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Keyboarding Web site at
http://gdpkeyboarding.com/. The Tips & FAQs page, Troubleshoot page, and
Word 2007 page might be of particular interest to you.
Contact Myriah FitzGibbon, Publishing Representative, at
myriah_fitzgibbon@mcgraw-hill.com, 323.313.6341, at McGraw-Hill for
books, etc. Contact Hernan Manabat
manabahd@lacitycollege.edu
for ACCL questions at Ext. 2047.
GDP
Software Hotline: 800-331-5094.
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Campus LAN Installation 
To access the LAN Installation
of GDP from your office computer at work, make a copy of our
current shortcut to Keyboarding 1, 2, 3. Right-click the current GDP
shortcut on your desktop, and click Send To, Desktop (create shortcut).
Right-click the new shortcut, click Properties, and change the path to
\\10.24.1.1\gdp\gdp.exe.
To install the Campus version
of GDP at home to practice with the software, use the Quick Start steps
below.
Quick Start: Next; I accept the terms of
the license agreement, Yes, install with Instructor Management; Next;
Next; Next; Next; Finish.
Note: Browse to setup.exe
if the CD doesn't launch automatically.
 When you complete
the installation, an Irwin Keyboarding program
group opens on the desktop with this icon. Right-click the icon and send a
shortcut to the Desktop. Rename the shortcut to CAOT 1 2 3.
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LAN Class Setup
Launch GDP, and click OK to create a class the first time. Click
Options, Instructor Options, New Instructor. Type the Instructor
Options password (see me to get it) and click OK.
 Fill
in your information on the Add New Instructor screen, and click
Save. The password you fill in here is your own private password you
will be prompted for from now on each time you enter Instructor Management.
An e-mail address is optional. If you fill it in, your students will be able
to e-mail you from GDP without entering an address.
 Select
your name, click OK, and type your new password. Click the LAN
Gradebook tab, Create New Class. Fill in your course name, leave
the defaults for the gradebook as is unless you want to create a custom
gradebook, and make your choices for student data storage. We save use
Classes in subdirectory. Click Save.
Click Settings. Under Instructor Settings, change
everything as desired. Check Proofreading Viewer if you want this
feature. Uncheck Live Update as I will be in charge of updating the
software for our department. The URL for the Campus Web site should be
whatever URL you want to access when you click Campus Web Site in the top
row of Instructor Management. I recommend pointing it to
http://caot.lacitycollege.edu/001T/. The URL for GDP
should be set to whatever URL you want your students to access when they
click Web in GDP. I recommend pointing it to the new Student Web Site at
http://gdpstudent.mhhe.com/ if you
are going to post materials there or want students to access annotations and
grades from home.
Under Class Settings tab, fill in as desired. Below is what I use:
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Standalone Installation
Quick Start: Next; I accept the terms of
the license agreement, No, install without Instructor Management; Next;
Save Student Data on floppy disk A:; Next; Next; Finish.
Note: This same installation may be used in the ACCL.
This Standalone installation
should be used by traditional students or online students working at LACC
when the network is down. Click
here for steps the student would take if the network goes down.
Use the Campus Version CD for the Standalone installation, and make these
choices:
After installation, go to Start, Programs, Irwin Keyboarding, and
click GDP Standalone to launch GDP. (Note: Do not add an icon to the
Desktop as this will be a choice used infrequently.) From the Welcome
screen, click Options, Instructor Options, and enter the password.
Click Settings, Instructor Settings tab and use these
settings:
Go to Class Settings and
use these settings:
To update the Standalone installation: Open Instructor Management
(C:\GDP\GDPIM.exe). When you select an instructor name and log on or click
New Instructor and add yourself as an instructor, GDP will automatically
check for updates and you will be prompted to install the update if one is
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ACCL Installation
The keyboarding software at the ACCL uses the same network shortcut we do,
so students can continue working there seamlessly.
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Troubleshooting
Refer all support issues to
www.mhhe.com/support. Software
Hotline: 800-331-5094; Felix Widjaja, felix_widjaja@mcgraw-hill.com
(Arlene's contact; talk to Arlene before contacting Felix at
1-800-634-3963 ext. 5473.)
Go to the
Troubleshooting page on the Keyboarding Web site at
http://gdpkeyboarding.com/Troubleshoot.htm for the most current list of
issues and resolutions.
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Testing on the LAN
You might want to create an additional class reserved for testing.
You might want to name the class with your last name followed by your section number and Test. For
example, mine would be Zimmerly 1013 Test. In your class settings,
you could require a password to log-on and you set the password privately
and enter it private on the day of testing. Change any other settings as
desired. You could chose to store data on a disk and pass out disks, but I
recommend keeping it simple and storing data on the LAN and using a
confidential password.
When students take a test, you
or the instructional assistant could go to each station to type in a
confidential password the student should not
see. Using a confidential password protects the integrity of the
test so that students cannot see their Portfolio or anything else when the
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LAN Students Working at Home
Some of your students might want
to work at home to complete homework or for extra practice. Refer your students to
http://caot.lacitycollege.edu/001T to the
GDP at Home
link for details on installation and importing and exporting their work from
home to school and back again.
Note:
If you want to use data disks to store data
for your
LAN classes, create a LAN class with data saved to the A: In this configuration, the
student uses the same data disk between home and school without using the
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Technique Demonstration
Start, Programs, Glencoe, GCAK Data on Hard Disk; password is t,
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