Applies to: Renaissance Growth Platform
Products: Accelerated Reader, Star Early Literacy, Star Maths, Star Reading
Platform: Macintosh, Windows
Last Updated: 11/1/2022
Issue
Network traffic estimates for Renaissance Growth Platform applications.
Resolution
These estimates can be used to approximate bandwidth requirements for one or more Renaissance web-based applications hosted by Renaissance.
Below is a chart showing bytes sent to, and received from, a Renaissance Growth Platform site while performing various common tasks within the applications. Only traffic to and from the client computer is represented here.
These estimates are based on best-case program use scenarios. User expertise in these scenarios was at a level with someone very familiar with the applications, so very little traffic is generated by error messages, unnecessary browser navigation, etc. Users that are of a more novice level may generate more traffic than is represented here. A district level administrator account was used to complete any task that isn't a student activity. All testing was done starting from loading the initial login page to the completion of the specified task and then logging back out.
Note: Each task was tested multiple times after the task was performed once to populate the browser's cache. The averages are posted below.
| Application | Task | Sent to Server in KB | Received from Server in KB | Total KB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accelerated Reader | Reading Practice Quiz (10 questions), TOPS | 631.6 | 542.7 | 1174.4 |
| Literacy Skills Quiz (12 questions), TOPS | 630.0 | 564.4 | 1194.4 | |
| Reading Practice with Voice Quiz (10 questions), TOPS | 763.2 | 980.3 | 1743.5 | |
| Diagnostic Report, Reading Practice: 30 students | 282.0 | 386.3 | 668.3 | |
| Read Article, Take Quiz, TOPS | 862.9 | 3145.0 | 4007.9 | |
| Star Early Literacy | Test with Demonstration and Practice | 1290.8 | 2920.1 | 4210.9 |
| Diagnostic Report: 30 students (On Screen) | 272.3 | 391.8 | 664.1 | |
| Diagnostic Report: 30 students (PDF) | 383.1 | 624.8 | 1007.9 | |
| Star Maths | Enterprise Test: 34 Questions | 811.6 | 1768.7 | 2580.3 |
| Diagnostic Report: 30 students (On Screen) | 243.3 | 448.2 | 691.6 | |
| Diagnostic Report: 30 students (PDF) | 391.0 | 656.7 | 1047.7 | |
| Star Reading | Enterprise Test: 34 Questions | 516.1 | 195.7 | 711.8 |
| Diagnostic Report: 30 students (On Screen) | 254.8 | 465.2 | 719.9 | |
| Diagnostic Report: 30 students (PDF) | 386.1 | 872.7 | 1258.8 |
See the example below of how you can use the information in the above chart to calculate bandwidth usage for a specific testing scenario.
Example
Your K through 12 school has 2,000 students. It is the beginning of the first marking period, and you will be testing 800 students in Star Reading. You have a computer lab with 35 computers and that is the maximum amount of students you will test at one time. You would calculate bandwidth usage as follows:
35 students × 711.8 Total KB = 24,913 KB for the session
Most bandwidth calculations are completed in bits, not bytes, so the following conversion is needed:
24,913 kilobytes (KB) × 8 (8 bits in each byte) = 199,304 kilobits (Kb) per session. This is equal to 199.304 megabits (Mb) per session.