LANSCHOOL
By: Ray Jess
Ext: 4466
WHAT IS LANSCHOOL?
LanSchool is a clean, simple and easy to use tool
to manage our classrooms.
HOW TO ACCESS LANSCHOOL
Press “Ctrl+Alt+L” at the same time or
 If it is not in the system tray, click on the “Start”
button, locate “Lanschool Teacher” from the
program choices, left-click on it. It will then
appear in the system tray at the bottom of the
screen
 If it is in the system tray at the bottom of the
screen just “left-click” on it.
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LANSCHOOL VIEWING CHOICES
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From the LanSchool console’ the viewing
choices are :
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Thumbnail
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Detail
Most teachers use the classroom view and
thumbnails to manage their classroom.
USING LANSCHOOL IN THUMBNAIL VIEW
You can select a single student by clicking on
them or the whole class by using Ctrl+A.
 To control the action of the class or a student,
you can use the drop-down menu, the icon bar
or “right-click” on the student.
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THUMBNAIL CLASSROOM VIEW
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Click on “View All”, select small or medium
view, then select “Classroom Layout”.
Log into all of your computers, use word and set the
font to 200, press enter then type the computer
number (do that for all of the computers you use).
 You can then see each of the computers on your
teacher computer and drag them into the order you
chose.
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CONTROLLING A STUDENT COMPUTER
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Click on the student you wish to remote control,
then click on the “control” button on the icon
menu or just “right-click” on the student after
selecting them.
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By default, they no longer have control of their
mouse or keyboard.
This is handy if you want to direct them
somewhere or forcibly get them back on task.
CONTROLLING CONTINUED
If you only want to view the student, doubleclick on the student.
 To end the controlling or view of the student,
just click on the “Control” button.
 You can use the “Blank Screen” option when
you want the classes attention just by clicking
on the icon.
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COMMUNICATION FEATURE
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You can send a message to any student by
clicking on the student and then the message
icon.
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Messages can pop-up on the lower right side of the
screen or force them to read the message in the
center of the screen.
Students can also send messages to teachers.
They click on the LanSchool icon to ask a question.
 The teacher can respond to it by right-clicking on
the question mark on their screen.
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COMMUNICATION FEATURE (CONT.)
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Select “Chat” and answer the question.
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This can be done without disturbing the rest of the
class.
To terminate the chat, just click on “close”
LOG-OFF, RESTART, SHUT-DOWN
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You have the power to log a student or class
off, restart their machine or shut them down
completely.
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Select a student or the whole class in the
thumbnail view and either use the “Shut-Down”
icon in the upper right-hand corner of your screen
or use the “Administrator” drop-down menu.
 Select
any of the four features offered.
SHOW TEACHER SCREEN
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There are two options to show the teacher screen
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Full view-the students do not have control of their
computer (preferable for demonstration)
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If you want to use a pencil to highlight something, right-click on
the Lanschool icon in the system stray, to close it just click on
the red-x because it is a layer.
Windowed-the students keep control of their keyboard
and mouse
To stop showing teacher screen, right-click on the
Lanschool icon in the system tray.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SOURCES
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LanSchool Turorials
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http://www.lanschool.com/support/tutorials