SMART Response System

SMART Response Product Demonstration found at:

http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/flash/tours/responsedemo/index.html

1) If you have Notebook 10, you should have a SMART Response icon in your notebook

software top task bar. If no, the installation CD is in the SMART Response Kit (serial number

indicated).

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2) You need only to enter your student lists once. You must assign a number to every student

(alphabetical order with 1,2,3…works best) and then add each student by typing their names

manually. SMART Response>SMART Response Manager>File>Create New Class>Add

student icon. Type name and assigned number. Continue with rest of class and save by class

name.

**Note: Classroom name should be your name (it’s less confusing). Just click and type

it in.

**To retrieve created class list in the future: SMART Response>SMART Response

Manager>Open Class List Icon

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3) Making Tests: Open a Notebook File>SMART Response> Insert Title Page, then SMART

Response>Insert Question… Choose either Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer, Yes or No

(opinion polls), True or False… You can mix and match, you can import questions too if you

already have some in a word file. Let’s try it. (see back of this page for example questions).

** If you already have a multiple choice/TF test in paper, you do not need to type it all

out into a Response file! After SMART Response>Insert Question> Multiple Choice,

skip the part where it asks you to write the question and go to insert the correct response.

This way, students work at their own pace with the paper version, entering answers into

the Response responders.

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4) Doing the test: Plug in the receiver to a USB port in your computer (the light should turn

green). Retrieve the appropriate class list through the SMART Response manager

(Senteo>SMART Response Manager>Open Class List). Tell students their assigned numbers

(and that they should remember them) and tell them to turn on the responders and click “Enter”

on search for class. They will search for your name, since you plugged that info in during the set

up. They will be asked for their ID number and they just type it in. You can see through the

SMART Response Manager who has signed in and who has yet to sign in. Once all are signed

in, return to your file and go to the title page. There, you can choose how students will see their

grades, if at all. Then, you can click start test and the test becomes available to the students.

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5) Viewing Results: Click stop test. After test is finished you can review individual questions

with the students by clicking on slides associated with questions. You can view results in a bar

graph or pie chart format. If you click and hold parts of the chart or graph, you can see which

student answered which question. You can also export test information to an excel file to see

more specific individual student results.

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6) Trouble Shooting: Sometimes our receivers won’t recognize the responders (the receiver

light turns red instead of green). This happens most often when you switch the class list to give

the same test to another class. In this instance (unfortunately) the only thing that seems to work

is shutting down your computer entirely and then opening the Senteo notebook file again.

Resources:

• The SMART Exchange is an excellent resource for SMART Lessons involving response

systems. Visit http://exchange.smarttech.com/index.html#tab=0 and use the customized search.

• The District 16 Media Server: http://dt16community.nbed.nb.ca/media

• Teachers Love SMARTboards: http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/

• A Compilation of SMART sites by District 16’s own SMART Master Trainer Joey Savoy:

http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/seppi99smartboardsites1

• The presentation file for this PD session, is available at the following site:

http://hms.nbed.nb.ca/teacher/doc/pd-session-smart-response-presentation-file

Example questions to use in this session…

1. In which country are teachers the most respected, reasonably paid and who hardly ever leave

the profession?

a) China

b) Germany

c) England

d) United States

2. True or False: Most teachers spend significant amounts of their summer months preparing for

their upcoming classes.

3. True or False: The highest paid teachers in ancient Greece were music teachers.

4. Yes or No: Have you ever brought your school work home with you on the weekend?

5. Number, Fraction, Decimal: 20 x 21 = ?