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TI-Navigator™
Reference Guide
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Contents
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Important Information................................................................... ii
Getting started with TI-Navigator .........................................1
Starting TI-Navigator™ on your computer................................... 1
The TI-Navigator computer home screen ..................................... 2
TI-Navigator computer tools.......................................................... 7
Creating and managing your teacher account............................. 8
Using calculator screen options................................................... 11
Logging in to TI-Navigator on your calculator........................... 12
Logging in to TI-Navigator (student instruction) ....................... 13
The TI-Navigator calculator home screen ................................... 15
TI-Navigator calculator tools ....................................................... 15
Managing classes..................................................................17
Creating classes............................................................................. 17
Selecting a class ............................................................................ 19
Beginning and ending class sessions........................................... 20
Changing the class view............................................................... 20
Removing items from the Class Record....................................... 23
Removing classes .......................................................................... 24
Managing student accounts.................................................25
Adding students to classes........................................................... 25
Checking student login status ..................................................... 27
Arranging the seating chart ........................................................ 27
Sorting student information........................................................ 28
Using the Student Portfolio view................................................ 29
Resetting student passwords ....................................................... 32
Changing the classes of a student............................................... 34
Changing student names and identifiers.................................... 36
Moving a student to another class.............................................. 37
Copying a student to another class............................................. 38
Removing a student from a class................................................. 38
Exchanging files with students ...........................................41
Sending files ................................................................................. 41
Sending files (student instruction) .............................................. 46
Collecting files .............................................................................. 48
Receiving files (student instruction)............................................ 50
Deleting files from calculators..................................................... 51
Checking the status of file transfers ........................................... 53
Canceling file transfers ................................................................ 54
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Finding transferred files ...............................................................55
Changing the unprompted file location .....................................55
Viewing file properties................................................................. 56
Running interactive activities ............................................. 59
Introduction to the Activity Center tool .....................................59
Configuring activities ...................................................................68
Changing the graph window settings.........................................79
Saving and loading activity settings ........................................... 90
Starting and managing activities.................................................91
Creating and adding activity data............................................... 94
Contributing activity data (student instruction).......................102
Plotting activity data ..................................................................112
Editing activity data.................................................................... 120
Saving and loading activity data ...............................................121
Deleting activity data .................................................................123
Viewing activity data.................................................................. 125
Viewing Frequency Plots ............................................................127
Showing and hiding activity data.............................................. 130
Highlighting activity data ..........................................................134
Sorting activity data ...................................................................135
Polling students.................................................................. 139
The Quick Poll tool window and tabs .......................................139
Opening the Quick Poll tool ......................................................141
Polling your students..................................................................142
Stopping polls .............................................................................143
Pausing polls ...............................................................................143
Resuming paused polls...............................................................144
Responding to polls (student instruction).................................144
Sending poll results to students.................................................146
Saving polls .................................................................................146
Viewing poll results .................................................................... 146
Sorting poll data ......................................................................... 148
Showing and hiding display names........................................... 148
Viewing previous polls ...............................................................148
Closing the Quick Poll tool.........................................................149
Capturing calculator screens ............................................. 151
Capturing calculator screens ...................................................... 151
Viewing Captured Screens .........................................................152
Saving captured screens ............................................................. 153
Refreshing captured screens ......................................................154
Showing and hiding display names........................................... 154
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LearningCheck™ Creator....................................................157
LearningCheck™ Creator Main Window .................................. 157
Creating a new document ......................................................... 158
Specifying document properties ............................................... 159
Adding a new section ................................................................ 160
Adding questions ....................................................................... 161
Adding specific question types.................................................. 163
Editing Presentation Sequence.................................................. 172
Adding questions from the Item Bank...................................... 174
Saving a document..................................................................... 177
Adding special characters to text 178
Working with documents .......................................................... 180
Opening existing documents..................................................... 181
Printing a Report........................................................................ 188
Working with Images 190
Previewing a document ............................................................. 197
Sending documents to calculators ............................................ 198
Sending a document to a classroom network .......................... 200
Notes and tips for TI-73 Explorer™ users.................................. 201
Troubleshooting LearningCheck™ Creator .............................. 202
The Class Analysis Tool .......................................................207
Getting started ........................................................................... 207
Creating a new class analysis ..................................................... 207
Viewing a slide show of the analysis......................................... 221
Printing analysis reports............................................................. 222
Glossary of terms used in Class Analysis.................................... 241
Installing Apps and OS files ...............................................243
Opening the App and OS Transfer tool .................................... 243
Adding files to the transfer list ................................................. 244
Selecting and unselecting files to send..................................... 245
Removing files from the transfer list ........................................ 245
Installing Apps or OS files .......................................................... 246
Closing the App and OS Transfer tool....................................... 246
Troubleshooting..................................................................247
Frequently-asked questions ....................................................... 247
System requirements.................................................................. 255
Error messages............................................................................ 256
Glossary...............................................................................261
Terms........................................................................................... 261
File types ..................................................................................... 264
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Legal Information .............................................................. 267
Texas Instruments Support and Service ..................................... 267
Privacy Policy...............................................................................268
Getting started with TI-Navigator 1
Getting started with TI-Navigator
The TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system provides the hardware and
software tools you need to set up a wireless classroom network. The
TI-Navigator™ system lets you:
• Create and manage classes on the classroom network.
• Transfer files between your computer or calculator and your
students’ calculators.
• Monitor your students with screen captures and polling.
• Perform various interactive activities with your students to enhance
your lessons.
• Use different tools to create, distribute, and analyze educational
content.
• Install TI Graphing Calculator Applications (Apps) on your students’
calculators.
The TI-Navigator™ system has two main components that make it work:
• TI-Navigator computer software. The TI-Navigator computer
software contains the tools and options you need to run your
wireless classroom network.
• TI-Navigator calculator software. The TI-Navigator calculator
software contains the tools you and your students need to exchange
information with each other through the TI-Navigator network.
This section provides basic information about TI-Navigator, including
information on both the computer software and the calculator software.
Starting TI-Navigator™ on your computer
You can start the TI-Navigator™classroom learning system from your
computer’s start menu.
To start TI-Navigator on your computer
f Click
Start > Programs > TI Tools > TI-Navigator > TI-Navigator™.
The TI-Navigator™ computer home screen opens.
Note: If you have not used the TI-Navigator system before, a prompt
opens asking if you want to set up your classroom. You can choose to
set up your classroom or continue on to the TI-Navigator computer
home screen.
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Note: Make sure that the network indicator at the bottom of the screen
indicates that the TI-Navigator™ network is available. If it is not
available, this indicates an error.
The TI-Navigator computer home screen
The TI-Navigator™computer home screen provides the tools and options
you need to run the TI-Navigator software. Below you can see an
example of the TI-Navigator computer home screen with its main parts
labeled. Following the TI-Navigator computer home screen, you can find
detailed explanations of each labeled part.
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