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Smart Technologies Smart Sync 2010 User Manual

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You or your system administrator then selects a connection option depending on the

chosen mode:

Connection Option

Description

Visible
Mode

Hidden
Mode

Allows the student to
select from a list of
available teachers

Students must manually connect
to the correct teacher ID.

T I P

If teacher discovery is
available, students can
view the IDs of teachers
currently logged on to
SMART Sync Teacher in
a drop-down list (see page
85
).

Yes

No

Automatically
connects with this
Teacher ID

Students automatically connect
to a teacher ID.

Yes

Yes

Automatically
connects with this
hostname or IP
address

Students automatically connect
to a teacher through the host
name or IP address. (Host names
and IP addresses identify
computers on a network.)

Yes

Yes

Uses this Class List
Server hostname or IP
address

You connect to your students
based on the information in a
SMART School file (see
Connecting to SMART Sync
Class List Server
on page 85)
.

For information on creating and
maintaining SMART School files,
see

document 144150

.

Yes

Yes

N O T E

l

If a student with a version of SMART Sync Student that is incompatible

with your version of SMART Sync Teacher attempts to connect to your

class, warning messages appear on the student’s screen and your screen.

l

In Hidden mode, students can’t ask questions, initiate chat, send files or

complete other tasks requiring the SMART Sync Student user interface.

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