Use SMART Notebook collaborative learning software to save notes written on a SMART interactive product or at your computer as a series of pages. You can use SMART Notebook software to create a presentation full of colorful clip art, graphics, text and Adobe Flash Player compatible files. Then you can present that SMART Notebook file, keeping your audience’s attention as you move and interact with these objects. When your audience provides comments and suggestions, write their input on a page using the pen tray tools or the pen buttons in SMART Notebook.

Because SMART Notebook software works on many platforms, you can share files created on a

Windows computer with people who use a Mac computer. You can also export your SMART

Notebook file as a cross-platform HTML or PDF file, or as a series of image files.

SMART Notebook with SMART Response

SMART’s integration of SMART Response software with SMART Notebook software means that you can create question sets, import questions from Microsoft Word or XML files and start and stop question sessions directly from SMART Notebook software. You can export the class’s and individual students’ results to a Microsoft Excel file or an HTML page. Using SMART Response’s printing feature, create handout materials, copies of the questions and graded results pages for each student and for the class. This section introduces the SMART Response software features in

SMART Notebook software. For more information about using other SMART Notebook features, refer to SMART Notebook’s online Help or the SMART website.

Setting SMART Response preferences in SMART Notebook

You can customize the default behavior of some of SMART Notebook's SMART Response features.

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1. Select Response > Preferences from the SMART Notebook menu bar.

2. Select one of the following options: o If you want the Insert Question button to insert the question on a SMART Notebook page that already has notes or images on it, select Insert on the current page when

possible.

o If you want to create a new page containing your question, select Always insert on a

new page.

o If you want SMART Response to ask you each time, select Always ask before

inserting (default setting).

g To define the Response tab options

1. Select Response > Preferences from the SMART Notebook menu bar.

2. In the Default chart type for tab results drop-down list, select Pie Chart or Bar Chart to define the type of results chart you want to display by default.

3. If you want to display the Response tab immediately after you start an assessment so you can immediately monitor the progress of the assessment, select Show the Response tab when

you start an assessment.

4. If you want to display the Response tab immediately after you stop an assessment so you can immediately display the assessment results, select Show the Response tab when you stop

an assessment.

Creating assessments

You can use SMART Notebook software to create assessments.

Creating an assessment

By creating assessments, you can collect results for each question and for the entire assessment at the same time. You can define feedback options that show whether students answered correctly, what the correct answer was and how the class did on the question or the entire assessment.

You can install SMART Response software on any computer to create question sets that you can later copy to and run on the computer system in your classroom.

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You're unable to run assessment files on a computer with standard SMART Notebook software installed. You must have SMART Notebook software that includes SMART Response.

g To create an assessment

1. Click the SMART Response icon in the Windows notification area or Mac menu bar, and then select Open Notebook Software.

A blank SMART Notebook page appears.

2. Click the Response tab.

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On Windows computers, you can clear the Auto-hide option to keep the options visible while you work on your assessment.

3. Click Title Page.

The Insert Title Page dialog box appears.

4. In the top text box, type a title for your assessment.

5. Select the type of assessment you want to create, and then click Add. Optionally, you can type Subject and Topic information.

Title page information appears on the SMART Notebook page, and the Response tab displays several options that enable you to customize your assessment.

g To edit the assessment title page and description

1. On the SMART Notebook page, double-click the title, grade, subject or date text to change its properties or edit the text.

2. Click the Response tab.

3. In the Description area, edit the options you defined when you created the assessment.

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If you edit the SMART Notebook page, the Description information doesn't change.

Similarly, if you edit the Description information, the SMART Notebook page doesn't change.

g To add question and content pages to your assessment

See Adding questions to the assessment on page 40 and Adding content pages to the assessment on

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next page.

g To save your assessment

Click Save .

A Save As dialog box appears.

2. Browse to a folder, type a file name, and then click Save.

Adding content pages to the assessment

You can add content pages anywhere in your assessment to introduce questions or provide background information.

g To add a content page

1. Create your assessment. See Creating an assessment on page 37 for more information.

2. Click the Page Sorter tab, and then select the page you want to insert a content page after.

3. Click the Response tab.

4. Click the Next Steps tab.

5. Click Make the next page a content page.

A blank page appears.

6. Use SMART Notebook's tools to add text, images or Adobe Flash Player compatible files from the Gallery.

Defining feedback options

Feedback options allow you to show your students their individual grades, the correct answers and the class average.

Feedback option

After you stop collecting responses

After all questions are answered

Description

The students can see how they answered and see their grade after you click Stop.

If you select this option, you can also choose to show the correct answers with grades and show class average.

The students can see how they answered and see their grade after they finish answering all questions.

If you select this option, you can also choose to show the correct answers with grades and show class average.

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Feedback option

After each question is answered

Description

The students can see how they answered each question and see their grade after they finish answering all questions.

If you select this option, you can also choose to show the correct answers with grades and show class average.

The students can't see how they answered or their grades.

Don't show grades on clickers g To define feedback options

1. Create your assessment. See Creating an assessment on page 37 for more information.

2. On the Response tab for the assessment's title page, select one of the options described in the previous table from the Show results to students drop-down list.

Adding questions to the assessment

SMART Response supports up to seven question types depending on the device students use to answer questions.

You can add questions to the assessment using the Insert Question wizard or by importing questions from a Microsoft Word document, XML file, SQZ file, PDF file or ExamView® HTML file.

After you create a question, you can add choices to it or tag it.

About question types

Using SMART Response, you can ask the following types of questions either individually or as question sets. You can also add notes to any question type that appears when you print the question results.

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Opinion questions don’t have a correct answer and aren’t worth points.

If you include a question of a type not supported in the SMART Response mode you're using, the question appears with an Unsupported Question Type icon in the Page Sorter tab in

SMART Notebook.

Mixed mode supports the same question types as does Standard (Std.) mode.

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Question type

Description

Yes or no Students use the green Y or red N button to answer a question. You can also choose the Opinion option to allow either answer.

True or false

Students use the green True or red False button to answer a question. You can also choose the Opinion option to allow either answer.

Multiple choice

Multiple answer

Students use a single button,

A through J, to answer the question. Select from 2 to 10 answers (2 to 5 answers for

SMART Response LE) for a question. You can also choose the Opinion option to allow any answer.

Students use the A through J buttons to select the correct combination of answers to the question. Select from 2 to 10 answers for the question. You can also choose the Opinion option to allow any combination of answers.

Number, fraction or decimal

Students use the number buttons to answer questions with numeric answers using whole numbers, fractions or decimals. You can also choose the Opinion option to allow any answer.

Students can answer with

Std.

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Question type

Description

Text answer

Students type the answer to the question. You can choose the Opinion option to allow any answer. There is a 20-character (140character for SMART

Response XE) limit on text answer questions.

Number, fraction, expression

Students use math symbols and numeric values to answer the question. There is a 30-character limit on expression answers.

Students can answer with

Std.

PE LE NBSE XE VE

Adding questions using the Insert Question wizard

With SMART Notebook software, you can ask your students questions and collect their answers.

g To add a question using the Insert Question wizard

1. Click the SMART Response icon in the Windows notification area or Mac menu bar, and then select Open Notebook Software.

A blank SMART Notebook page appears.

2. Click Insert Question on the toolbar.

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If Insert Question isn't on the toolbar, you can right-click the toolbar and add it.

The Insert Question wizard appears.

3. Click the thumbnail of the question type you want to add, and then click Next.

4. Type the question in the text box.

5. If you use tags to create categories in your reports, type them in the Tags box using the examples, and then click Next.

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6. For yes or no and true or false questions, select the correct answer or the Opinion option.

For multiple choice questions, select the number of answers, type the answers in the text boxes, click Next, and then select the correct answers or the Opinion option.

7. Type the number of points the student receives for a correct answer.

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The value can be a whole or decimal number.

8. If you want to create more questions, click Insert Another, and then repeat steps 2 to 7.

9. Click Finish.

10. Optionally, use SMART Notebook's tools to add images or Adobe Flash Player compatible files from the Gallery.

Importing questions from a Word document

I M P O R T A N T

This feature is available only with SMART Response software for Windows computers.

When you import questions from a Microsoft Word document, SMART Response's conversion utility uses a variety of techniques to identify which paragraphs are questions, which are possible answers and what type of question to create. Its most basic technique is to interpret the numbering of the paragraphs. The software also searches for key words when parsing the paragraphs. The software

then converts the paragraphs into SMART Notebook assessment pages. See Example Word

document question formats on next page for more information.

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SMART Response is unable to provide the correct answers to imported questions.

g To import questions from a Word document

1. Click the SMART Response icon

Notebook Software.

in the Windows notification area, and then select Open

A blank SMART Notebook page appears.

2. Select Response > Import Question From > Microsoft Word.

The Open dialog box appears.

3. Browse to and select the Word document, and then click Open.

A progress bar appears and closes when the conversion is complete.

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4. In the Page Sorter tab, select the thumbnail for the title page.

5. Optionally, edit and customize the title page and description.

6. In the Page Sorter tab, select the thumbnail for the first question page and check it carefully to verify that the conversion process was successful.

7. Repeat step 6 for all questions in the assessment.

After importing the questions, see Setting answers for imported questions on page 50.

Example Word document question formats

The following list of questions is an example of how to format your Word document before importing it into SMART Response.

1. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the majority of poor children live in: a. urban areas b. suburban areas c. rural areas

2. Can you fill a 10 L aquarium with five 2 L pitchers of water?

Yes

3. True or false: Half of all even whole numbers are divisible by 4.

True

False

4. Which Native American group lived in the highlighted area on the map?

a. Kwakiutl b. Sioux c. Iroquois

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Ensure that you format the questions in your Word document like the ones in these examples before you import the file. In most cases, the import utility ignores headers and footers in the Word document.

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Importing questions from an XML or SQZ file

SMART Response includes an import feature for converting questions from ExamView format XML files or SMART Sync™ classroom management software SQZ files into question sets. SMART

Response uses the tags in the XML and SQZ files to extract questions, answers and correct responses, and then converts the information into assessment pages.

I M P O R T A N T

You must have or create an ExamView formatted XML text file or a SMART Sync software SQZ file before you can perform this procedure. Binary ExamView formatted files are not supported.

g To import questions from an XML or SQZ file

1. Click the SMART Response icon then select Open Notebook Software.

in the Windows notification area or Mac menu bar, and

A blank SMART Notebook page appears.

2. Select Response > Import Question From > XML.

The Open dialog box appears.

3. Browse to and select an XML or SQZ file, and then click Open.

A progress bar appears, followed by the title page for the new question set.

4. In the Page Sorter tab, select the thumbnail for the first question page.

5. Add a title page to the assessment, and then customize the page and description as desired.

6. Edit and customize the first question page as desired.

Check the question carefully, including the correct answer (see below), to verify that the conversion process was successful.

7. Repeat step 6 for all questions in the set.

8. Click Save

A Save As dialog box appears.

9. Browse to a folder, type a name for the file, and then click Save.

After importing the questions, see Setting answers for imported questions on page 50

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Importing questions from a PDF file

I M P O R T A N T

This feature is available only with SMART Response for Mac computers.

When you import questions from a PDF file, the SMART Response conversion utility interprets the numbering of the paragraphs. The software also recognizes key words when parsing the paragraphs.

The software then converts the paragraphs into SMART Notebook assessment pages.

I M P O R T A N T

Ensure that you format the questions in your PDF file like the ones in PDF document formatting below before you begin this procedure.

g To import questions from a PDF file

1. Click the SMART Response

Software.

icon in the Mac menu bar, and then select Open Notebook

A blank SMART Notebook page appears.

2. Select Response > Import Question From > PDF File.

The Open dialog box appears.

3. Browse to and select the PDF file, and then click Open.

A progress bar appears and closes when the conversion is complete.

4. In the Page Sorter tab, select the thumbnail of the title page.

5. Edit and customize the title page and description.

6. Edit and customize the first question page.

7. Check the question carefully to verify that the conversion process was successful.

8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for all questions in the assessment.

After importing the questions, see Setting answers for imported questions on page 50

PDF document formatting

The text below shows examples of multiple choice questions formatted so that SMART Response software can easily convert them to question pages.

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1. How is the boy involved in the dog’s care?

a. He feeds the dog twice a day.

b. He walks the dog once a day.

c. He cleans up the dog’s messes.

d. He gives the dog a lot of affection.

2. What percentage of the U.S. Government budget goes to welfare and Social Security?

a. 25% to welfare and 25% to Social Security b. less than 1% to welfare and 20% to Social Security c. 20% to welfare and 1% to Social Security d. less than 1% to welfare and less than 1% to Social Security

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You can import only multiple choice questions.

You should remove headers and footers from your PDF file because the import utility will attempt to convert them into questions.

Introduction, background or source information not related to questions should be on separate pages.

Text and graphics that the import utility can't convert into questions are imported to a

SMART Notebook page as a graphic.

Importing questions from ExamView HTML

You can import ExamView 5.2.0 and 6.2.1 HTML question files into a SMART Response

assessment. See Exporting ExamView tests on next page for information about exporting HTML

question files from ExamView.

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SMART Response is unable to provide the correct answers to imported questions.

g To import questions from an ExamView HTML file

1. Click the SMART Response icon then select Open Notebook Software.

in the Windows notification area or Mac menu bar, and

A blank SMART Notebook page appears.

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2. Select Response > Import Question From > ExamView HTML.

The Open dialog box appears.

3. Browse to and select the HTML file, and then click Open.

A progress bar appears and closes when the conversion is complete.

4. In the Page Sorter tab, select the thumbnail for the title page.

5. Optionally, edit and customize the title page and description.

6. In the Page Sorter tab, select the thumbnail for the first question page and check it carefully to verify that the conversion process was successful.

See About ExamView HTML question importing on next page for information about how

ExamView questions are converted to SMART Response questions.

7. Repeat step 6 for all questions in the assessment.

After importing the questions, see Setting answers for imported questions on page 50.

Exporting ExamView tests

You can export ExamView 5.2.0 and ExamView 6.2.1 online tests as HTML documents.

g To export an HTML test document from ExamView 5.2.0

1. In ExamView Test Generator 5.2.0, select File > Publish Online Test.

The Publish Online Test dialog box appears.

2. In Step 1, type a title for the assessment.

3. In Step 2, select the Save test as an HTML document to your hard drive option, and then click Next.

4. In Step 3, select the Publish a study guide option, and then click Next.

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You can also select the Show Rational, Show Feedback and Show Reference options.

SMART Response converts any notes in the rational, feedback and reference boxes to

SMART Notebook notes.

5. Type a file name for the HTML file, and then click OK.

ExamView creates the HTML file and a _files folder containing all the image files used in the test.

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Using SMART Response g To export an HTML test document from ExamView 6.2.1

1. In ExamView Test Generator 6.2.1, select File > Export to HTML.

The Export to HTML dialog box appears.

2. Type a title for the assessment, select the Export as study guide option, and then click OK.

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You can also select the Show Rational, Show Feedback and Show Reference options.

SMART Response converts any notes in the rational, feedback and reference boxes to

SMART Notebook notes.

3. Type a file name for the HTML file, and then click OK.

ExamView creates the HTML file.

About ExamView HTML question importing

The following table shows how SMART Response imports ExamView HTML question files.

ExamView question type Imports as this SMART Response question type

True or false

Modified true or false

This is a two-part question: if the answer is false, the student modifies the question to make it true.

Multiple choice

True or false

Multiple answer

Multiple choice

Choice labels are imported in uppercase letters. Custom choice labels aren't imported.

Multiple answer

Choice labels are imported in uppercase letters. Custom choice labels aren't imported.

Yes or no Yes or no

Numeric response

Short answer or text answer

Matching

If the original answer is a decimal or fraction value, then it imports as a Numeric, decimal, fraction question.

If the original answer is a math expression, then it imports as an

Opinion Numeric, fraction, expression question.

Text answer

Only the first 20 characters of the answer are imported.

Content page

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ExamView question type

Problem

Essay

Case

Other

Imports as this SMART Response question type

Text answer

Only the first 20 characters of the answer are imported.

Text answer

Only the first 20 characters of the answer are imported.

Text answer

Only the first 20 characters of the answer are imported.

Text answer

Only the first 20 characters of the answer are imported.

Setting answers for imported questions

After importing questions, you can set or change the answers to your assessment's questions.

g To set the answers for imported questions

1. In the Page Sorter tab, select the thumbnail for the first question page.

2. Select Response > Set All Answers.

The Set All Answers dialog box appears.

3. Type or select the correct answers from the options for all questions, and then click Done.

4. Click Save

A Save As dialog box appears.

5. Browse to a folder, type a file name, and then click Save.

You can run the question set on this computer or copy the SMART Notebook file to any computer that has SMART Response installed.

Adding choices to a question

After you create a question, you can add choices to it.

g To add a choice to a question

1. Click the Page Sorter tab.

2. Select the thumbnail of the question page you want to add a choice to.

3. Select Response > Add Choice.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

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5. If you have to change the correct answer for the question, select Response > Set All

Answers, and then make the changes.

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Tagging questions

Using the Insert Question wizard, you can add tags to the questions you create in SMART Notebook assessments. You can also add or change the tags to questions after you finish creating an assessment.

You can use tags to identify groups or categories of questions. SMART Response software uses the tags to sort responses to questions when you generate Student Performance and Class Performance reports. For example, if you assign the tags "Difficult" and "Easy" to the questions, SMART

Response software creates a chart in the report for questions with "Difficult" and "Easy" tags.

You can assign multiple tags to a question by separating the tags with a semicolon (;), for example,

"Science;Nature" and "Science;Astronomy". SMART Response then generates one chart with three bars for "Science", "Nature" and "Astronomy".

You can also create tag subcategories by separating the tags with a colon (:), for example,

"Science:Basic" and "Science:Advanced". In this case, SMART Response software generates a single report section for "Science" showing data grouped into "Basic" and "Advanced" subsections.

g To add or change tags in existing questions

1. Click the SMART Response icon then select Open Notebook Software.

in the Windows notification area or Mac menu bar, and

A blank SMART Notebook page appears.

2. Select File > Open, and then select your assessment file.

The SMART Notebook file appears displaying the title page.

3. Select the thumbnail for the question page you want to add tags to.

The question page appears.

4. Click the SMART Response tab, and then select the Properties tab.

5. If the Tags box isn't visible, click Show beside the Answer Key heading.

6. Type your tags in theTags box. When you finish, click on the page.

7. Press Page Up or Page Down to select other questions as required, and then repeat step 6.

8. Save your assessment.

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Starting and connecting to a class

To use SMART Response interactive response system in your classroom, you must start a class and allow students to connect to it. You can monitor the student connections during the class and disconnect them when the class is done.

Before class begins

Safety tips for teachers

When using SMART Response with a SMART Board interactive whiteboard and a projector: l

Tell students not to look directly at the light beam from the projector. Instead, encourage them to keep their back to the projector when working at the interactive whiteboard. Before they turn to face the class, they should take a big step (or two) sideways.

Make sure you don’t look directly into the light beam from the projector. Keep your back to the class when you write over a projected image. Step to the side of the interactive whiteboard before you turn to face the class.

Tell your students not to touch the projector, because it can become extremely hot during normal operation.

Don’t use a chair to increase a student’s reach. If your students can’t reach the top of the interactive whiteboard, lower it. You may need to remount a wall-mounted unit to a lower position. If your interactive whiteboard is mounted on a floor stand, lower it with the help of another adult.

Tell students not to run in the vicinity of the floor stand, because they could trip over the floor stand’s feet.

Starting a class

You can start a class in Sign In mode or Anonymous mode.

About Sign In and Anonymous modes

Before starting a class session, you must decide whether you want the system to operate in Sign In mode or Anonymous mode. This table summarizes the characteristics of each mode.

Sign In mode

Teachers use a class list that identifies each student by name and ID number.

Teachers can control when students can sign in by locking a class.

Anonymous mode

Teachers can operate the system without a class list.

Teachers can't control when a student can sign into their class.

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Sign In mode

Under the teacher's control, students can see their own grades, but they can't see any other students' grades.

If the Remember names check box is selected, teachers can identify individual students as they connect to the class.

Teachers can use Gradebook to save and analyze student and class performance over time.

Teachers can generate student and class reports.

Teachers can see, export and print the total class grade.

Anonymous mode

Under the teacher's control, students can see their own grades, but they can't see any other students' grades.

Teachers can see how many students are connected.

Teachers are unable to save and analyze student and class performance over time.

Teachers can see, export and print total scores for each question.

Teachers can see, export and print each student's grade for each question and for the whole assessment.

Teachers are unable to generate student or class performance reports.

Teachers can see, export and print the total class grade.

Teachers can see, export and print total scores for each question.

Teachers are unable to identify student names or individual grades.

Teachers can review results during the assessment in the Response tab for the class as a whole and for individual students (if the

Remember names check box is selected).

Teachers can view results for the class as a whole during the assessment in the Response tab.

Starting a class in Sign In mode

When you use SMART Response interactive response system in Sign In mode, you can monitor each student’s responses and create reports on student and class performance. For more

information, see About Sign In and Anonymous modes on previous page.

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Before you can start a SMART Response interactive response system class and have students connect in Sign In mode, you must have a class list. If you don't have a class list, you can create or

import class lists. See Creating a class list on page 25.

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Before you can use SMART Response LE in Sign In mode, you must: l

assign clicker IDs to each student’s clicker. See Pairing student clickers on page 21.

create a class with a class list containing the clicker IDs. See Creating a class list in Teacher

Tools on page 26.

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In SMART Notebook software select Response > Start Class, and then select the class you want to start.

The receiver’s Ready light flashes and then turns solid green, and the receiver's Transmit light flashes green. You can now ask the students to connect to the class.

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You can also start a class in Teacher Tools.

Starting a class in Anonymous mode

You don't need a class list to operate SMART Response in Anonymous mode. See About Sign In and

Anonymous modes on page 52 for more information.

g To start a class in Anonymous mode

In SMART Notebook software select Response > Start Class, and then select Anonymous Mode.

The receiver’s Ready light flashes and then turns solid green, and the receiver's Transmit light flashes green. You can now ask the students to connect to the class.

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You can start a class and the assessment at the same time in SMART Notebook software by selecting Response > Start Assessment.

If you don't have a class list, the class starts in Anonymous mode. If you do have a class list, a list of classes appears where you can select Anonymous mode.

You can also start a class in Teacher Tools.

If the students are already signed in to a class, when you select Anonymous Mode, the clickers switch to Anonymous mode.

If the students are connected in Anonymous mode, and you start a class that requires signin, the students are signed off and then asked to sign in.

Connecting clickers to the class

After you start a class, you can tell your students to connect to the class.

How the students connect to the class depends on SMART Response software's current mode. In addition, you can prevent students and clickers from signing in.

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Connecting in Anonymous mode

You must start a class in Anonymous mode before your students connect their clickers. See Starting

a class in Anonymous mode on previous page.

When the “SMART Response is ready to use” balloon message appears, tell your students to follow this procedure.

g To connect in Anonymous mode

Ask the students to press their clicker's Power button for one second.

A "Hello" message appears on the clicker display.

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If you selected the Lock Sign In option, the student sees a “Fail to login” message. If this occurs, unlock Sign In, and then tell the students to reconnect.

When all of your students are connected, you can start asking questions. Refer to Creating

assessments on page 37 for information about using SMART Notebook software to ask

questions and create assessments.

Connecting in Sign In mode

You must start a class in Sign In mode before your students connect their clickers. See Starting a

class in Sign In mode on page 53.

After you start a class, ask your students to follow these steps.

g To connect in Sign In mode

Ask the students to press their clicker's Power button for one second.

A "Hello" message appears on the clicker display.

When all of your students are connected, you can start asking questions. Refer to Creating

assessments on page 37 for information about using SMART Notebook software to ask questions

and create assessments.

Locking sign-in

You can block students from signing in to your class. Select the Lock Sign In button to block students from signing in before you're ready or to block late students from signing in. When you start a class, sign-in is unlocked by default. If you stop and restart SMART Response or open a new class list, sign-in is unlocked.

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Sign-in locking is available only in Sign In mode.

g To block students from signing in

1. Start Teacher Tools. See Starting Teacher Tools on page 23.

Teacher Tools appears.

2. If a class isn't already started, select a class in the Gradebook area, and then click Start

Class.

3. Click Lock Sign In.

Students are unable to sign in.

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If students disconnect from your class when sign-in is locked, they're unable to sign in again until you click Unlock Sign In.

Monitoring clickers

You can use Teacher Tools to check the status of each clicker. You can see if a clicker is logged on or if it's in Anonymous mode. If the clicker is logged on, you can also see the student's name. You can see each clicker's hardware ID (MAC address) and identify which logged-on student is using it.

The display shows the signal strength of each clicker, as measured by the receiver. If the signal level is low for one or more clickers, and they are having communication problems, you can reposition the receiver or remove signal path obstructions.

g To monitor clickers

1. Start a class and have your students connect their clickers.

The SMART Response receiver indicator lights are green.

2. Start Teacher Tools. See Starting Teacher Tools on page 23.

Teacher Tools appears.

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3. Click the Devices button in the left column.

The Devices window appears and displays a "Your SMART Response receiver is connected and working" message. The receiver name appears below the Devices button.

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If a "Your SMART Response receiver is not connected" message appears, the SMART

Response receiver isn't connected or isn't working properly. Check the receiver connections or repeat the receiver installation.

4. Click My Receiver, and then click the Clickers tab at the top of the window.

The Clickers window appears and displays a table of all connected clickers. Each row of the table shows one clicker's signal strength, battery condition, student name and hardware ID

(MAC address).

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If students' clickers are connected anonymously, the Student Name field displays

Anonymous.

Disconnecting students from a class

You can disconnect the students from a class in three ways.

Disconnecting all students

You can disconnect all students simultaneously.

g To disconnect all students by stopping the class

In SMART Notebook select Response > Stop Class.

All student clickers disconnect.

A message appears on the clickers indicating that the class is over and that the clickers are turning off. The Transmit and Receive lights on the receiver turn off and the Ready light turns red.

Disconnecting individual clickers using Teacher Tools

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This option is available only if the students are connected to a class in Sign In mode.

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1. Start Teacher Tools. See Starting Teacher Tools on page 23.

Teacher Tools appears.

2. Select the active class in the Gradebook area.

3. Click the Students tab.

4. Select the row of the student you want to disconnect.

The Properties window appears below the student list table.

Click Disconnect Clicker at the top-right of the window.

The Log Off Student dialog box appears.

6. Click OK to disconnect the student.

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The student can log back on immediately.

If you don't want the student to be able log on for a while, select Also ban this student for, select the number of minutes, and then click OK.

Students disconnecting manually

Students can disconnect their clickers by pressing the Power button for one to two seconds.

If signed-in students turn off their clickers when a question set is started, they can turn on the clickers, sign in with the same ID and join the assessment in progress without losing any previous answers. If students are connected anonymously, they lose any previous answers when they reconnect.

If students connect to the wrong class, ask them to log off by pressing the Menu button,selecting

Sign out and then pressing the Enter button.

They can then connect and sign in to the correct class without turning off their clickers.

Using clickers

After students connect their clickers to your class, they can use their clickers to complete assessments.

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About Response LE clicker buttons

The students use only the Power, selection and answer buttons. The other buttons are for Teacher mode.

Clicker Buttons

Clicker Button

Power

Selection

Enter

Ask Question

Answer

Description

Press for one second to turn on the clicker. Press for one to two seconds to turn off the clicker.

Scroll up and down option lists.

Make or confirm a selection.

Displays the clicker ID.

Press with the Power button to open the clicker menu in Teacher mode.

See Using the Teacher mode menu below.

Five colored buttons with geometric shapes to answer questions.

Using the Teacher mode menu

You can press the Home button by itself without any effect. You must press the Power and Home buttons simultaneously to put the clicker into Teacher mode.

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Use the Enter button to make your selections. You can use the Home button to return to the primary menu.

The following options are available in the Teacher mode menu:

Option

Scan &

Pick

Description

Pair the clicker with your receiver during setup.

Show Rcv

PID

Display the current Pan ID.

Clicker ID Set the Clicker ID.

Contrast Lightens or darkens the clicker’s LCD display. Use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the contrast.

Device Info Display the clicker’s MAC address and firmware version.

Restore

Default

Restore the clicker’s factory default settings.

Exit Exit Teacher mode to connect to the class.

Completing assessments

After you create an assessment, you can start it in SMART Response. Students then complete the assessment using their clickers. During the assessment, you can view results.

Starting an assessment

When you use SMART Notebook software to ask questions, SMART Response uses the options you set in Teacher Tools to control how students interact with the teacher. Before starting a SMART

Response assessment, check that the receiver is connected and ready. If you don’t have a SMART

Notebook assessment file, you must create one. See Creating an assessment on page 37 for more

information.

g To open and set assessment options

1. Click the SMART Response icon in the Windows notification area or Mac menu bar, and then select Open Notebook Software.

A blank SMART Notebook page appears.

2. Select File > Open.

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3. Select the SMART Notebook file containing your questions, and then click Open.

The assessment file's title page appears.

4. Click the Response tab, and then click Properties if it isn't already selected.

5. Select the Remember names check box to display student names in the Response tab during the assessment.

Clear the Remember names check box to hide student names in the Response tab during the assessment.

N O T E S o Select the Remember names check box if you want to identify students when reviewing results during the assessment.

o Clear the Remember names check box if you want to display the SMART Notebook file on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard during the assessment but don't want students to see each other's results. (You can review, print and export the results after the assessment even if you clear the Remember names check box.)

6. From the Show results to students drop-down list, select one of the following options:

Feedback option

After you stop collecting responses

After all questions are answered

After each question is answered

Don't show grades on clickers

Description

The students can see how they answered and see their grade after you click Stop.

If you select this option, you can also choose to show the correct answers with grades and show class average.

The students can see how they answered and see their grade after they finish answering all questions.

If you select this option, you can also choose to show the correct answers with grades and show class average.

The students can see how they answered each question and see their grade after they finish answering all questions.

If you select this option, you can also choose to show the correct answers with grades and show class average.

The students can't see how they answered or their grades.

g To start an assessment and ask questions

1. If you haven't started a class, start it now.

2. If the students haven't connected to the class, have them do so now.

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3. Select Response > Start Assessment.

The Response tab opens with the Progress button selected.

If you’re projecting the questions on a screen, you can control the students’ progress by selecting each question page in turn.

4. Use the menu bar Forward

OR or Back buttons to open a question page.

Click the Page Sorter tab, and then select the thumbnail of a question page.

5. Select Response > Start Question.

The Response tab opens with the Progress button selected.

6. Ask your students to press a button on their clickers to answer the question.

7. When the “All the students have answered” message appears in the Response tab, select

Response > Stop Question.

A chart showing your students’ results and several options appears in the Response tab.

Select the options you want.

8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 for each question in your assessment.

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You must stop the current question before you can ask another question.

9. Click Response > Stop Assessment in the menu bar to end the session.

10. If you chose to show results to students, select Response > End Review Mode when the students are done reviewing their results.

11. Click Save to save the results.

Collecting question responses

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Make sure that you start your class and that all the students are connected before you ask questions.

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1. Select Response > Start Assessment.

If you haven’t started a class, a message appears asking you to select a class. Select a class, and then click Start Class.

A message appears on the clickers asking the students to respond.

2. After all students answer the questions, select Response > Stop Assessment.

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SMART Notebook software stores the results in your document. Remember to save your document after collecting responses.

3. If you want to save the questions as a SMART Notebook file, select File > Save (or Save As).

A Save As dialog box appears.

4. Browse to a destination folder, type a file name, and then click Save.

Reviewing results after an assessment

You can use SMART Response to collect and display results instantly after you run an assessment.

You can use assessments as an interactive learning tool and a way to give students continual feedback about what they're learning.

g To display instant class assessment results

1. After all students answer the questions, return to the assessment's title page.

2. Click SMART Notebook's Response tab if it isn't already open.

3. Select Progress > Stop this assessment.

The Progress button changes to Results. A summary of the class's performance appears, including a chart showing the class's responses to each question.

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4. If you want to view more detailed class results, click Show beside Details.

A list of students, their grades and the duration of the assessment appears.

N O T E S o Use discretion when displaying sensitive grade information to all class members. If you started the class in Sign In mode, consider clearing the Remember names check box before you start the assessment to hide student names in the Response tab. (You can later review, print and export the results in Teacher Tools.) o If you started the class in Anonymous mode or cleared the Remember names check box before you start the assessment, student names display as Anonymous-1,

Anonymous-2, and so on.

g To display instant results for each question

1. After all students answer the questions, return to the assessment's title page.

2. Click SMART Notebook's Response tab if it isn't already open.

3. Select Progress > Stop this assessment.

The Progress button changes to Results. A chart representing the class's performance appears.

4. Click the Page Sorter tab, and then select the question.

5. Click the Response tab.

6. Click Results.

A summary of the class's responses to the question appears, including a chart showing the number of responses to each possible answer.

T I P S o You can change the type of chart displayed by selecting Show bar chart or Show pie

chart.

o You can insert the chart into the question page by clicking Insert chart into

Notebook.

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7. Click Show beside Details.

A list showing each student's submitted response appears, including the time it took to respond.

Anonymous-2, and so on.

Previewing results during an assessment

You can use SMART Response to display results instantly while you run an assessment. You can use assessments as an interactive learning tool and a way to give students continual feedback about what they're learning.

I M P O R T A N T

You must have two or more students participating in your assessment to use this feature.

g To preview class assessment results

1. Start your assessment, if it isn't already running.

2. Using the Page sorter, or the left and right arrows, display the question.

3. Click SMART Notebook's Response tab, and then select the Progress button.

4. Click Show beside Results Preview.

A chart showing the class's current responses to the question appears.

N O T E S o The chart changes as students answer the question, and changes as students change their answers.

o Select the assessment's title page to preview a summary of the progress of all the assessment's questions. You can use this chart to see how much of the assessment their class has completed.

Chapter 4

Using SMART Response

About SMART Notebook

SMART Notebook with SMART Response

Setting SMART Response preferences in SMART Notebook

Creating assessments

Creating an assessment

Adding content pages to the assessment

Defining feedback options

Adding questions to the assessment

About question types

Adding questions using the Insert Question wizard

Importing questions from a Word document

Example Word document question formats

Importing questions from an XML or SQZ file

Importing questions from a PDF file

PDF document formatting

Importing questions from ExamView HTML

Exporting ExamView tests

About ExamView HTML question importing

Setting answers for imported questions

Adding choices to a question

Tagging questions

Starting and connecting to a class

Before class begins

Starting a class

Connecting clickers to the class

Monitoring clickers

Disconnecting students from a class

Disconnecting all students

Disconnecting individual clickers using Teacher Tools

Students disconnecting manually

Using clickers

About Response LE clicker buttons

Using the Teacher mode menu

Completing assessments

Starting an assessment

Collecting question responses

Reviewing results after an assessment

Previewing results during an assessment

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