SMART Response
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Overview of Clickers
Anonymous Mode
A quick way to check for understanding following instruction is to create an instant assessment in Anonymous mode.
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- Complete instruction and then prepare in the anonymous mode to check for understanding.
- Pose questions verbally or in written form. (Suggested: Prepare a set check for understanding questions prior to instruction.)
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Name the Receiver
Use Smart Notebook from your Presentation Cart.
- 1. Click Start > All Programs > Smart Technologies >Smart Tools > Response Teacher Tools.
- 2. You will see Welcome to Teacher Tools
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- 3. Fill in the the information as shown but when you name your Classroom name, be sure you use something that will identify you to your students (nothing more than 8 characters). You will add classes under your Classroom Name later. This step actually names your Response Receiver.
- 4. Click Save to the presentation cart’s desktop.
Start Anonymous Mode
- 1. Open SMART Notebook 10.
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- 2. Click yes if this window appears.
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- 3. Start the class by clicking Response on the menu bar > Start Class > Anonymous mode.
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- 4. Have students power up their clickers and join the designated class. If necessary, they may have to click Find a class. (Remember to press the arrows to move up or down and then press Enter to select.)
- 5. Click the SMART Response icon on the left tab.
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- 6. Click on the question type you want to use.
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- 7. It will ask if you want to insert this on the same page or a new page. Choose This page. (When you are ready for a new question, you will click the blue arrow at the top of Smart Notebook to go to a new page.)
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- 8. Students should enter the answer to the question on their clicker & press Enter to submit the answer.
- 9. Click Stop this Question
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- 10. On the left side of the screen to the right of the Who isn't finished? click Show.
- 11. On the left side of the screen to the right of the Results preview, click Show.
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- 12. The question results can be viewed as either a bar or pie graph.
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- 13. If desired, click Insert Chart into Notebook.
- 14. Under the menu bar, click the dark blue arrow pointing to the right to move to another page for a different instant question. (Remember to click Stop this question before moving to a different page.)
- 15. Repeat steps 8 – 13 for as many questions as needed.
- 16. To end the assessment, click Response on the menu bar > choose Stop Class. This will also turn off the student clickers.
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To Save Results as a PDF File
- 1. Go to File to Print.
- 2. On the right, select Results.
- 3. In the center, select the Printer Setup tab.
- 4. Choose Primo PDF as the printer.
- 5. On the right, click Print.
Create Classes
Export Classes from Skyward
- 1. Create a folder in your H: drive and label it Smart Response Files
- 2. Log in to Skyward Gradebook.
- 3. Select your first class
- 4. Make sure name and ID are displayed.
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- If not go to Display Options button and click Student Display.
- In the display options section, make sure there is a check by student ID.
- Click the Save button
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- 5. Click the tan export button in the top right.
- 6. In the dialogue window, click Open the Export file then click Open.
- 7. You are now looking at an Excel spreadsheet with names and IDs.
- 8. Select rows 1 and 2 and delete .
- 9. Select the ID column, right click and cut.
- 10. Select Column A, right click and insert cut cells.
- 11. Delete all columns that do not contain ID and Names. (Select the column, right click and Delete.)
- 12. Look at the very bottom of the spreadsheet. There may be statements that say max score, avg score etc. Delete those rows.
- 13. File >Save as> navigate to a folder in H drive named Smart Response Files. Open the folder> name file by period. (Alg2_1) Click save.
- 14. Close Excel document. If it asks you to save again say no.
- 15. Go back to your gradebook. A dialogue box remained open that says “Export file open. You may close this file.” You can click on the close link or the red x.
- 16. Repeat this process for each class period.
Name the Receiver
If you have not already done so, name the receiver. Use Smart Notebook from your Presentation Cart.
- 1. Click Start > All Programs > Smart Technologies >Smart Tools > Response Teacher Tools.
- 2. You will see Welcome to Teacher Tools
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- 3. Fill in the the information as shown but when you name your Classroom name, be sure you use something that will identify you to your students (nothing more than 8 characters). This step actually names your Response Receiver.
- 4. Click Save to the presentation cart’s desktop.
