Installing Insight on Windows
Insight has two installation programs for Windows. teacher.msi student.msi
To install Insight you must run the appropriate.msi file on either the teacher or student computer. The install creates a C:\Program Files\Faronics\Insight folder on each computer and stores all files locally. Once the installation is complete, the student or teacher program will automatically start each time the computer is started. The teacher computer will display the Insight icon in the system tray at the bottom right corner of the computer screen. On student computers, a Insight student icon will appear in the system tray at the bottom right corner of the computer screen. If you place your cursor over the icon, it will tell you the teacher channel and the IP address of the student computer.
To install Insight on a Teacher computer
1. In My Computer, go to the Insight product download location and double-click teacher.msi. 2. Click Next. 3. Read the license agreement that appears, then click I Accept, then Next. 4. Type in a teacher channel number (1 to 16,000), then click Next. Remember to choose a unique number for each classroom. 5. If necessary, set any Advanced Options. Check the box "Check to configure advanced options" 6. Set any advanced options. Most of these options only apply to the teacher computer when it becomes a student computer. 7. Click Install. 8. Click Finish to complete the installation.
To install Insight on a Student computer
1. In My Computer, go to the Insight product download location and double-click student.msi. 2. Click Next. 3. Read the license agreement that appears, then click I Accept, then Next. 4. Type in a teacher channel number (1 to 16,000), then click Next. Remember to choose a unique number for each classroom. 5. If you'd like set any Advanced Options, Check the box "Check to configure advanced options" 6. Set any advanced options 7. Click Install 8. Click Finish to complete the installation.
Scripting or Mass Deploying Insight via MSI

NComputing U and L-Series
The L-Series platform allows up to 30 users to share a single host computer. The client hardware is attached to the host via a standard Ethernet infrastructure. Because of the similarity of the U and L-Series architecture to a standard terminal server, you should first copy the Insight files to the U or L-Series host computer with the TerminalServer.msi package. This is detailed in the above Terminal Sever instructions. However, before running the SetupTSClient.exe utility, each U or L-Series device requires an additional configuration step. The NComputing software running on the host will assign "Session Numbers" to the client devices in the order they attach to the host. Because of this randomness, Insight cannot tell which client device should be a "Teacher" computer and which are "Student" computers. To overcome the lack of "location identification" inherent in the L-Series, an extra step is required before Insight is installed: 1. Verify the existence of the file folder "C:\Program Files\Faronics\Insight" on the host computer. This was created when you ran the TerminalServer.msi package on the host. 2. Verify the existence of the LSeries.bat file in this folder. 3. Assign a unique "LSeries Location Number" to each L-Series client who will be running either Insight Student or Insight Teacher software. Assigning an LSeries Location Number 1. From the Host computer, run the NTC-2000-XP Console. Navigate to the UTMA/UTSA Devices folder. 2. Select a device and double-click it. The Device Overview dialog will appear. 3. Click the "Connection Settings" button to bring up the Device Properties dialog. 4. Select the desired Connection Profile and click the "Edit" button to edit the Connection Profile. 5. Click on the "Start the following program" button and specify the LSeries.bat program. Add a unique number for this device. Every device in the classroom should have a unique number. (i.e. LSeries.bat 27) 6. Also specify the folder to be "C:\Program Files\Faronics\Insight". Click OK when finished. You will have to also click OK on several other dialogs on your way back to the original UTMA/UTSA Device List. Once there, you can select another device and repeat the above procedure until all devices which attach to the host have been assigned a unique name. Once all L-Series devices have been assigned a unique name it's a good idea to reboot the Host to make sure that all L-Series devices will have to re-attach and will get their valid location number.
There is a utility in the Utilities folder of the Insight download called LSeriesLocation.exe. If you run that on an LSeries computer, it will report the "LSeries Location Number" setup in the above steps. It's a good way to make sure that a unique number really has been assigned to each LSeries device. Once a unique "LSeries Location Number" has been assigned to every LSeries device, it's time to configure the Insight Software. (If you are using X-Series devices, you do NOT need to assign any sort of "Location Number".) The SetupTSClient.exe utility can configure each client to be a teacher or a student. Refer to the Terminal Server configuration mentioned above for details. Thin Client Limitations While every effort has been made to implement all Insight functionality for thin client devices, there are some limitations. The following is a list features that do not work on thin clients. USB limiting Printer limiting Power on Shutdown or Reboot Sound Muting Change student channel (now done from.ini file) Change student display name (now done from.ini file) Extensive student hardening (it is assumed that a thin client device is locked-down from the Server)

Installing Insight in Active Directory Secure Mode
Insight has the ability to leverage Windows Active Directory to ensure that only authorized teachers can control students. This mode adds an extra level of security to prevent unauthorized consoles from being used. This mode will only function in an Active Directory Domain environment and on Windows 2000 or newer systems. To fully configure this mode, you must have Domain Rights to create and populate a domain User Group. Installation Steps: 1. To install the Active Directory Secure Mode, run the Windows Teacher or Student.msi file 2. Click on the Advanced Options checkbox 3. Select Active Directory Secure Mode 4. Repeat these steps for both teacher or student computers To install the Active Directory Secure mode on the teacher or student using a script or Active Directory, refer to the section, "Scripting or Mass Deploying Insight via MSI". When in this mode, a teacher must be a member of the Domain User Group "Insight Teachers". If the teacher is not a member of that group, then Active Directory Secure students will not interact with that teacher. Creation of the "Insight Teachers" Domain User Group is done using the appropriate Windows Server 2003 or 2008 Active Directory tools. Once the group has been created, those same tools can be used to populate the group with the appropriate teachers. Note: Active Directory Secure Mode is not available yet for Mac teachers or students.
Installing Insight in Secure Mode
Insight has the ability to require teachers to type in a password when the console is launched to see students on a particular channel. This feature adds an extra level of security to prevent unauthorized consoles from being used. Installation Steps 1. To install the password protected version, double click on either teacher.msi if installing on a teacher computer or student.msi if installing on a student computer. 2. Click on the Advanced Options checkbox 3. Select Secure Mode 4. Type in a password and confirm it The password is required on the teacher install so that if a teacher computer uses the "Become a Student" feature, it can still be secure. When a teacher launches the console or changes channels, they will be prompted for a password to view the students on that particular channel or group of channels. To install the password protected version on the teacher or student using a script or Active Directory, refer to the section above, "Scripting or Mass Deploying Insight via MSI". Note: If the teacher's password is compromised, it will be necessary to re-install both teacher and student computers with a new password.

4. Follow the installation wizard to the Insight Options page. This page allows you to set the following options:
Stealth Mode Allow student to change channels Disable keyboard monitoring Secure mode If checked the student will not see the Insight icon and will not be able to ask the teacher questions through Insight. If checked the student will be able to change channels. This option is only recommended for 1:1 schools. If checked the student's keystrokes will not be logged If checked a teacher must enter a password to manage the student. We recommend that the same password be used for the whole class or school. If you forget the password, you must re-install the software. Choose a teacher channel number (1 to 16,000). Choose a unique number for each classroom.

Teacher channel

5. Click Continue. The installation location cannot be changed. Insight must be installed on the system drive. 6. Click Install. The installer will ask you for the administrator password on that computer. Type in the password and click OK. 7. After the installation is successful, click the Close button on the final page of the wizard. Note: The Mac student install will not work properly when installed from a user account with File Vault turned on. This is an Apple bug that displays "Insert the <username> disk".

Automated Installation

The insight_teacher.pkg and the insight_student.pkg can be customized and installed through a desktop management application. To customize this package complete the following steps: 1. Double click on insight_teacher.dmg or insight_student.dmg. 2. Double click on "Create a custom package" 3. Follow the installation wizard and select the appropriate options. 4. Name and save the package This will create a custom package that can be installed with the selected settings.
Running Insight in Kiosk Mode
In Insight you can run the Teacher Console on Windows in Kiosk Mode. This mode makes the Insight console so it cannot be minimized or terminated. To run the Insight console in Kiosk mode follow these instructions. 1.On the teacher computer, install the Insight teacher 2.Open regedit.exe 3.Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run 4.Add KiOsK to the Insight Teacher Key C:\Program Files\Faronics\Insight\Teacher.exe KiOsK 5.Click OK The next time the system is rebooted, the Insight Teacher Console will run in Kiosk Mode.

Configuring Insight Preferences
Insight is easy to configure. All preferences are controlled by one dialog with seven tabs. Most preferences are controlled by making a change to these settings on the Teacher computer. The available configuration tabs are: Teacher Student Web Limiting Application Limiting Keystroke Alerts Drive Limiting Network

Teacher Preferences

The Teacher tab lets you configure the following preferences: Show Teacher Screen Full Screen The teacher's screen will be shown on the student's screens. The students will not be able to control their mice and keyboards during Show Teacher. Windowed The teacher's broadcasted screen will appear in a window on the students' screens. This way the students can "follow along" with the teacher and use their computers during the teacher's broadcast session. Color Reduction Limits the number of colors and supresses the background image used by the Teacher during Screen Broadcast, Remote Control and Show Student. This both improves performance and lowers network bandwidth requirement. Show Dual Monitors Allows the Teacher to show dual monitors and return thumbnails of students using dual monitors. Teacher Video Accelerator Performance This option enables the Teacher Video Accelerator. It will give better Teacher-Broadcast performance. This option is only available on Windows 2000 or higher teacher computers and is not available in a terminal server environment. Compatibility This option disables the Teacher Video Accelerator. This should only be selected if the Teacher-Broadcast mode does not work properly with OpenGL or DirectX applications.
Blank Screens Message This option allows teachers to specify the text to display on the student's screens when they are blanked. The last 10 messages are saved so they can be quickly selected when blanking screens. Sounds If checked the Insight sound effect will be played when showing the teachers screen to students.

Student Preferences

The Student tab lets you configure the following preferences: Remote Control Disable Student Keyboard and Mouse This option allows the teacher to "lock-out" the student's inputs while the teacher is Remotely Controlling a student computer. Student Thumbnails Show Current Application Icon On Thumbnails When in the thumbnail view, this option will show an icon in the upper left hand corner that represents the current application that the student is running. Show Last Visited Website Icon On Thumbnails When in the thumbnail view, this option will show an icon in the upper right hand corner that represents the website that the student last visited. Show Student Name (from Directory) when available Shows the student directory name below the thumbnail if it is available. Task Manager / Activity Monitor Disables task manager or activity monitor on student computers Insight Folder on Student Student Folder This option lets you specify the path of the Insight folder on student computers. This can be on the local hard drive or network drive.

3. Turn off power save on the student computers NICs. In our testing weve found that Insight performance is improved as well as the battery life of the computer. Installation It is assumed that all wireless computers are associated to the same Access Point. Other than this, there are no other special installation concerns. Simply run the installation programs on the teacher and student computers, as specified earlier in this installation guide. Performance The speed of the teacher's screen broadcasts to student computers will NOT be as good over a wireless network when compared to the performance over a wired network. There is no way to overcome this. A wired network can send broadcast and multicast data at 100Mbits per second. An 802.11 wireless network generally sends broadcast and multicast data at 1MBit per second (a mere 1% of the wired speed). In addition to the drastic bandwidth reduction of wireless networks, the Access Point architecture of 802.11 will quite often add significant propagation delays to broadcast and multicast data. (This is due to the Power Save architecture of the 802.11 world) However, the Insight Show Teacher feature will still work reasonably well. Even complex teacher screens should appear on student screens within three seconds. Simple teacher screen changes should appear almost immediately.
Wireless Performance Tweaks If you optionally wish to improve performance, you can attempt to configure your Access Point. Since this differs from vender to vender, we can only give general guidelines. You'll have to consult your Access Point's manual to see how to actually make the change on your particular Access Point. 1. Drop the Beacon Interval as low as possible (generally, this can go down to 50ms). 2. Set the DTIM to ZERO. (This allows broadcast and multicast packets to be sent after EVERY beacon packet.) 3. Increase the Broadcast or Multicast speed. (Not all AP's allow this to be set)
Additional Insight Utilities
SecurityMonitor.exe If you suspect a student has a rogue copy of Insight, you can quickly identify that student with the new Insight Security Monitor. The Insight Security Monitor will capture all traffic and optionally save the data out to a log file. Click the Options button, select the logging tab and type in a filename. Clicking on the options button also allows you to filter by teacher and by message. This new filter capability allows you to sift through all of the messages to just find the inappropriate use. If you find a rogue teacher console is in use, you can show Real-time Alerts by selecting that computer. At that point, all traffic from that computer is flagged with a warning sign. EnableChannelSelect.exe By default, a teacher cannot alter the settings in the Teacher Channel area of the Network tab of the Teacher Preferences dialog. This information is set during installation and generally does not need to be set. However, if a teacher does need to change these settings, running this utility on the teacher's machine will then allow that teacher to update her local channel, groups, and remote student channels. This utility must be run with local Administrator privileges. If you have need to revoke these rights, you can run this utility with the "FALSE" command line option. DisableDataTransmission.exe By default, a teacher can alter the settings in the Data Transmission area of the Network tab of the Teacher Preferences dialog. If you do not want a teacher to change the Data Transmission settings you can run this utility on the teacher's machine and it will make it so the Data Transmission section will be grayed out. You can set it back to the default by running DisableDataTransmission.exe FALSE. DirBCastAddr.exe When configuring the Teacher preferences, the Network tab allows for up to 3 different "IP-Directed Broadcast" addresses. These are special addresses which (when properly formed) will traverse your network as a single directed UDP packet until the destination subnet is reached. Upon reaching the destination subnet, the router will then convert the packet into a standard UDP-Broadcast packet. For this to function, the routers must be configured to forward IP-Directed Broadcast packets (sometimes routers refer to these as "UDP Directed Broadcasts) and the address of these packets must be properly formed. This utility will help with the later. You must enter the IP address of any student machine on the target subnet along with the subnet mask for that subnet. After both addresses have been entered, click on the "Calculate" button. Copy the resulting address into one of the three Subnet entries in the Data Transmission area of the Network tab of the Teacher Preferences dialog. LSeries.bat This file is used with all NComputing U and L-Series devices. The installation manual explains its use.

Uninstalling Insight

Uninstalling Insight on Windows
To uninstall Insight from a teacher or student computer, perform the following steps: 1. From the Start menu, click Run. Browse to the Teacher.msi/Student.msi program. 2. Double-click Teacher.msi/Student.msi. 3. In the Uninstall Insight dialog, click Yes to uninstall the program. 4. Reboot the computer to successfully delete all Insight files. This is not performed by the usual Add-Remove Programs option on the Control Panel. Because Insight is designed for a student lab environment, care must be taken to keep students from uninstalling Insight.
Uninstalling Insight on Mac
To uninstall Insight from a student computer, perform the following steps: 1. Double-click on faronics_teacher.dmg/ faronics_student.dmg. 2. Double-click on Uninstall Insight. 3. Type in an administrative password.

Using Insight

This chapter describes how to use Faronics Insight in your classroom.
Getting Started How Insight Works Using the Teacher computer About the Student computers User Interface Tips Insight New Feature Overview Insight Feature Overview Using the Test Builder on a different machine Insight Security Monitoring Insight Configuration Preferences Insight for Apple products (iPad,iPhone & iPod)

| Using Insight

Getting Started
The Insight product download includes the setup files needed to install Insight , as well as electronic copies of this Insight User's Guide.

How Insight Works

Insight works by enabling a teacher to see all student computers within a computer-based classroom. It uses teacher "channels" to ensure that all the computers in that classroom are visible; much like a TV channel enables different TVs to see the same program. Insight has 16,000 teacher channels from which to choose, which means that you can have as many as 16,000 different classrooms using Insight at any given time. The best way to set up Insight in a lab, classroom or wireless laptop cart is for each classroom or room to have its own teacher channel. This setup enables all of the computers in the same classroom to interact with each other and the teacher to manage the entire room. If Insight is going to be used in a 1:1 environment, where every student has a notebook there are two options: 1. The recommended option is for teachers to create a class list and then automatically bring those students into class. (recommended) 2. Another option is to have the students join the teachers channel. In this mode, the teacher can monitor students as they join and/or leave the class. The teacher can also compare the current list of students in the class against a previously saved class list. Most schools choose option one because it allows them to start the class quicker than the second option. More information on this topic is available in the Insight Install Guide.

Using the Teacher computer
The use model for Insight is quite similar to previous versions. On the teacher computer, you will see a small Insight icon in the system tray. The system tray is located in the bottom right corner of your computer screen. You will use this menu to control the key features of Insight. On a Mac, the Insight menu can be accessed on the dock icon. More advanced features are available when you access the Insight Teacher console. The console can be accessed by "left clicking" on the Insight system tray icon or dock icon. In the console the key features are available as icons on the toolbar. All of the features can be accessed through the menus. It is also possible to right mouse click on computer thumbnails to access the key features. When selecting computer thumbnails we recommend using ctrl-a to select all computers or hold down the ctrl key and click with your mouse to select a group of computers. On the Mac use command-a to select all computers. In the thumbnail view you can select multiple computers by just selecting them with the mouse. When using the toolbar buttons, a single click enables that feature and presses the button. Another click will disable that feature. It is possible to have multiple teacher consoles monitor the same classroom. However, only the first teachers action on a computer will take effect and only that teacher console can stop the action. For example, if a teacher blanks the students screens, another teacher cannot unblank the students screens.
About the Student computers
Insight is set up to run in the background on student computers. Students will automatically be discovered by the teacher on their channel. Insight Student Icon A Insight icon appears in the system tray at the bottom right corner of the computer screen in Windows. On the Mac it appears as a small icon at the top of the screen. If you place your cursor over the icon, it will tell you which teacher channel the computer is on. If a student single clicks on this icon they can request help from the teacher. The student can type a question and a small question mark is displayed in the teacher console indicating that student has a question. The question mark goes away when the teacher chats with the student or uses the menu item Clear Student Question. If a student right clicks on this icon, it will bring up the student file folder where the Send/Collect files feature sends files. NOTE: If you selected the option to allow students to change their channel during the installation of the Insight Student application, the students will have a menu option to select a channel they wish to join.

User Interface Tips

Insight was designed to be simple and easy-to-use. Most of the features are accessible from the Insight system tray menu or dock icon. The more advanced features are available in the Insight Teacher console. All of the features are grouped under one of five menu items: Demonstrate, Monitor, Restrict, Administer, View Insight Toolbar Buttons To use a feature in Insight, select the individual student or students and press the Insight Toolbar button that corresponds to the feature that you want to use. At that point the button will depress and change to a lighter color. To stop using that feature, click the button again. Some of the Insight Toolbar Buttons have a little arrow to the right of the button. Click on the button to access additional options for that feature. Buttons can be added, removed or moved by click on View then Configure Toolbar on a PC or Customize Toolbar on a Mac. Activating Web and Application Limiting Web and Application limiting must be configured before they can be activated. You may configure these features in the preferences menu and then turn them on through the menus or the toolbar. Right-mouse click In the Insight Teacher console you can access advanced features by right-mouse clicking on a student computer in either the Details or Thumbnail view. Multiple Select It is possible to select one, several or all students. To select multiple students, use the standard Windows ctrl click method. You can also select the entire list with the ctrl-a key sequence. On the Mac use command-a to select all computers. In the details view, the line will turn blue when selected. In the thumbnail view, the thumbnail will have a thick red line surrounding it. It is not necessary to use the Windows ctrl click in the thumbnail view. In the thumbnail view you can select multiple thumbnails by clicking on another thumbnail. Once you have selected the desired students, you can right-click on the selected students and get an advanced options menu, click on the toolbar button or console menu. Unselect Students To unselect students, click on a blank area of the console.

Implicit ALL Selection If no students are selected, there is an implied all selection when activating key features like Blank Screens or Show Teacher. For example, if no students are selected you can click the blank screens toolbar button and all of the student screens will be blanked. Refresh Screen Pressing F5 on a PC or command-r on a Mac or the menu item View -> Refresh will refresh the console by initiating a re-discovery of student computers on the channel. Sorting By default, the detail view is sorted alphabetically by the Login Name column. If you click on the any of the other column headings, the list will sort on the selected column. Insight System Tray Menu or Dock Icon Menu A right mouse click on the Insight icon in the system tray or dock icon will bring up a menu that contains the features that most teachers use every day. A left mouse click on the system tray icon will stop the action that you are doing to the students and bring up the Insight Teacher console. Hotkey for the Insight Menu Some teacher PCs do NOT have a visible task bar. Since it would not be possible to click on the non-visible icon, you can bring up the Insight Teacher's menu with a ctrl+alt+l. (The "l" stands for Insight) Selected Only In thumbnail view you can just watch a few machines by selecting those machines and pressing the Selected Only menu beneath the arrow on the View All button. Classroom Layout Classroom Layout allows you to arrange the thumbnails in the shape of the classroom. A classroom layout is automatically saved for each size of thumbnails. To switch to classroom layout view, click the arrow to the right of the View All button and select Classroom Layout. Snap to Grid makes it easier to align thumbnails when in Classroom Layout view. Lock Layout, makes sure the layout stays the same once you've set it. Show Tooltips Show Tooltips will either Show or Disable tooltips in the thumbnail view. Magnify Thumbnails The magnify menu on the View All button turns on or off the ability to hover over a thumbnail and have it expand temporarily to a larger size.
Insight New Feature Overview
Insight includes many new features but was designed to remain simple and easy-to-use. Heres a list of new features included in this release. Mac Feature Parity The Mac now includes almost all of the features on the PC except for active directory secure mode, browser independent web limiting, and the SwitchToTeacher utility. Improved Wireless Protocol Insight automatically detects a wireless environment and switches to a new protocol which signficantly improves performance in a wireless environment. Multicast Video Distribution and Playback Transfers videos to student computers efficiently by multicasting the video file to student computers and synchronizing the playback controls. For PCs, Windows MediaPlayer and the appropriate codecs must be installed on the teacher and student for videos to play. On Macs, any video that can be played by Quicktime is supported. If a video is not playing correctly, double check that the latest codec for that file type is installed. Audio Listening and Broadcast Listen to student microphones and broadcast to students from the teachers microphone. Audio can be broadcast to student machine while showing the teachers screen to students. Enable this feature by clicking on the Demonstrate menu, then clicking on Enable Teachers Microphone. If youd like to listen to one students microphone and audio chat with that student, click on the Monitor menu and check Enable Teacher Microphone (While Controlling) and Enable Student Microphone (While Controlling). Note: Listening to audio on a Mac student will only work on OSX v10.5 and above. Browser Independent Web Limiting & Web History Limits the web and tracks web history across all web browsers. This feature is only supported on Windows. Web limiting is now supported on the Mac, but only on Safari. Keystroke Alerting on Banned Words Teachers are alerted if a student types a word on a list of banned words. A warning icon is displayed on the student thumbnail and hovering over the icon shows the banned word. The list of banned words is specified by clicking on the Preferences menu Keystroke Alerts tab.

This feature must be configured in the Preferences dialog and then turned on by clicking the Limit Web button or menu item. The allow and block lists recognize the wildcards "*" and "?", making it easier to limit certain kinds of websites. While the Internet is disabled, an icon on both the teacher and the student computer will indicate that the web is disabled. If a student tries to browse to a website that isn't allowed, they can optionally be shown a website that lists the allowed websites. Note*: On the Mac, Safari is the only supported browser for allowing certain websites. Block all works across all web browsers. Limit Student Applications Temporarily disable all or selected student access to specified software applications. This must be configured in the Preferences dialog and then turned on by clicking the Limit Apps button or menu. Students cannot get around this feature by simply renaming the application.
Disable Student Printers Temporarily disable all or selected student printers. Once disabled, the students will not be able to print until you again enable printing. Drive Limiting Limit student ability to access USB thumb drives and CD-ROM drives. USB keyboards and mice will NOT be affected. This feature is supported on all Mac operating systems and PCs running Windows 2000 and higher. Limit Task Manager (PC) or Activity Monitor (Mac) Check this option if you want to limit the student's ability to run Task Manager or Activity Monitor. Keystroke & Application Monitoring Monitor all keystrokes that have been pressed on a computer by any user. This feature will not capture keystrokes at the login prompt or password dialogs. This feature is supported on all Mac operating systems and PCs running Windows 2000 and higher. Student Voting Ask Yes/No or multiple choice questions from the Insight Teacher console. View in real-time how many students have responded and how they responded. Student Testing Create up to 100 question tests that can include graphics (.jpg,.png,.gif,.bmp). The test questions can be randomized, sent out to one or more students and tracked in real-time. Teachers can optionally time the test, show results to students and export the results to a.csv file. Muting Mute the sound on student computers. This can be done through the Mute button or through the Mute Student Speakers menu under the Restrict menu. Notebook battery monitoring Monitors the battery state on a notebook or iPod. If the charge drops below 50%, a yellow warning battery icon is displayed. If the charge drops below 20%, a red critical battery icon is displayed. The percentage remaining and A/C status is also available from the Properties menu. Secure Mode Insight can be configured to require a password to access the console. This password must match the password that was entered during the secure student install. Blank Screens Blank-out all student screens on your channel and disable all student keyboards and mice. The message may be customized in the Preferences menu. This feature is useful when you want to lecture without the distraction of students playing with their computers.

Co-browse the Internet Co-browse allows teacher's to browse the web using the primary tab and have the web browsers on the selected student machines actually browse to the same location as the teacher. Internet Explorer is supported on PCs and Safari is supported on the Mac. View Student's Running Applications View all running applications on a student's computer and add those applications to the allowed or blocked lists. Starting in Insight you may also stop a running application immediately from this dialog box. Draw on screen This option allows you to draw with a red pen on the screen. Press the left mouse button and move the mouse to draw. To end this mode, close the Draw on Screen window by clicking on the X in the upper-right corner of the screen. Easy to see mouse cursor In order for the students to better see the teacher's cursor, a large red cursor appears in the student view. These cursors are the same shape as the real cursor, but are 4 times the size and are bright red. Student Screen Snapshot Save a student's screen to a standard graphic file. (.jpg or.bmp) The date, time and student login name are displayed in the saved file. NetWare Support If the computer is a using the NetWare client software, Insight will use the NetWare login name instead of the Microsoft login name. Multicast support One of the benefits of using TCP/IP is the availability of Multicast. Multicast allows networking hardware to keep Insight traffic local to Insight computers and cross subnets. Because some network routers or switches don't support Multicast, this option is disabled by default, but can easily be enabled in the Preferences menu on the Network tab. Student Power-Off Log off, restart or power off student computers. This feature might experience problems on Windows 9x machines. Microsoft states that this will not work on certain hardware. While it has been tested successfully on Compaq, Dell, and IBM computers, it may not be able to properly power down all brands or models of computers running the Windows 98, or ME operating system. (Please see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q220706.)
Power on or Wake-On-LAN If your student computers are configured to take advantage of Wake-On-LAN technology, the Insight Teacher can "power-on" all student PC's.
Most computers ship with the Wake-On-LAN option turned off in the BIOS, so you must go into the BIOS setup at boot time and turn it on. Apple's version of Wake-On-LAN will wake a Mac from sleep but will not power-on a Mac that is off. Channel Grouping The teacher can control any specific channel or group any number of channels together controlling them simultaneously. View Only Allows teachers to supervise a selected student machine. While monitoring, you will see everything the student is doing, but will not be able to control that student's keyboard and mouse. View All This will show all computer screens in the classroom as a small, medium, large or extra large thumbnails. As you move your mouse over a thumbnail image, the student's login name and computer name for that image appear in a tooltip. If the student has a question you will also see that question in the tooltip. If you hover for about a second the thumbnail will optionally get larger. If you right-click a thumbnail view, you will get a menu of options to control that student. Refresh List By selecting this option or using the shortcut key, F5 on the PC or command+r on the Mac, you can refresh the list and see any new students that might have entered the class. This occurs automatically every three minutes. Run Program This feature allows you to run an application or a web site on student computers. This can be quite useful for younger students who have trouble navigating to a specific web address or starting a specific application.

Show Internet History Shows a list of web sites visited by the selected student. This feature works across all browsers on the PC. On the Mac, Show Internet History will only work with Safari.
Become a Student Machine If you want to turn the Teacher computer into a student computer temporarily, you can do it from the teachers console. Click on Administer, then Become a Student Machine. It will remain a student computer until it is rebooted or the current user has logged off.
Remove Selected Students from Class This feature temporarily disables the Insight on the selected student machines. The software is re-enabled when a student next logs into that machine, or when you use the Add Selected Student Back into Class option on that student machine. When a student's machine has been disabled, it will still appear in the list, but will have a graphical stop sign on the computer screen. This is just a reminder to the teacher that this student is not controlled by Insight. Change Machine Display Name This option does not alter the computer's actual machine name. However, it will allow an alternative name to be displayed in the Insight's Machine Name field. If your computers do not have meaningful Machine Names, you can use this option to better name the computers (i.e. "Row 1 Column 5"). Student Question Students can type in a question for the teacher. That question can be seen by the teacher by hovering the mouse over the thumbnail or looking at the Last Question column in the details view. Update Insight on Selected Students This option can be used to quickly install a new version of Insight on selected student computers. To enable this feature, please refer to the Install Guide. Change Student Channel from the Console Changes student channels from the teachers console. This must be enabled by an administrator with the EnableChannelSelect.exe utility. Properties Page The properties page is a useful troubleshooting tool if you need to know what teacher is taking an action on a particular student. It also shows the amount of power remaining in the battery and its charging status. Toolbar Configuration The toolbar can be customized through the menu View -> Configure Toolbar. On the PC, it can also be configured by holding down the "alt" key while dragging the buttons to a new location or removing them by dragging them off the button bar. You can also reset the toolbar back to the default in the Customize Toolbar window. If there are more buttons on the bar than you can see, they can be accessed through the ">>" chevron button on the upper right corner of the toolbar. Student Name from Active Directory Insight normally displays the Windows or Novell login name. However, if the Student Display name is available in Active Directory, that Display name is displayed in the Login Name column. Preferences Preferences configures how Insight works. See the Configuration Preferences section below

Insight for Apple products (iPad,iPhone & iPod)
Insight for iOS (Teacher and Student) cannot be installed in Secure Mode or Active Directory Secure Mode. Insight for iOS works with all other installation modes. The Insight v7.5 teacher console runs on Apple iPad/iPhone/iPod (this feature is available in English only). It is called the Teachers Assistant. When paired with a Insight Teacher console running on either Mac or Windows, the Teachers Assistant can perform the following features on Mac, Windows or Thin Client students: 1. Discover student computers 2. Display a thumbnail of student computers 3. Blank Screens 4. Voting 5. Web limiting 6. App limiting 7. Send Message 8. Details View Last used application Last visited website Battery information
9. Student Question To perform a feature on the student computers you may either select one student, multiple students or all students. To select a student, simply touch their thumbnail. To deselect, touch the thumbnail again. There is an implied all selection if no thumbnails are selected. Once youve selected the thumbnails, touch the icon for the feature you want to enable. To turn off that feature, touch the feature icon again. If you want to configure a particular feature touch and hold the feature icon and a configuration dialog will appear. Blank Screens The blank screens messages are not pulled from the Teachers Console. However, the messages can be modified and selected from the Teachers Assistant. Voting True/False, Multiple Choice or Verbal questions can be sent to the students. Student results are tabulated and shown in real-time to the Teachers Assistant. Send Message Customized messages can be sent to one, multiple or all students. Select the students or use the implied all by selecting no students and touch the Send Message icon. Input a message or select and existing message and touch the Send button.
App Limiting When the Teachers Assistant pairs with the Teacher Console, the current app limiting settings are downloaded to the Teachers Assistant. To limit apps on the selected students, touch the app limiting icon. An app limiting icon will be displayed on the thumbnail. To stop app limiting touch the app limiting icon again. Web Limiting When the Teachers Assistant pairs with the Teacher Console, the current web limiting settings are downloaded to the Teachers Assistant. To limit the web on the selected students, touch the web limiting icon. A web limiting icon will be displayed on the thumbnail. To stop web limiting touch the web limiting icon again. Details View To view the details about a student such as their battery information, last used application and last visited website, tap a thumbnail twice. Student Question Students can raise their hands electronically by clicking on the Insight icon on their computer and typing in a question to the teacher. That question is then displayed on the Teachers Assistant. The Teachers Assistant install on the iPad is a two step process: First, download the Insight Teachers Assistant from iTunes and install it on your iPad. Second, pair the Teachers Assistant with a Insight Teachers console running on either a Mac or PC.

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Comprehensive Lab Control
Computers in schools have the power to enhance the learning experience for both teachers and students. But the benefits can easily be lost to distractive elements such as games, instant messaging, and web surfing. Designed for educational computing purposes, Faronics Insight is the ultimate computer management system that empowers teachers with full control over classroom technology while keeping student activities focused. Faronics Insight enables teachers to harness the productive aspects of computers, while minimizing distractive behavior and temptations.

Insight Benefits

Educate, assist, monitor, and communicate with an entire class from one central computer Fosters cooperative schools where learning is achieved through interaction and collaboration Strengthens teaching effectiveness with the ability to monitor student activities Ensures students are kept on task and engaged in an environment where technology accelerates their learning Improve classroom computer management without increasing network load
Faronics Insight makes it easy to monitor student activities in the classroom.

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Insight Console Easily access the console through the system tray menu (Windows) or Dock (Mac OS X) Manage students in a list view or by thumbnails Name computers using Windows, Novell, or Active Directory accounts Move between computer labs while keeping student lists organized View up to 250 zoomable hi-color thumbnails at the same time Active applications and last visited website appear as thumbnail icons Teachers can shift from class to class while applying changes to student lists, channels, and class profiles in real-time Classroom Collaboration Display teacher screen on student monitors in either Full Screen or Windowed mode with the option to lock out students mouse and keyboard Draw on the screen to highlight important details Allow a student to share their screen with the rest of the class Send a text message to all or selected students Students can ask a question directly through Insight Teachers can initiate a text-based chat session with a student Transfer files to and from student computers or their network drive Control Student Workstations Disable students keyboard & mouse during a remote control session Grab student attention by blanking screens (with optional custom message), locking out keyboards and mice, or muting the sound Web Limiting & Classroom Monitoring Block all Internet activity including browsers, e-mail, instant messaging Save and load web limiting websites for different classes Allow/Disallow access to selected websites (IE & Firefox) View a students Internet browsing history Display a launch page that lists allowed/disallowed websites Monitor workstation keystrokes in real-time (except at the login prompt)
Power Features Easily shutdown, logoff, or restart student computers Power on computers remotely using Wake-on-Lan technology Application & Device Connectivity Control Allow only required applications and block others Save and load application limiting lists for different classes Limit student access to printers and USB thumb drives Testing & Voting Ask the students Yes/No and multiple choice questions Distribute tests to students that can be completed electronically Test questions can be displayed in a random order on student machines to prevent cheating Security & Anti-Tampering Controls All activity within Insight is logged to a status window Password protection prevents rogue console use Insight does not allow a student to mischievously unload the software or disrupt class by unplugging the network cable Active Directory Secure Mode allows only members within a specified Active Directory group to view or control workstation to prevent unauthorized use of the Insight console. View & Snapshot Running Applications Teachers can view all running applications on a students computer and add those applications to the allowed or blocked application lists Take a snapshot of the students current computer screen

I evaluated Faronics Insight and immediately purchased it after my attempts to bypass it failed. When I saw that students could not figure a way around it, I knew I had a solution that truly put me in control. The previous software solutions we tried did not give teachers the control they wanted, the constantly crashing computers and network lag impacted the students, and IT did not like the amount of network bandwith that was being generated. I am happy to say that none of these issues exist with Faronics Insight.
Leonard Moreno, Information Technology Instructor, PalmDale High, CA
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System Requirements

Faronics Insight works with any combination of computers running Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit), Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Mac OS X (10.4 and higher). The Mac teacher console requires an Intel processor running Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Insight is optimized for 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024 screen resolutions. Insight also supports thin and fat client environments using Windows 2003 Terminal Server or NComputing. The hardware requirements are the same as the recommended requirements for the host operating system.

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