Assigning students to devices

Here we describe the advantages of assigning students to devices and show you how to do so:

Why assign students to devices?

You don't have to assign students to devices, but to do so can reduce the time you need to collate and process results and can give you an immediate insight into each students'  progress.

You can assign student names from database files. You can use existing databases, or you can generate and export a database using ActivInspire.

When you attach an ActivHub to your computer, registered devices are shown in the 'Device Registration' Dialog Box. Depending on the Voting Browser selections, the box shows one of the following:

Assign students to devices

In the Voting Browser:

  1. Click on Assign students to devices. The 'Assign students to devices' Dialog Box opens.

The student names and id have to be placed in this Dialog Box from a database file. Names can be imported from a database with the file extension .edb or.csv, or you can generate and export a class database from within ActivInspire.

  1. Click on Edit Student Database. The 'Edit Student Database' Dialog Box opens.

  1. Add a class to box a:

    1. Click on Add Class. The 'Add Class' Dialog Box opens.

    2. Enter Class Name and Teacher Name; Notes are optional.

    3. Click on Submit.

  1. Add students to box b:

    1. Click on Add Student. The 'Student' Dialog Box opens.

    2. Enter Name, Forename, and Student ID.

    3. Click on Submit.

 

Back in the 'Edit Student Database' Dialog Box:
  1. Highlight the class.

  2. Highlight the student names you want to assign to voting devices.

  3. Click arrows to add or remove students to or from box c.

  4. Click on OK. The 'Edit Student Database' Dialog Box closes, and ActivInspire returns to the 'Assign students to devices' Dialog Box.

Students displayed in this box can be assigned. If the number of students is greater than the number of registered devices, a warning is displayed.

If you want to register more devices before assigning students to devices, select Top-up Registration. The 'Device Registration' Dialog Box opens. For details, see Registering devices.

In the 'Assign students to devices' Dialog Box:

  1. Select Assign Devices  - Device PIN numbers appear in the Dialog Box. On ActivExpression devices, a prompt is also displayed on the screen.

  2. Each students has to enter the correct PIN numbers:

    •  ActiVote devices – press voting buttons

    •  ActivExpression devices – press option buttons

The 'Assign students to devices' Dialog Box shows devices assigned, highlighted in green. Now, when you select Named Voting, the Voting Browser displays student names.

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