SMART amp collaborative learning software user's guide

70 Pages·2015·0.55 MB·English

SMART amp™
collaborative learning software
USER’S GUIDE
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Contents
Chapter1:About SMART amp 1
Signingin 1
GettingaroundinSMART amp 2
CustomizingSMART amp 4
Chapter2:Teacherguide 5
Workinginaclass 5
Askingtheclassquestions 8
Chapter3:Student guide 21
Workinginaclass 21
Answeringquestions 22
Chapter4:Usingworkspaces 27
Accessingworkspaces 28
Creatingandsharingworkspaces 29
Addingobjectstoyourworkspace 36
Viewingtheworkspace 51
Sendingmessagestotheclass 54
Usingattributions 55
UsingtheFollowMefeature 56
UsingthePassControlfeature 57
Hidinganddisplayingthetabarea 57
Pinningandunpinningthetabarea 58
Changingstudentpermissions 58
Renamingtheworkspace 59
Index 61
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Chapter 1
Chapter 1: About SMART amp
Signingin 1
GettingaroundinSMART amp 2
Tutorialvideos 2
Homepage 3
Classdashboard 3
CustomizingSMART amp 4
ChangingthelanguageofSMART amp’suserinterface 4
ChangingyouravatarinSMART amp 4
SMART amp™collaborativelearningsoftwareisaneasy-to-usecloud-basedapplicationthat
enablesteachersandstudentstocollaborateinrealtime.UseSMART amptocreateclasses,
performassessmentsandviewassessmentresults.Youcanalsocreateacollaborativeworkspace
thatenablesyoutoworkwithvarioustypesofdigitalcontentfromtext,toimages,towebsites.
SMART ampsoftwareintegrateswithGoogle™Drive,enablingyoutoshareyourworkspacewith
others.
Teachersandstudentscancollaborateatanytime,onanyoperatingsystem,fromanydevice.
Signing in
YoucansignintoSMART ampwithyourGoogleaccount.
TosignintoSMART amp
1. Gotowww.smartamp.com.
2. TapSigninwithGoogle.
3. TypeyourGoogleemailaddressandpasswordintheboxes.
OR
IfyourGoogleaccountalreadyappearsonthesigninpage,selectitandthentypeyour
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passwordinthebox.
4. TapSignin.
ToaddaGoogleaccount
1. Gotowww.smartamp.com.
2. TapSigninwithGoogle.
3. TapManageaccountsonthisdevice.
4. TapAddaccount.
5. TypeyourGoogleemailandpasswordintheboxes.
6. TapSignin.
ToremoveaGoogleaccount
1. Gotowww.smartamp.com.
2. TapSigninwithGoogle.
TheChooseanaccountpageappears.
3. TapRemove.
An appearsbesideeachGoogleaccountname.
4. Tapthe besidetheGoogleaccountyouwanttoremove.
5. TapDone.
Getting around in SMART amp
AfteryousignintoSMART amp,yourhomepageopens.
Tutorialvideos
ThefirsttimeyousignintoSMART amp,theQuickStartVideosforTeachersdisplays.Youcan
watchvideosexplainingfeaturesortapStart ExploringtostartusingSMART amp.
Toreviewthetutorialvideoswhileintheclassdashboardorhomepage,tapyourphotoorthe
iconinthetop-rightofthescreen,andthentapTutorialvideos.
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Home page
Yourhomepagedisplaysoptionsforcreatingandjoiningclasses,orforgoingdirectlytoyour
workspaces.Additionally,teacherscancreateanewclassdirectlyfromtheirhomepage.
Joinaclass:taptheclassicon,typeinthesix-digitcodeorscantheQR codeprovidedbythe
teachertoaccessaclass.
Gotoworkspaces:seealistofalltheworkspacesandworkspacetemplatesthatyou’vecreated
orthathavebeensharedwithyou.
Createaclass:createaclassforyourstudentstojoinanytime.
Class dashboard
Onceyoujoinaclass,theclassdashboardopens.Usethetabsalongthetopofthedashboardto
quicklyaccessdifferentfeatures.
ViewClass Usethistabtoseewho’sinyourclassortoswitchclasses.
Teacherscanalsoedittheclassfromthistab.
Teachers:SeeCreatingapersistentclassonpage 5for
moreinformationoncreatingaclassandconnectingyour
classroom.
Students:SeeJoiningaclassonpage 21formore
informationonconnectingtoclasses.
CreateandShare Usethistabtocreateanewworkspaceandtoseeallthe
workspacesyou’vecreatedorthathavebeensharedwith
you.
SeeUsingworkspacesonpage 27formoreinformationon
collaboratingwithparticipantsinrealtime.
Assess Usethistabtoaskoranswerinstantpollquestionsortosee
theresultsofassessments.
Teachers:SeeAskingtheclassquestionsonpage 8for
moreinformationonaskingquestionsandviewingclass
reports.
Students:SeeAnsweringquestionsonpage 22formore
informationonansweringquestionsandviewingyourown
reports.
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TaptheSMART ampicon inthetopleftofthescreentoreturntoyourhomepageatanytime.
Tapyourphotoorthe iconinthetop-rightofthescreentosignout,toaccessSupportorto
opentheonlineHelp.
Customizing SMART amp
YoucanchangethelanguageofSMART amp’suserinterfaceandyouravatar.
Changing the language ofSMART amp’s userinterface
SMART ampsupportsEnglish,SpanishorFrench.SMART ampdetectsyourbrowser’slanguage
anddisplaystheuserinterfaceinthatlanguage.
Ifyou’reusingabrowser,consultyourbrowser’shelptochangethebrowserlanguagesettings.
Ifyou’reusingadevice,changethedevice’slanguage.
Changing youravatarinSMART amp
YoucancustomizeyouravatarinSMART amp.
TocustomizeyouravatarinSMART amp
TIP
TocustomizeyouravatarusingtheAndroidGoogle+app,iOSGoogle+apporonyourdevice’s
browser,seesupport.google.com/plus/answer/1355890?hl=en.
1. Browsetoplus.google.comandsigninusingyourSMART ampemailaddressandpassword.
2. UndertheGoogle+logo,clickHome andthenclickProfile .
3. Belowyourcoverphoto,clickAbout.
4. Pointtotheblankfaceoryourcurrentprofilepictureandclickthecameraicon.
5. YoucandragaphotointotheDragphotoherebox.
OR
ClickSelect aphotofromyourcomputer.
6. Cropyourphoto.
7. ClickSet asprofilephoto.
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Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Teacher guide
Workinginaclass 5
Creatingapersistentclass 5
Addingstudentstoaclass 7
Askingtheclassquestions 8
Instantpoll 9
Workspaceassessment 9
Questiontypes 9
Askinganinstantpollquestion 10
Starting,pausingandstoppingapollquestion 13
Viewingresponsestoinstantpollquestions 14
Viewingpollresults 14
Creatinganassessmentinaworkspace 15
Startingandstoppingaworkspaceassessment 16
Viewingassessmentreports 19
Working in a class
Teacherscancreateaclass,andtheninvitestudentstojoinit.
Creating a persistentclass
Youcancreateapersistentclasstoconnectwithyourstudents.Theclassappearsonyourhome
pageafteryoucreateit.
Tocreateaclass
1. Onyourhomepage,tapCreate.
TheCreateaclasswindowappears.
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2. TypeanameforyourclassintheEnteraclassnamebox.
Asix-digitclasscodeandaQRcodeappearintheAddparticipantssection.
NOTE
YoucantaptheQRcodetoexpandit.
3. Askyourstudentstojointheclassusingoneofthefollowingmethods:
o GivestudentstheclasscodetojointheclassinSMART amp.Thisisatemporarycode
andisvalidonlywhiletheCreateaclasspageisopen.
o TaptheQRcodetoexpanditandaskstudentstoscanitwiththeirmobiledevices.
o Typeoneormorestudentemailaddressesorcopyandpastemultiplestudentemail
addressesfromyouremailaddressbookorotherlistintheEnterorpasteoneormore
emailaddressesbox,andthentapAdd.
NOTES
o Emailaddressesmustbeeitherontheirownlinesorseparatedbycommasor
semicolons.
o SMART ampsupportsemailaddressesinSMTPformat,suchas
first.last<[email protected]>.
o Duplicateemailsareremovedautomatically.
o Emailaddressesthatarecorrectlyformattedareblack.Addressesthatare
formattedincorrectlyarered.
o Tapanaddresstoeditit.
o Tapthe×besideanemailaddresstoremoveitfromthelist.
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