PLATO® Interactive English Lab Certification Checklist

Use the checklist below to help ensure that your PLATO® Interactive English lab is correctly set up and ready for work to begin.

c 1. Verify Hardware

Verify that all hardware (client and server) meet the minimum specifications.

c 2. Set Up Server

Install or update your PLATO® Interactive English server. If you are updating an existing server skip to step 2, otherwise start with step 1 below.

1. Using the installation guide you received with your server installation kit, install your server.

2. Once you have installed the server, you will need to update it to the newest version. To do this, go to http://www2.academic.com/resources/onlineresources.htm and, under the Server and Client Updates heading, click the link entitled “Server Update Instructions and Patch.”

c 3. Set Up Workstations

If your lab is already installed with version 8.6 of PLATO® Interactive English, you may choose to update your workstations to the latest version (9.0) by using a patch instead of the 9.0 Client Installer CD. To update workstations with a patch, go to http://www2.academic.com/resources/onlineresources.htm and, in the Fall 2003 section, click the link entitled “8.6 to 9.0 Client Update Instructions and Patch”.

If you are installing workstations with the PLATO® Interactive English client for the first time, or if you would like to use the PLATO® Interactive English Client Installer CD to update your workstations, follow the instructions below:

1. If you would like to install the PLATO® Interactive English client from your server, follow the steps below

a. Locate your PLATO® Interactive English Client Installer version 9.0 CD.

b. Insert the CD into your server’s CD-ROM drive.

c. At the installer splash screen, click the Other Options button.

d. At the Other Options screen, click the Copy Installer button. The new client files will be copied to the correct location on your server.

e. When the copy is complete, remove the CD and follow the instructions in your Server Installation Guide for installing a client from the server.

2. If you are installing the Internet version of the PLATO® Interactive English client, follow the steps below:

a. Locate your PLATO® Interactive English Client Installer version 9.0 CD.

b. Insert the CD into the workstation CD-ROM drive.

c. Follow the instructions provided in the Quick Start Instructions section of the CD insert entitled Interactive English Client Installer.

c 4. Set Up PLATO® Interactive English to Run Without CDs, if desired

If you have decided to run PLATO® Interactive English lessons without CDs, you will need to set up one of the supported configurations to do this. Use the PLATO® Interactive English Content Installation Guide to assist you in this process. You can find this document at http://www2.academic.com/AcademicOnline/Common/ie_content.htm.

c 5. Verify System

Before beginning work, you need to verify that the server, client, and content server (if applicable) are working correctly together. To do this, use the steps below.

NOTE: If you need help with any of the Instructional Support System steps, you can use the Instructional Support System User’s Guide and Supplements to help you. To see these guides, go to http://www2.academic.com/resources/onlineresources.htm and click one of the links under the Instructional Support System heading.

1. Double-click the PLATO® Interactive English icon that appears on the workstation desktop.

2. At the Interactive English home page, select the name of your school from the campus list.

3. On the home page, in the “Next, are you a Student or Instructor?” line, click Instructor.

4. Click Course.

5. If student licenses have been assigned to your campus, on the Welcome screen, type partner in the Log-on Name box and partner in the Password box. Then, click OK.

If student licenses have not been assigned to your campus, follow these steps

· On the Welcome screen, from the File menu, select Change Campus/Server…

· In the Change Campus Server dialog box, type DEFAULT in the “Type your new campus” box. Verify that the “Type your new server box” displays isstcp. If “Type your new server” is blank or incorrect, type isstcp.

· Click OK.

· On the Welcome screen, type default in the Log-on Name box and default in the Password box.

· Click OK

6. Create a course/section and assign a PLATO® Interactive English Curriculum Plan to the course/section.

7. Register a student and enroll the student in the course/section you just created.

8. Logout and the login again as the student you just created.

9. Launch a lesson.

10. Click the Explore button located in the bottom menu bar.

11. In the Explore menu, click the Video (it’s the picture of a person holding a telephone).

12. Click Start Video and begin the video by clicking the right facing arrow in the lower left of the video screen. Verify that the video runs successfully.

13. When the video is finished, click Close.

14. Click the Focus button. Then, click Ready to Focus.

15. In the Focus module, go to a screen that contains a Maya button (it’s the top button on the right menu bar).

16. Click the Maya button. In the Maya window, click each picture and verify that the audio successfully plays.

17. Click Close.

18. Exit the lesson.

19. Logout and login again as a staff member.

20. Delete the student and course/section you used for testing.

21. Logout and exit the Instructional Support System.

Congratulations! You are now ready to set up your courses and sections and start working with PLATO® Interactive English.