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User Manual
Which SmartApplets Are Installed?
These SmartApplets are installed on your NEO when you receive it.
SmartApplets are listed in the order in which they appear on the NEO.
SmartApplet What It Does
Where to Find More
Information
Responder
(NEO 2 only)
Use this SmartApplet to use your NEO 2 as you would use a
Renaissance Responder. You can use it with the 2Know!
Toolbar, AccelTest software, and Accelerated Math RP. You
must have a Renaissance Receiver to use NEO 2 as you
would use a Responder.
See Chapter 2.
AlphaWord Plus Use this SmartApplet to write on your NEO. This
SmartApplet opens automatically when you start the NEO
unless you have used AlphaSmart Manager to change the
startup SmartApplet.
See Chapter 3.
Accelerated
Reader (NEO 2
only)
If you 1) have an active subscription to Accelerated Reader
RP, 2) have installed AlphaSmart Manager on teacher
computers, and 3) have connected a Renaissance Receiver to
teacher computers, students can use this SmartApplet on a
NEO 2 to complete Reading Practice Quizzes, Vocabulary
Practice Quizzes, and Other Reading Quizzes.
See Chapter 4.
MathFacts in a
Flash (NEO 2
only; available
spring 2009)
If you 1) have an active subscription to MathFacts in a Flash
RP 3.1 or higher, 2) have installed AlphaSmart Manager on
teacher computers, and 3) have connected Renaissance
Receivers to teacher computers, students can use this
SmartApplet on NEO 2 laptops to complete MathFacts in a
Flash work.
See Chapter 5.
KeyWords (US) or
KAZ (UK)
Use this to learn keyboarding or to teach it to your students. See Chapter 6 for
KeyWords. For KAZ, refer
to the manual available on
www.alphasmart.co.uk.
Control Panel Use this to change settings for the NEO itself or for
individual SmartApplets.
See Chapter 7.
Beamer Use this to use the infrared (IR) port to send (or beam) files
to another NEO or to receive files from another NEO. You
can disable this functionality if you wish on the AlphaSmart
Manager Settings tab or in the Beamer settings on the NEO.
See Chapter 8.
AlphaQuiz Use this SmartApplet to administer quizzes to students on
the NEO. On your computer, you’ll need to download and
install QuizDesigner and QuizManager. QuizDesigner allows
you to create the quizzes, and QuizManager allows you to
send the quizzes to NEOs and retrieve student responses.
See Chapter 9.