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SRN version 2.1 is NOW AVAILABLE!
– Now including Free-Text Response – Better Reporting –
– Streamlined Interfaces – Up to 50 concurrent clients –
iPod and iPad Clients – Many more new features –
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Student Response Network Trial Software:
Student Response Network v2.1 is available for an unlimited free trial period. The only restriction is that the server module can only support up to five (5) simultaneous client connections. This is sufficient to test the effectiveness of the solution. If you only have five students in your class, or only five computers in your network, it’s yours – free – you’ll never need to buy it. But if you need more connections, you’ll need to read the Order page.
SRN Trial – v2.1
The Trial release of Student Response Network is supplied in ZIP form (0.99MB). Just download it to your desktop then open it. Inside are two folders: SRNClient and SRNServer. There is also a Readme file with further instructions.
The fully registered version of Student Response Network can cater for a class of up to fifty (50) simultaneous client connections. If you have any questions about the download process, ask them below.
Download Alternate SRN Clients (including FreeText):
WINDOWS 8 USERS – We have just released a libraries fix for Windows 8 64-bit computers to allow SRN to run. Please download the following program:
http://stuhasic.com/win8lib64/win8lib64setup.exe
You need to be logged onto your PC as an administrator, then right-click on the program you downloaded and choose Run as Administrator. A status bar will flash up on the screen, then disappear. When complete, try running SRNServer from the SRNserver folder.
NOTE: While SRN Server is a Windows-only application (i.e. the Presenter/Teacher’s computer mus be running Windows), there are alternative SRN Client applications that can be used by participants. Currently there are clients for Windows, Apple OSX and Linux as well as an Apple iPhone/iPod Touch client , but development is proceeding on with plans for clients for other mobile and handheld devices.
The links below are all standalone (portable) applications for various operating systems. Just right-click (or Option-Click on the Mac) the desired client and Save it to your Desktop or any other folder. They are ready to run with Student Response Network v2. The iPod Touch/iPhone Client is available from the Apple AppStore.
- Windows SRN Client – Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 – 185KB (v2.0)
- Apple OSX SRN Client – Universal – 10.2 or later – 3.6MB (further details)
- Linux SRN Client – x86-based Linux distributions with GTK+ 2.8 or higher – 1.4MB (further details)
- Apple iPodTouch / iPhone Client – OS 3.1.3 or later (further details) – NEW!!
- Apple iPad Client – OS 3.2 or later –NEW!!
Need a Printable Brochure for Student Response Network?
Just click here
SRN Question Template Options:
Here are some free downloads you can use with various applications to create your own SRN Question slides for use in class. Just right-click the desired template link and choose Save to Disk:
- Microsoft Powerpoint (see example)
- Microsoft Word (see example)
- ActivStudio Flipchart (see example)
- SMART Notebook v10 (see example)
- SMART Notebook v10 Gallery Images (see example)
Any comments? Just add them below.
Student Response Network 
What an amazing and simple bit of software. We have been underutilizing our computer classroom for years and with one simple download, I see the type of stuff we could have been doing. I’ve just ordered the full version of SRN and can’t wait to try it out with my students. Thanks!
By: Jean Trilby on January 7, 2009
at 12:20 pm
I downloaded the SRN Trial about two hours ago and have been playing with it on my home network (3 PCs). I must say I’m very impressed and can’t wait until school resumes next week to give it a go with my students (if the snow lets up) 🙂
By: Erich Van Dien on January 8, 2009
at 12:02 pm
Sounds great but will have to wait till I go back to school as my home computer is a Mac!
By: Jane Lowe on January 10, 2009
at 4:22 am
Hi Jane. I’m hoping to have a Mac client ready by the end of the month, but you’ll still need a Windows PC to behave as the server for SRN.
@Erich: Snow! Don’t have much of that in sunny Sydney, Australia, so I can’t relate. Let me know how it goes.
@Jean: Thanks for your order. I’m sure the students will love it! I’ve just posted some new templates for PPT and Word that you can use.
By: paralleldivergence on January 10, 2009
at 4:38 am
Stu, I tried it at home and it looks fantastic. Unfortunately our main lab at school is Mac so I would really love to see the Mac client soon.
You never cease to amaze me,
Ian
By: Ian Gay on January 11, 2009
at 12:02 am
Any plans for a server app to run on a Mac?
By: Sue Sheffer on January 30, 2009
at 3:19 pm
Hi Sue. There are no current plans to make an OSX version of the SRN Server application. If you have an all Mac computer setup, you could introduce a Windows notebook or even netbook to run the server module with all your Mac clients.
By: paralleldivergence on January 30, 2009
at 9:45 pm
Hi Stu,
Well done – looks great. Will try it tomorrow.
However when I try to download the ActivStudio Flipchart or the Smart Notebook file I get a file called SRN_Question_Template.zip
When I unzip the file there a a list of files the computer will not recognise.
Have I missed something???
Thanks
Don
By: Don Nethercott on March 9, 2009
at 6:05 am
Hi Don. Glad you like the look of it. I assume you have Promethean ActiveStudio software v3 installed in order to open the ActivStudio flipchart? And you have Smart Notebook software v9 in order to open the Notebook file?
By: paralleldivergence on March 9, 2009
at 9:37 am
We have about 100 students in a one-to-one laptop environment and are in the process of ordering this application. Is there a limit of 40 students in the school using the application at any one time, or is it just limited to 40 in one classroom at a time?
By: Gayle on April 8, 2009
at 12:53 am
Hi Gayle. If you buy a single server licence, you can run the SRN Server module on on server. That server is capable of running to up to 40 clients at any one time.
If you buy a campus-wide licence, you can install SRN Server on as many teacher computers as you like at your school campus and run them simultaneously. Each of those SRN Servers can connect up to 40 SRN Clients.
Typically, you run one SRN server with up to 40 clients per room. It is not possible to connect more than 40 clients to the one SRN Server. Hope that clarifies.
By: paralleldivergence on April 8, 2009
at 3:48 am
I really like this product. I’ve tried to get clickers, but they’re just too expensive.
My question is – is there any way to keep a tally, yet still hide the tally so the students can’t see it? I like to use this with different skills in reading and content areas. I’d like it to keep a tally of how many questions a student is getting correct (for me to use at a later time), but I don’t like that the students can see it. Is there any way to “hide” this from the students?
By: Jim on May 11, 2009
at 2:16 pm
Hi Jim, Glad you like it. Good question about hiding the scoreboard – some students may not appreciate it if it is obvious they are not going well. Here’s the way I would do it.
1) Enable your question type and ask your question.
2) When all students have responded, click the button to show the Results bar chart
3) Uncheck the “Show Clients” option to hide the client list
4) Discuss, then select the correct option on the bar chart (the scoreboard will be updated, but won’t be visible)
5) Close the bar chart
6) Check “Show Clients” to re-show the student list in alpha order.
That should do it for you.
By: paralleldivergence on May 11, 2009
at 11:42 pm
HI Stu, love you software, great ideas. Could you possibly put up the Visual Basic file for your software up so developers could edit and fiddle with it?
Thanks
By: Daniel Schofield on June 27, 2009
at 4:52 am
Hi Daniel. If SRN wasn’t a commercial product, I’d have possibly done that. Instead, I’ve made it as affordable as possible.
By: paralleldivergence on June 27, 2009
at 5:21 am
No prob! thanks.
Love your software
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Any thoughts on an app for iPod Touch / iPhone?
By: Steve Brown on October 9, 2009
at 3:09 pm
Hi Steve, It’s coming. Hope to have it available by year’s end.
By: paralleldivergence on October 9, 2009
at 11:43 pm
Any thought about the server on the Linux platform? I am interested, but would like to run things on my Linux platform.
By: M Magnuson on December 1, 2009
at 11:24 pm
Hi M. I’ve never tried it, but you could see if it works under Wine. There are no plans to produce a Linux-native version of the Server module at this stage.
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at 6:11 pm
Have you tried to run the server from WINE windows emulator on a mac? I’ll try.
By: Dan T on March 2, 2010
at 9:30 pm
Hi Dan T. I have only run it with Parallels on a Mac. Never tried WINE on mac or Linux. Please let us know how it goes.
By: paralleldivergence on March 3, 2010
at 12:31 am
I am just a beginner with the student response clickers and I downloaded your SRN question template. I like how colorful it is, but I just don’t understand how to use it. When I click on the Senteo icon, it says there is no smart response question. I am sorry to not understand, but if you have time, can you explain? thanks
By: Denise on July 29, 2010
at 10:34 pm
Hi Denise, Sounds like you bought Senteo clickers, but are trying to use a template from Student Response Network (a different clicker solution). The two are not compatible.
By: paralleldivergence on July 30, 2010
at 1:23 am
Hi Stu
Love your work!
We just had v1.4 installed a couple of weeks ago and its beginning to take off with staff now. How do we upgrade to the new 2.1? We’d love to have the text option too.
By: Kim on September 8, 2010
at 2:41 am
Hi Kim, That’s great to hear. As a NSWDET school, you can get access instructions from this DET Intranet address – http://sitwww.det.nsw.edu.au/sr/srn/index.htm (only accessible from school).
By: paralleldivergence on September 8, 2010
at 8:31 am
How do you integrate the powerpoint slides with the srn software?
By: ivor levene on September 18, 2010
at 3:01 pm
Have a read of this page: http://studentresponsenetwork.com/2009/01/09/free-powerpoint-template-for-srn-questions/
By: paralleldivergence on September 22, 2010
at 11:46 pm
I don’t even know if I need SRN. I have a series of “text snippets” which are general hints. If you have to click on the hint to reveal the actual step needed to complete the task, an amount is deducted from your score. Can you help?
By: ivor levene on September 18, 2010
at 3:06 pm
Hi Ivor, Sounds like you’re after something pretty specific that SRN doesn’t do.
By: paralleldivergence on September 22, 2010
at 11:44 pm
Hi Stu
Are you looking to make an Android version of the SRN Client like you iPod version?
Many of my kids are buying Android phones over iPhones and for them to be able to connect to a SRN via what ever phone they have would make SRN even more versatile.
By: Greig Tardiani on November 19, 2010
at 10:32 pm
Hi Greig. Yes, I do have plans to release an Android version of SRN Client, but I’m still finalising the iPad version. I hope to start on the Android version around February. I have no idea how long it will take at this stage.
By: paralleldivergence on November 20, 2010
at 12:09 am
Hi,
I’m trying to runt he free trial to check out the software. Do you have a version that can run on a mac? I’m running it on windows 7, which i have on my mac using vmware fusion. The client’s have trouble identifying it as the server and it keeps hanging up. is there a way to run the server on my mac?
By: chad gomes on January 12, 2011
at 2:41 am
Hi Chad. For SRN Clients to work, they need to be able to firstly be able to ping the server PC’s IP address. Is the IP of the server in the same range as the clients or has VMware done some Network Address Translation? Ideally, it should be in the same range and the clients should be able to ping it. Then, the first time you run SRN Server, you should be logged on as Local Admin because when you start the SRN Server, Windows Firewall might pop-up and you’ll need to ALLOW the program to accept incoming requests. Once that’s fine, it should work OK.
At this stage, there is no OSX version of SRN Server.
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How do I correct an error 9 when saving results?
By: Kelly on December 13, 2011
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Hi Kelly, Could you tell me 1. Have you been able to replicate this problem or did it happen only once? 2. How many questions would you have asked in the session?
By: paralleldivergence on December 17, 2011
at 4:29 am
It happened several times (around 6). I turned off my computer, rebooted, and then I had no problems.
The following day, I received a run time 62 error. Tried rebooting, didn’t help. Received this error twice. Called my tech guy, he came and ran a practice session with the kids and things were miraculously fine.
The very next session I got another error 62. I wondered if my iPad was interfering for some reason (I was running the system through Doceri). I disconnected my iPad, rebooted my computer and the session saved the results without a problem.
The very next time I had another error 62. For the rest of the day (I had four more classes) I received either an error 9 or an error 62.
Each time I got the error there were 10 questions, all multiple choice.
Anytime I did a practice run with just two or three clients, it seemed to run fine.
All of my classes are around 30+ students, not sure if that is the issue.
Of course, having 30+ students, I LOVE the instant feedback I get from SRN and the kids are so engaged. Can’t wait to get this problem solved.
We used the buzzer to play a review game recently – it was fantastic! Monday we are trying the quiz boxes.
Sorry for all the info, just trying to give you anything that might help. Let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks so much,
Kelly
By: Kelly Smitherman Law on December 17, 2011
at 3:08 pm
I also have students using their iPods and iPhones to connect as clients.
By: Kelly Smitherman Law on December 17, 2011
at 3:12 pm
Thanks for the extensive feedback Kelly. I’ve been trying to replicate both the Error 9 and the Error 62 but have been unable to . I don’t have Doceri. I just looked it up and it seems to be a way to control the WIndows computer that runs SRN Server using an iPad. I have no idea if that’s causing the issue or not. Have you been able to replicate the problem by only working from the Windows PC directly?
By: paralleldivergence on December 18, 2011
at 4:20 am
Yes the problem occurs whether I have Doceri connected or not.
Ironically, I used SRN for 6-10 sessions and it worked perfectly. Now I can hardly get it to work without an error when trying to save the responses.
It seems the only time I don’t get the error message is when I have less than 10 clients connected, although I haven’t tested this extensively.
By: Kelly Smitherman Law on December 18, 2011
at 12:53 pm
Hi Kelly. If SRN worked perfectly for 6-10 sessions, then you started having problems, then something has changed on your PC because in that time, SRN has not changed. Any chance you could test SRNserver using another computer? Unfortunately, it’s really difficult for me to determine what has caused the issue on your PC, but I can confirm this problem is not being reported elsewhere. One thing I’ll suggest is turning off any 3rd-party firewall you may have and seeing if that helps. Hope you can sort it out.
By: paralleldivergence on December 18, 2011
at 10:09 pm
Hi Stu,
My name is Eric Smith I purchased SRN a few years ago for our teachers. Kelly has been having issues so I thought I’d take over. You suggested we try another machine. I gave her a new machine with Win 7 Pro and Office 10. Had 10 students connected and tried a yes/no and multiple response question. I ended session and tried to save the results. Immediately got the error Kelly refers to. Kids have no problem responding… they are picked up by the server. Converting those responses to excel is not working. Even when it does the names and results are jumbled around and not in orderly fashion. Firewall shouldn’t have effect on this error as results are being logged!
By: Eric Smith on December 20, 2011
at 6:52 pm
Thanks Eric for discussing this further offline. It appears that Kelly has an older version of SRN. Updating to the latest should resolve the issue.
By: paralleldivergence on December 21, 2011
at 10:50 pm
Hi we are planning one online quiz for our tv programme .We need to have some app running on mobile phones of the audience and final results populated in some screen showing only quiz process(via some click)-question,results…is there any option to integrate the results with our own graphics playout engine(Vizrt).We need to have 4 teams with 25 memberes in each.
By: Deepak Tiwari on January 31, 2013
at 8:55 am
Sorry Deepak, you’ll probably need to look at something else.
By: paralleldivergence on January 31, 2013
at 12:32 pm
Hi Stu,
Looking forward to an Android version when it’s available. 🙂
By: Paul on August 24, 2013
at 11:24 am
Hi Stu,
In the culture I teach, students are so obsessed with their smartphones, and have such lack of self-control, that admin wouldn’t even allow me to use a smartphone capable polling system unless the client app had restrictions to prevent students from switching to other pursuits (or could be tracked, so students knew they would pay). Looks like I may have to go open-source to get what I want. Additionally, your SRN sounds awesome but like the previous poster I would need availability of Android app to use in classroom as an everyday virtual clicker system.
By: Dale on December 16, 2013
at 4:56 am
Unfortunately, I have no ETA for an Android client unless someone is happy to develop one for free. I’ll gladly let them know what they need to have the program do.
By: paralleldivergence on December 16, 2013
at 5:06 am
Let me know what is needed for the Android app – it might be a good project for one of our IT students.
By: Dale on December 16, 2013
at 6:46 am
I have emailed you all the details.
By: paralleldivergence on December 16, 2013
at 7:28 am
I love this software though not yet tried it. Please, can the client be made for android devices also?
By: James on January 27, 2014
at 5:34 pm
Dale (above your comment) is looking into it.
By: paralleldivergence on January 27, 2014
at 8:58 pm
Are you planning to provide an android client?
By: Robert Yawe on March 11, 2014
at 5:44 pm
Not me personally. Waiting for Dale (above), unless someone else can put one together for free.
By: paralleldivergence on March 11, 2014
at 9:40 pm
Thank you for the wonderful program! I cannot wait to test it out. Your responses time on these comments are great!
Cheers!
By: Steven on March 19, 2014
at 10:51 am
Hi, I cannot download the free trial because i am getting a Gateway Antivirus warning. If I directly “save as,” the ZIP will not open.
By: Aaron on July 23, 2014
at 9:24 pm
What antivirus system are you using? Some of the free ones are producing a false positive. There is NO malware or adware in SRN.
By: paralleldivergence on July 23, 2014
at 9:58 pm
Hey Stu – how about Windows Phone and Android Phone devices? How about a SAAS solution where anyone on any device can just open a web page in a browser and interact?
Anything currently available to do that (or in the works)?
Great solutions! Thanks!
By: Dave on August 28, 2014
at 5:26 pm
No ETA for those at present.
By: paralleldivergence on August 29, 2014
at 5:38 am