CD-ROM Product Support FAQ's - Product Questions

The Digital Learning System (DLS) by BrainX is software that was designed using strategies developed by educational experts to reduce the amount of time it takes people to learn new information and help them to remember that information longer. It can be used by individuals or as a customized learning platform for organizations. Read more about the software visit our web store.

Getting A`s: Secrets Expert Learners Use to Get Straight A`s is a book written as a companion to the BrainX Digital Learning System for students (or teachers) who want to "learn how to learn" more effectively and efficiently. Topics covered in the book include Expert Note Taking, Expert Speed Reading, Expert Studying, and Expert Test Taking. Included with the Getting A`s book is a version of the Digital Learning System with key facts and topics from the book that have been converted into a Digital Learning Guide with quick-to-learn review and quiz material. View the topics covered and read a sample chapter.

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When creating records in a KnowledgeBase, you must click the "Save" button after you have entered all of the information associated with that record and you are ready to move on. After you click "Save," a blank record will appear and you can either enter a new record or exit by clicking "Done." If you do not click "Save," your information will be lost.

When you edit an existing record, there is an auto-save feature in the Digital Learning System that saves your changes. You can turn this feature off or on from the "Options" menu item under "Tools." When the "Options" box appears, select Knowledge Manager and put a check in the box next to "Automatically save changes when editing a record."

You can also click the "Save" button after you edit each record.

For more details and for easy step-by-step instructions on creating KnowledgeBases and effective Learning Questions

Download http://www.brainx.org/Getting_Started_Guide-Standard_DLS.pdf

All CD-ROM based products must be activated via the internet.

Most problems regarding activation involve another program blocking access to the internet. This is done by many anti-virus and anti-spyware programs such as Norton Internet Security, the built in Windows Firewall (especially SP2), etc.

First, look in your system tray for any of the programs similar to those mentioned above. Disable them all (usually by right clicking on the icon and clicking exit or disable)

If you are connecting to the internet from home, you most likely are not using a proxy (unless you have a dedicated local spam blocking proxy set up), however if you are connecting from work, you will need to contact your IT department for proxy information.

After you have successfully activated DLS, remember to immediately turn on all your protection software.

Yes.

A standard CD Key allows for registration on up to two computers, so you can install and register DLS on your desktop and notebook computers. Important: Use the same Product Code and CD Key during the registration and activation process on the second computer as you did on the first, but you will receive a new confirmation e-mail with a new authorization code -- each computer is registered separately. You must also enter all of your registration information completely, just as you did for the first registration.

If you want to install the DLS on a third computer with the same CD Key, you must first inactivate it on one of the two other computers.

Open the KnowledgeBase you wish to save in the PLA and start a review session or practice test.

From the file menu select:

File -> Print

Now you are presented with a list of things you wish to print, select the appropriate items (question, answer, explanation, etc) you wish to export.

Finally, press the Export button. Navigate to were you wish to save the document and press Save. The file is Rich Text Format (.rtf) which is readable by Microsoft Word. Additionally, you can now save it as a Word Document (i.e. Myfile.doc).

On the pen scanner itself you need to change it to send the scanned text to your computer without storing it. On the SuperPen, you can activate this mode in the pen scanner menu under:

Scan to PC -> settings -> send immediately

This will allow the pen scanner to output everything it is scanning (in real-time) to the computer via the USB connection. To use this mode with the DLS, think of the pen scanner as a keyboard. You need to place the mouse cursor where you want to type. The same holds true with the pen scanner (since the computer thinks it's a keyboard!)

Put the pen scanner in direct mode, open DLS, place the mouse cursor in the question field, scan your question and then the pen scanner will "type" the text you are scanning into the field.

Please see Completely uninstall or re-install DLS FAQ before proceeding. This link is for completely uninstalling and reinstalling, which is unnecessary if you are simply migrating to a new machine.

From the above link, all you need to do is:

- On the new computer, be sure to perform step 1 (Windows Updates)

- On the old computer, simply perform step 2 (inactivating DLS)

To migrate your custom KnowledgeBases, you can simply copy/paste them to a USB stick, CD-Rom, floppy, email attachment, or send them over the network to your new computer.

On the old computer, your custom KnowledgeBase's are located:

C:\Program Files\BrainX\Digital Learning System\Users\*.mdb

Copy them to the new machine on the desktop. Then install DLS to the new computer and start DLS. From the DLS file menu, select file -> import KnowledgeBase's and DLS will automatically load and configure the KnowledgeBase's for you.