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Alphasmart Neo Quick Manual

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  • Page 1 SmartApplets...
  • Page 2 This publication is protected by US and international copyright laws. It is unlawful to duplicate or reproduce any copyrighted material without authorization from the copyright holder. This document may be reproduced only by staff members in schools that have purchased the NEO. For more information, contact Renaissance Learning, Inc., at the address above.
  • Page 3 You’ll find these items in the NEO kit: • Your NEO laptop • Three AA batteries • A standard USB cable for connecting NEO to your computer or printer • The AlphaSmart Manager installation CD • The NEO Documentation CD, which includes your manuals •...
  • Page 4 N E O B O U T T H E BOUT THE The drawings below will help you identify parts of your NEO: The NEO screen. The battery compartment cover. The keyboard. The top row includes keys that The connection point for the AC Adapter cord are unique to NEO, including on/off, the eight (for NEOs with the rechargeable battery pack).
  • Page 5 Follow these steps to install the AA batteries: If you purchased the rechargeable battery 1. On the back of the NEO, put your thumbs in the circles and slide the pack, insert it instead compartment cover toward the left to remove it from the NEO.
  • Page 6 T A R T I N G T H E TARTING THE To start the NEO, press the on/off key in the top-left corner of the keyboard. The NEO will start AlphaWord Plus, and you can begin typing immediately in the open file if you wish.
  • Page 7 I n s t a l l i n g A l p h a S m a r t M a n a g e r o n W i n d o w s C o m p u t e r s 1. Insert the AlphaSmart Manager CD into your computer. If a window doesn’t open to show you the contents of the CD, view the contents using...
  • Page 8 NEO at 2. The first time you connect your NEO to a Windows computer, the On Windows XP computer may notify you that it has found the hardware and installed the computers, you may driver.
  • Page 9 All NEOs come with these SmartApplets installed: • AlphaWord Plus—This is the program that opens when you first turn on the NEO. The writing that you do on NEO in files 1-8 is done in AlphaWord Plus. • KeyWords—KeyWords allows students to learn and practice keyboarding skills.
  • Page 10 If you want to delete the text from one of the files, press clear file. Then, See the label on the press Y for “yes” when the NEO asks if you’re sure you want to clear the file. back of your NEO for...
  • Page 11 A b o u t B e a m e r The Beamer SmartApplet uses infrared (IR) technology to send data from one NEO to another without using a cable. (You can also send data between a NEO and an AlphaSmart 3000, a Palm OS device, or a Dana.)

  • Page 12: About The Control Panel

    N S T A L L E D O N T H E About the Control Panel See the NEO and NEO 2 SmartApplet User Manual to find out how to beam to and from other devices, how to beam files within the Beamer SmartApplet, how to send password-protected files, and how to change Beamer settings.
  • Page 13 Lets you choose the font size for AlphaWord Plus SmartApplet Font only based on the number of text lines that will fit on the NEO screen. (Changes to font size don’t apply to other SmartApplets.) Turn Calculator Off Lets you disable the calculator for this NEO.
  • Page 14 This following procedures explain how to install the software, create a quiz, administer quizzes to students, and retrieve and grade responses. For more detailed information about AlphaQuiz, see the NEO and NEO 2 SmartApplet User Manual on your NEO Documentation CD.
  • Page 15 12. Click Finish (Windows) or Quit (Macintosh). Using QuizDesigner to Create a Quiz QuizDesigner lets you create quizzes that students can take on the NEO. To create a quiz, follow these steps: 1. Start the QuizDesigner program: •...
  • Page 16 These options let you decide whether passwords will be needed, whether other SmartApplets will be blocked on the NEO during the quiz, and whether students can export their answers to AlphaWord Plus or print them. For more information about...
  • Page 17 • On Macintosh computers, open the Applications folder, then the QuizManager folder. Double-click QuizManager. 2. Connect the NEO(s) to your computer (see page 6). The QuizManager Control window will show how many are connected. 3. Click Send Quiz. 4. Find the quiz you saved, click it to select it, and click Select.
  • Page 18 • Press z-F to finish the quiz, then press Y to confirm the quiz is done. 14. When all students are done, connect the NEO(s) to your computer again (see page 6) and start QuizManager. 15. Click Retrieve Responses.
  • Page 19 N E O M A R T P P L E T S N S T A L L E D O N T H E About the Calculator After grading the quizzes, you can click Reports to create reports that you can print or save, or you can click Export to export the results to a text file.
  • Page 20 To remove calculations, press clear file. To close the calculator, press esc. You can disable the calculator using the Control Panel settings on the NEO or the Settings tab in AlphaSmart Manager. This may be useful if you don’t want students to have the calculator available when they’re working calculations by...
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