Activate Oktopus Software 1. After installing the software and opening it, an activation window will appear. 2. Type the 16 character product key into the box and click OK. 3. If there is an active internet connection, the software will automatically activate. If the computer does not have an internet connection or is behind a proxy server, automatic activation may fail. We recommend that you activate your software by website. Register Oktopus Blend License 1. Open Oktopus, go to the Settings and Login To My Account. 2. Click Not Registered. 3. Complete the form, including choice of state, district and school. 4. Enter product key and submit. 5. Click activate account link in verification email. 6. Re-open Oktopus, go to Settings and Login To My Account. 7. Enter username (email) and password setup in registration.
Whiteboard Tools Overview of the Oktopus Navigation. 1. Choose to create a new lesson, open existing lesson including IWB or SMART Notebook Files, save or print. 2. Add, copy or paste slides. 3. Start polling/collaboration session, login to your account, set preferences and access help guide. 4. Quick Tool Pallet provides quick access to useful tools, and acts as a right-click context menu for editing commands such as cut, copy, paste, and delete. 5. Minimize tools to work in full screen mode or expand to view all tools. 6. Click to change between tool sets, including Drawing, Math, Literacy, Science, Polling/Voting Tools and Lessons. 7. Click to view tools. 8. Click to navigate or view slides. 9. Click to Change Background or Switch to Glass Mode. 10. Add new slide to end of presentation. Create a Class Roster (Optional) If you would like to save results and track student performance on lessons you should first set up a class. 1. Click on the Lessons Tab 2. Click on Classes. 3. Choose if you would like to import or manually create a class. 4. User ID and Username must be unique for each student in all classes. 5. When creating the list, the system initially makes the password the same as the User ID. Set up individual passwords as desired. Passwords are immediately encrypted. 6. All changes are saved instantly. Import Existing List: You can import a.csv (comma delimited) roster or use an existing Qwizdom Class (.qpl). It is recommended that your existing.csv class roster have the following columns: First Name, Last Name, User ID, Username and Password. If importing a.qpl file, you will need to update students usernames and passwords following import. Note: Adding device numbers is helpful when using classroom collaboration.
Search and Download Content 1. Go to the Lessons menu and select Search. 2. Type a keyword into the search field. If you would like to refine your search, click on Advanced Search, select Grade, Subject and then click Go. 3. There are 2 types of content: Free Content (available to anyone with an Oktopus license in the US) and Premium Content (which requires a Blend annual subscription). Content Sample: 4. Click Preview to quickly view all instruction and question slides. Answer slides are not available for preview. 5. Click Download and the activity will be downloaded to your computer. Go to the File menu, select Open, browse to the newly downloaded activity (.qap) and then click Open. Adjust content as you like. Start a Polling / Collaborative Lesson 1. With a blank or selected activity open, click the Settings menu and select Start Presentation. 2. After a few moments, the presentation setup dialogue window will appear. From within this window, set up the presentation options as desired. Participant List Select a participant list to use or run an anonymous presentation. Save Results Choose a location to save results. Chart View Select how live results are displayed. Allow Participants to Change Answer Allows participants to change their answer for the current question slide. Send Right/Wrong Feedback to Remotes After Answering Devices will receive a check mark if answer is correct and an X if answer is incorrect. Devices will receive both a check mark and X if feedback is turned off, to indicate that the response has been received. 3. Click Start to begin.
Polling / Collaborative Lesson (continued) The feedback indicator will appear once the presentation has begun. Drag it to a preferred location. 2 3 4 5 6 1 1. Click the link to make the web IP address large. This will make it easier for students joining through the web app. See below for details. 2. Response Feedback The percentage of participants who have responded. Click to change to a numeric value. 3. Repose Question Click this to repose the question to the participants. 4. Pick a Participant A random participant number appears on-screen. Names will appear if a participant list is active. 5. Show Graph A graph of the results will appear on-screen. 6. Enable Collaboration Choose which participants are able to collaborate and send annotations to the presenter and other participants. Students - Joining a Session Student can connect to a session through a web browser or the Qwizdom Notes+ App, available in the Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and Windows Store. Join Via Web Browser: 1. Open a web browser (Chrome, Edge, Explorer, etc.). 2. Enter the web IP address supplied by the presenter. For example: http://10.0.0.24:8080 3. Press the return/enter key or click Go beside the URL bar. If using a class list, students will be prompted to enter a User ID number. 4. The browser will connect to the presenter s live session. If the presentation was live before the app connects and the presenter has already annotated or navigated through slides, all previous actions are sent to the app to ensure that the participant receives the entire presentation thus far. 5. If collaboration is turned on, the student clicks to share his/her work with the class. Tip 1: The presenter can click on the web address link on the Feedback Indicator to make the link display large on the screen. Note: The web browser does not contain the same feature set as the installed Notes+ app, such as saving and note taking. Join Using Notes+ App: Open the Notes+ app on the device. Press File and then Find Session. A list of available sessions will appear. Tap the session you wish to join.
Online Courses / Make Materials Available Anytime Create your own courses, or access and assign carefully structured Math, Reading and Science courses for at home or classroom self-paced learning. In the Lessons tab, click on Courses. Browse Courses Preview Lessons 1. Use the right and left arrows to browse through available courses. 2. Click on a course tile to preview content. 3. Click on the arrows to expand topic and view all available activities. 4. Click on an activity to view options including preview, assign, rename, print and delete. Assign Materials 1. To assign a due date to an activity or collection of activities, click and drag the items to the calendar. By default the due date is set to the selected day. 2. Select Activity Type. Assignment: allows students to receive Right/ Wrong Feedback and View Answer Slides. Test: allows students to change answers but does not show Right/Wrong Feedback or Answer Slides. 3. Select a class or individual student. Adjust additional settings in the Advance Settings tab then click Assign. Access Anytime (No Due Dates): If you wish to make all activities in the selected course available to your students right away and do not wish to add due dates, drag and drop the complete collection into the Access Anytime Area located below the calendar. This is a quick way to let students access materials with minimal set up. Verbally direct students to materials or let them choose.
Students Access Content Provide students with credentials and direct students to login at 360blend.com to access content. Login credentials are set up when you create a class. 1. Direct students to click on the appropriate activity to begin. 2. Activities are instantly graded and students can review their answer and scores once the activity is complete. Email Notifications: As more items are assigned, students can receive email notifications. To enable this feature, use email address for usernames in the Online Class section and check the email notifications option in the Advanced Settings section when assigning content. Generate Reports & View Online Results You can generate reports for a live session or view results online for self-paced lessons. Generate Reports from a Live Session 1. Browse and double click a.qrx file. This will bring up the Report Generator window. From here select the type of report or export results as.csv or for use in another platform. View Online Results 1. In the Lessons tab, click on the Performance icon. This will bring up the Activity Search page. 2. Set the Class, Participant and Time filters to view results on multiple activities, or type in a specific activity to return results on a single activity. Click Submit to return results. 3. Click on the Activity Title or Avg. Score to view class and student scores. 4. To view the overall course performance click on the View By menu and select Progress Report. 5. Click on Class Avg Score, or specific student, to see average score on each activity assigned. 6. Click on an item to drill in further and select different report views to analyze results. 7. Use the links at the top of the page to navigate between reports. 8. Results for an activity (or entire course) can also be exported as a.qrx file, compatible with Oktopus software, for even more reporting options. Click on the Settings menu and select Export.
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