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How Faronics Insight Works
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Faronics Insight User Guide
How Faronics Insight Works
Faronics Insight works by enabling a teacher to see all student computers within a
computer-based classroom.
It uses teacher "channels" to ensure that all the computers in that classroom are visible; much like
a TV channel enables different TVs to see the same program. Faronics Insight has 16,000 teacher
channels from which to choose, which means that you can have as many as 16,000 different
classrooms using Faronics Insight at any given time.
The best way to set up Faronics Insight in a lab, classroom or wireless laptop cart is for each
classroom or room to have its own teacher channel. This setup enables all of the computers in the
same classroom to interact with each other and the teacher to manage the entire room.
If Faronics Insight is going to be used in a 1:1 environment, where every student has a notebook
there are two options:
1. The recommended option is for teachers to create a Class List and then automatically bring
those students into class.
2. Another option is to have the students join the teacher’s channel. In this mode, the teacher can
monitor students as they join and/or leave the class. The teacher can also compare the current
list of students in the class against a previously saved class list.
Most schools choose the first option because it allows them to start the class more quickly than the
second option. If you decide to use Class Lists, there are three ways to implement this.
Implementing Class Lists
For each of the three Class List methods, determine your channel assignment first.
1. Setup all student computers with a default "home" channel which is not used by any teachers.
For instance, in a middle school you could assign the 7th graders to channel 7, 8th graders to
channel 8, and 9th graders to channel 9. Alternately you could assign a single channel to the
entire student body.
2. Setup each teacher on their own unique channel. Using the teacher’s class room number works
well for many schools.
3. Install the student computers with the default option not to change channels.
4. Create a Class List by one of the three methods below. These lists can be created based on
either the student Login Name, their Machine Name, or in Windows you can choose to use
their Active Directory (AD) Name.
5. In the Teacher console, load the appropriate Class List. This will "pull" students from their
home channel temporarily to the channel the teacher is on.
6. Dismiss the class. When the current class is dismissed, all students in that group will be
assigned back to their home channel. Forgetting to actively dismiss the class is not a problem
however, as another teacher will be able to pull students to their channel when loading their
own Class List.
Create a Class List manually
1. From the Administer menu select One to One and then Manage Class Lists.
2. Determine how you would like to select students and choose the appropriate radio button.
You may choose to find students by one of the following methods: