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Use Netop Vision 7 to Get Control of those Rowdy Kids!
Elio L. Arteaga, MFAAssistant Professor, Media Arts & Technology
DeVry University, Miramar CampusMay 19, 2011
What is Netop Vision?Watch the Netop Vision 7 Videohttp://www.netop.com/products/education/vision7/video.htm#pdNav
Classroom Management SoftwareEnables teachers to have complete controlover their classroom workstations.
Features•Share your screen in demonstration-mode•Showcase exceptional student work on all computers•Distribute and collect files or tests•Add impact to presentations with Pointer•Launch applications, files and web pages•Get students' undivided attention with screen blanking•Monitor and control student computer use and web-surfing•Remote control over students’ computers•Layout your classroom view and collect student names•Help students quickly and discreetly with chat•Wake up or shut down classroom computers
InstallationOne teacher workstation, on which the Control Panel is available. The teacher’s computer is also displayed on the large monitors.
Each student workstation contains an installation of the student/client software.
Boot-up computers and the software launches automatically. The teacher’s Control Panel contains thumbnails showing each student’s screen.
Select one or more by marqueeing them or by Shift-clicking.
Vision will always
connect to the default classroom,
and remember
classrooms you have
recently used so startup is
very quick.
Home Panel•Demo•Showcase Student•Pointer•Show Document•Snap Viewer•Start Application•Stop All Applications/Blank Screen/Block Input/Stop•Lock Web/Filter Web•Live View/Remote Control
DemosShare what is on your screen with the students in your classroom in three different ways:
Full-screen takes up the entire student screen and locks their keyboards and mice.
Windowed shows your demo in a window on the studentcomputers. Students still have control of their keyboards and mice.
Minimized makes your desktop available as a button on the taskbar on the student computers. Students have access to the demonstration but are not required to view it and remain in control of their mouse and keyboard.
Showcase StudentInstead of sharing what is on your own screen with the entire classroom you can choose a student computer and share that screen instead.
The student screen shows on all classroom computers, including the teacher’s, and all other student keyboards and mice are locked.
PointerA wide range of tools are available to highlight various parts of your presentation:
• Draw attention to areas of your using arrows and other shapes.For example, use Arrow left
• Highlight an area of your screen using Oval spotlight
• Magnify or zoom areas of your screen using Oval magnifier or Zoom
• Hide areas of your screen that student should not be seeing using Cover
All tools are conveniently located on a single toolbar: Experiment with them!
Show DocumentShare a document on your teacher computer with the student computers in your classroom.
When you share a document, a copy of the document opens on each student computer and the students each have a copy to update and edit.
Don’t use this; use DocSharing.
Snap ViewerA viewer for your screenshots, taken in the View Panel.
Start ApplicationYou can start an application or open a specific Web page on selected student computers, forexample to demonstrate something or just to help students get started.
Select the application you want to share with your class, and you can let students have general access to their computers while they use the application (Normal mode), or you can choose that they should only be allowed to use the application that you start (Kiosk mode).
For example, if you start Microsoft Office Word in kiosk mode, students are limited to using only that application. The students see only Microsoft Word on their desktop. They do not have access to other applications: the Start menu is not available; the task bar at the bottom of the screen is locked; and students cannot launch Windows Explorer to search for program executable files. Kiosk mode gives students the tools they need without distractions.
The Controlling BlockStop All Applications—stops all running applications on selected student computers.
Blank Screen—locks the mouse and keyboard on student computers. When you lock student computers, Vision replaces the student's desktop with a Vision bitmap image that can be customized.
Block Input—blocks mouse and keyboard but the screen display does not change.
Stop—stops running functions, such as a demo or a remote control session.
Lock WebLock Web—controls student access to the internet so that they stay on task.
What the student actually sees
Filter WebFilter Web—limits students’ web access to the sites that you define as appropriate to each lesson. Displays the Site List Manager:
Site List ManagerNew Site List—Creates a folder (a list of allowed sites).
Site List ManagerNew Web Shortcut—A URL added to the allowed list Must add:
Site List ManagerCut / Copy / Paste / Delete
Site List ManagerEdit—takes you back to the web shortcut window.
Site List ManagerImport/Export—Once you’ve built a set of web shortcuts, export them to a USB drive, then import them at the beginning of each class session (if Deep Freeze is enabled on the computer).
Site List ManagerPreview—shows/hides the Preview Pane.
Live ViewLive View—shows a selected student's computer activity in near real-time.
You will not be able to control their mouse and keyboard, but you can lock the student's keyboard and mouse.
Remote ControlRemote Control—You can take control of a student computer in order to demonstrate a procedure, or to start or close a program for that student.
Vision connects to the student computer and opens the Remote Control window, which displays the student's screen. The student does not have access to the mouse or keyboard while you have remote control of the computer, unless you grant the student access.
View Panel•Thumbnails/Perspective/Details•Classroom Monitor•Label Type•Sort by Label/Lock Layout•Full Screen/Zoom/100%•Shortcut bar•Chat•Snapshot
ViewThumbnails/Perspective/Details
Thumbnails Perspective
Classroom MonitorShows a scrolling view of all computers in the classroom. The classroom monitor views are larger in size than the thumbnail view. Like a security cam, the views switch every few seconds, and you can control the speed of the scroll.
Label TypeDisplay either the workstation IDs or the students’ login names under the thumbnails.
Classroom View BlockSort by Label—sort thumbnails alphabetically.
Lock Layout—prevent changes to the thumbnail layout.
Zoom BlockFull Screen—makes window occupy the full space of the display.
Zoom—Change the size of the thumbnails (I like 150%).
100%—Restores thumbnails to original size.
Show BlockShortcut Bar—Shows or hides the shortcut bar on the right sideof the display. Notice the familiar icons.
Chat—Initiate a chat with students.
Snapshot—Options for taking snapshots and opening/saving/printing them.
• Cut / Copy / Paste• *Full screen snapshot• *Windowed snapshot• *Area defined by marqueeing
• Import / Export• Acquire from Camera or Scanner
Administration Panel•Connect/Disconnect from Classroom•Join•Dismiss•Request Name•Lock/Unlock•Shutdown/Wakeup/Restart/Log-off
Classroom BlockConnect/Disconnect (teacher’s computer) from Classroom
Join—add a computer to the classroom
Dismiss—remove a computer from the classroom
Request Name/Edit DetailsRequest Name—requests students to give their names. This is not necessary in our lab, as when the students log in, they give their name, and this is available under View (panel): Label Type.
Edit Details—enables teacher to add a comment to the student’s thumbnail.
Lock/Unlock Student SettingsBy default, students do not have access to changing general Control Panel settings on their own computers.
Unlock—to allow students to change their Control Panel settings.
Lock—to re-lock Control Panel settings so that they can’t be changed.
Shut Down, etc.Shut Down—shuts down selected computers. This is useful at end of the day or when your class no longer needs to use computers.
Wake Up—student computers are woken up by a network message.
Restart—turns off selected student computers and then they’re automatically turned back on. This can, for example, be useful when you have installed new software or changed computer settings.
Log Off—closes down all programs running on the classroom computers and logs off the students who are currently logged on. Computers then display the Windows logon screen and are available for new users to log on.
File PanelThe File Panel is the least used. IT has already set up the classroom for you.
For More InformationGetting Startedhttp://www.netop.com/landing/edu/tutorials-getting-started.htm
Beyond the Basicshttp://www.netop.com/landing/edu/tutorials-beyond-the-basics.htm
Tech Supporthttp://www.netop.com/landing/edu/tutorials-technical-support.htm
Documentshttp://www.netop.com/support/technical-support/netop-vision7.htm#c16926
Classroom Management Community Forumhttp://eduforum.netop.com/
Thank you for attending!I hope you enjoyed the presentation!
Elio L. Arteaga, MFAAssistant Professor, College of Media Arts & TechnologyDeVry University, Miramar [email protected]
Now go out there and get control of those rowdy kids!