Practicing with the Sample Software

Practicing with the Sample Software

The sample software is available to familiarize yourself and your team with how the MarchingOrder Director software will work. The sample software is not branded for your school and does not contain your graduate data. 

The below are tasks that you and your team should practice prior to receiving your school branded software from MarchingOrder.

To practice, you will need:
  1. QR scanner
  2. Laptop
  3. Sample graduate cards
  4. Sample “blank” graduate cards

Download the Sample Software

  1. Plug in a QR code scanner directly to your computer’s USB port.
  2. On your MO Dashboard, open the task titled MarchingOrder Director Sample Software.
  3. Click on the hyperlink "Click here to access the MarchingOrder Director Sample Software".
  4. Click the three dots to the right of the zipped file named MO Sample University.
  5. Select download.
  6. Unzip the folder and save to your desktop.
  7. Double-click MarchingOrder Director to run the software.

Open/Print Sample Cards or GradPasses

Within the same Box folder as the Sample Software contains the pdfs for sample Blank Cards, Grad Cards and GradPasses. You can click on the pdf’s and print them, open them and scan from your computer or email out as needed and scan from a mobile device.

We suggest practicing using the same methods that your graduates will use during the ceremony.

You and your team should complete the following tasks within the software to be familiar with the functions.

Practicing with the Software

Add a Graduate

  1. Retrieve an example sample blank card – print write any name on the card.
  2. Click Add Graduate from the software home screen.
  3. Type the name you wrote on the sample graduate card in “Display Name”, “First Name” and “Last Name” fields and click Add Graduate. Follow the on-screen prompt to scan the QR code of the blank card.
  4. Confirm that the graduate was added by scanning the blank card in Ceremony Display mode.

Modify a Graduate

  1. Click Modify Graduate and search for “Edward”.
  2. Double-click Edward’s name and update the full name field from “Edward Cicero” to “Ed Cicero”.
  3. Confirm that the name was updated by scanning his card in Ceremony Display mode.

Run the Director Sample Software

The MarchingOrder Director sample software is set to Auto Advance, so graduate names will display and be announced instantly upon scanning. 
  1. From the Director homepage, click Begin Ceremony Display.
  2. Scan a QR code from one of the sample graduate cards and the graduate’s name will appear on the Display Queue and be announced/displayed on the right side of the screen. 
  3. Practice using all the sample graduate cards, including the ones that you modified in Help Desk, and the new “blank” graduate cards that had been added. 
  4. Try adjusting the name advancing method by going to Settings and changing it to Manual Advance. With this setting, graduate names will enter into the Display Queue, and will need to be advanced manually using the arrow keys.

Follow the steps above as many times as desired and try experimenting with the different settings and features within the software. Familiarizing yourself with the MarchingOrder Director technology is a great way to gain confidence and get the preparation needed before ceremony day.