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Overview  2

What’sincluded?  3

Whatdoyouneed?  3

Installationandsetup  4

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Registration  9 

Voting  13

Moreinfo  21

Compliance 177

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Quick Start Guide

Learner Response Systems

ThisguideisfornewandcurrentusersofbothActiVoteandActivExpressiondeviceswho

wanttorunvotingsessionswithActivInspire.Ittakesyouthroughinstallationandsetup,

deviceregistration,votingsessionsandvotingresults.

VerticaltitlesindicatewhichinformationappliestoActivInspire,andwhichisspecicto

eitherActiVoteorActivExpressiondevices.

2

Overview

ThePrometheanfamilyofLearnerResponseSystem(LRS)devicesincludesinteractive

responsetoolsforbothjuniorandseniorclassrooms:

ActiVote

Simple,robustanddesignedforsmallerhands,ActiVotedevicesallowlearners

tosendasingleresponsetoaquestionbypressingabutton.

ActivExpression

Capableofsupportingcomplexanswers,ActivExpressiondevicesallow

learnerstoexpressthemselvesthroughwords,numbers,symbols,Likert

scalesandmore.

Self-PacedLearningfunctionalityencourageslearnerstoworkattheirown

paceandlevel.

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What ‘s included ?

Alldevicesaresuppliedwithbatteriesinserted,readytouse.YourActiVoteorActivExpressionkit

includes:*

What do you need?

TorunvotingsessionswithActiVoteorActivExpressiondevices,youneed:

ActivInspire ActivInspireProfessionalEdition

Operating Systems WindowsXPSP2andabove(XP/Vista/7)

MacOSX10.4.11–10.6.1(Tiger/Leopard/Snow

Leopard)

LinuxUbuntu8.04,8.10,9.04,9.10;Mandriva

PC Minimum Requirement Pentium4-1GHzprocessor(800MHzforVista),

512MBofRAM,1024x768resolution,1.5GBof

freediskspace

Mac Minimum Requirement IntelProcessors(UniversalBinary),512MBof

RAM,1024x768resolution,3.0GBoffreedisk

space

ActiVotedevicesorActivExpressiondevices

CarryingCase(notavailablewithkitsof5devices)

ScrewdriverTorxT10,2.4GHzActivHub,ActivHubholder,1.8mUSBextensioncable

ActivInspireProfessionalEditionInternationalDVD

LearnerResponseSystemsQuickStartGuide

*Subjecttochangewithoutnotice

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Installation and setup

ActivExpression & ActiVote

Activ

Expression

4

Upgrade

ﬁrmware

See

page 7

No Yes

Firmware

upgrade

required? See

page 7

No Yes

Change device

language?

Install

ActivInspire or

update from the

Dashboard

Connect

ActivHub to

computer

Change device

language

See

page 8

Register devices

See

page 9

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Update or install ActivInspire

Update

IfyouareusinganearlierversionofActivInspireProfessionalEdition,youneedtolaunchthe

softwareandupdateitfromtheActivInspireDashboard.

Install

ToinstallActivInspireProfessionalEditionforthersttime,inserttheInstallationDiskintoyour

computer’sDVD-ROMdrive.Thenfollowtheinstructionsontheproduct’sDVDsleeve.

5

Get

the latest

version

Click to

display

options

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Your device

Change device batteries

UsetheTorxscrewdriverincludedinthekittounscrewthebackoftheActiVoteor

ActivExpressiondevice.Pullthebottompaneldownoutofthedevice.

ActivExpression

ActiVote

Indicators ﬂash

when data is

transmitted or

received

Registration button

Press to register the device during a

registration session

A-F

buttons

press to vote

8 Hotkeys

Use to select

options on

screen

a/A/1 key

Toggle between

lower case, upper

case and number

input

Menu/symbol key

Use to register the

device, change its

language, diagnose

problems and to

access a range of

character symbols

Enter

Delete

On/Oﬀ

Press and hold

to power device

on/oﬀ

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Connect the ActivHub

TheActivHubenablesLRSdevices,yourcomputerandotherPrometheanproductsto

communicatewitheachother.Prometheandevices

areregisteredontheActivHub.TheActivHubmust

bepluggedinbeforeyoucanuseanydevices.

Usethe1.8mUSBextensioncable

ifnecessary.

IfyoutaketheActivHubtoanother

computeryoucanusethesameset

ofdeviceswithoutregisteringthemagain.

Insert into USB

socket on your

computer

Raise

ActivHub

antenna

Flashing indicator lights

RedmeanstheActivHubhaspower.

Greenmeansdataistransmittedor

received.

7

Firmware upgrade

Firmwareisasmall,permanentprogramonPrometheandevicesthatcontrolsbasic

functionality.Togetthemostoutofyourdevices,checkperiodicallyforrmwareupgrades

onPrometheanPlanet.Forinstructionsonhowtocheckwhichrmwareversionyouare

using,andhowtoupgrade,gotoPrometheanPlanet,selecttheDownloadActivInspiretab,

selectyourlanguage,thenscrolldownandclickonLearnMore.

Ifyouhaveanyconcerns,orforself-helpsolutionsandfurthersupportcontactinformation,

pleasevisitthePrometheanKnowledgebaseat:

www.prometheankb.com

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ActivExpression

Power on

device

Press

Menu

Symbol

Press

Setup

Hotkey

Press a

Language

Hotkey

Select

Language

Press to

end

changes

Device language has changed

Change the device language

Press

for more

Languages

Press

to return to

Setup

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Registration

Deviceregistrationistheprocessof

tellingtheActivHubwhichtypesofLRSdevice

there

areintheclassroom,howmany

thereare,andtheirnames.

YouneedtoregisterLRSdevicesbefore

youbeginavotingsession.

YoustartregistrationfromtheVoting

BrowserinActivInspire.

ActivInspire

Start

Registration

Select the

Voting

Browser

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Select

your

ActivHub

Select ActivExpression devices Select ActiVote devices

InDeviceRegistrationmakesurethat

youselectyourActivHub,thenselect

eitherActivExpressionorActiVote

devicesbeforeyouclickRegister.

Click to

register

Other ActivHubs

may be displayed

here

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ThereareseveraloptionsfornamingdevicesinActivInspire.

ThequickestwayistoletActivInspireallocatedefaultnamesduringregistration.

Alternatively,youcanletyourstudentsnametheirActivExpressiondevicesduring

registration.

YoucanrenamebothActiVoteandActivExpressiondeviceslater.

Whicheveroptionyouchoose,devicesmustbepoweredonand

within

transmission

rangeofthe

ActivHub.

ActiVote

Choose

number of

devices

Click to

proceed

Check to let

students name

devices

Choose

number of

devices

Click to

proceed

ActivExpression

ActivInspire

Specify naming options if required

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ActivInspiredisplaysa3-letterPINcode.Allstudentsmustenterthecorrect

PIN.

ActivInspire

Ifyouchosetoletstudents

nametheirActivExpression

device,theymustenterthe

namenow,usingthehotkeysand

keypad.

Choose

numeric

characters

Press to

correct

errors

Press to

send

name

Choose

alphabetic

characters

PIN to be

entered by

students

ActivExpression

ActiVote

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AssoonasstudentsenterthecorrectPIN,DeviceRegistrationin

ActivInspireshowstheir

devicesas

registered.

ActivInspire

ActivExpression

ActiVote

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Device name

Click

to end

registration

YoucanchecktheVoting

Browseratanytimetoseethe

listofdevicesregisteredonyour

ActivHub.

RemembertoplugintheActivHub

rst.

Youcanregisteradditionaldevices

asnecessary.

Select

device type

Registered

devices

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Voting

Onceyourstudentshaveregistered,theycanusetheirdevicestoanswerquestions.

Therearethreetypesofvotingsession.Thetableindicateswhichdevicetypesare

suitableforeachsession.

Session Device Type Description

ExpressPoll Learnersansweraquickoradhoc

question.YoucanholdanExpressPollat

anytime,evenwhenthereisnoipchart

open.

Formultiplechoicequestions,

ActivExpressiondevicescansend

multipleresponsestoasinglequestion.

ActiVotedevicescansendoneresponse.

PreparedQuestions Learnersanswerpreparedquestions.

Youcaninsertonequestionandan

optionalfollow-onquestionintoeach

ipchartpage.Questionsappearonthe

ipchartpage.Alllearnersanswerthe

samequestionatthesametime.

Self-PacedQuestions

Preparedquestionsaresenttoeach

learners’deviceonequestionatatime.

Eachlearnerworksthroughthequestion

setattheirownpace.

Eachtypeofvotingsessionisbrieyillustratedinthefollowingsections.Thenwe

showyouhowthevotingresultscouldappearinActivInspire.

Formoreinformationaboutvotingsessions,andhowtopreparequestionpages,see

theActivInspire Webhelp.

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ExpressPoll

Move mouse pointer over

Wonderwheel to display

options

UseExpressPolltoquicklyaskaquestionandcaptureyour

learners’responses.Forexample,toassesscondenceatthestart

ofalesson,thentocheckforchangesinperceptionlater.

Select an

option

Click

ExpressPoll

ActivInspire

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ActivInspire

Click to

set timer

(Optional)

Type of question and number of

possible responses

Click to

Close

Click to

Stop Vote

FormoredetailedinformationaboutusingExpressPoll,seethetopicQuick questions

and ExpressPollintheActivInspire Webhelp.

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Prepared questions

ActivInspire

UsetheQuestionWizardinActivInspiretoprepareyourownquestionpagesin

advance.FromtheMainMenuselectInsert > Question.

Choose a question type:

Multiple Choice

Sort In Order

Yes/No

True/False

Likert Scale

Text Entry

Number Entry

Choose

from

available

options

Choose

insertion

point

Choose

question

template

Customise

it

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Navigate to a ﬂipchart

page that contains a

prepared question

Click to

Stop Vote

Click to

set timer

(optional)

Click to

Start Vote

Toaskapreparedquestioninclass:

ActivInspire

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Formoredetailedinformation,seethetopicPrepared

questions - Using the Question Wizardinthe

ActivInspire Webhelp.

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Self-Paced Questions

ActivInspire

ActivExpression

Unlikepreparedquestions,wherealllearnersrespondatthesametime,Self-

PacedQuestionSetsallowlearnerstoprogressattheirownpace.During

avotingsession,questionsarenotdisplayedontheipchartpage.Instead,

learnersreceiveandreadeachquestionontheirActivExpressiondevices.

YoupreparequestionsetswiththeSelf-PacedQuestionWizardwhichtakes

youthroughcreating,editing

anddeletingquestions.

Youcan:

• Choosehowmany

questionstoincludein

aquestionset.

• Groupquestionsin

setsofupto9levelsof

difculty.

• Choosehowmany

questionseachlearnermustanswercorrectlybeforetheycanprogressto

thenextlevel.

• Shufequestionstochangetheirorder,orrandomisequestions,sothat

eachlearnerreceivesallquestionsinadifferentorderfromtheothers.

• Auto-generatebasicnumeracyquestionswiththeQuestionGenerator.

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