Qwizdom OKTOPUS

PRESENT • ANNOTATE • COLLABORATE • INTERACT • VOTE

the leading interactive software

Oktopus is a presentation and collaboration software for interactive touch screens. You can work over ANY content or application.

With the Oktopus software for interactive touch screens, you can work over or alongside any software application, existing content, or web browser. Compatible with Windows and Mac, Oktopus gives everyone – whether in education or corporate – the flexibility to use the application, content and resource of their choice.

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Qwizdom Oktopus software for interactive touch screens with Actionpoint comes packaged with a 2 Install Interactive Software Licence (1 for the classroom and 1 for the teacher home pc for preparation of lesson plans), plus a 5 User Collaboration & Voting Licence to use with iPads, Android Tablets or other student devices.

The Oktopus software for interactive touch screens will enhance classroom or boardroom collaboration. Teachers can instantly share content as students follow along on their personal devices such as iPads, Android Tablets, Laptops or Chromebooks, taking notes, answering questions and sharing annotations over the top of any live lesson.

The 5 User Collaboration Licence can be upgraded to a Class Set (upto 40 users) at a very nominal cost.

Works with Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10

Overview

Starting a collaboration session

Oktopus Standard Tools

Oktopus Maths Tool

Oktopus Literacy Tools

Oktopus Geography Tools

Oktopus Science Tools

Import Web Images/Text

Oktopus 123 Step Collaboration

Oktopus Polling Explained

Oktopus Importing IWB Files

ABOUT OKTOPUS

  • A multi-touch & multi-pen annotation software.
  • Offers 70+ subject specific tools for drawing, capture, math, literacy, geography & science.
  • It works live over almost all digital content, web etc.
  • Collaborates with tablet / laptop users.
  • Provides 8 question types to engage students.
  • Qwizdom Oktopus software for touch screens is the only locally installed, LAN collaboration software in the market with 70 + subject specific tools for teaching and 8 voting tools.
  • The tablet app allows users to annotate, draw lines, add images, text, high light objects & send this to the presenter screen.
  • The tablet user can vote, the presenter can check results in real-time, no planning or preparation. Instant feed-back.
  • Qwizdom Oktopus software for touch screens Works with any make of IWB or flat panel touch screen. You can use it with your existing hardware.
  • Draw, annotate & explain whilst working in a browser.
  • Create your own customisable tool pallet.
  • Lessons can be created, saved, edited & emailed.
  • Leverage the power of tablets by connecting tablet users to a presentation session via LAN.
  • School & Home Use License as standard.

Please click here to access the full instructions for enabling student collaboration functionality.

FEATURES

70+ LEARNING TOOLS

Standard tools

14 Drawing Tools including pencil, highlighter, shapes, flashlight and line tool. Enter the media gallery and choose from over 3000 images and animations. Tools to capture audio, video and static images plus an onscreen keyboard.

Math Tools

Includes Numbers Tools, Measurement Tools, Geometry, Graphs and Data & Maths Games. Everything from number lines, grids, fraction generator, two types of calculator, rulers, protractors and compasses, prisms, pyramids, nets, dice, bar-charts, function machine.

Literacy Tools

Games such as Word & Sentence Builder, Text Tools, Word Roots, Word Search, Word Vault and Word Scramble.

Geography Tools

Weather Data, Map Tools, Google Map Application, Weather Bug, Weather Symbols, and Thermometer.

Science Tools

Study the elements with an interactive Periodic Table. Build molecular structures, create circuit diagrams and display data using the Pyramid Tool.

Voting Tools

Pose questions to the class and get instant feedback from everyone in the room. Vote tools let users gauge levels of understanding, gives everyone a voice and adds excitement to every lesson.

(CLOUD) XIMBUS for Google

Teacher can present from a Chrome Book/ Student can collaborate from a Chrome Book/ any web device (7” Screen).

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows

Minimum:

Windows: Vista
32 / 64 Bit OS, 1 GHz Single Core, 2GB, 128MB integrated

Recommended:

Windows: 7 or newer, 32 / 64 Bit OS, 2 GHz Dual Core or higher, 3GB, 256MB dedicated

Mac

Minimum:

MAC: OS X 10.7, 32 / 64 Bit OS, 1 GHz Single Core, 2GB, 128MB integrated

Recommended:

MAC: OS X 10.7 or newer, 32 / 64 Bit OS, 2 GHz Dual Core or higher, 3GB, 256MB dedicated