How to setup and use RITA

iPad user guideVersion 2 – last updated November 2015

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/LCP-Loan-iPads.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 (or take a copy of an existing one)

2. Create your presentation online

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• If you want to use your own powerpoint slides - Install the Powerpoint Rita add-: http://www.rita.co.uk/jsonhelper/powerpointaddin/setup.zip

• Add interactive and PowerPoint slides by dragging

• Tailor any interactive slides by clicking on titles (to move) or click on “Edit poll data” to change text.

• Edit slide title by clicking on it• You can copy individual slides by

using the “import slide” button.• You can test your creation by

following the steps set out in 5b (you can also print the slides when running in web mode – cog > print)

2. Create your presentation online

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• There are example presentations available in “Rita Showcase”.

• You can copy these to your account as a starting point and then make any required edits.

• Some of these have non-standard slides – you may need to involve the iPad team.

• 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 usesEnables Multi-location International clientsAllows up to 20 iPads, including “bring your own device (BYOD)”

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

Relies on web connection

Works with 40+ iPads Large client meetingsRequires LCP “Overlord” laptop and wi-fi router

Breakfast briefings and seminars

iPad team support recommended Conferences

Over the internet (preferred)

Peer to Peer (for no internet)

Using “Overlord” laptop (for big groups)

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)

• LCPWiFi is available in London and 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

10Now 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

• Remember to ask IT to download your results slides

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• Choose a phrase and date (this is how

long your results will be kept)

• 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

• Remember to print your results using the pdf print option (cog -> print)

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 (eg session1).

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

Troubleshooting

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Issue Try these solutions

Not all the iPads are showing up in my poll results

1. Go to settings - make sure the iPads have their Bluetooth turned off

2. Go to settings - make sure each iPad has a different name

• I want to combine non-standard slides from multiple existing presentations

• I want to change how a poll looks

• I want a slide with different functionality

You’ll need to ask one of the iPad team to help you.

Please allow for this to take a few days – especially if significant changes are required!

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)

Charlie Stone(ext 6771)

Phil Daley(ext 6703)

Angela Thornton(ext 7778)

Any questions?