Advanced SMART Board Tools Manual

New York City Department of Education Queens Office of Educational Technology

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Special Thanks To Those Who Made SMART Board Tools Manual Possible

Winnie Bracco, Technology Innovation Manager

Phyllis Berkowitz, Instructional Technology Specialist

Wayne Demacque, Instructional Technology Technician

Kelly Gallagher, Instructional Technology Specialist

Richard Gross, Instructional Technology Specialist

Kin Fung Leung, Instructional Technology Technician

Frances Newsom-Lang, Instructional Technology Specialist

Frances O’Neill, Instructional Technology Specialist

Ellen Phillips, Instructional Technology Specialist

Kathleen Roberts, Instructional Technology Specialist

Robert Sweeney, Instructional Technology Specialist

Michael Swirsky, Instructional Technology Specialist Special thanks to: Frances O’Neill for compiling the screen shots and descriptions Melinda C. Willens for editing the manual

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Table of Contents

Topic Page

Creating a New Notebook File or Opening and Existing Notebook File

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Using the Recording Feature 5

Using the Camera Tool 8

Inserting Images 10

Inserting Sound 11

Inserting a Hypertext Link 12

Handwriting Recognition Tool 14

Using the Handwriting Tool with Speech 15

Using the Translation Tool 17

Saving Your Notebook File as a PowerPoint Presentation

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Creating a New Notebook File or Opening an Existing Notebook File

1. Click the Smartboard icon on your desktop

2. You will see a dialogue box

a. Choose one of the first two options – “New” or “Open”

3. Either “Open” a previously saved flip chart or open a “New” Notebook File

New or Open

Click on New or Open

Click on the Notebook Icon

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Using the Recording Feature

1. To create a New Notebook file click on the “Smart Notebook” Icon on your desktop

2. Click “View> Properties” a. Properties Options will open

Smart Notebook

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Using the Recording Feature – Continued 3. Click on the “Page Recording” tab

4. Click the “Start Recording” button and begin your lesson a. If you are connected to a headset with a microphone, “Page Recording” will not

only record the pen and other actions you do it will also record your voice

Start Recording

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Using the Recording Feature – Continued 5. When completed click “Stop Recording” 6. A recorder will appear

a. To start, click the “Play” button b. Your presentation will play as a movie

7. When finished click the “Stop” button

P L A Y

S T O P

Recorder

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Using the Camera Tool

1. First click the “Camera” icon on the toolbar

2. There are four camera options

a. Choose part of a page and copy it

b. Take a camera shot of the whole page but not the tool bar

Camera Tool

Whole Page

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Using the Camera Tool – Continued

c. Take a camera shot of the whole page with the view finder and toolbar

d. Take a camera shot of a free form that was traced using the tool

Whole Page+Toolbar

Free Form Tool

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Inserting Images 1. Click “Insert” 2. You have four (4) choices:

a. Picture File – browse for an image saved on your computer

b. Picture from Scanner – choose an image saved on a scanner attached to your computer.

c. Picture from Smart Camera – choose an image saved on the Smart Document Camera attached to your computer

d. Gallery Item .

Choose a file and click on it

Choose Scanned Picture

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Inserting Sound

1. Click “Insert> Sound” a. Browse for a sound clip saved on your computer

2. After browsing for a sound choose how to launch the sound

a. Sound can be launched by a “Corner Icon” or an “Object” i. It is set to “Corner Icon” by default

b. The name of the sound will appear in the left-hand top corner c. To launch the sound click on the icon

i. Drag it anywhere on the flip chart d. Choosing “Object” will attach the sound to an object in the notebook file

i. A speaker icon will appear

Browse

Click Choose

Corner Speaker Icon

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Inserting a Hypertext Link 1. Choose a word or an object to insert a hypertext link to by simply selecting it

a. a box with a drop down arrow in the top right hand side will surround the image

2. Either:

a. Click the arrow in the right hand corner and then “Link”

or b. Click “Insert” and then “Link”

Select an Object

Drop Down Arrow

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Inserting a Hypertext Link – Continued 3. Type the website’s URL in the address box

4. Choose either website on the left hand side

5. Link to another page in the notebook file a. save on your computer or an attachment

Type the web address

Click Web Page

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Handwriting Recognition Tool 1. Select the pen tool 2. Write something

3. Select the word you typed

a. a box with a drop down arrow in the top right hand side will surround the word

b. Click the drop down arrow i. There will be a list of words to choose from

c. Choose one and it will become typed text

Pen Tool

Choose the word you typed

Drop Down Arrow

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Using the Handwriting Tool with Speech

1. Select the keyboard icon on the floating tool bar

2. Pay attention to the settings a. Select “Speech” found in Keyboard Settings

Keyboard Icon

Keyboard will appear

Click the radio dial in the center – “Speech”

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Using the Handwriting Tool with Speech – Continued 3. Use the pen to write a word 4. The word will become text and be read out loud

5. A text box will appear with the word typed

Textbox appears

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Using the Translation Tool 1. Type text and select it

2. Right Click on the text

a. Choose “Check Spelling and Language” i. A dialogue box will open ii. Choose a language

3. In the example below German is chosen a. Translations are provided for the highlighted word

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Saving Your Notebook File as a PowerPoint Presentation 1. To create a Notebook file

a. Click on File> Save As> and then Save b. Click on File> Export i. Choose Power Point file

2. By default the file will save in “My Documents”

a. As an option, the presentation can be saved in

PowerPoint