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User Manual
R ESPONDER
NEO 2 includes a Responder SmartApplet that lets you use your NEO 2
laptop like a classroom response system or “clicker.” Students can use NEO 2
to complete assignments for Accelerated Math RP and AccelTest software.
You can also use NEO 2 with the 2Know! Toolbar.
Important: You can’t use NEO 2 with more than one program at a time. If
you have both AccelTest and Accelerated Math RP, or if you have the 2Know!
Toolbar and one of these programs, you should only have one of the three
programs open at a time.
Preparing to Use NEO 2 with AccelTest, Accelerated
Math RP, or the 2Know! Toolbar
Make sure you have done the following before you use NEO 2 with any of
these programs:
• Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer and assign a unique
name to the Receiver as described in the NEO 2 Quick Guide.
• If you want to use NEO 2 with Accelerated Reader and you have not already
installed AccelTest, the 2Know! Toolbar, or the Renaissance Responder
program, install AlphaSmart Manager on your computer using the
AlphaSmart Manager CD or the file you downloaded (for instructions, see
the AlphaSmart Manager 2 User Manual). This is necessary because
AlphaSmart Manager updates the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility,
which helps NEO 2 communicate with the Accelerated Reader RP software.
Using NEO 2 to Complete AccelTest Assignments
If you ordered a SmartOption Mobile Lab, you received AccelTest software
with your NEO 2 laptops. When you choose “Responder” as the scoring
method for assignments in AccelTest, students can use their NEO 2 laptops to
complete assignments instead of using Responders. If you choose “NEO 2
Only” as the scoring method, students may only use NEO 2 laptops. Students
can use NEO 2 to complete in-class assignments, but not homework.
NEO 2 does not
support the
homework and
notes features in AccelTest,
though you can use those
features with Renaissance
Responders. Also, NEO 2
laptops do not support
assigned owners.