Faronics Insight User Manual
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Planning the Installation
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Determine whether you want to run Faronics Insight using one of the Security Modes
Faronics Insight provides two security modes for installation. It can be installed with one or both
security modes selected. Running Faronics Insight in Password-Secure Mode requires a teacher to
type in a password in order to see students on a particular channel. If this mode is selected for the
Teacher install, the same mode must be selected for the Student installs. For installation
instructions, refer to the section
Installing Faronics Insight in Secure Mode
later in this manual.
Running Faronics Insight in Active Directory Secure Mode requires a teacher to be a member of
the Domain User Group, Insight Teachers to see students on a particular channel. For installation
instructions, refer to the section
Installing Faronics Insight in Secure Mode
later in this manual.
Determine if it is necessary to install on Terminal Services, MultiPoint Server or NComputing
environments
Faronics Insight will run in a thin client environment, fat client environment or a mixed
environment. For instructions on how to install the thin client support, refer to the section,
Installing Insight in a Thin Client Environment
or
Installing Faronics Insight on Windows
later in this manual.
Determine if you will be installing the software on the Mac
The Faronics Insight Student and Teacher applications will run on the Mac. For instructions on
how to install Faronics Insight on a Mac, refer to the section,
Installing Faronics Insight on a Mac
later in this manual.
Determine if you will be installing the software on Linux
The Faronics Insight Student will run on Ubuntu 10 or 11., though with a limited feature set. For
instructions on how to install Faronics Insight students on Linux refer to the section,
later in this manual.
Determine if you will be including iOS devices in the classroom
Faronics Insight provides free software to include Apple devices such as the iPad, iPhone or iPod
into the classroom. For instructions on how to include these devices, refer to the section,
Installing Faronics Insight on iOS devices
later in this manual.