How to setup and use RITA

iPad user guide

Version 1 – last updated 22 October 2012

Process

1. Check iPad availability and book

2. Create your presentation online

3. Choose RITA version

4. Download your presentation onto an iPad

5. Run your session using iPads

Troubleshooting

• Book iPads with IT – Helpdesk. LCPi link (draft email at bottom of LCPi page): http://lcpi/support4/it/IT%20Helpdesk/ITEquipmentLoanBookings/LCPiPads/Pages/default.aspx

• Book for your session and for any run through/practice sessions

1. Check iPad availability and book

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• Go to www.rita.co.uk using the Google Chrome browser (not Internet Explorer or Safari)

• Sign in to your account

• Enter login details or create account

• Create a new presentation

2. Create your presentation online

4Detailed instructions: (attach PDF)

• Add interactive and PowerPoint slides by dragging

• Tailor any interactive slides by clicking on titles or on “Edit poll data”

• Edit slide title by clicking on it

• Save presentation when finished

• Test presentation by clicking start

• Set a passphrase to control access to your presentation (eg your initials) and an expiry date (a date after your presentation)

2. Create your presentation online

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3. Choose RITA version

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No internet required – just an LCP wi-fi router

Typical client meetings at their offices

Works with up to 16 LCP iPads

Prospect pitches with “zero” set-up time

Features Example uses

Enables Multi-location International clients

Allows up to 16 iPads, including “bring your own device (BYOD)”

A quick demo of Rita to a prospect, using your own iPad

Relies on web connection Within LCP Offices

Works with 40+ iPads Large client meetings

Requires LCP “Overlord” laptop and wi-fi router

Breakfast briefings and seminars

iPad team support recommended

Conferences

Over the internet (simplest)

Peer to Peer (preferred)

Using “Overlord” laptop

Now go to slide 7 if using peer to peer, or slide 9 if using web or with overlord

• On any one iPad – connect to the internet using Wi-Fi (in settings)

• LCP Open and LCP ADSL work on the 7th and 8th floors in OBS and LCP Open on the ground floor in WInchester

• Launch RITA (p2p)

• Use as controller and download presentation

• If option to download doesn’t appear check you have internet access

4. Download your presentation onto iPads*This step is only required if using Peer-to-peer app*

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• Enter login details and download

• You will be prompted for a passphrase and expiry date.

• Passphrase controls access to the presentation (eg your initials). Expiry date is date that presentation will be saved on all iPads till (set to a date after your presentation).

• Plug in the airport router, and connect all iPads (Including the one you downloaded presentation on to) to LCP_Mobile[#] (eg LCP_Mobile1 etc).

• Go back to RITA, and run presentation on controller. The other iPads will start downloading the presentation.

4. Download your presentation onto iPads*This step is only required if using Peer-to-peer app*

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• Plug in router into mains (takes a couple of minutes to start up)

Only required for overlord laptop or peer to peer version

• Connect ALL iPads to the router via WiFi (LCP_Mobile[#] – eg LCP_Mobile1 etc)

networks

• On all iPads, go to appropriate version of RITA

RITA (local) – for running with overlord RITA (web) – for running over webRITA (p2p) – for running peer to peer

5. Run your session

9Now go to slide 10 if using peer to peer, or slide 11 if using web or with overlord

5a. Run your session * if using peer-to-peer version*

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• On your iPad, use as controller, and Run presentation

• Other iPads Will be prompted for passphrase/PIN.

• Name is optional

• PIN and Passphrase can be obtained by pressing the control cog and going to info on the control iPad

• Enter details above

5b. Run your session * if using overlord laptop or web version *

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• On your iPad, sign in to your account, enter your login details

• Start presentation

• On all other iPads, enter the PIN/passphrase. Name is optional.

• PIN/passphrase Can be obtained by pressing the control cog and going to info on the control iPad

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

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Issue Try these solutions

Some iPads not connecting to control before presentation has begun (using peer-to-peer version)

1. Check all iPads are connected to LCP Mobile and are on the same session.

2. Try pressing restart session on iPads that are not connected.

Slides on some iPads have stopped updating halfway through presentation (they have lost connection)

1. Press “connect” under your control cog (peer-to-peer version)

2. Check iPads are connected to LCP Mobile (or web if using online version)

3. Turn the offending iPads off and on again

4. Try resetting network (turn airport router off/on). Wait a couple of minutes. (not possible for web version)

If you have any problems – first try exiting and re-entering RITA. If problems continue, see below

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Gareth Goodram(ext 3352)

Yadu Dashora(ext 3065)

Oliver Cohen(ext 6668)

Sam Jenkins(ext 2730)

Helen Stokes(ext 0619)

Any questions?