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File Send and Collect
Distribute or collect files from student computers. e student must be logged in for this feature to
work. When collecting files, specify the destination folder on the teacher machine. Insight creates a
sub-folder there for each student’s file. e name of the sub-folder will be [Student’s Login name]-
[Student’s Machine Name]. is way the teacher can collect a file from every student and still keep them
organized on their machine. In its normal mode, the option to Send Files to Students is used to send
one specific file to all selected students.
Right-click on a student and select Send Files To Student to send files to a selected student. e Send
Files to Students dialog is displayed. Click Browse to select the file to be sent. Specify the location where
the files will be saved on the student computer in the All files will be copied to the following location
on the student computer(s): field. Select the Overwrite Student File(s) if they already exist check box to
overwrite an existing file with the same filename. Click Send Now to send the files. e Status: area
displays the status of the file transfer.
Right-click on a student and select Collect Files from Students to collect files from a selected student.
e Collect Files from Students dialog is displayed. Specify the location on the student computer from
where the files will be collected. You can also specify specific filenames or wildcards for collecting the
files. Specify the Local destination folder where the collected files will be saved. Click Browse to select
the location. Select the Overwrite Destination File(s) (on Teacher computer) if they exist check box to
overwrite an existing file with the same filename. Select the Delete Student File(s) aer successfully
collected check box to delete the files from the student computer aer the file transfer. Click Collect Files
to collect the files. e Status: area displays the status of the file transfer.
Retrieve and Replace Files
Consider the following scenario: A classroom of students are working on a local typing application.
At the end of class, this application stores the student’s completed work to a local data file in the C:\
Insight Files folder. Use Collect Files to retrieve these files from all student machines and Insight will
save each file to a separate folder on the teacher machine. e folder name will always be in the form
[login name][machine name]. (c:\My Documents\steve-row3\data.dat)
It would be very useful if a teacher could replace these data files at the start of every class with the
previous day’s class data. Insight allows for the creation of a staging folder in the Send Files to Students
dialog. e staging folder is named using the wildcard: %STUDENT%.
If the local files were initially retrieved to C:\My Documents\ClassSix, copy each student’s file back
by specifying the file name C:\My Documents\ClassSix\%STUDENT%\typing.dat. When Insight sees
the %STUDENT% staging folder, it replaces that with the actual [login name]-[machine name] for the
currently specified student. If multiple students are selected, the staging folder will be expanded for
each student.
Change Student Display Name
Use the Change Student Display Name to display an alternative name in the Insight’s Machine Name
field. is option does not alter the student’s Windows machine name. If student machines do not have
meaningful names, use this option to better name the computers (e.g. Row 1 Column 5).
Become a Student Machine
Converts the teacher machine into a student machine until the next reboot.
If a new teacher workstation is being chosen, the teacher version of Insight must be installed on the
new workstation.