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Insight 101
The document provides an overview and agenda for a training session on Insight 101, classroom management software. It outlines the default controls in Insight including screen sharing, voting, running apps/websites, monitoring views, and controlling student computers. It also describes how to access quick tools and the teacher menu, change teacher channels, launch the Insight console, view student details and thumbnails, control student machines, show teacher/student screens, take snapshots, send messages, blank screens, limit websites/apps/printing, mute, send files, co-browse, and shut down computers. The training session information and contact details for the presenters are also included.
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Insight 101
- 1. InSight 101 Monica Dvorsky NetworkEnterprise Engineer monica_dvorsky@sccoe.org Martin Cisneros Academic Technology Specialist mcisneros@sccoe.org
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- 5. 5 Digital Trends &Flow For The Common Core Educator
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- 10. 10 Take a closerlook @ Tech
- 11. 11 Recommended Student TechnologySkills for The Common Core
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- 14. 14 Agenda • InsightDefault Controls • Screen Sharing • Voting • Run Apps or websites • Choose Monitoring Views • Control of Stud Computer • Blank Screen • Limit Web & Apps • Limit Print & Drives • Chat & Messages • Send Files • Co-Browse Internet • Shutdown, Log Off & Restart
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- 17. 17 Launch Insight & Quick Tools Insight 101 •Left click here for full teacher console •Right click for quick tools menu
- 18. 18 Launch Insight & Quick Tools Insight 101 •Right click for quick tools menu
- 19. • Right-click yourmouse on the Owl to access the Teacher Menu . • The Teacher Menu displays the most common teacher actions. • Note: Most actions can be toggled on/off from this menu. 19 Insight Teacher Menu Insight 101
- 20. 20 Teacher Channels -‐ Preferences Menu Insight 101 • Hovering your mouse over the Owl icon displays the Insight Teacher Channel information on teacher or student computers. • Teacher and student computers must be set to the same channel for sharing, viewing, and controlling computers. • Teacher Channel numbering conventions are a combination of your school code and classroom number. • This graphic show the results of hovering over the Owl icon to display the channel(s) that the teacher is connected to channels classroom 1575 and carts 1501, 1502, and 1503. • Osborne School code is 15. • Tom will distribute a page of classroom channels.
- 21. 21 Changing Teacher Channels -‐ Preferences Insight 101 • To set and/or change the teacher channel of the computers you want to view, select “Administer” from the main menu and then choose “Preferences…” • You need to specify which channel or channels you wish to view.
- 22. 22 Changing Teacher Channels -‐ Preferences Insight 101 • To change the teacher channel of the computers you want to view, select “Administer” from the main menu and then choose “Preferences…” • IP-Directed Broadcast must be selected with the 204.88.134.248 subnet entry. This connects to the Insight Server • In the “Preferences” window, click the “Use Single Channel” button to enter the channel number you wish to view. • Or click “Use Multiple Channels” button and separate multiple channels by commas.
- 23. • Right-click yourmouse on the Owl to access the Teacher Menu . • The Teacher Menu displays the most common teacher actions. • Note: Most actions can be toggled on/off from this menu. 23 Insight Teacher Menu Insight 101
- 24. 24 Insight Teacher Menu Insight 101 • Show Teacher’s Screen • This menu action displays your screen on all student monitors. • Note that the Owl icon shows a screen behind the Owl. • Right-click on the Owl and select “Stop Showing Teacher’s Screen” to exit this mode.
- 25. 25 Insight Teacher Menu Insight 101 • Blank All Screens • This menu action locks all the lab computers and displays the message “Eyes to the front of the classroom please…” • The keyboard and mouse functions are also disabled. • Note that the Owl icon changes to a padlock in this mode. • Right-click on the Padlock and choose “Unblank All Screens” to exit.
- 26. 26 Insight Teacher Menu Insight 101 • Limit Web • When selected, this menu action denies Internet access to all student computers. • There is no change to the Owl on the teacher machine when “Web Limiting” is enabled. • However, the Owl icon on the student computers is changed to a globe with a minus symbol. • Right-click on the globe to “Stop Web Limiting.” • Insight displays a notification on student computers that the teacher has restricted Web Browsing.
- 27. 27 Insight Teacher Menu Insight 101 • The “Insight Console” gives the teacher access and administrative control access to all of the powerful tools available monitor classroom computers. • Choose Insight Console from the popup menu (or just click on the Own icon in the system tray) to launch the Insight Console window.
- 28. 28 Console & Menu Bar Insight 101 • The main insight Console window displays a toolbar that allows you to customize your viewing environment options. • The teacher can perform all operations from this screen including, Blank Screens, Limit Web, etc.
- 29. 29 Details Views Insight 101 •Select “Details” from the dropdown “View” menu to display a list of all computers viewable on your teacher channel. • From the “Details” view, click on the column name (login name, student name, or machine name) in the title bar to sort by that column. ! • TIP: Sorting by the “Machine Name” column will display the computers in numerical order.
- 30. 30 Control Student Machines Insight 101 • One of the most powerful features of Insight is the ability to control a single, several, or all student computers at once. • Click on the thumbnail icon of any computer/ s that you wish to control. • The selected machine appears outlined in red. • Choose the “Control” icon to assume control of a student machine. • The keyboard and mouse will not be available to the student. • The student’s screen will appear in your monitor screen. • Press the “Control” icon again to toggle off.
- 31. 31 Thumbnail View all Monitors ! • A thumbnail image of all student screens appears on the teacher monitor for viewing. ! • Clicking on the “View All” button on the toolbar will toggle the view between “Details” and “Thumbnail. ! • There are additional actions available from the main toolbar if you click on the arrows at the edge of the toolbar. BEST for showing on projector
- 32. 32 Thumbnail View all Monitors Insight 101 • It is very useful for a teacher to be able to monitor what all students are doing on their computers at any given time. • Once you have your computers in the order you like to view them select “View” from the main menu. • Next, choose “Thumbnails” and then select “Classroom Layout.” ! • A thumbnail image of all student screens appears on the teacher monitor for viewing.
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- 34. 34 Show Student Screen to Class
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- 36. 36 Run Apps or Websites
- 37. 37 Taking Snapshot of Student Screen
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- 40. 40 Limit Websites Insight 101 •One of the most useful actions is the ability to restrict web browsing to specific sites. • Click the Limit Web button and then choose Configure Web Limiting. This will launch the configuration window • Type in the sites that you wish to make available to students and all other sites will be blocked. • Also you can type sites you specifically wish to block and all others (that are not restricted by our filters) are available.
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- 48. 48 Shut Down, Log Off, & Restarting
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- 52. InSight 101 Monica Dvorsky NetworkEnterprise Engineer monica_dvorsky@sccoe.org Martin Cisneros Academic Technology Specialist mcisneros@sccoe.org