How to configure Ranger Remote Control Tutor to connect only to required Students

Question

How do I configure Ranger Remote Control Tutor to connect only to required Students

Symptoms

When starting the Ranger Remote Control Tutor it connects to all Students not just the ones for the lesson, other Tutors are then unable to connect to there Students as they are already connected to a Tutor

Resolution

There are four different ways to configure Ranger Remote Control so that when the Tutor is run it will only connect to the Students that you require for that lesson, not all of these may be possible depending on your network configuration.

Using TCPIP Port Numbers

Configure the Ranger Remote Control Tutor

1. Open the Ranger Remote Control Tutor. Navigate to the Tutors Configurator using the School drop down menu and then select Configurations

2. Select the Connectivity tab

3. Change the port number to another four or Five digit number (take care not to use a port in use by other software on your network)

Configure the Ranger Remote Control Student

1. Open the Ranger Remote Control Configurator by using StartProgramsRanger Remote Control Ranger Remote Control Configurator

2. The first tab is the Connectivity tab and this is where you need to set the four to five digit port number. (Please ensure that this is the same as the Tutors port number.)

Using a Known List of Students Configure the Ranger Remote Control Tutor

1. Open the Ranger Remote Control Tutor. Navigate to the Tutors Configurator using the School drop down menu and then selecting Configurations

2. On the Startup tab tick the option "Connect to Known list of Students"

3. Select OK

4. You will get a message stating that there are no machines defined. Do you want to add some now? Please select Yes

5. Select the Browse option.

6. Once the Students are returned then manually add the required Students into the right hand pane.

7. Select Done and then you will start connecting to your known list of students

Using the option "Browse and Connect to Students starting with ..."Configure the Ranger Remote Control Tutor

1. Open the Ranger Remote Control Tutor. Navigate to the Tutors Configurator using the School drop down menu and then selecting Configurations

2. On the Startup tab tick in the option "Browse and Connect to Students starting with ......"

3. Where the blank field is please enter the first few letters of the Student machine names e.g. Class1 (This will return all Students where the machine name starts with Class1)

Using the option "Publish Class and allow Students to join"Configure the Ranger Remote Control Tutor

1. Open the Ranger Remote Control Tutor. Navigate to the Tutors Configurator using the School drop down menu and then selecting Configurations

2. On the Startup tab tick in the option "Publish Class and allow Students to Join"

3. Create your Class Name. e.g. Maths

4. Edit the Description of the lesson

5. Select OK

Students can join the Published class

1. Students can Right Click on the Ranger Remote Control Client icon in the System tray and select Join a Class