Sanako Lab 90 User manual

Sanako Lab 90
USER GUIDE

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Document date 2 March, 2015
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Contents i
CONTENTS
About this Guide 1
To find the right information ....................................................................................1
Typographic conventions...........................................................................1
Overview 3
What is SANAKO Lab 90?......................................................................................3
The essentials of SANAKO Lab 90............................................................3
Product components...............................................................................................4
Graphical User Interface............................................................................4
Audio Source Interface ..............................................................................4
System Connection Unit ............................................................................4
System Serial Interface..............................................................................4
User Audio Panel.......................................................................................4
SANAKO Lab 90 activities and sessions................................................................5
SANAKO Lab 90 activities.........................................................................5
SANAKO Lab 90 sessions.........................................................................5
Teacher‟s Graphical User Interface (GUI) ..............................................................6
Components of the Lab 90 main window...................................................6
Toolbar.......................................................................................................6
Class view..................................................................................................8
Session Screen..........................................................................................8
Tooltips.......................................................................................................9
Session Status Bar ....................................................................................9
User Audio Panel.....................................................................................11
Keys on the User Audio Panel.................................................................11
LCD display..............................................................................................12
Symbols on the Lab 90 LCD....................................................................12
Clicking on a student icon.....................................................................................14
Student icons ........................................................................................................14
Getting Started 17
Starting Lab 90......................................................................................................17
To start Lab 90.........................................................................................17
Lab 90 main window .............................................................................................17
Lab 90 main menu ................................................................................................18
New Session .........................................................................................................19
Selecting students for a session..............................................................20
Removing a student from a session ........................................................20
Activities in the Lab 90 sessions...........................................................................21
Audio Connections 22
Audio Source.........................................................................................................22
Media File.................................................................................................23
CD Audio..................................................................................................23
Student.....................................................................................................23
Teacher....................................................................................................23
Line In ......................................................................................................23

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Video audio (requires Video Distribution Unit) ........................................ 24
Monitor and intercom............................................................................................ 24
Monitor..................................................................................................... 24
Intercom................................................................................................... 25
Intercom and Model Student ................................................................... 26
Player Controls........................................................................................ 26
Automonitor ............................................................................................. 27
Calls...................................................................................................................... 28
All call ...................................................................................................... 28
Session call ............................................................................................. 28
Student call.............................................................................................. 28
Activity Procedures 29
General procedure................................................................................................ 29
Selecting a student to answer a question............................................................. 31
Listening Comprehension..................................................................................... 33
Proceeding with Listening comprehension.............................................. 33
Phone Conversation............................................................................................. 35
Proceeding with Phone Conversation..................................................... 35
Pair Discussion..................................................................................................... 37
Proceeding with Pair Discussion............................................................. 37
Group Discussion ................................................................................................. 40
Proceeding with Group Discussion ......................................................... 40
Quiz ...................................................................................................................... 43
Proceeding with Quiz............................................................................... 43
Lab 90 Setup 48
Lab 90 installation................................................................................................. 48
Hardware installation............................................................................................ 48
Lab 90 components................................................................................. 48
Lab 90 connection overview.................................................................... 51
Dual Channel Program Source Interface ................................................ 52
SCU 52
Software installation ............................................................................................. 53
Minimum requirements............................................................................ 53
Installing the Lab 90 program.................................................................. 53
Teacher PC configuration..................................................................................... 54
To complete the configuration................................................................. 55
Teacher PC sound card mixer setting..................................................... 55
Configuration of the Lab 90 software ................................................................... 56
To configure the Lab 90 software............................................................ 56
Add License............................................................................................. 56
Set default settings.................................................................................. 57
Find workstations..................................................................................... 58
Set audio sources.................................................................................... 60
Set video sources.................................................................................... 61
Set video connections ............................................................................. 62
Software update ................................................................................................... 63
Teacher PC ............................................................................................. 63
System Connection Unit (SCU)............................................................... 63
User Audio Panel (UAP).......................................................................... 63
Troubleshooting.................................................................................................... 63
Glossary of Terms 65
Index 69

Contents iii

About this Guide 1
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
TO FIND THE RIGHT INFORMATION
This is the user‟s guide of the SANAKO Lab 90 language
learning system. This guide describes the functionality and
use of the two main components of SANAKO Lab 90: the
teacher and student user interfaces. For instructions on how
to install and configure the system, see the Lab 90 Setup
section in the end of this guide.
The first part of this guide gives you a general overview of
the SANAKO Lab 90 language instruction center and its
components.
The Getting Started section describes the basic functionality
of the teacher‟s Graphical User Interface (GUI).
In the latter part of this guide, you will learn how to facilitate
your work and increase the possibilities to both teach and
learn by using the different SANAKO Lab 90 features. The
Activity Procedures section explains all the different
SANAKO Lab 90 activities in detail.
Note that this User‟s Guide is also available as an online
version.
TYPOGRAPHIC CONVENTIONS
The following conventions are used in this guide:
Bold
Names of buttons, menu items, check boxes,
fields, etc.
Italics
Signs and highlighted texts on the class view.

Cross-reference

Overview 3
OVERVIEW
WHAT IS SANAKO LAB 90?
The enhanced language instruction center SANAKO Lab 90
is a teacher-led language lab solution that operates logically
and is therefore easy and fun to use.
The SANAKO Lab 90 center consists of the teacher and
student interface. Both you and your students have a User
Audio Panel. The Panel is the same than in SANAKO Lab
100, but the functions are reduced.
The teacher‟s user interface includes both the User Audio
Panel and the SANAKO Lab 90 Graphical User Interface
(GUI) on the teacher computer.
THE ESSENTIALS OF SANAKO LAB 90
When your teaching tool is SANAKO Lab 90, you can divide
your class into sessions for which you can then initiate
different learning activities. A session can also cover the
whole class.
SESSIONS
The session-based thinking of the SANAKO Lab 90 program
means that you can initiate different activities for the students
to proceed with, and use different materials for each session.
This way the students get a possibility to work with learning
materials that correspond to their level and to get the
maximum benefit of the teaching.
ACTIVITIES
The variety of different types of SANAKO Lab 90 activities
offers you all you need for efficient and versatile teaching
and learning.

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GUIDED PROCEEDING
Lab 90 is simple and fun to use because both its appearance
and functionality are designed to meet the need for an
undisturbed, fluently proceeding teaching situation. In
SANAKO Lab 90, you don‟t have to worry about making a
wrong move, since only those controls that are necessary for
a particular phase of a program are available at that time.
PRODUCT COMPONENTS
The SANAKO Lab 90 center is comprised of the following
components: the Graphical User Interface (GUI) on the
teacher PC, Audio Source Interface, System Connection
Unit, and the User Audio Panels.
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
The SANAKO Lab 90 software provides the Graphical User
Interface (GUI) at the teacher PC‟s monitor. The SANAKO
Lab 90 GUI is the teacher workspace that displays the
classroom layout. On the GUI, with a few mouse clicks you
create sessions, where your students proceed with different
activities.
AUDIO SOURCE INTERFACE
The Audio Source Interface allows the connection of any
external source through its input jack. These sources can be
connected to the students.
SYSTEM CONNECTION UNIT
The System Connection Unit is the interface between the
students UAPs and your computer, as well as audio sources
and your computer. It makes sure the audio connection
between you and the students and/or audio source is
successfully established.
SYSTEM SERIAL INTERFACE
The System Serial Interface connects the teacher PC to
teacher‟s UAP.
USER AUDIO PANEL
The User Audio Panel is the student user interface, located
on each student‟s desk. It is also part of your SANAKO Lab
90 user interface.