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  • Page 1 Sanako Lab 90 USER GUIDE...
  • Page 2 Copyright  2005-2015 Sanako Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft is a registered trademark. Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson. Supply of this...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    SANAKO Lab 90 activities and sessions ..............5 SANAKO Lab 90 activities ................. 5 SANAKO Lab 90 sessions ................. 5 Teacher‟s Graphical User Interface (GUI) .............. 6 Components of the Lab 90 main window ........... 6 Toolbar ....................... 6 Class view ....................8 Session Screen ..................8 Tooltips .......................
  • Page 4 Teacher PC configuration ..................54 To complete the configuration ..............55 Teacher PC sound card mixer setting ............. 55 Configuration of the Lab 90 software ..............56 To configure the Lab 90 software ............56 Add License ..................... 56 Set default settings .................. 57 Find workstations ..................
  • Page 5 Contents  iii...

  • Page 7: About This Guide

    ABOUT THIS GUIDE TO FIND THE RIGHT INFORMATION This is the user‟s guide of the SANAKO Lab 90 language learning system. This guide describes the functionality and use of the two main components of SANAKO Lab 90: the teacher and student user interfaces. For instructions on how to install and configure the system, see the Lab 90 Setup section in the end of this guide.

  • Page 9: Overview

    (GUI) on the teacher computer. THE ESSENTIALS OF SANAKO LAB 90 When your teaching tool is SANAKO Lab 90, you can divide your class into sessions for which you can then initiate different learning activities. A session can also cover the whole class.

  • Page 10: Product Components

    GUIDED PROCEEDING Lab 90 is simple and fun to use because both its appearance and functionality are designed to meet the need for an undisturbed, fluently proceeding teaching situation. In SANAKO Lab 90, you don‟t have to worry about making a wrong move, since only those controls that are necessary for a particular phase of a program are available at that time.

  • Page 11: Sanako Lab 90 Activities And Sessions

    Altogether you can have up to three sessions. A session is the key concept of the SANAKO Lab 90 class and the session-based thinking shows in the design of the GUI. The Lab 90 sessions are color-coded, so on your screen you can easily view all relevant information and follow the right student icons.

  • Page 12: Teacher"S Graphical User Interface (Gui)

    Session Screen, as indicated in the illustration above. TOOLBAR The Lab 90 toolbar is the horizontal bar on the upper part of the main window. On the toolbar, you can create sessions, gain access to the Lab 90 main menu, and online help and comment via All Call with all the students in the class.
  • Page 13 MOVING THE LAB 90 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Note that the Lab 90 GUI is movable. When you point either side of the Lab 90 window or the Lab 90 logo in the upper left corner, the cursor turns into a four-headed arrow, and you can click and drag the user interface to a new position, or to a different monitor when you working with two monitors.

  • Page 14: Class View

    SESSION SCREEN A session is a teaching situation for which you select participants and an activity they are to perform. The Lab 90 Session Screen is the part of the GUI where you proceed with the session. In the Session Screen, you will select students, an activity, and an audio source for the session.

  • Page 15: Tooltips

    You can also click on a Session Status Bar (see the following chapter Session Status Bar).  For a more detailed description on Lab 90 sessions, see chapter New Session, in the next section of this guide.
  • Page 16 Displays the total time spent on activity (min: sec). LOCK MODE In SANAKO Lab 90 the students are always in locked mode; they are able to call the teacher and adjust the volume. 10  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 17: User Audio Panel

    However, they are not able to set, clear, search for or repeat bookmarks. USER AUDIO PANEL The User Audio Panel is the student‟s user interface, located on each student‟s desk. Call Teacher / Student login LCD display Number keys Student volume Mode Master volume Clear...

  • Page 18: Lcd Display

    SYMBOLS ON THE LAB 90 LCD VOLUME The volume of the program. The volume controls are always free for the student use, also when the panels are in the Locked mode. 12  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...
  • Page 19 CALL TEACHER When the student presses the Call Teacher key, a student symbol appears on the display. TEACHER CONTROL When the lock symbol is shown on the display, it means that the students are able only to adjust the volume. OUT OF ORDER The tool symbol is displayed when the student workstation is having problems communicating with the system and can‟t...

  • Page 20: Clicking On A Student Icon

    Discussion with one student. STUDENT ICONS The Lab 90 class view is a graphical layout of your class, where your students are displayed as student icons. Each student state has its icon. This way it is easy to see at a glance which session the students belong to, and which 14 ...

  • Page 21: Student Workstation Out Of Order

    student workstations are not in use during the class. Additionally, the student icons change to reflect whether the students are in a listen or speak mode. Student workstation out of order The student workstation cannot be used in this class. Student (basic) The student is not yet selected into a session.

  • Page 22: Student In Intercom

    After the teacher uses Intercom to talk to the students, the numbers are updated accordingly. 16  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 23: Getting Started

    3. Point to SANAKO Lab 90. 4. Click Lab 90. LAB 90 MAIN WINDOW This is the main window of the Lab 90 Graphical User Interface. The main functionality of the Lab 90 program resides on the toolbar (1.) and Session Screen (2.).

  • Page 24: Lab 90 Main Menu

    LAB 90 MAIN MENU In the Lab 90 main menu, you can view, set and change properties, reset window positions and exit the program. Clicking the Menu button opens the following drop-down menu. The different options are explained below. Lab 90 main menu PROPERTIES…...

  • Page 25: New Session

    Lab 90, you can simply start the activity as all the required settings are ready. TO SELECT A LANGUAGE Click on the field to open a list of available languages. Select the desired language, and click OK. TEACHER CALL ORDER...

  • Page 26: Selecting Students For A Session

    Or by dragging the mouse pointer over the icons: 2. Click the Add/Remove button, and drag the mouse pointer, the left mouse button pressed down, over the student icons. 20  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 27: Activities In The Lab 90 Sessions

    QUIZ The Lab 90 Quiz is a quick and easy way to see how well the students answer the questions you ask. You access the test response modes and immediately get an indication of the effectiveness of your teaching and retention of the concept.

  • Page 28: Audio Connections

    AUDIO CONNECTIONS AUDIO SOURCE In the Lab 90 sessions, your audio sources include any digital media you access through your computer, plus auxiliary sources, such as MP3 players, CD Audio players and audio / video cassette players which you connect through the Audio source interface.

  • Page 29: Media File

    MEDIA FILE A media file is a digitized audio and/or video file (for example in WAV, AVI, MP3 format) saved on the hard disk of your computer or server. Selecting a media file as the audio source opens the Select Media File window.

  • Page 30: Video Audio (Requires Video Distribution Unit)

    To use the video as program source, do as follows: In the graphical user interface of Lab 90, in the Source menu list, select the video option. In the Source menu list are displayed all the sources that were defined in the Video Sources dialog.

  • Page 31: Intercom

    Monitoring panel Note that the panel is movable. Just click on the title bar, and drag the panel to other location. On the monitoring panel, you can see the student‟s player status and counter value. The monitoring panel also allows you to access the intercom and automonitor modes.

  • Page 32: Intercom And Model Student

    PLAYER CONTROLS On the monitoring panel, clicking the Player Controls opens a view of the monitored student‟s audio panel. Replication of the student’s User Audio Panel 26  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 33: Automonitor

    AUTOMONITOR An easy way of monitoring all the present workstations is the automonitoring scanning mode, where all the present workstations are monitored automatically and consecutively. You can select the amount of monitoring time. The icon of the monitored student reflects which student is being monitored at a time, and shows a replication of the monitored student‟s audio panel on the Session Screen.

  • Page 34: Calls

    During the Student Call, both you and student are disconnected from the source. In Pair / Group Discussion and Phone Conversation, the Student Call cover both of the pair members / the whole group. 28  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 35: Activity Procedures

    Lab 90 activities, and guide you through the main Lab 90 session procedures. By following these steps you can perform any of the Lab 90 activities. After the general description, each particular activity is explained in detail to guide you through the specific characteristics of each activity.
  • Page 36 SELECTING AN AUDIO SOURCE 5. Select audio source from the list that opens by clicking the source field. A drop-down menu for the Lab 90 audio sources SESSION CONTROLS 6. To give instructions, click the Session Call button. The red-highlighted On the Air sign appears in the upper right corner of the main window.

  • Page 37: Selecting A Student To Answer A Question

    11. To quit the session, click the Exit Session button. SELECTING A STUDENT TO ANSWER A QUESTION While proceeding with a Lab 90 activity, you may want to ask the students questions to review the right answers for the exercises.
  • Page 38 A speech bubble appears on the answering student‟s icon. Everybody in the session, including you, hears the answer. To select another student, just click on the icon of that student. To mute the answering student, click anywhere on the class view. 32  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 39: Listening Comprehension

    LISTENING COMPREHENSION In the Listening Comprehension, the students listen to a source, and you can ask questions on the heard material to check for understanding. PROCEEDING WITH LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1. To give instructions, click Session Call. To end the call, click the button again.
  • Page 40 7. To end the activity, click End. The connection between the students and the source mutes, and the playing stops. Stop also the source in the device or player. EXITING THE SESSION 8. To quit the session, click the Exit Session button. 34  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 41: Phone Conversation

    This is why an activity such as Phone Conversation can be an efficient form of language instruction. In Lab 90 phone conversation, students call each other through their audio panels. Selecting the „Long distance call‟ option simulates the ambient noise of a long-distance connection within the call.
  • Page 42 4. To stop the activity, click End. Ending the activity breaks the connection between the students, and they can no longer call each other. All symbols disappear on the audio panel‟s display. 5. To quit the session, click Exit Session. 36  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 43: Pair Discussion

    PAIR DISCUSSION The Pair Discussion activity enhances students‟ communicative skills, since the student has to make him/herself comprehensible to the discussion partner. In pair discussion, the students can repeat the message to check for understanding, and express themselves by using their own words instead of fixed structures.
  • Page 44 You can set up new pairs when the activity is paused or ended. 3. To pause or end the activity, click Pause or End. Remember to pause or stop also the source player. 38  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...
  • Page 45 4. If you want to pair the students again, select a pairing method (click the button accordingly). If you pair the students again manually, after clicking the Manual button, click on the icons of the students you want to form a pair. 5.

  • Page 46: Group Discussion

    (for example, Group 1, Group 2 etc.) When you move the mouse pointer over a group, the names of the pointed group members turn to pink. If you want to change 40  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...
  • Page 47 the number of students in a group, edit the number field. RANDOM This program groups the students in random order. Under the students‟ names appear the name of the group they belong to (for example, Group 1, Group 2 etc.) When you move the mouse pointer over a group, the names of the pointed group members turn to pink.
  • Page 48 7. To start the activity for the new groups, click Continue or Start, depending on whether the activity was paused or ended. 8. To quit the session, click Exit Session. 42  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 49: Quiz

    QUIZ The Lab 90 Quiz is a quick and easy way to see how well the students answer the questions you ask. Just select the answer type, play a question, and start the answering time. Students‟ answers appear on your screen and you can immediately let the students know whether they answered correctly or not with the True and False keys on your GUI.
  • Page 50 5. Click on the correct answer‟s button. A symbol (correct or incorrect) on the students‟ audio panel‟s display tells the students whether they answered the question correctly or not. In the diagram, the block of the correct answer is highlighted in orange. 44  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...
  • Page 51 On the class view, the correct answers are highlighted in pink. 6. To ask the next question, repeat step 2. Repeat steps from 2 to 5 until the end of the quiz. QUIZ REPORTS 7. To end the quiz, click End. A quiz report appears. Activity Procedures ...
  • Page 52 CLOSING THE REPORT WINDOW To close the report window, click on the symbol in the upper right corner of the window. 46  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...
  • Page 53 REPORT WINDOW TOOLTIPS In the Quiz report window, when you move the mouse pointer over a control button, a tooltip text appears telling you what each button on the toolbar does. 8. To quit the session, click Exit Session. Activity Procedures  47...

  • Page 54: Lab 90 Setup

    LAB 90 SETUP LAB 90 INSTALLATION  Hardware installation  Software installation  Configuration of the teacher PC  Configuration of the Lab 90 software  Software update – System Connection Unit (SCU) – User Audio Panel (UAP) – Teacher PC...
  • Page 55 User Audio Panel (UAP036), Mounted with metal plate (6001036) at each student position, is the tool that students use to participate in a Lab 90 class. The teacher also has a User Audio Panel. The model that is mounted with a metal plate is firmly...
  • Page 56 SCU port. CABLING Teacher PC – SSI100 Serial cable SSI100 – Teacher UAP SCU – Student UAPs Cat 5 UTP SCU – Teacher UAP Cat 5 UTP 50  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 57: Lab 90 Connection Overview

     Cat 5 cables are standard cables used typically for network connections.  The SCU – UAP cable lenghts available at SANAKO: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7½, 10, 12½, 15, 17½, 20, 22½, 25, 27½, and 30 meters (gray cables). LAB 90 CONNECTION OVERVIEW VERIFYING CONNECTIONS ...

  • Page 58: Dual Channel Program Source Interface

    Line-Out 1. The PSI is connected to the SCU with a standard Cat- 5E (“LAN”) cable. 2. The external sources‟ Line-Outs are connected to the Dual Channel PSI Line-In with a DIN/RCA cable. 52  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 59: Software Installation

    COM port LAN interface card 100Mbits /s (optional) INSTALLING THE LAB 90 PROGRAM 1. Insert the Lab 90 DVD-ROM into your computer‟s DVD- ROM drive. The installation wizard starts. If not, open Windows Explorer, select the DVD ROM drive, and double-click the „Setup.exe‟...

  • Page 60: Teacher Pc Configuration

    4. Next, a license management window appears. Click Activate Token and then enter your token information and click Activate License. Note: If you start Lab 90 without entering a license token, the software will run in Demo mode. TEACHER PC CONFIGURATION...

  • Page 61: To Complete The Configuration

    The input level for the Source Interface is 150mV - 2V, which you can set on the input level control on the Source Interface device. Note 2: The names of the volume setting options may vary due to differences between sound card types. Lab 90 Setup  55...

  • Page 62: Configuration Of The Lab 90 Software

    ADD LICENSE Click Add License to enter a new license to the system. This can be used to activate Lab 90 after first installing in Demo mode or to upgrade your Lab 90 installation. 56  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 63: Set Default Settings

    SET DEFAULT SETTINGS TO SET DEFAULT SETTINGS Click the Set default settings button. The Lab 90 properties dialog window opens. Window for setting Lab 90 properties In the window, you can choose the default settings for the Lab 90 application. Once defined, settings are always active when starting the Lab 90 application on teacher‟s PC.

  • Page 64: Find Workstations

    Version Click to scan numbers UAPs UAP not found UAP found 58  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...
  • Page 65 12. To end this mode and save the changes, click the Save button. If two workstations were given the same number, their icons turn to red. To enter a new number, press the number keys on the selected student‟s audio panel. Lab 90 Setup  59...

  • Page 66: Set Audio Sources

    SET AUDIO SOURCES In Lab 90, you can have a variety of audio sources to work with, and you can customize the audio source settings as appropriate. In audio source configuration, you name the sources you want to use in your Lab 90 classes and define where they are connected in the system.

  • Page 67: Set Video Sources

    To browse for the drive, click the Browse drive button. 7. To close this panel and keep the changes, click OK. To close the panel and discard the changes, click Cancel. SET VIDEO SOURCES Lab 90 Setup  61...

  • Page 68: Set Video Connections

    4. Click OK. The next thing to do is to set the video connections. For a description, see Set audio sources In Lab 90, you can have a variety of audio sources to work with, and you can customize the audio source settings as appropriate. In audio source configuration, you name the sources you want to use in your Lab 90 classes and define where they are connected in the system.

  • Page 69: User Audio Panel (Uap)

    Lab 90 source configuration window Define the Source Type. Video sources must be defined as “External Source”, "Dual Channel PSI (L)" or "Dual Channel PSI (R)". To do this, select the option from the menu list that opens by clicking the arrow button next to the field.

  • Page 70: Set Video Connections

    1. Click Set Video Connections. The following dialog opens. Dialog for setting video connections for students 2. To enable a VD2, tick the appropriate checkbox. The maximum amount of VD2s is 12, allowing 48 student monitors in one classroom. 64  Sanako Lab 90 User Guide...

  • Page 71: Software Update

     Replug the connector between the System Connection Unit and User Audio Panel. AUDIO CAN’T BE HEARD.  Make sure Lab 90 is not in Demo mode. CD AUDIO OR MEDIA FILE AUDIO CAN’T BE HEARD BY TEACHER OR STUDENTS.

  • Page 73: Glossary Of Terms

    ALL CALL You can communicate to the whole class at any point by clicking the All Call button on the Lab 90 toolbar. If an audio source is started, your voice is not mixed to the audio source, so clicking All Call mutes the audio sources and the students.
  • Page 74 CLASS VIEW The Lab 90 class view is the light blue area of the Lab 90 main window. Class view is the layout of your class, in which your students are displayed as student icons. FIXED In the Pair and Group Discussion activity, a method to form pairs or groups of the adjacent sitting students.
  • Page 75 SESSION SCREEN On the right-hand side of the Lab 90 window, the part of the Lab 90 window where you proceed with the session. In the Session Screen, you will select students, an activity, and audio source for the session.
  • Page 76 The tooltip texts on the right-hand side of the bar tell you what you can do in different parts of the Lab 90 window. On the left-hand side of the Status bar is displayed the teacher‟s name and class ID.

  • Page 77: Index

    Student Call 28 CD Audio 23 Main menu 6, 18 Class view 8 exit 19 Components of the Lab 90 main window 6 properties 18 Configuration of the Lab 90 software 56 Main window 17 add license 56 class view 8...
  • Page 78 Media File 23 activity 10 Monitor 24 duration 10 Monitor and intercom 24 lock mode 10 Moving the Lab 90 Graphical User Interface 7 source 10 Sessions 3, 5 Set audio sources 60 Set video connections 62 New Session 6, 19, 29...
  • Page 79 Index  73...

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