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R ESPONDER
Using NEO 2 with the 2Know! Toolbar
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11. When all students have finished their assignments, the teacher can click
End Session in the Renaissance Responder program and close the
program.
Using NEO 2 with the 2Know! Toolbar
If you have your Renaissance Receiver connected and you’ve installed
AlphaSmart Manager, you can also use NEO 2 with the 2Know! Toolbar.
Participants can use NEO 2 to respond to questions. Teachers or session
leaders can use it to control the toolbar program as they would use a teacher
Responder. For more information about using the 2Know! Toolbar, click the
Options button in the program and choose Getting Started.
How Participants Respond to 2Know! Toolbar Questions Using NEO 2
Participants follow these steps to respond to questions from the 2Know!
Toolbar:
1. Press on/off to turn NEO 2 on.
2. Press applets.
3. Make sure the cursor is next to Responder; then, press enter.
4. NEO 2 will attempt to join the session. If you have connected to a
Renaissance Receiver before, it will ask if you want to stay connected to
it; press Y for yes or N for no. Then, press enter.
If you haven’t connected to a Renaissance Receiver before, NEO 2 will
show you a list of networks (Renaissance Receivers). Use the arrow keys
to highlight the one you want to connect to; then, press enter.
5. Enter your response to each question:
• For multiple-choice questions, type the letter for the answer you want
to choose and press enter.
• For true/false questions, type T for true or F for false and press enter.
• For questions that require a number for an answer, type the number
and press enter.
• For “pulse” questions, you can enter Y, T, or G for yes/true/green, and
you can enter N, F, or R for no/false/red; then, press enter.
• For short-answer questions, type the answer and press enter.
The teacher will let you know when you can send your answer to each
question.
To help students
answer multiple-
choice, true/false, or
pulse questions, you can
press ctrl-caps lock or cmd-
caps lock on NEO 2 to put
the Responder SmartApplet
in “bubble mode.” In this
mode, when students type
A–E, T, F, Y, N, R, or G,
answer bubbles appear
(similar to the ones on
Responders) to help students
see the available choices. The
SmartApplet goes back to the
standard text mode when you
press ctrl-caps lock or cmd-
caps lock again, exit the
SmartApplet, or shut off the
NEO 2.