Faronics Insight - Manual (Page 11)

Planning the Installation
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Faronics Insight User Guide
Client-Server (Connection Server)
Pros
• No configuration changes to routers or access points required because the Connection Server
communicates on TCP port 8080
• Can optionally be enabled to support Distance Teaching
• Best suited for large schools or districts with complicated networks
• Not all features and operating systems are currently supported
Cons
• A server is required for every 500 to 4000 students
• The server is a single point of failure
Not all features and operating systems are currently supported (see "Configuring Insight with Connection Server")
Choose between a normal classroom / laptop cart environment or the 1:1 environment
For a normal classroom / laptop cart environment, follow the normal installation instructions
later in this manual.
If you are running Faronics Insight in a “1:1” environment, where each student has their own
computing device, decide whether or not you want the students to have the ability to change their
channel to the Teacher channel or if you want teachers to create a list and automatically bring the
Students into class.
We recommend automatically bringing the students into class.
Here's how it works:
1. Setup all student computers with a default “home” channel which is not used by any teachers.
2. Setup each teacher on their own unique channel. Using their class room number works well.
3. Install the student computers with the default option not to change channels.
4. Create a Class List manually or dynamically. These lists can be created based on either their
login id, active directory name or computer name.
5. In the Teacher console, select the students for the current class or load the appropriate Class
List. This will 'pull' students from their home channel temporarily to the channel the teacher is
on.
6. Dismiss the class. When the current class list is dismissed, all students in the current class will
be assigned back to their home channel. Forgetting to actively dismiss the class is not a
problem however, as another teacher will be able to pull students to their channel when
loading their own class list.
Choose a unique teacher channel for each classroom (normal classroom setup)
Faronics Insight is designed to work with as many as 16,000 different classrooms on the same
network. It uses Teacher channels to broadcast the contents of a teacher's computer to student
computers on the same channel. To simplify installation, each classroom should have its own
unique channel.