Using the insight toolbar – Faronics Insight Teacher User Manual

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Implicit All Selection

If no students are selected, there is an implied all selection when activating key features like Blank

Screens or Show Teacher. If no students are selected and the teacher clicks the blank screens toolbar

button, all of the student screens are blanked.

Refresh Screen

Pressing F5 or the menu item View followed by Refresh will refresh the console list by initiating a

discovery of student computers.

Sorting

By default, the detail view is sorted alphabetically by the Login Name column. Click on any of the other

column headings and the list will re-order alphabetically on the selected column.

Insight Taskbar Menu

A right-click on the Insight icon in the taskbar brings up a menu that contains the features most

teachers use every day.

Using the Insight Toolbar

Show Teacher’s Screen Full Screen or Windowed

Te teacher’s screen can be shown to all students on the same teacher channel.

Select between a full screen or a windowed show mode. In full screen mode, the

teacher’s screen takes over the entire student’s screen and disables each student’s

mouse and keyboard.

In Windowed mode, the teacher’s screen appears in a window on the student’s

machine. Te students can re size the window and follow along with the teacher.

Tis command is also available in the Demonstrate menu.

Show a Student’s Screen

To show a student’s screen to other students select that student and click the Show

Student button. While the button is enabled, the selected student controls their

machine and their screen will be shown to rest of the students in the class.

Tis command is also available in the Demonstrate menu.

Student Voting

Ask yes/no and multiple choice questions from the Insight console and view in real-

time how many students have responded and how they responded.

Tis command is also available in the Demonstrate menu.

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