Features

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Additonal Features

Distribute and collect files or tests Send files with assignments, quizzes, forms or tests directly to students, and collect them back automatically	Launch applications, files and Web page Save time, and start the whole class learning together by launching applications or web pages on every students’ computer at the same time.	Help students quickly and discreetly with chat Chat functionality enables teachers to quickly redirect a student who is on the wrong track or discreetly assist students who need extra attention.
Conduct instant surveys Send out simple surveys to students to assess student interest and class progress.	Layout your classroom view and collect student names Teaching with computers is easier when you can arrange your view of student computers to match the layout of your classroom.	Wake up or shut down classroom computers Save time and energy by shutting down student computers remotely from the teacher’s workstation.

Videos

Vision Overview Movie

Getting Started Videos

1. Navigating in Vision7 (2:07)
2. Creating a Classroom (2:46)
3. Connect and Disconnect (1:38)
4. Requesting Student Names (1:15)
5. Classroom Monitoring (1:50)
6. Using Blank Screen (1:42)
7. Demonstrations (2:20)
8. Showcase Student (0:58)
9. Lock Web (1:26)
10. Live View (1:29)
11. Using Pointer (1:51)
12. Using TeachPad (1:50)

Beyond the Basics

1. Remote Control (1:24)
2. Start Application (3:18 )
3. Using Filter Web (2:26)
4. Distributing Assignments (1:42)
5. Providing help through chat (2:21)
6. Polling students through chat (2:58)
7. Snapshot (2:19)
8. Using advanced Pointer features (1:19)
9. Customizing the desktop (0:54)
10. Customizing the Vision toolbar (1:11)
11. Vision@Hand (0:54)

What’s New

What’s New in Vision7
Netop Vision7 introduces a fully redesigned interface, making teaching with computers even easier. We met with teachers and IT administrators at schools across the US and Europe who told us that usability is the most important aspect of their classroom management solution, followed closely by features. With that in mind, we redesigned Vision7 to make the most-used features easily accessible.

#1 Enhanced usability for teachers

• Designed with classroom usability as the #1 priority
• Puts the focus on features that support teaching and learning
• Reduces the learning curve for teachers new to classroom management
• Provides easy access to key control features
• Retains all the features and functionality that have made Vision the #1 choice of teachers for classroom management

#2 Reduced learning curve

New Vision7 users and existing Vision6 users will find the Vision7 user interface familiar and accessible because it is based on the Microsoft Ribbon popularized in application suites like Microsoft Office. Key classroom management tasks have been enhanced in the software so that workflows are more intuitive for teachers.

#3 Improved appearance and clarity

Vision7′s layout has been redesigned to provide teachers with maximum use of the screen displaying student computer thumbnails. The Vision7 icons have been redesigned for greater clarity, with a modern look and greater differentiation between similar commands. A rule set of icon metaphors with color encoding makes command functions more intuitive.

#4 Improved functionality and workflow

The most frequently used features have been positioned centrally on the teacher’s screen, with access via a single mouse click. The most commonly used teaching features are located on one tab, grouped with related commands. Screen tips are provided for all features and commands, and are not written in technical detail, but in everyday language.

#5 Error messages and message bar

Error messages in Vision7 have been revised with teachers’ needs in mind. Explanations help inform teachers, allowing them to be self-sufficient in resolving issues. System notifications that do not require confirmation are displayed in the message bar and clear automatically after a short time or may be dismissed.

#6 Unified license and help

Vision7 incorporates the former Vision6 plug-ins (Surf-Lock and App-Control) and now only a single license keys is required, removing the need to manage or track different license keys in order to have access to the full feature set.

Netop Pointer may still be accessed through the Vision7 dashboard, but also from the start button, under the Netop Vision menu. Pointer no longer requires its own license key.

Help documentation has also been rewritten with the teacher in mind, presenting the features in a context of performing teaching functions. The help files of the Vision6 plug-ins (Surf-Lock, App-Control and Pointer) are also now combined into one, accessible from the help icon.

System Requirements

The following technical specifications also apply to Vision’s optional plug-ins: Surf-Lock, App-Control and Pointer. See Vision@Hand or the Vision Teach-Pad product pages for additional information on specifications for those products.

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista™ or Windows 7. 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems are supported. Vision6 supports classrooms with a combination of operating systems

Processor: Intel® Pentium® III processor or equivalent, 500 MHz or higher

Memory: 64MB RAM; 128MB and higher recommended

Video: Any 100% VGA compatible graphics adapter supported by Windows

Network:

• Wired: 10Mbps full duplex; 100Mbps or higher recommended
• No restrictions on multicast or broadcast filters
• Wireless Network: 802.11b; 802.11g recommended
• Peer-to-peer name resolution must be enabled (e.g., DNS or other name server)
• NOTE: Vision6 requires that all connected computers be able to communicate with one another by computer name. If network settings on a computer are changed, this may disrupt name resolution and cause Vision6 connections to fail.