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Insight is software designed to monitor  student activity on the lab desktops and integrate that with the instructor’s lesson.  The software is a non-invasive means of ensuring students are following with lectures and labs as instructed to do so, in addition to being capable of administering tests, collecting files, casting student votes, restricting application use, and limiting web access.  Often, professors in the iSchool conduct hands-on laboratory sessions, and Insight helps ensure that students are following with the exercise.  Also, electronically administered exams take place in the laboratories, and professors can heavily restrict internet access and browser capabilities, in addition to monitoring the screens of each student in one easy to view dashboard in real-time. 

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Insight is available only on the teaching stations in the basement labs of Hinds Hall. To launch the program open the Start Menu and type "Faronics Insight Teacher" in the search bar, as shown below.  Don't Worry if Faronics doesn't launch.The image depicts navigating to the bottom left of the screen and searching for Faronics in the search bar. Image Removed


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Now Faronics Insight is running; to access the dashboard and interface of the program click the  upwards facing arrow in the bottom right corner of the primary display, highlighted by the green box, then select the blue owl quick-launch icon, as shown below and highlighted by a red box.The image depicts the process of navigating to the bottom right of the display, hitting the arrow facing upwards and selecting the Faronics application icon.Image Removed

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You will first be greeted by this screen, which should default to the lab room the workstation is in, and you simply hint start after checking the class ID.Image Removed

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Once the program is launched the primary screen, which displays all of the workstations in the lab, will be viewable to the instructor, as shown in the image below. Image Removed

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This screen provides the instructor with an overview of the computer activity happening on all of the workstations within the lab, for easy and holistic monitoring that does not disrupt a students work. 

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To view one of the specific computer screens you need to highlight the workstation by clicking on it once which will create a blue border around the workstation, as shown below.Image Removed

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Once the workstation is highlighted the instructor can select the the full screen button from the top right of the selected students preview.Image Removed

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Once you hit “Remote” the selected workstations desktop will be displayed in full screen in Insight, as shown below.  While using the “Remote” function the instructor can navigate the students workstation, including moving their mouse, opening files, and running applications remotely., as shown below 

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Taking Screen Shots

To take a screen shot of the students screen select there screen and view it in full screen.  Then select "Actions" in the top right and select "Save Snapshot". Image Removed

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A box to save the .JPEG screenshot will appear, and simply select the file destination to save the screenshot.

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At the primary screen click “Focus” located on the top ribbon and select "Lock Screen".Image Removed

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Note -  You must have selected which students to lock screens or select all. 

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To show the teachers screen to all students click the drop down share.  Then select "Share My Screen"  and the teaching station display will be projected onto all of the workstations in the lab. Image Removed

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This function allows instructors to project their screen onto all of the lab computers, giving students a better opportunity to follow through demonstrations and instructions to understand the components of the exercises being conducted.

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To show a  students screen to all other students select the students display to project to all the other screens. Then navigate along the Faronics ribbon and click the share button again and select "Share a Student's Screen".Image Removed

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