Using the Smart Board

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Using the Smart Board

• Jeanne Klein
• Instructor
• Computer Inservice Program
• Spring 2006

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Whiteboard Basics

• Hook up
• Connect whiteboard cable to computer
• Connect computer to projection unit
• Connect power outlet cable to computer
• Plug all units into outlet from cart plug
• Computer, projection unit and whiteboard should
  be on
• Green light in lower right-hand corner of
  whiteboard should be on
• Indicates connected to computer

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Orient the Smart Board

• Press and hold the pen tray buttons
  simultaneously until the orientation interface
  appears.
• Begin orientation by pressing your finger
  squarely in the center of each red cross as they
  come up.
• You can use your finger as a mouse to click on
  objects or to write with finger.

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Tools

• Notebook
• Recorder
• Video Player
• Keyboard
• Floating Toolbar
• Control Panel
• Help
• More

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Inserting Files

• Flash Files
• Gallery
• Pictures from files

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Toolbars

• New Notebook file
• Open a file
• Save
• Paste
• Zoom
• Undo
• Redo
• Delete selected object
• Display previous page
• Display next page
• Insert blank page
• Show/hide screen shade
• Launch Full Screen view
• Capture tool

• Select object
• Write or draw with pen
• Write or draw with creative pen
• Erase annotations
• Draw a line
• Create a shape
• Create a text entry box
• Set current color of a tool, shape or object
• Select the line width of tool
• Set eh transparency of a tool
• Select the line properties

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The Gallery

• Click on Gallery tab on right side to open
• Click on collection sign to view topics
• Click on the collection name to view whats in
  the collection
• Click and drag item to notebook page to insert or
• Click on down arrow of selected image and insert
  in notebook

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Add to the Gallery Collection

• Create Collection Name
• Select My Content
• Select the down arrow
• Select Add New Subcategory
• Select new category
• Select the down arrow
• Select Rename
• Rename new category

• Import Items to New Collection
• Select Add/Import located at top of Gallery
• Select Import Picture/Template File
• Browse to the file you wish to import
• Select the picture or template
• Press the Open button

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Using Capture Toolbar
Screen Capturecaptures everything displayed on
the screen
Area Captureclick on drag on area you wish to
capture
Window Capturepress anywhere inside the window
to capture that window
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Ink Aware Applications

• Smart Board integrates with
• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• And many other applications.

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Print to Smart Board

• Print your document from any application to the
  Smart Board.
• It becomes a Smart Board presentation.
• Example
• From PowerPoint
• Click on Slide
• Go to File, Print
• Choose Smartboard printer
• Tell it what slide(s) you want to print.
• They automatically become part of a smart board
  presentation.

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Printing Notes from Smart Board

• Click on File, Print.
• Determine what you want printed
• Slides
• Handouts (how many per page)
• Print to color printer or black white printer
  in room.
• Slides with notes will print.

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Flowport

• Use Flowport to e-mail printed documents to your
  account and use with Smart Board.
• Go to Flowport site http//www.flowport.cnyric.org
  /
• Type in your username and password.
• Click on create a new cover sheet.
• Click on Title Goes Here link and type in Scan to
  myself.
• On top of form where Heading appears, click on
  drop-down arrow and choose e-mail recipient.
• Click on blue arrow under Sent to and type in
  your e-mail address.
• In the Checkbox label, type in your name.
• Click OK.

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• Click on save form at top of page.
• The form will now appear on first page.
• Select the form by clicking on the checkbox next
  to it.
• Click on print at bottom of screen.
• Choose main office printer nearest you.
• Click OK. Your cover sheet will print out on the
  main office Xerox machine.

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How to use your Flowport cover sheet

• Take cover sheet and document you want to e-mail
  to yourself and place face up on the main office
  Xerox machine document feeder. Cover sheet should
  be on top.
• Click on All Services on the Xerox menu.
• Choose Network scanning button.
• Click start to begin copying.
• Once done, your document will be sent to you via
  e-mail.
• You can reuse your cover sheet over and over
  again.

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Smart Board Resources

• Smart Technologies web site--www.smarttech.com
• Smart Technologies Grades 10-12--http//education.
  smarttech.com/ste/en-US/EdResource/LessonActivit
  ies/NotebookActivities/BrowseNotebook/UnitedSta
  tes/Secondary/10-12/?sort
• Smart Board Resources Center School
  District--http//www.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/SB/SB
  .html
• Smart Idea Templates--http//www.center.k12.mo.us/
  edtech/SB/SITemplates.htm
• Kenton County Schools--http//www.kenton.k12.ky.us
  /SmartBoard/smartboardindex.htm
• Using Elect. Whiteboards in Your
  Classroom--http//www.waukesha.k12.wi.us/WIT/Smart
  Board/specificapps.htm
• Kent NGFL--http//www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/ict/IWB/r
  esources.htm