Toolbar:
Menu: Right click - Watch or double click
This command allows the tutor to view a selected workstation screen in live mode. To View a workstation
1. Select one or more clients to view.
2. Press the Watch button or select the Command menu followed by Watch or right-click the mouse on one of the client icons and select Watch from the drop-down menu.
Whilst Watching client workstations, the toolbar will be available at the top of the client screen. Click on the handle or a blank part of the bar to hide it and click on the handle at the top of the screen to unhide it.
Shared
When this button is pressed, it enables you to take control of the currently viewed workstation and allows the student to also use their mouse and keyboard at the same time.
Lockout
When this button is pressed, it enables you to take control of the currently viewed workstation and disable the student's mouse and keyboard. Please note that the intention here is not to completely lock the student out - for that option, select the Lock function.
Ctrl+Alt+Del
This will send a Ctrl+Alt+Del command to the workstation to activate the Windows login or security screen.
Blank Screen
This simply blanks the screen for the client, but not the tutor (optionally displaying a message), allowing the tutor to do things on the client machine without the user seeing it.
Chat
Press this button to initiate the Chat window to send and receive text messages with remote client workstations.
Snapshot
Pressing this button whilst viewing a remote screen will take a screen shot and automatically save the image to file. The location and resolution of this image can be set by the Administrator in the Settings menu.
Scale
Pressing this button will shrink the remote view to fit in the current window size. If the window is significantly smaller than the resolution of the student workstation, it can be tricky to read text on the screen. If this is the case, make the window bigger.
Note that scaling can reduce the performance and refresh rate. Actual size will run more smoothly.
Resize
This button toggles between windowed view and fullscreen view. Close
Using AB Tutor
Command menu
Give Demo
Toolbar:
Menu: Command - Demo
This command will show the tutor's workstation screen to all selected student workstations. This can be used to demonstrate to the entire class how to use the computer or an application etc. When this command is activated, the AB Tutor window is minimised.
The tutor's screen will only be shown to the student workstations selected.
To end the show session, you simply click on the minimised ABTutor in the system entry in the taskbar. This will re-display the application and removes the tutor's screen from all student workstations.
There are 2 modes you can use when showing your screen to the students: Full Screen or Thumbnail Window. Click the small down arrow symbol to the right of the main Demo button to reveal the following drop-down menu:
Full Screen (the default action for the Show button), will show your screen in actual size on all the selected remote machines and lockout the student's keyboard and mouse.
Thumbnail Window will show the tutor entire screen in a small 1/4 sized scalable window on the remote screen. The student can then continue to work on their computer whilst watching the tutor screen at the same time. Clicking the drawing pin in the thumbnail window will make sure that the window is always on top of other applications.
Using AB Tutor
Command menu
Exhibit
Toolbar:
Menu: Command - Exhibit
This command allows you to display a student's screen to other connected students.
Please note, this icon is not added to the toolbar by default. You can add it yourself by going to View, Customise...
To Exhibit a remote client:
1. Select the remote workstation to exhibit
2. Select Command - Exhibit (or click on the exhibit icon)
3. Select the other remote workstations to which you wish to exhibit (Notice that you cannot select the workstation you are exhibiting)
4. Press Start
The workstation you are exhibiting will be displayed on your screen and you are then put straight into a Show command.
This allows you to see the exhibited screen, to take control of it and use the Annotation tools available during a normal Show command.
To end the Exhibit mode press the Close button on the toolbar and then the AB Tutor entry in the taskbar.
Command menu
Launch
Using AB Tutor
Command menu
Chat
Toolbar:
Menu: Command - Chat
This command will display a dialog box allowing the tutor to send a text message to all selected students. The tutor can then wait for a reply back from the student(s).
To send a message:
1. Select the remote workstation(s) to which you want to send the message.
2. Enter your name. This lets the remote user(s) know who the message is from. (This name will be remembered for all subsequent chat sessions).
3. Enter the message you want to send. 4. Press the Enter key or Send button. 5. Wait for replies to appear.