– Windows 10 (32/ 64-bit)
– Windows 8.1 (32/ 64-bit)
– Windows 7 (32/ 64-bit)
– Windows Vista (32/ 64-bit)
– Windows XP (32/ 64-bit)
– Windows 2008 Terminal Server
– Windows 2003 Terminal Server
– Windows MultiPoint Server
Hardware
– 512 MB RAM
– Processor: 166 Mhz Intel Pentium
Easy Classroom Management
Keep Students Engaged
Promote Collaborative Learning
CROSS PLATFORM MIXED OS SUPPORT
Faronics Insight Makes Classroom Management Easy
Monitor Classroom Activities
Use the classroom thumbnail monitoring feature to see what the students are doing with a single glance.
Promote Collaboration
Provide encouragement through collaboration and deliver an interactive lesson that keeps students engaged.
See the Whole Picture
Central management helps to eliminate the headache of managing multiple labs, schools, and networks.
Eliminate Distractions
By limiting internet access, teachers no longer have to deal with classroom distractions - such as games, instant messaging, and web surfing - when teaching a class.
Regain Control
Real-time computer monitoring empowers teachers to easily check student progress, engage in face-to-face instruction, and communicate effectively without distracting the class with device disruptions.
Accelerate Student Learning
Allow students to request and receive assistance directly in their workstation session, allowing teachers to give guidance and advance through coursework quickly and effectively.
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What's new with version 8.0
Performance Redesign
Chromebook Enhancements
e-Safety Enhancements
Android Student Enhancements
We help you manage all types of devices
Windows
Insight Teachers on Windows have the ability to monitor classroom activities, promote collaboration with students, remove distractions and control their online environment.
Macintosh
Insight Teachers and Students on macOS have the same collaborative and productivity enhancing benefits from the Windows version.
Chromebook
Insight on ChromeOS allows Teachers to monitor and manage Student activities, help individual Students, administer tests, disable web browsing, and broadcast the teacher’s screen to accelerate student learning.
Tablets
Insight on iOS or Android tablets can allow Teachers to broadcast their screens, send messages, administer tests, set voting polls, gather inventory information and provide a safe digital environment.
Faronics Insight is now 8X Faster
Faronics Insight is an effective classroom management tool that helps teachers create a better learning experience, while helping IT professionals manage and support multiple labs with ease.
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SkyWest needed a solution that could help them manage 700 computers remotely and perform maintenance easily. With Deep Freeze, their aircraft maintenance personnel could themselves fix malware or accidental misconfigurations with a quick reboot. In addition, their IT staff could remotely carry out configuration changes when required from the Deep Freeze Enterprise Console.
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Teachers Console
Use the classroom monitoring feature to see what the students are doing with a single glance.
Show a Student's Screen
Show a particular Students screen to the entire class to showcase creative solution to a problem or just a pretty picture in a real-time basis.
View All Students
Get a real-time view of each student's screen at a single glance from the Teachers console to see what the students are doing.
Remote Control
Remote Control to help a student with a question, or to take control of the student's computer with keyboard and mouse.
Send Message
Communicate with a student using audio chat, listen to students and broadcast audio to all or selected students.
Blank Screen
Blank-out all student screens and disable student keyboards and mice to get the student's attention and conduct lectures without the distraction of students playing with their computers.
Assessment Mode
Allow Teachers to put Students into a secure, locked mode in order to take an assessment exam using the new Assessment Mode feature.
Testing
Easily create true or false, multiple choice, short answer and essay questions that can include graphics for electronically testing and grading.
Voting
Ask yes/no or multiple choice voting questions to get a quick pulse on whether or not students understand a concept.
Network Tampering
Prevent wireless tampering via SSID limitation in conjunction with the Network Tampering feature to ensure that the students connect only to the required school's wireless network when available.
Restrict Web
Block students from browsing to websites using IP addresses and optionally displays the list of approved websites to students.
Limit Printing
Temporarily disable all or selected student printers whether the printer is local, shared or a network printer.
Power Options
Easy to use power management tools to ensure machines are not left on at the end of the day.
Class List
Create a class list and automatically bring those students into an Insight classroom.
Co-browse and Run Program
Start lessons faster by instantly launching applications and websites on all student workstations at the same time.
Secure Mode
Integrate double layers of security with Active Directory and Password Protected Secure Mode to limit unauthorized access to the Teachers console.
Students Screen Snapshot
Take a snapshot of the students screen if you happen to catch them using their computer inappropriately.
Tech Console
Get more control with the new free Tech Console which includes many basic desktop management tools that help you stay on top of inventory, assets, software updates, security, and even control Faronics Deep Freeze.
Teachers Console
Screenshots:
- Use the classroom monitoring feature to see what the students are doing with a single glance.
- View up to 3000 crisp high color student thumbnails at the same time and in 4 different sizes of thumbnails that can be sized automatically to the best fit and according to the classroom layout.
- Remote Control to help a student with a question, or to take control of the student’s computer with keyboard and mouse.
- Show the Teachers screen and audio to all students in a classroom.
- Receive e-Safety Banned Words Keystroke alerts.
- Use the share student screen option to demonstrate to the class what specific students are doing on a class project.
Show Teacher's Screen
Screenshots:
- Show the Teacher’s screen and audio to all students in a classroom.
- Select between a full screen or a windowed show mode – to take over the entire student’s screen and disable keyboard and or show the teacher’s screen in a window.
- Sharing your screen or a student’s screen with the rest of the class to give students a hands-on learning experience.
- Teachers can notify students to accept full screen request.
Show a Student's Screen
Screenshots:
- Show a particular student’s screen to the entire class to showcase creative solutions to a problem or highlight a student’s achievements and results in real-time.
- Use the share student screen option to demonstrate to the class what specific students are doing on a class project.
- Sharing your screen or a student’s screen with the rest of the class to give students a hands-on learning experience.
View All Students
Screenshots:
- Get a real-time view of each student’s screen at a single glance from the Teachers console to see what the students are doing.
- View up to 3000 crisp high color student thumbnails at the same time and in 4 different sizes of thumbnails that can be sized automatically to the best fit and according to the classroom layout.
- Quickly see the computer details – who’s logged in, current application, last visited website, last question, channel number and version of the software.
- Rotate through different student screens allowing teachers to monitor student screens in a larger view.
Remote Control
Screenshots:
- Remote Control to help a student with a question, or to take control of the student’s computer with keyboard and mouse.
- Allow students to request and receive help directly in their workstation session, allowing teachers to advance through coursework quickly and effectively.
- Provide one-to-one assistance to students without pausing the lesson or disrupting the rest of the class.
- Efficiently and effectively interact with students directly through their computers.
Send Message
Screenshots:
- Communicate with a student using audio chat, listen to students and broadcast audio to all or selected students.
- Send a message to any or all students and use as an effective way to get a distracted student back on task.
- Chat with a particular students without disrupting the rest of the class in a simple, trusted way of communication.
- Start and maintain a group chat to better collaborate with students.
- Make your exams regulatory compliant including those administered in support of CCSSI and PARCC testing requirements.
Blank Screen
Screenshots:
- Blank-out all student screens and disable student keyboards and mice to get the student’s attention and conduct lectures without the distraction of students playing with their computers.
- Insight makes it easy to monitor student computers; blank student screens; mute audio; remote into their computers; open, close, block applications and web activity on student workstations.
Assessment Mode
Screenshots:
- Allow Teachers to put Students into a secure, locked mode in order to take an assessment exam using the new Assessment Mode feature.
- Restrict students from leaving the test as well as block incoming messages, and prevent going to unauthorized websites or applications.
- Get in compliance with assessment exams including those administered in support of CCSSI and PARCC testing requirements.
Testing
Screenshots:
- Easily create true or false, multiple choice, short answer and essay questions that can include graphics for electronically testing and grading.
- Enhance the overall digital learning with complete administration of online assessments.
- Watch in real-time how students are doing on an exam
- Use the Test Builder application to build tests offline.
Voting
Screenshots:
- Ask yes/no or multiple choice voting questions to get a quick pulse on whether or not students understand a concept.
- Make asking questions fun by having the system randomly select a student to respond, watch as the students enjoy the sound and suspense to see if they get chosen.
- Export results to an electronic gradebook and significantly reduce the time to administer and grade tests.
Network Tampering
Screenshots:
- Prevent wireless tampering via SSID limitation in conjunction with the Network Tampering feature to ensure that the students connect only to the required school’s wireless network when available.
- Monitor all user activity to prevent distracted students by simply removing or limiting access to websites, applications, printing, and network drives.
Restrict Web
Screenshots:
- Block students from browsing to websites using IP addresses and optionally displays the list of approved websites to students.
- Keep students’ energy channeled in the right direction with application limiting combined with web limiting for a better learning experience.
- No longer need to deal with classroom distractions — such as games, instant messaging, and web surfing — when teaching a class.
- Disable video streaming to the teacher and student computers.
Restrict Application
Screenshots:
- Easily specify what applications students can run on their computers.
- View Running Applications to see a list of all of the applications that are active on the student machine. Optionally add it to the allowed or blocked applications list.
- Stop all running applications immediately with the Clear Desktop button.
Limit Printing
Screenshots:
- Temporarily disable all or selected student printers whether the printer is local, shared or a network printer.
Power Options
Screenshots:
- Easy to use power management tools to ensure machines are not left on at the end of the day.
- Remotely Shutdown, Restart or Logoff student computers right from the Teachers console.
- Power-on student computers using the in-built Wake-On-LAN (WOL) technology.
Class List
Screenshots:
- Create a class list and automatically bring those students into an Insight classroom.
- Say hello to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and get a quicker way to start class when using the 1:1 version.
- Automatically generate class list by exporting .csv files from your Student Information System to a shared location.
Co-browse and Run Program
Screenshots:
- Start lessons faster by instantly launching applications and websites on all student workstations at the same time.
- Co-browse to launch the same website on all student computers at the same time.
Students Screen Snapshot
Screenshots:
- Take a snapshot of the students screen if you happen to catch them using their computer inappropriately.
- Keystroke Alerts recorded in Insight Report Server.
- Receive a screenshot on the Teacher Console when a banned word event is triggered by an Insight student.
Secure Mode
Screenshots:
- Integrate double layers of security with Active Directory and Password Protected Secure Mode to limit unauthorized access to the Teachers console.
- Quickly pinpoint students who are abusing the “appropriate use policy” of the classroom using the Security Monitor utility.
- Command attention the second the bell rings and get class started sooner, with the ability to blank student screens and lock keyboards/mice.
Tech Console
Screenshots:
- Get more control with the new free Tech Console which includes many basic desktop management tools that help you stay on top of inventory, assets, software updates, security, and even control Faronics Deep Freeze.
- Enforce Teacher Kiosk Mode so the Teacher console can be run in a way that it cannot be minimized or closed.
- Display the Windows or Novell login name of a student – configure Insight to use the NetWare login name instead of the Microsoft login name if the student computer is using the NetWare client software.
- Allow Teachers to communicate directly with IT staff of the campus to eliminate the need for creating IT tickets for simple questions.
Centrally Manage Faronics Deep Freeze
Use the Tech Console to centrally manage Deep Freeze settings on supported computers.
Software and Hardware Inventory
View the hardware components and installed software of all the Student machines.
Application and Web Usage
Get reports on Website Visits and application usage by Student or Computer.
Health and Security
Get computer health status based on recommendations by Microsoft and Apple for their respective operating systems.
Remote Control
Efficiently and effectively interact with Student as well as Teacher computers to assist with IT related issues.
Tech Console
- Easily manage a computer-based learning environments as an IT Administrator.
- Gather hardware and software inventory, keep everything up-to-date, monitor security risks, provide efficient support to your teaching staff, save power and report on technology utilization.
- Save time by providing remote support to teachers and students by performing common desktop management tasks without leaving your desk.
- Allow teachers to communicate directly with campus IT staff to eliminate the need for basic tech support tickets.
Centrally Manage Faronics Deep Freeze
- Use the Tech Console to centrally manage Deep Freeze settings on supported computers.
- Determine Deep Freeze status such as Frozen or Thawed and modify the Deep Freeze state as required.
- Leverage the Deep Freeze command line control interface to perform on demand actions or change settings remotely.
- Get enhanced options for configuring shared computers, such as desired state protection with Faronics Deep Freeze.
Software and Hardware Inventory
- View the hardware components and installed software of all the Student machines.
- View summary information such as how many devices have a certain application installed or what number of machines are running a particular operating system.
- Eliminate student access to USB and CD/DVD drives with the click of a button.
- Ability to select a Network Card/IP address for the Insight Report Server.
Application and Web Usage
- Get reports on Web Site Visits and application usage by Student or Computer.
- Use the captured information to record and analyze the technology utilization on a per classroom basis.
- Get the list of all the websites visited by a particular student using the Show Internet History feature.
- Automatic statistics exporting via CSV to Insight Report Server.
Health and Security
- Get computer health status based on recommendations by Microsoft and Apple for their respective operating systems.
- Configure the settings that define a “Healthy computer” in your environment.
- Receive alert level notifications if one category does not match preset health definition.
- View summary information such as how many devices have a certain application installed or what number of machines are running a particular operating system.
- Get status on Firewall, Anti-Virus and UAC states of Student and Teacher computers.
Remote Control
- Efficiently and effectively interact with Student as well as Teacher computers to assist with IT related issues.
- Help a Teacher or Student with a question, or to take control of the computer with keyboard and mouse.
- Allow students to request and receive help directly in their computer session, allowing teachers to advance through coursework quickly and effectively.
- Provide one-to-one assistance to students without pausing the lesson or disrupting the rest of the class.
- Ability to disable Remote Control feature for Windows and Mac.
Power Management
- View and modify the power settings on Student and Teacher computers.
- View the current battery status and control the power scheme in use.
- Monitors the battery state on a notebook and get notified if the charge drops below a certain number.
- Modify power schemes right from the console by selecting an alternate choice or adjusting an existing one.
- Take advantage of the Wake-On-LAN technology to “power-on” all PC’s.
Remote Installation
- Remotely distribute and install software packages to Student machines.
- Use a single console to deploy on Windows or Mac computers.
- Simply browse to the package to deploy, and add any pertinent command line options that the package understands.
- Get real-time status of the installation from downloading the file, from start to finish.
- Updated Install Guide with better default Chromebook configuration options.
- Windows Tech Console can be installed in silent mode.
- Installation parameter for the Insight Report Server to bypass scheduled restart task creation.
Cross Platform Support
Faronics Insight is compatible with Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iOS and Android operating systems and devices. The Teacher can be on Windows or Mac and can manage Students across all the supported operating systems.
Windows
Mac
– Mac OS X v10.13 (High Sierra)
– Mac OS X v10.12 (Sierra)
– Mac OS X v10.11 (El Capitan)
– Mac OS X v10.10 (Yosemite)
– Mac OS X v10.9 (Mavericks)
– Mac OS X v10.8 (Mountain Lion)
– Mac OS X v10.7 (Lion)
Hardware
– 512 MB RAM
– Processor: 64-bit Intel-based Macs
– Mac OS X v10.12 (Sierra)
– Mac OS X v10.11 (El Capitan)
– Mac OS X v10.10 (Yosemite)
– Mac OS X v10.9 (Mavericks)
– Mac OS X v10.8 (Mountain Lion)
– Mac OS X v10.7 (Lion)
Hardware
– 512 MB RAM
– Processor: 64-bit Intel-based Macs
iOS
Apple iPads, iPods and iPhones
– iOS 10
– iOS 9
– iOS 8
– iOS 7
– iOS 10
– iOS 9
– iOS 8
– iOS 7
Android
– Android 7.1 (Nougat)
– Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
– Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
– Android 4.4 (Kit-Kat)
– Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean)
– Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
– Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
– Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
– Android 4.4 (Kit-Kat)
– Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean)
– Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Chromebook
– Chrome OS v33 and higher
Hardware
– Processor: Intel and ARM based
Hardware
– Processor: Intel and ARM based
Other PlatForms
NComputing
– L and M-Series
– X-Series
– U-Series
– L and M-Series
– X-Series
– U-Series
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Technical Advantages
Low network bandwidth
Insight requires between 5% and 20% of the bandwidth used by the competition. While showing the teacher’s screen, Insight uses around 24 KB/sec. Monitoring thumbnails requires less than 10 KB/sec. Because Insight uses a broadcast or multicast packet, the bandwidth required for controlling two computers is close to that required by 250 computers. Other product’s bandwidth requirements increase with every additional computer that is monitored.
Reliability
Insight thwarts attempts by students to disrupt the class by disabling the software. Insight students will re-join the session if the network is unplugged, the service will re-start automatically, and registry keys are protected from change. Savvy students will have the competitive products disabled in minutes.
Security
If you suspect a student is using a unauthorized teacher console, you can quickly identify them with the security monitoring tool. It captures all Insight activity to a log file. There is also a “secure” version of Insight that requires teachers to enter a password to open the console.
Works with Subnets and VLANS
Insight functions across subnets and VLANs using Multicast and Directed Broadcast technology. Port 796 is the only port required.
Low processor and memory requirements
Insight only requires about 4% of the processor and 8 MB of memory on the client.
Unbeatable Support Policy
Insight comes with free telephone and e-mail support.
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