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Registration, Data Download, and Software Installation

Regis t er on the A rmond Dal ton Resour c es Websit e . . . . . . . . . . E-2Ac c ess to the ACL So f t war e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-7Dow nload and Inst all ACL A nal y t ic s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-9Load the Pr ojec t Da t a Files in to ACL A nal y t ic s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-16Online Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-18Unins t all the ACL A nal y t ic So f t war e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-21

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E-2 Registration, Data Download, and Software Installation

Register on the Armond Dalton Resources Website

To register on the Armond Dalton Resources website (www.armonddaltonresources.com), complete the following steps:

Click Login.

Click Create an Account.

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Register using your school email address.

After your registration is complete, the Dashboard window will appear.

Click on Profile.

Complete your registration information and click update when complete.

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Use the drop-down to choose your college and professor, then click Add Professor..

Note: Colleges are listed alphabetically by proper name. If you attend University of Alaska, you would search Alaska, Univ of. If you have selected the correct college and you do not see your instructor listed, please email [email protected] with your college and professor.

If you have more than one professor using the Armond Dalton Resources website, you are able to add another professor. Your professors will be listed under professors on the profile page.

Click on Dashboard.

Note: If you do not enter your university here your registration with ACL will be delayed and possibly overlooked.

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Click the down arrow on the left side of the Books box.

Locate the ACL Analytics title in the Books table. Click Verify under the Action column.

Type the One-Time Use Code from the front of your Instructions book (or e-book email) into the Verify the Book box. The license code will not be visible until you scratch off the silver coating in the middle of the sticker. Note: Simply use a coin and gently scratch off the silver coating to reveal the code; DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE THE STICKER. If you over-scratch the code or the code is missing, please take a picture of the sticker and email it to [email protected]

Click OK.

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Scroll down below the Books table. You will see a box where you can enter the Section code

that you received from your professor.

Enter the Section code and click Add Section Code.

If the course information does not appear under Sections, refresh your browser (F5 or Ctrl+R) and it should appear.

Note: If you were provided with a section code from your instructor, you will come back to this site later when you are ready to submit your online homework. See page E-18 for instructions.

Note: Your professor may choose to have you complete your homework on this website. If so, you will receive a Section Code from your professor to enter. This code can be entered at a later time if you have registered before your professor has provided you with a code.

After entering a valid code, you will receive a message that your verification was successful.

If the data sets do not appear in the ACL Analytics row of the Books table, refresh your browser (F5 or Ctrl+R) and they should appear. You will use these data sets later to replace the data sets installed with the ACL Analytic software.


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Access to the ACL Software

You will be registered for access to the ACL software by your professor. Once your registration is accepted you will receive two emails from Highbond Notifications with the subject, Activate your account and Sign in to your account.

Note: If your professor does not have a site-license and you are registered by Armond Dalton Publishers, you will not receive your email immediately. It may take up to 24 hours to receive your email during regular business hours. If you register on Friday after the daily registration has been uploaded or on Saturday and Sunday you will be registered the following Monday or next business day.

Check your email for a message from Highbond Notifications and open the Activate your

account email. Note: If you do not receive an email, check your spam folder.

Click on the link “Activate your account” in the email.

You will be redirected to the ACL activation window.

When signing into ACL for the first time after completing your activation, you must sign in using the email address listed in your activation email from Highbond.

Note: If you do not activate your account within 30 days of receiving the emails, the Activate your account will no longer work. If this happens open the Sign in to your account email and click Reset Password. You will receive a new Activate your account email.

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Close all other open programs and, if you have not already done so, temporarily disable

any anti-virus protection software and firewalls. It is very important that you follow this

step to ensure that the software downloads correctly. You may have more than one anti-

virus program and firewall; make sure to disable all versions. If you are unsure of how to

disable your anti-virus or firewall, a simple internet search can help.

Complete the required information in the activation window. Use the name of your college/

university as the Organization and “Student” as the Title.

Mark the boxes next to the terms of use and consent agreements.

Click Accept Invitation.

After accepting the invitation you should then see your Promotional Account information.

Click on Downloads under Resources.

Download and Install ACL Analytics (NOT APPLICABLE TO LAB COMPUTERS - If you are using a lab computer continue to page E-16).

To ensure proper installation, perform the following steps to install ACL for Windows:

Check the configuration of the computer where ACL for Windows will be installed to ensure that it meets the minimum software and hardware requirements. For more information, see the system requirements located in Chapter 1 of the

Instructions and Assignments book.

Ensure that you have Administrator rights on the computer on which you are performing the installation.

Temporarily disable all anti-virus and firewall programs while downloading and installing the ACL software, as well as when downloading the Armond Dalton data.


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Click Download Version 14.1.X under ACL for Windows. Note: ACL performs live updates,

your version may vary.

It may take several minutes to download the ACL software. Most computers will show the process at the bottom of your screen.

Once the download is complete, double-click on the progress window.

Click Yes if you receive a message asking if you want to allow ACL to make changes.

The ACL Installer will briefly appear on your screen.

Note: If you do not temporarily disable your anti-virus and firewall, YOU WILL HAVE SOFTWARE PROBLEMS. If this happens and you contact Armond Dalton Publishers, we will tell you that you need to uninstall and reinstall the software with the anti-virus and firewall disabled.

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After the installer is complete you will then be prompted to choose the setup language.

Select English, if that is not the default language, and click OK.

The Setup Extraction Location window will appear.

Take note of the destination folder and click Extract.


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You will see a screen that will show you that the extraction process has started.

The ACL Installer will check your computer for software requirements. If your computer is missing any of the requirements, the InstallShield Wizard will prompt you to install any required items.

Click Install if you are prompted to install any requirements.

Some of these requirements may need you to accept license terms.

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If prompted, accept license terms and click Install.

After ACL has installed any requirements you will see a configuration window flash and then a Welcome window.

Click Next

Click Next to accept the terms in the license agreement.


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Select Non-Unicode if it is not already the default.

Click Next. The following destination folder window appears.

Take note of the destination folders as you will need to load the updated data sets that you will download later in these E-materials.

NOTE: DO NOT CHANGE THE LOCATIONS ON THIS WINDOW!

ACL for Windows destination ________________________________________________

Dataset files destination ____________________________________________________

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Click Next. The following “Ready to Install the Program” window appears.

Click Install.

The setup software will begin copying ACL to your hard drive. Installation should take no longer than a couple of minutes for most systems.

You have completed installing the ACL software when the following window appears.

Click Finish.

The ACL for Windows icon should now be included on your desktop.


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Load the Project Data Files into ACL Analytics

Sample data files were installed as part of the installation of the ACL program. To complete the assignments in this book, you will need to replace the current data files with the updated data files. If you are using a computer in your school’s lab you will need to store your ACL Project Data Files on a USB drive that you intend to use throughout the project. Complete the following steps to download the ACL Project Data Files.

Close all other open programs and, if you have not already done so, temporarily disable

any anti-virus protection software and firewalls. It is very important that you follow this

step to ensure that the software downloads correctly. You may have more than one anti-

virus program and firewall; make sure to disable all versions. If you are unsure of how to

disable your anti-virus or firewall, a simple internet search can help.

Note: If you do not temporarily disable your anti-virus and firewall, YOU WILL HAVE SOFTWARE PROBLEMS. If this happens and you contact Armond Dalton Publishers, we will tell you that you need to uninstall and reinstall the software with the anti-virus and firewall disabled.

(NA for Lab Users) Navigate to the Data Set destination folder you recorded on page E14.

(NA for Lab Users) Locate and double-click on the ACL Data folder. You should see a folder named Sample Data Files.(NA for Lab Users) Delete this folder.LAB USERS-Create a folder named ACL Data on your USB drive.Return to the Armond Dalton Resources website and sign in.

Locate the Sample Data Files in Books table on the Dashboard page.

Download the Sample Data Files.zip file to the ACL Data folder. Do this by right-clicking

on the zip file and selecting the “Save link as” option, navigating to the ACL Data folder,

and typing the following file name in the File Name box: Sample Data Files. The following illustration shows the path of where you should download the zip file, as well as the file name you should use.

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If you cannot direct your computer to put the file anywhere specific, then it was likely saved to your downloads folder with a random file name (series of numbers and letters).

If the file was saved to your downloads folder with a random file name, you will have to

locate the zip file, rename it to Sample Data Files, and move it to the ACL Data folder.

After you make sure that the zip file is in the ACL Data folder with the proper file name

(Sample Data Files), extract the file to the ACL Data folder.

The following illustration shows a proper extraction location just prior to executing the extraction.

When properly extracted, you will have the updated Sample Data Files folder.

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Online Homework

When you are ready to submit your online homework, you will log in to the Armond Dalton Resources website at www.armonddaltonresources.com, using the username and password you created on your first visit to the site. If you have not already done so, enter the section code that was provided to you by your instructor. See page E-6 for reference. Locate the ACL Analytics activity/activities in the Section box on the Dashboard page. The activity start date/time and end date/time are listed on the table.

Your professor may assign multiple activities to be completed over the course of the semester. If this is the case, each activity will be listed in the table.

Click the drop-down arrow on the button under the Action column.

Click Activity Overview.

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Click “Enter Answers.”

Choose the chapter for which you are submitting your answers.

Your professor may assign two parts of homework for each chapter. To access the other part, click on the tab below the chapter name in the Choose Chapter box.

You can save, exit, and return at any point without submitting final answers by clicking on the “Save Homework” button located at the top and bottom of each page. You can submit the homework for Part I and Part II of a chapter separately by clicking the “Submit Homework” button in each part. You can also submit the parts at one time by clicking the “Submit All Homework” button in Part II of the chapter homework.

NOTE: If you are required to upload more than one file, you will need to zip the files together to upload them as one compressed file. ATTACHMENTS DO NOT SAVE IF YOU CLICK SAVE TO RETURN TO YOUR HOMEWORK AT A LATER TIME. YOU WILL NEED TO ATTACH THE COMPRESSED FILE AGAIN BEFORE SUBMITTING.

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With a homework activity that contains multiple chapters, you will submit each chapter individually. You can submit a part of homework without completing all questions/problems. You will not receive points for the question/problem. If you do so, you will receive the following warning message:

Click Submit anyway.

With each submission the screen will display the points earned and possible for the part of homework. Some answers need to be reviewed by the instructor before the points earned will be displayed. These submissions will say “Not Graded” until the review has been done.

Once the submission has been reviewed by your professor, it will say “Graded” and your score will be displayed. You can return to view your score by locating the activity in the Sections table of the Dashboard, clicking the drop-down arrow on the button under the Action column, and clicking Activity Overview.

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Uninstall the ACL Analytic Software

When you uninstall ACL for Windows, you uninstall all components:

l ACL Analyticsl The Analysis App windowl The ACL for Windows launcherl Project Manager client

All ACL for Windows application files are removed from your computer, but ACL project files, data files, logs, and any project-specific preferences files remain in the ACL project folders.

Note: You must be logged in as a Windows user with Administrator rights to uninstall the application.

To uninstall ACL for Windows:

Open the Windows Control Panel.

Click Uninstall a program.

Select ACL for Windows and click Uninstall.

Click Yes when you are asked if you are sure that you want to uninstall.

If a User Account Control box appears, click Yes.

Click OK if you receive a message that says, “The setup must update files or services that

cannot be updated while the system is running. If you choose to continue, a reboot will be

required to complete the setup.”

Restart your computer to complete the uninstallation.

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