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Observing a screen

Description

The watch (observe) function allows you to view one or more student screens on your station.  When observing a single student’s screen, the screen appears in a window on your computer.  When observing multiple screens, many scaled-down representations of each screen will appear in a window.


To observe a single station

  • Select station that you would like to observe.
  • Either click the "Watch" button in the toolbar or double-click on the computer name.

The student's station's screens will appear on your screen. A small control window will open in the upper left-hand corner.


To observe multiple stations

  • Select the stations.

To select more than one station, hold down Control and click on each station's name in the computer list.

To select all stations, press Control - A.

  • Click on the "Watch" button in the toolbar.

A new window will open that contains scaled-down images of the selected stations.


To stop observing

  • Click on the red close button in the control window.

Image of the toolbar


Tips on observing

If you are using the observe function to display a student's screen via the projector, you may want to have the student increase zoom level or the font size for a higher quality projection.