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This guide is intended to help customers update to the latest version of Robots4Autismrobots4autism®, which includes support for our newest features.
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3 Release Information
The We are pleased to launch the 3.2 3 release of our website, companion apps, and robot clients is intended to untether teachers and facilitators needing to be present with their students together in order to conduct lessons. This release enables students and facilitators to continue using the Robots4Autism curriculum while in different locations. This provides a safe and remote learning experience.
This release introduces our Avatar based milo robot, to be used in situations where a student is at home and cannot be physically present with the Milo robot. This update allows for a facilitator to select an Avatar of Milo to be used in lieu of a robot in these situations. Note that use of this feature remotely would usually also require a video chat session (Zoom, Chime, Webex, etc.) to be established between student & facilitator so that the facilitator can monitor the students progress.
New simplified pairing processes for robots & tablets:
Updated and online robots registered to an organization will automatically appear in the list of available robots.
The RoboKind Companion App 3.0 (student mode) no longer requires a facilitator log in. Student tablets can be easily connected to via a one time pair code during your students first lesson works in person or remotely!
Existing RoboKind Legacy Customers
If you have previously been implemented on our 2.0 robots4autism® software which includes many new features over older versions of this application.
New support for using an avatar in cases where an R25 robot is not readily available at the location of the student
New support for remote situations where a teacher/facilitator may not be in the same location as the student
New one time pairing process between student and facilitator tablets - no more QR Code scanning!
New friendly aliases can be assigned to robots to make easier to identify robots for a lesson, and again, no QR code scanning!
New Student Quick reports providing at a glance analysis of student progress (Available on our website at https://central.robokind.com)
New Web Companion support, which can be used in place of an iPad where 2 devices are not available.
Group Lesson mode, where multiple students can be selected for any lesson in the robots4autism curriculum.
Itinerancy support, where teachers who routinely travel can be configured to run lessons on robots at different locations.
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Note that to conduct lessons remotely, it is expected that there would be a video conference of some fashion in progress (Zoom, Chime, WebEx, etc.) to monitor the students progress. |
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Legacy platform customers: If you are currently using our legacy platform (at portal.robokind.us), then |
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To ensure a continued ability to teach lessons, Robokind legacy customers presently on the portal.robokind.us site must not update their robots and companion software outside of the process defined in the it is necessary to follow the migration check list here: RK Central 3.0 x Platform - Pre migration check list. |
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Formal support for our legacy platform will end at the end of the 2020/2021 school year as we seek to have all organizations and students be able to take advantage of our latest features. |
Updating to RoboKind 3.2
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Updating RK Central, Tablets and Robots to 3.
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An organizational admin should check the list of Robots that appears under their account under central.robokind.com and the Organization List screen and compare to the organization's active robots. How-to Find a robot's serial number
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Teacher accounts do not have access to view the list of robots in RK Central, this step must be performed by a user with administrative access. |
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If the list of robots is incorrect or if the Robots & Avatars section is missing from the Organization list, please submit a support ticket robot registration request at https://wwwrobokind.robokind.com/support using the contact us link at the bottom of the pageatlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/5/group/23/create/80. Please include the exact serial number(s) of robots to be added or removed. How-to Find a robot's serial number |
2. In the RoboKind Central portal at https://central.robokind.com, we recommend using the … button (3 dots) to the right of each robot to assign a friendly Alias. As an example, if a robot is dedicated to a specific classroom, the name of that classroom might be a good alias. An itinerant robot that travels between schools might be assigned an alias of the teacher/facilitator who is using that robot.
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Tip: We also encourage labeling the robot in some fashion with it’s assigned alias. |
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3. On each robot, choose Utilities - Update Software and ensure that it completes successfully. See How-to Update the Robot for details and troubleshooting. Note that the update process usually takes 30-60 minutes.
4. Only after After all robots are updated successfully, delete update the RoboKind Companion App 3 from on each iPad, and then reinstall the application with the same name from the AppStore. RoboKind Companion App 3 Installation and Update Guide (iPads)
Facilitator Tablet First Time Setup
Open the newly installed RoboKind 3.0 3 application.
Choose yes to allow camera access if prompted.
Select Facilitator mode.
Login to the tablet with the same facilitator credentials used to log in at https://central.robokind.com.
If necessary, you can visit https://central.robokind.com and reset your password.
If prompted, create a 4 digit pin for your account.
Use the Add New Tablet button
*Pairing codes expire within 10 minutes, so pause at this point if the student tablet device is not already updated and ready.
Assign a Nickname or alias for the student tabletdevice, and click Generate Code.
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We recommend a Nickname or alias that describes the scope of the students that might be sharing that tablet, for example “Classroom A”. |
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Tablet aliases cannot be re-used, so you can use a “-1” or such if needing to re-use a similar name. |
Characters including comma’s, parenthesis, and quotation marks are not allowed in Device names.
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We recommend labeling a tablet according to the nickname that has been assigned to it. |
The 6 digit code that is provided after tapping Generate Code will be needed during the Student tablet device setup.
After the pairing code has been written down, click the Back button.
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Device First Time Setup
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Note that a student tablet device can be paired just once and then shared among multiple students. |
On the student tabletdevice, open the newly updated or installed RK Central Web Companion 3.0 application.
Choose yes to allow camera access if prompted
Select Student mode. No login is required.
If prompted for camera access, choose Allow. (This is used in certain lessons of the emotional modules)
Enter the 6 digit numeric code generated during the Facilitator setup and click Connect.
Starting a Lesson
From the facilitator tablet, select the alias of the student tablet in the column on the left.
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If you are running a lesson with a physical robot and the robot is not appearing in the list, troubleshooting steps would include:
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On the Select Classroom page, select the classroom and student who will be taking the lesson.
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If you have selected “Virtual Avatar” the facilitator and student will see a virtual representation of Milo.
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If you have selected a physical robot, then virtual milo will not be shown from either tablet. |
On the facilitators tablet, use the side bar menu to access tools such as stopping a lesson or switching to a calm down tool
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Changing Devices
If between lessons you wish to change which student tablet or robot/avatar is selected, then note the following instructions.
During a lesson, you cannot change devices. To change devices, you must first end lesson and capture the students progress to that point.
From the side bar menu of the facilitator tablet, choose the Change Devices button.
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Important: If the student tablet no longer appears as available after using the change devices command, then instruct the student or parent to select the Student button. |
You are now ready to run lessons in 3.3!
See instructions at How to start a Robots4Autism 3.3 lesson
Documentation
RoboKind Central for Administrators and Managers
RoboKind Central for Teachers & Aide Account RolesAides
RoboKind Companion App 3 Installation and Update Guide (iPads)
Coming soon
Customers who update to our latest software versions will also soon be able to benefit from additional features including:
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Video Chat built into the RoboKind Companion App
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