse pointer over a toolbar button to display its function.

Procedure to Create a New Class:

Click the New button on the Classes pane toolbar. Select Login Type dialog box appears with By PIN or By

Username and Password. Selecting By PIN creates a class where student users log in via PIN number, where By Username and Password creates a class where student users log in via Username and Password. The My iRespond

folder appears, and a blank checkbox with a highlighted file entitled New Class Roster* appears below the folder. Notice in the User Groups and Edit Classes panes the new file name also appears, each with an asterisk (*). The asterisk indicates the file has not been saved. Right click on the new file name and select Rename from the drop-down dialog. Edit the file name as desired and then enter. The new file name appears in all three panes (Classes, User Groups, and Edit Classes).

• Set up a Class Roster using the Roster Builder

Note: In order to use the Roster Builder, Remote Devices must be set up. If you wish to use the Roster Builder to set up your class roster, please skip ahead to: Set up Remote Devices.

o In the Remote Devices pane, click the checkbox to the left of the remote device group you wish to

user.

o In the Classes pane, click the checkbox to the left of the class roster you wish to build. Turn on the

Base Unit and click the Build Roster button on the toolbar.

o The Finding Base Unit dialog appears. When the dialog displays Found 1 iRespond Base Unit, click

the Done button.

o The Roster Builder dialog appears. At this time, instruct the users to power on their Remotes.

o If the class type selected was By PIN, the user will be prompted to enter their PIN number on the

Remote. If By Username and Password was selected, users will be prompted to enter their username and password. This information is entered on the Remote using the stylus or the soft keys. When the username is entered, press the soft key under END to advance to the password. Enter password and press the soft key under END. Once this has been entered, the Remote’s screen will ask the user to press the Enter key to begin entering their profile information.

o If By Username / Password was selected, the user will be prompted to re-enter their password. o To enter the First Name, press the soft key under the F. The user will then be able to enter their

last name using the stylus provided or using the soft keys on the remote. When the First Name is entered, press the soft key under END on the display. If the First Name was entered correctly, press the Enter key to submit the First Name.

o The remote will now prompt for the user’s MI (middle initial). Press the soft key under M and enter

the MI in the same manner as the First Name was entered.

o The Last Name is entered by pressing the soft key under L for Last Name, then entering the Last

Name in the same manner as the First Name and MI.

o The Remote will now prompt the user to enter their Student ID. Student ID’s must be numeric.

Press the soft key under the S on the display, then press the soft key under 123 to switch to numbers. Enter the Student ID, press the soft key button under END when done, and then press the

Enter key if the Student ID was entered correctly.

o Remotes will power off automatically once the profile has been entered. o As the users enter their profile, the information they enter will display in the Roster Builder dialog.

When all user profiles are showing in this dialog, click the Done button. The Base Unit will now power off automatically.

• Set up a Class Roster using Instructor Software

o In the Classes pane, select the name of then Class you wish to create. o In the Edit Classes pane, click the New User button, or right click on the class name and select New

User from the drop-down dialog to add a new student user to the class. In either case the New User

dialog appears.

Setting up Class Roster By PIN

This dialog lets you enter the PIN, Last Name, First Name, MI (middle initial) and Student ID of a new student user. The Login Enabled checkbox gives the user permission to log into the session. This information will appear in various reports.

o Enter a PIN number for the user o Ensure Login Enabled is checked o Complete the Last Name, First Name,

MI, and Student ID of the user.

o If Next User is selected the New User

dialog re-appears for entry of another user. If Finished is selected, the Session

Setup screen appears.

o After all users have been entered,

return to the Classes pane, ensure the class name is still highlighted, and click the Save button. Notice after saving that the asterisk (*) disappears from the file name.

Setting up Class Roster By Username and Password

This dialog lets you enter the Username, Password,

Password Required, Login Enabled, Last Name, First Name, MI (middle initial), and Student ID of a new

student user. The Password Required checkbox exempts a user from having to enter a password during login. The Login Enabled checkbox gives the user permission to log into the session. The information will appear in various reports.

o In the Username box, enter a username,

such as the three initials of the user’s name. Usernames must be in lowercase.

o In the Password box, type a user-specific

password. The password may contain letters, numbers, and spaces. If the session does not require passwords, leave the password blank and uncheck the option “Password Required”.

o Ensure Login Enabled is checked. o Complete the Last Name, First Name, MI, and Student ID of the user. o If Next User is selected the New User dialog re-appears for entry of another user. If Finished is selected,

the Session Setup screen appears.

o After all users have been entered, return to the Classes pane, ensure the class name is still highlighted,

and click the Save button. Notice after saving that the asterisk (*) disappears from the file name.

• Editing a Class Roster

o To edit an existing username, right click on the

name and select Edit User from the drop-down dialog. When the New User dialog appears, make the desired corrections and click OK to close the dialog.

o To delete a user, right click on the name and

select Delete from the drop-down dialog.

o After all changes have been made, return to

the Classes pane, ensure the class name is still highlighted, and click the Save button. Notice after saving that the asterisk (*) disappears from the file name.

•

Create User Groups

Initially, when a class is first entered, there are no groups. However, it may be desirable to track class progress by predefined groups. In the User Groups pane, groups can be created, and then students can be added to a group. The User Groups pane, located to the left of the Edit Classes pane, displays all user groups for classes selected in the Classes pane. This process is discussed below.

o To create initial User Groups,

select a class in the Classes pane. In the User Groups pane, click the file lever to the left of the class name. The file will open and show there are no groups in the class.

o To create a group, select New from

the User Groups toolbar. New User

Group 1 opens in a box, ready to be

renamed. Change group name and press enter.

o Click the file lever in the Edit

Classes pane to show the student

names.

o To add a student user to the group,

select the name of a user in the

Edit Classes pane, hold the left

mouse button down and drag it to the folder of the group in the User

Groups pane. Add more users in

the same manner until the group is completed.

o To change the name of a group,

right click on the group name and select Rename from the dialog.

o To delete a user group from a class,

highlight the group name and click the Delete button. Classes are not deleted by using this button – only the selected group.

o To remove a student user from a group, right click on the user’s name and select Remove from the

dialog.

o When groups have been set up as desired, ensure the class is highlighted in the Classes pane and

click on the Save or Save As button on the Classes pane toolbar.

Set Up Test Banks

Test Bank creation is accomplished using the Test Banks and Edit Test Banks panes in the Session Setup window. Together these panes provide an interface to author tests. These test banks contain the questions to be administered in a session. Questions can be edited and new questions added to an existing test bank. Additionally, each item can be augmented with an Objective and Remediation. Before conducting a session, one or more test banks should be constructed.

The Test Banks pane contains toolbar buttons for New, Open, Delete, Uncheck All, Save, and Save As. Once a Test Bank has been created, it is edited in the Edit Test Banks pane.

In the Edit Test Banks pane, tests may be added or edited to an existing test bank. This pane contains toolbar buttons to facilitate the editing of one or more banks. All test banks selected in the Test Banks pane appear in the Edit Test Banks pane.

A step-by-step guide to creating and editing Test Banks follows.

Procedure to Create a New Test Bank:

• Set up a Test Bank

o Click on the New button on the Test Banks toolbar. A blank checkbox and a highlighted file

entitled New Test Bank* appear. Notice the Edit pane has changed from Edit Classes to Edit Test

Banks and in that pane the new file name also appears with and asterisk (*). The asterisk

indicates the file has not been saved.

o Right click on the new file name and select Rename from the drop-down dialog. Edit the file

name as desired and then press enter. The new file name appears in both panes. At this point, the Session Setup screen looks similar to the one on the previous page.

o Proceed to the Edit Test Banks pane to enter a test.

Enter / Edit a Test Bank

•

In the Edit Test Banks pane, ensure the file name is highlighted and then click the New Question button, or right click on the test bank name and select New Question from the dialog. In either case, the New Question dialog appears. This dialog lets you define question Type, Template (True/False) enter the Question, associated

Responses (mark correct response), Objective, and Remediation.

o Properties. Select the question Type from the drop-down menu. Choices are Multiple Choice,

Multiple Answer, and Fill – In. The Template drop-down choice will only need to be changed if a True/False question is desired.

o Question. In the Question box, left click the mouse and a cursor appears. Enter a question. o Responses.

o For multiple choice questions, click the checkbox to the left of response A and enter the

response in the area provided. To enter the remaining responses, follow the same procedure. To indicate which response is correct, click the corresponding checkbox again and the checkmark changes to green.

o For True/False questions, select True/False from the Template drop-down list.

Responses A and B automatically fill in with True and False. Click on the checkbox for A or B to indicate which response is correct (checkmark changes to green).

o Fill In questions are answered in the same manner, leaving an underscore line where the

information is to be supplied by the student. After entry of the Fill In question, enter the sentence (Select response A to fill in the blank). Click the checkbox to the left of response A, then click the S box to the right of the grayed entry area, and a Correct

Responses dialog appears. Enter up to three acceptable responses for the question.

Indicate whether the answer is case sensitive by clicking the checkbox, then click OK to close the dialog.

o Objective and Remediation. Enter the appropriate objective and remediation for the

question in the areas provided.

o Spell Check. This button is located in the upper left of the New Question window. When

clicked, it launches the Spell Check dialog. Spell Check operates like any other Windows another question is to be entered into the Test Bank click Next Question and the New

Question window appears again. If all questions have been entered click Finished button

to return to the Session Setup screen.

o Continue until all questions have been entered. To keep the questions in the desired

order in the Edit Test Banks pane, highlight the last question entered before clicking the

New Question button. Question order can be changed by highlighting the individual

questions and using the Move Up and Move Down buttons on the toolbar.

based program that performs the capability. Correct any errors found. If

o After all test questions have been

entered, go to the Test Banks pane of the Session Setup window. Ensure the

Test Bank file name is highlighted and

then click either the Save or Save As button on the toolbar. Once the file is saved, the asterisk disappears from the file name.

Set Up Remote Devices

The Remote Devices pane allows you to select the remote units to be used in a session. Each group of remotes can be named reflecting a classroom set, carrying case set, or any other useful identifying name. The Remote

Devices pane contains the toolbar buttons New, Open, Delete, Uncheck All, Save, Save As, and Find Remotes.

Procedure to Set up Remote Devices:

Remote Devices can be set up automatically using the Find Remotes utility, or manually set up in the Edit

Remote Devices pane.

• Set up Remote Devices using the Find Remotes utility.

o In the Remote Devices pane,

click the New button. The New

Remote Device dialog appears.

In the Device Name box, enter the name for the Remote Device group. In the Device Type dropdown dialog select the type of system you have and click the

Accept button. This Quick

Guide is designed for the iRespond Advanced device type.

o Check the checkbox to the left of the Remote Device, and power on the Base Unit.

o Click the Find Remotes button on the Remote Devices toolbar. The Finding Base Unit dialog

appears. When the dialog displays Found 1 iRespond Base Unit, click the Done button.

a remote icon appears along with the Remote’s UID in the Remote Collector dialog.

o The Remote

Collector dialog

appears. Power on all remotes to be added. As each Remote Device is found and collected,

o When all Remotes are showing in the Remote Collector dialog, click the Done button. The

Base Unit and remotes will power off automatically.

Click either the Save or Save As button in the Remote Devices pane to save the remote device file.

• Set up Remote Devices Manually using Edit Remote Devices.

o In the Remote Devices pane, click the New Button. The New Remote Device dialog appears. In the

Device Name box, enter the name for the Remote Device group. In the Device Type drop-down

dialog select the type and click the Accept button (this Quick Guide is designed for the iRespond Advanced device type).

o In the Edit Remote Devices pane, click

the New button to launch the New

Remote ID dialog. You can find the

remote unit ID number in two places; on the remote unit splash screen after power on, and below the equipment ID label located on the back of each unit. Enter the last 4 digits (may contain number and/or letters) of the ID and click Next Remote to enter another Remote or Finished if you are done.

Click either the Save or Save As button in the Remote Devices pane to save the remote device file.

• Editing and Deleting Remote Devices.

o To edit or delete an existing remote ID number, right click on the appropriate ID number in the Edit

Remote Devices pane and select either Edit or Delete from the drop-down menu.

Click either the Save or Save As button in the Remote Devices pane to save the remote device file.

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