Determining how many SMART Response or Senteo clickers you can use for an assessment
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SMART hardware
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SMART Response LE, PE, and XE interactive response systems
Sento interactive response systems
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SMART software
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SMART Response 2012 interactive software
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Operating systems
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Windows operating systems
MAC OS X operating system software
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Overview
This document explains how many SMART Response or Senteo clickers you can use in an assessment session and how to determine that amount.
The number of clickers supported for an assessment depends on several factors:
• Your computer's specifications
• The receiver model and numbers of clickers connected
• Interference from other devices
• The number of questions in an assessment
Details
The recommended system requirements for SMART Response 2012 software are as follows:
• Windows computer with a Pentium 4 or later processor with 2 GB or more of RAM.
• MAC computer with a Pentium 4 or later processor with 2 GB or more of RAM.
Note
Computers with lower system specifications might not support as many clickers.
When increasing the number of clickers used for an assessment you must also increase the number of receivers accordingly. See below for the number of clickers each receiver supports.
| Receiver |
Number of clickers supported |
| 03-00099 |
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60 |
| Receiver |
Number of clickers supported |
| 03-00181 |
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100 |
Notes
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You can add additional receivers to support more SMART Response clickers.
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Connecting more than the specified number of clickers can result in unexpected behavior.
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If you have multiple receivers connected to your computer, students see multiple class names that are numbered to identify each receiver. For example, Math (1 and Math (2. Assign an equal number of students to each class to ensure optimum performance.
Interference from other devices such as 2.4 GHz routers, cordless phones and microwaves can reduce performance of your SMART Response or Senteo system. Minimizing interference, signal refractions and removing objects that block receivers signals enables you to connect more clickers at once.
The number of clickers that can participate in an assessment session decrease as the of questions in the assignment increase. The following are the recommended maximum number of clickers that can be used based on the number of questions in an assessment.
| 1 |
500 |
| 10 |
500 |
| 20 |
500 |
| 30 |
333 |
| 40 |
250 |
| 50 |
200 |
| 60 |
166 |
| 70 |
142 |
| 80 |
125 |
| 90 |
111 |
| 100 |
100 |
| 110 |
90 |
| 120 |
83 |
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First published
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June 25, 2012
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