User's Manual

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Chapter 3
Managing SMART Response
Teacher Tools is your primary tool for checking the receiver and clicker status,
evaluating student performance, selecting the mode of operation, managing class
lists, starting and stopping sessions and viewing historical information about students
and clickers.
NOTE
You can safely close Teacher Tools while clickers are connected and question
sets are running. Restart Teacher Tools at any time from the Windows notification
area or Mac menu bar, or by clicking Response > Teacher Tools in SMART
Notebook software. After restarting the software, Teacher Tools displays the
current connection mode, as well as the student and clicker status.
Checking the Receiver
If you’ve installed the receiver, you’re ready to start a class session. Check the
receiver’s communication status at any time using the following procedure.
To check the
receiver status
1. Click the SMART Response icon in the Windows notification area or Mac
menu bar.
A message appears below the Configure Hardware heading indicating how many
receivers are connected.
2. Click on your class’s name under the Configure Hardware heading.
Teacher Tools starts.
3. Click ...switch to Gradebook view if you aren’t already in Gradebook view.
NOTE
If you want Teacher Tools to open to the Gradebook view when you start the
software, select the Start here when you start Teacher Tools option in the
bottom-left corner of the window.