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58 | CHAPTER 8 – USING SMART RESPONSE SOFTWARE IN THE CLASSROOM
Starting an Assessment
When you use SMART Notebook software to ask questions, SMART Response
software uses the options you set in Teacher Tools to control how students use their
clickers. Before starting a SMART Response assessment, check that the receiver is
connected and ready. If you don’t have an assessment .notebook file, you must create
one.
To open and start
an assessment
1. Click the SMART Response icon in the Windows notification area or Mac menu
bar, and then select Open Notebook Software below the Ask Questions
heading.
A blank SMART Notebook page appears.
2. Select File > Open.
3. Select the SMART Notebook file with your questions, and then click Open.
The assessment file’s title page appears.
4. Select the Response tab, and then click the Properties button, if it isn’t already
selected.
5. If you don’t want SMART Notebook to collect student results, clear the
Remember Names option.
6. From the Show grades to students drop-down list, select one of the options:
7. If the students haven’t connected their clickers, have them do so now.
8. Click Start this assessment now.
If you’re projecting the questions on a screen, you can control the students’
progress by selecting each question page in turn. If you provided printed student
handouts, they can control their own pace.
Option Description
After you stop collecting
responses
The clicker shows how the students answered after
you click the Stop button. Grades display after you
click the Stop button.
After all questions are
answered
The clicker shows how the students answered, and
displays their grades after they finish answering all
questions.
After each question is
answered
The clicker shows how the students answered each
question, and displays their grades after they finish
answering all questions.
Don’t show grades on clickers The clickers don’t show results or grades.