Selecting How Students Answer Questions

Students can answer questions using one of four available devices:

Each of these devices has a corresponding mode in SMART Response. When you or your system administrator first installed SMART Response, you selected the appropriate mode for the devices in your classroom. You can change the mode after installation using the SMART Response Setup Tool.

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To open the SMART Response Setup Tool in Windows operating systems

  1. Stop any running classes, and close SMART Notebook and Teacher Tools if they're running.

  2. Select Start > All Programs > SMART Technologies > SMART Response > Setup Tool.

The SMART Response Setup Tool window opens.

To open the SMART Response Setup Tool in Mac OS X operating system software

  1. Stop any running classes, and close SMART Notebook and Teacher Tools if they're running.

  2. In the Finder, browse to and double-click Applications/SMART Technologies/SMART Response/SMART Response Setup Tool.

The SMART Response Setup Tool window opens.

To select how students answer questions

  1. Open the SMART Response Setup Tool.

  2. Select one of the following options:

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  1. Click OK.

A message appears stating that your setup has changed.

  1. Click OK.

When you start SMART Response, your students can answer questions using the device you selected in step 2.

NOTE: The links to the SMART Response Help change to reflect the tool you selected in step 2. For example, if you selected SMART Notebook SE, the links point to the SMART Response CE Help.

If you kept this Help open when you selected the new tool, you can open the Help for the new tool by clicking the appropriate link below: