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As a teacheraide, you can access the Thumbnails view and monitorstudents. H owever,
youcan’t use the more advancedfeatures of SMART Sy nc, such as taking control of a
student’sdesktop, locking out students, blocking applications, and so on.
Tojoin a class as ateacher aide, you must requestand receive permissionf romt he
teacher.If the teacher hasn’t selected the Allow TeacherAides option (see Controlling
TeacherAides on page79), a message appearsthat advises you that you can’t join this
class.
NO T E
Youmust install SMAR T Sync on your computerto observe a class as ateacher
aide.However, you don’trequire anadditionallic ensefor this installation.
Youcan leave a class at any t ime.
To join a class asa
teacheraide
1. SelectC onnection> Teacher’sA ide> Join a class.
TheJoin a Teacher’s Class dialog box appears.
2. Selectthe Teacher ID for the class you want to join.
OR
SelectC onnectvia host name or IP address box,enter the host name or IP
address,and thenc lick Join.
TheTeacherAide Join Request dialog box appearson the teacher’s desktop. This
dialogbox informs the teacherthat you want to join their class andgives them the
optionto accept or decline yourrequest.
If theteacher declines, amessage appearsthat advises you thaty ourrequest was
declined.
OR
If the teacheraccepts, y oujoin the class as a teacheraide. The Thumbnailsview
forthe class appearsonyour desktop.
NO T E S
oIf the teacherallows you access tohis orher class, he or she can
disconnectyou from the class.
oYoumay still notbe able to view the class ift het eacherhas set an
authenticationpasswordon the class.
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