Connect to Students via Room mode

NetSupport School provides a quick and easy method to connect to the machines in a given room.  At the start of a lesson the teacher simply indicates which of the pre-defined rooms they want to connect to.

The Room settings can also be configured at the Student in the NetSupport School Student Configurator.  

Connecting using the Class wizard

  1. In the Class wizard, select New.

  2. Click Room Mode.

  3. Enter the name of the new room.

  4. To make this class the default connection method, select Make this the active connection method.

  5. Click OK.

  6. The new class  appears in the Class wizard.

  7. Click OK.

  8. The Tutor will browse for and connect to all Students found and display their icons in the Tutor Console.

Configuring rooms using the Tutor Configurator

  1. Select {File}{Configuration} from the Tutor Console drop-down menu.

  2. Select Student Selection.

  3. Click the Connect to Students in Room(s) option and enter the required room.

  4. Click Prompt at startup if you want the Tutor to be prompted to enter a room value each time the Tutor starts.

  5. Click OK.

  6. Click Yes to re-initialise the Tutor configurator.

  7. The Tutor will connect to all Students found and display their icons in the Tutor Console.

Students manually connecting to a room

Students can be configured to manually enter the room from the Student icon in the menu bar.

Note: In the Student Configurator, one of the mobile options must be selected: This is a mobile computer and may be in one of the following rooms or This is a mobile computer and its room will be entered manually.

  1. Click the NetSupport School Student icon from the menu bar and select Enter/Leave Room.

  2. The Enter/Leave Room dialog will appear and, depending on the option set in the Student Configurator, the Student can enter the required room name or choose a room from a drop-down list.

  3. Click OK.

  4. The Student will connect to the selected room and appear in the Tutor console.

See also:

Finding and connecting to Students

Connect to Students using PC mode

Connect to Students using User mode

Connect to Students using Browse mode

Connect to Students using SIS mode