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Student Mode — Remotely Controlling a Student's Device

Note: To use this function, both devices must be logged into the same Speech Kingdom account.
Sessions

Before we can understand how to remotely connect a student's device, it is important to know about Speech Kingdom Sessions.

All of Speech Kingdom's activities take place in Sessions. When a student plays a game, such as What's Missing, it happens in a What's Missing game session. When a student views a story, such as Safety Around Strangers, it happens in a Safety Around Strangers story session.

Sessions live as long as they are active and the game or story is running. This provides the flexibility for you to join that session with another device, such as a smartphone, tablet or computer. Once there are two devices in the session, you can grant separate permissions to each device, allowing one device to control of the other.
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Safety Around Strangers Student Controls
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Safety Around Strangers Student Mode=ON
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Student Mode Restrictions in Place
Student Controls

In our illustration, student Bob has just started a story called Safety Around Strangers (beginner level). In the first illustration, we have expanded the Student Controls section in the Settings menu. These settings allow us to limit the functionality of Bob's iPad. We have set the Student Controls so Bob's iPad cannot 
  • Advance to the next scene
  • Back up to the previous scene
  • Browse to another scene
  • Exit the current session
We will also allow Bob to play a each character's audio up to 3 times per scene. These restrictions have not been applied yet, because Student Mode is still OFF.

Student Mode settings will not take effect until Student Mode is ON.









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Set Bob's Student Mode​ to ON.

Notice what happened when we set Student Mode to ON. All Student Mode settings are now protected, cannot be changed and display their current values. In this case all are OFF.


Allow Next Scene
Allow Previous Scene
Allow Scene Browser

Allow Exit Session
Max Audio Plays












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OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
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Student Mode

When Bob starts the story, by clicking the 
Start Beginner Level button, the Previous and Next buttons and the exit icon < in the top left corner of the screen will disappear. Since most of the Side Bar Menu options cause navigation, they are disabled and gray. The Scene Browser option on the Settings Menu disappears and the Scene Browser link (Scene 1/6) at the lower left is also disabled and gray.

Bob's device is in Student Mode because all of the student mode settings have been activated by setting  the Student Mode switch to the ON position.

Bob no longer has control over any navigation functions, such as changing the scene or exiting the session. His audio perseveration has also been limited to 3 times.

Note: For a discussion and a description of the Side Bar Menu, please see the Help page on this site and select the Side Bar Menu topic. ​
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Safety Around Strangers Adult Device
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Adult Device - Activate Reinforcer
Connecting to the Student's Device
The final step in the process is to connect the adult device to the student device that is now in Student Mode​. In our example, Bob will be unable to perform any of the navigation (next, previous, browse or exit) functions, so we will be sure that the connected adult's device can perform all of those functions for her.

Bob's adult, Mary has just logged into Bob's account on a different device. She activated the Side Bar Menu by clicking the menu "hamburger" icon (3 lines) at the top left corner of the screen.  For more information about the Side Bar Menu, visit the Help Page on this site and select the Side Bar Menu option.

​Note the Sessions area which is circled on this illustration. It shows that Bob Samuels has the Proficient version of Safety Around Strangers active. Mary must must now click the blue Join button to join Bob's session. 

Mary is now in control of Bob's device! Every time she advances the story, it will advance on Bob's device!  All activity on either device will be reflected on both devices!! 

Surprise your student with a Reinforcer Reward!

On the adult's device, click the gear icon to bring up the Story Settings menu as illustrated here.

Now click the Activate Reinforcer option and the currently selected reinforcer will play on both devices. Alternatively, you can select any reinforcer from the Reinforcers option in the Story Settings menu. 
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​Select the Random Reinforcer icon from the Reinforcers menu and the Speech Kingdom app will randomly select a different reinforcer each time it is activated.
Why connect?
  1. Students often perseverate, press buttons, repeat behaviors and get distracted by options on their devices. By controlling the student's device, the adult can limit this behavior to a minimum and focus their student on the game or story, while completely controlling the pace.
  2. The adult can select the Activate Reinforcer option from the Settings Menu and surprise their student with a reinforcer at any time.
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