Infocus INS-OKTOPUS Quick start guide

Brand: Infocus

Model: INS-OKTOPUS

Type: Quick start guide

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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.

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 verication

email.

6. Re-open Oktopus, go to Settings

and Login To My Account.

7. Enter username (email) and password

setup in registration.

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.

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 rst set up a class.

1. Click on the Lessons Tab

Import Existing List:

You can import a .csv (com-

ma 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 import-

ing a .qpl le, you will

need to update students’

usernames and passwords

following import.

Note: Adding device num-

bers is helpful when using

classroom collaboration.

Search and Download Content

Start a Polling / Collaborative Lesson

1. Go to the Lessons menu and select Search.

2. Type a keyword into the search eld. If you would like to rene 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.

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 o, 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.

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

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.

2 3 4 5 6

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Browse Courses Preview Lessons

Assign Materials

Students Access Content

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Notications:As more items are assigned, students can receive email notications. To enable this

feature, use email address for usernames in the Online Class section and check the email notications

option in the Advanced Settings section when assigning content.

Provide students with credentials and direct students to login at 360blend.com to access 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 le . 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 lters to view results on multiple activities, or type in a specic 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 specic student, to see average score on each activity assigned.

6. Click on an item to drill in further and select dierent 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 le, compatible with Oktopus

software, for even more reporting options. Click on the Settings menu and select Export.

Additional Support Resources

Online User Guide: qwizdomoktopus.com/user-guide

Create Support Ticket: qwizdom.com/supportcenter

Email: [email protected]

FAQs: qwizdomoktopus.com/support

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Model: INS-OKTOPUS

Type: Quick start guide

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