promethean ActivExpression 2 User guide

Startup Guide

2 ActivExpression2 Startup Guide
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Contents
Startup Guide ActivExpression2 3
About this guide 
What is ActivExpression? 
Quick Start Guide 
Setup 
Registration 
Voting 
Voting results 
Device Guide 
Display 
Menu options 
Text, equation and numeric entry 
Equation Editor 
Single response questions 
Multiple choice questions 
Sort into order questions 
Change the device language 
Upgrade the device firmware 
Change the device batteries 
More Information 
Compliance Statements 

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is guide describes how to set up and use ActivExpression devices in voting sessions with ActivInspire
or Promethean ActivOffice. It takes you through setup, device registration, voting sessions from both
the teacher’s and learner’s perspectives, as well as voting results.
e guide is in five parts.
1 what is activexpression2?
is section briefly introduces the product and its key features, as well as what is included in the kit and
what else you may need.
2 quick start guide
is section is for teachers who want to use ActivExpression devices in the classroom.
e Quick Start Guide provides information on how to:
• Set up the devices
• Connect the ActivHub
• Register devices in ActivInspire and Promethean ActivOffice
• Run different types of voting sessions; ad-hoc questions, prepared questions and Self-Paced questions
• Display voting results
3 device guide
is section is for teachers and learners who want to familiarise themselves with how to enter and send
responses with the ActivExpression device.
It provides information on how to:
• Interpret what you see on the device screen
• Navigate and select menu options
• Use the Equation Editor
• Use different techniques to answer single response questions, multiple choice questions and sort into
order questions
• Change the device language
• Upgrade the device firmware
• Replace the device batteries
4 more information
is section provides links to additional information, help and support available from Promethean.
5 compliance
is section contains important information about the international standards with which
ActivExpression devices and ActivHubs conform.
About this guide

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ActivExpression is the newest addition to the Promethean family of Learner Response System (LRS)
devices; this device is equally at home in the classroom, boardroom, lecture theatre or workshop.
ActivExpression allows every student to express
themselves in words, phrases, and even natural
math equations.
With a full QWERTY * keypad no message is too
complex to communicate.
Users can send answers of up to  characters, or
equations that fill the display.
Self-Paced Learning functionality allows teachers to enable
learners to work at their own pace and level.
New features include:
• A contemporary look and ergonomic feel
• A mathematical Equation Editor
• A new menu system that provides cursor keys to
navigate menu items
• Context specific Hotkeys to select an option, send a
response, or return to the previous menu
• A . inch (. cm) backlit display
• e ability to display both questions and answers on the
device
• A Multifunction Key to switch focus from questions
to answers and back, to allow scrolling through longer
entries
* Variant dependent
What is ActivExpression2?

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Power On/Off Key
Press and hold for  second
to power device on/off
Menu Key
Press to access Settings
Multifunction Key
Press to change focus between
question and answer, or to display
different views of a question set
Backspace Key
Press to delete
preceding character
New Line Key
Hotkeys
Functions are
context dependent
Super-/Subscript Control Key
(Equation Editor)
Shift Key
Press to change case
Symbol Key
Press and hold to launch
symbol table
Numeric/Voting Keys
Press to enter numbers or answer
multiple choice questions
Fraction Control Key
(Equation Editor)
Cursor Control Key
Press to navigate up, down
and sideways
You can switch device backlighting on and off, and control length and intensity of lighting from
within ActivInspire. For details, see the later topic Save Energy!
main ke ys and func tions

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what is included?
ActivExpression devices are available in kits of ,  and  devices. All devices are supplied with  AA
batteries inserted, ready to use.
Your kit includes: *
• ActivExpression devices
• Carrying case
• Security screwdriver
• . GHz ActivHub
• ActivHub holder and .m USB extension cable
• ActivInspire Professional Edition International DVD
• Promethean ActivOffice International DVD
• TPEN ActivExpression Startup Guide DVD
• TP Compliance Statements for ActivExpression and ActivHub
Rechargeable batteries are not recommended for use with ActivExpression devices.
* Subject to change without notice
what else do you need?
To run voting sessions with ActivExpression devices, you also need to run presentation software.
ActivExpression devices are compatible with the following Promethean products:
• ActivInspire Professional Edition **
• Promethean ActivOffice **
• ActivProgress (web based) **
ActivExpression devices are also compatible with any rd party software that has been developed for
use with Promethean LRS devices.
** To use the Equation Editor, or ActivProgress, you need ActivInspire Professional Edition .
or later. e Equation Editor is not currently available in Promethean ActivOffice.
For details of software and hardware requirements for Promethean products, go to
www.PrometheanWorld.com, select your language, then click Our Solutions and browse for
information about the product of your choice.

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is part of the Startup Guide is about setting up and registering ActivExpression devices in
ActivInspire or Promethean ActivOffice, and about running voting sessions. e process is very similar in
ActivInspire and Promethean ActivOffice.
Setup
connect the device bat teries
In new devices the batteries are protected by a
small plastic tab. Before you use a device for the
first time, pull the tab out of the device to allow the
batteries to connect.
Quick Start Guide
Pull out the protective tab
connect the activhub
e ActivHub enables LRS devices, your computer and other Promethean products to communicate
with each other. Promethean devices are registered on the ActivHub. e ActivHub must be plugged in
before you can use any devices.
Use the .m USB extension cable if necessary.
e ActivHub has flashing indicator lights:
• Red lights up when you first plug in the ActivHub; at any other time it indicates a problem
• Green flashes when data is transmitted or received
Devices remember the last ActivHub to which they were registered. If they were last registered to
your ActivHub, you can take the ActivHub to another computer, insert it and use the devices without
registering them again.
Raise the ActivHub antenna
Insert into USB port on
your computer

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Promethean ActivOffice
Start Registration
ActivInspire
In Device Registration in ActivInspire or Promethean ActivOffice, make sure that you select your
ActivHub, then select ActivExpressions before you click Register.
Select your ActivHub
Select ActivExpressions
Other physical and virtual
ActivHubs may be displayed
above or below your own
Click to register
Device registration is the process of telling the ActivHub how many devices there are in the classroom,
and their names.
You need to register devices to your ActivHub before you begin a voting session.
For details of language options, see the later section Change the device language.
on the computer
Start registration from the Voting Browser in ActivInspire or Promethean ActivOffice.
Make sure ActivExpressions is selected.
Registration

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During registration, ActivInspire and Promethean ActivOffice allocate names to devices.
You have two choices at this time:
• e quickest way is to let the software allocate default names during registration.
• Alternatively, you can let your learners name their ActivExpression devices during registration.
Whichever option you choose, devices must be powered on and within transmission range of the
ActivHub.
Check to let learners
name devices
Choose number of devices
Click to proceed
Specify naming options
if required
ActivInspire or Promethean ActivOffice displays a -letter PIN code. All learners must enter the
correct PIN.
PIN to be entered
by learners