VERSION OPTIMAS 3.0 easylab 1.2.0

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1 TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS COMPARATIVE GENERAL FEATURES VERSION Maximum Clients Operating System Sound Equipments Windows YES YES YES Linux GM NO NO teacher OP+12 OP+12 students OP+12/OP+08/mOP+10 Without electronics *1 mop+10 Working groups Multicast channels Maximum pairs UNLIMITED 0 50 Teacher license type SGI CODE SGI CODE NO ACTIVATION CODE GlobalMaster OPTIONAL NO NO GM : GLOBAL MASTER Sound equipment student site Optimas School Version Format Product OP+12 Control panel Optimas University OP+08 Control panel Optimas Premium mop+10 Pendrive Optimas Portable All the functions indicated in the document have been tested in Wi-fi networks which fulfill the norm 802.1P QoS. Furthermore we did other tests with wi-fi networks managed by Ruckus access points. In the other documents you can see some functions with a note to indicate if it doesn't work with tradicional Wi-fi access points, which means for those which are not Ruckus. *1.- The number of students which can be connected to Optimas Starter is unlimited, but it's not so when you upgrade it to Optimas School. As usual, the number of students will depend on the number of sound equipments have been sold. In one code -classroom- it's not possible to mix simoultaneously students working with Starter to those who work with another version.

2 TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS COMPARATIVE AUDIO AND COMMUNICATION FEATURES Maximum students in group UNLIMITED UNLIMITED UNLIMITED Audio in groups *AP YES NO YES Maximum microphone in group *AP UNLIMITED 0 UNLIMITED Spy group *AP YES NO YES Spy voice *1 *AP YES NO YES Conversation *1 *AP YES NO YES General call *AP YES YES, WITHOUT VOICE YES Audio mixer recorder *2 YES NO NO External PA (speakers) GM NO NO Simultaneous recording of students, couples and groups *3 *AP OPTIONAL *3 NO NO Individual recordings of students *4 YES NO YES GM : GLOBAL MASTER *1.- Spy a student or a pair of conversation. *2.- MP3 files are created from every analog device recorded. This permits teacher to record the group in which participates. *3.- All the students can be recorded simoultaneasly and independently. This is valid for every student, pair or group we record. *4.- Individual recording: Optimas: thanks to the mixer recorder, the teacher can listen to a student, a pair or a group and record their participation. : The teacher should start the recording for each student manually. A file is created for every student, as happens in the Simoultaneous Recording. Only individual recordings. *AP.- These functions will work correctly in a Wi-Fi intallastion, which MUST have a RUCKUS access point. In case of a general call it will influence only the communication, not the lock of the student's devices.

3 TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS COMPARATIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO BROADCASTING *AP DVD-ROM *1 *2 YES YES YES CD-AUDIO YES YES YES Digital Video YES YES YES Digital Audio YES YES YES Teacher computer Student's computer video (monitor) YES YES YES audio (what you hear) YES YES NO video (monitor) UP TO 10 UP TO 10 UP TO 5 audio (what he hears) *3 OP+12 NO NO Analog device (combo, vhs,...) YES YES OPTIONAL Aux device (cassette, mp3 player,...) GM NO NO Digital docs visualizer OPTIONAL OPTIONAL NO Preview of digital video YES YES NO Option to transmit the video as windowed or as an audio file. YES YES NO GM : GLOBAL MASTER *1.- Some DVDs cannot be digitally broadcasted due to copyright laws, it's recommended to use a DVD player connected to an analog device. *2.- The teacher can decide if the movie is loaded directly or display the DVD-ROM menu first. It includes languages and subtitles. *3.- For Optimas Starter and previous versions of Optimas it's available only for the video, it can be combined with his voice. *AP.- These functions will work correctly in a Wi-Fi intallastion, which MUST have a RUCKUS access point.

4 TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS COMPARATIVE FUNCTIONS OF CONTROL / MONITORING Monitor screens YES YES YES Control student's computer YES YES YES Control teacher's computer YES YES NO Sequential screens monitoring *1 YES YES YES Individual computer lock YES YES YES VIEWS OF THE CLASSROOMS The number of students/slides displayed simoultaneously corresponds to the minimum number you can see with a resolution of 1024x768 px. This means that with a monitor of 1920x1080 px. The number increases to more than 50 slides to be desplayed in the mosaic view of the classroom. Screens mosaic Normal icon view MINIMUM Small icon view MINIMUM View details *2 YES YES YES Memorization of the computers not to switch on YES YES YES *1.- Includes shortcuts to combinated actions over the current student. These functions are audio spy, monitor screens, both of them simoultaneously and conversation, computer control and both of them. *2.- In the detailed view you can see the operating system user name, group or pair in which the student participates, the current broadcast channel and the physical MAC address of the computer.

5 TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS COMPARATIVE ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS Register students name YES YES YES Help ADVANCED ADVANCES BASIC Chat YES YES NO Send messages YES YES YES Power on and shutdown computers remotely *1 YES YES YES Integrated sound equalizer YES YES YES Automatic sound adjustment YES YES YES Anti vandal system *2 YES NO YES Personal settings *3 YES YES YES Domain users autologin YES YES YES Wi-Fi support *4 YES YES YES Automatic support 4:3, 16:10, 16:9 YES YES YES Centralized resources manager YES YES YES Files sending / Sending and collection of YES NO YES documents *AP Execution of applications / Web page opening *5 YES YES YES Applications' denial / internet blocking *6 YES YES YES Deny APP metro YES YES YES Fast queries YES YES NO Digital Language Lab (DLL) YES NO YES *1.- Requires Wake on LAN. *2.- The teacher is alerted if a student has removed its sound device or the computer has been turned off. *3.- Teacher's personal settings include: Save distribution of computers in the classroom. Slide time. Teacher's personal language. Save the name of the students. *4.- Among other settings we can find video/audio quality optimization or reduction of errors sensibility in networks traffic. For the multiple diffusion, it is necessary that the access point carries this kind of network traffic. *5.- In addition to that predefined applications, the teacher can set up their own applications and launch them to students. *6.- In addition to messaging services, chat... the teacher can deny any other program. *AP.- This function will only work properly in a Wi-Fi network when it is equipped with Ruckus access points.

6 TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS COMPARATIVE MODULES AND OPTIONAL PRODUCTS ASSESSMENT MODULE OPTIONAL NO - MULTILE RECORDING MODULE *AP OPTIONAL NO - GLOBALMASTER OPTIONAL NO NO DOCUMENTS CAMERA OPTIONAL NO NO WIRELESS HEADSET OPTIONAL NO NO HomeDLL - - INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT MODULE (only ) When activating this assessment module, acquires additional functions like: Possibility to show students' picture in the principal view Recording of every students' evolution in the individual work. The main functions of the assessment module are: Direct administration from Optimas interface. Exercises' filtering by subject, levels, lessons or exercises. Exercises can be gathered in packs of activities, they can be sent by the teacher to certain students previously chosen. Pack of activities can be created in a personalized way, or from settings. These exercises can be: Linking. True of false. Multiple selection. Fill in the blanks. Short questions. Open questions. Writing. Video /audio files can be added, with the possibility of specifying the maximum times that they can be played by students. Selections can be modified and adapted at any moment, depending on each students' group's needs. You have a complete auto-assessment of exercises, with reports of students evolution. Importation of activities designed with SCORM standard. *AP.- This function will only work properly in a Wi-Fi network when it is equipped with Ruckus access points.

7 TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS COMPARATIVE GLOBAL MASTER v.2 (only ) A classroom equipped with a Global Master will have the following functions: External sound system. External sound of teacher microphone. Mixer able to record any students intervention. Capacity to broadcast audios from teachers computer to the students. Auxiliary sound device to connect cassettes or other analogical audio devices. Audio/video device to connect VHS-DVD player or other audio/video analogical devices. Number of computers that have access to shared folders. Use of resources in teachers computer Permission for shared folders WITHOUT GLOBAL NOR SERVER 10 o 20 depending on the operating system WITH GLOBAL MASTER UNLIMITED SERVER WINDOWS UNLIMITED ENOUGH AS A STUDENT - BASIC INTEGRATED IN COMPLEX Computers with Linux NO YES NO Network address server NO YES YES Internet router Remote profiles and domain controllers' security Applications server - terminal server windows NEEDS A ROUTER INTEGRATED YES NO NO YES NO NO YES Web server NO NO YES In any case, the GlobalMaster can get along with any type of server or computer infrastructure of the center. As a general rule, if a center does not have a central server and wants to install a classroom with more than 20 computers, the GlobalMaster will be essential for a good functioning of the system.

8 TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS COMPARATIVE LIST OF UPDATES DATE OF MODIFICATION 06 apr 2009 Various REFERENCE OBSERVACIONES Explanation of version functions 13 oct 2009 Various Update of version 2.1 and inclusion of MODULE 19 oct 2009 Revision Revision in commercial meeting 20 nov 2009 Update Removal of BASIC and MODULE. MODULE+ converts to MODULE 03 dic Update Addition previsions in the introduction. Addition of ChangeLog and NOTEBOOK reference. 19 jul 2010 Update Addition BASIC and removal of MODULE 27 sep Update Addition of Sound Mixer v1 and exceptions for version dic Update Update to Addition of NOTEBOOK and Addition of BASIC 13 mar Update Update to and Modification of NOTEBOOK. 13 sep Update 30 jan Update 14 jun Revision Removal of Training, addition of LITE >> new MODULE for PREMIUM / STANDARD Addition of changes in the last version and revision of the document. Addition of notes to point out functions that do not work with Wi-Fi. Update of optional modules according to the new organization. Optimas already contemplated this possibility. It is only a documents revision. 05 abr 2013 Actualización New function v2.4.2 y v Boards revision. 27 junio 2013 Correct mistakes Rectification of errors in metro denial. 29 ago Update Removal of Sound Pack. 15 sep Update Addition of function easylab sep Update Update of Optimas to version 3.Revision of Starter and removal of the old Standard.